BatchData is a powerful real-estate data platform — property records, owner contacts, skip tracing — where building permits are an add-on layer. If permits are what you actually need, here's how a focused permit API compares.
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PermitStack is built around building permits and the API around them. BatchData is a property + owner-contact + skip-trace platform where permits are one enrichment layer you add on top of a base plan.
PermitStack starts free (100 req/day) and the lowest paid tier is $29/mo. BatchData's property-data API starts around $1,000/mo, with permit data sold as an additional add-on on top of that.
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BatchData is a strong product for real-estate investors who need owner contacts and skip tracing. This compares the two specifically for the job of getting building-permit data.
| Feature | PermitStack | BatchData |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free → $29/mo | ~$1,000/mo property plan + permit add-on |
| Free tier | 100 requests/day, no card | No (sales-led) |
| Permits as a first-class product | The whole product | Add-on layer on a property suite |
| Permit-trigger (recent-install signal) | Fresh permit = fresh lead | Permit triggers, 33+ project tags |
| Owner of record + mailing address | Business ($149)+, where assessor-linked | Core strength |
| Phone / email skip tracing | —Not offered | Core strength |
| Self-serve signup | ~2 minutes | Talk to a data expert |
| Webhooks | From $79/mo | Portfolio monitoring (enterprise) |
| Property records depth | Permit-centric | 155M+ properties, 700+ attributes |
| Transparent public pricing | On the pricing page | Published: $1,000-$10,000/mo tiers |
| Best for | Permit-triggered door-knock & direct mail | Investor skip-trace & cold calling |
BatchData details reflect publicly available information re-verified against each vendor's own site on 9 September 2026 and may have changed. PermitStack is an independent company and is not affiliated with BatchData. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
If you don't need skip tracing and owner phone numbers, you're overpaying for them.
Paying $1,000+/mo for a property-data platform to get to its permit add-on is a lot of overhead when permits are the thing you came for. PermitStack is permits, priced for permits.
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Register a webhook and new matching permits are pushed to you after each nightly ingest, within about a minute of landing in our data. Included from the $79 Developer tier.
Skip tracing and consumer-contact data carry TCPA/DNC obligations. A permit-only API keeps your surface area — and your compliance footprint — smaller.
If your workflow is real-estate investing or wholesaling and you need to turn a property into a phone call or text — owner identity behind an LLC, mobile numbers, emails — BatchData's skip tracing and 155M-property graph are genuinely strong, and permits-as-enrichment makes sense in that context.
But if you're running door-to-door or direct mail, PermitStack carries the owner of record and their mailing address on assessor-linked permits on the Business plan ($149/mo) and up — plus the one thing a static skip-trace list can't: a fresh permit trigger. Pull every home that just pulled a solar, roof, or pool permit, get the owner and address to knock or mail, starting free. See the door-to-door & field-sales guide →
Permit data is offered as an add-on on top of a BatchData property-data subscription, so the effective entry point to get permits is well above PermitStack's $29/mo. PermitStack sells permit access directly, starting free.
On assessor-linked permits, the Business plan ($149/mo) and above include the owner of record and their mailing address — enough to knock the door or mail a postcard. It does not provide homeowner phone numbers or emails; for phone/email skip tracing, a product like BatchData is purpose-built, and carries the associated TCPA/DNC compliance requirements.
PermitStack re-reads its sources — city and county permit systems and open-data portals — on a nightly schedule, and webhook subscribers are notified within about a minute of a matching permit being ingested. Currency still varies by source: some publish late and a few are currently access-blocked, so every jurisdiction's data-through date is on the coverage page.
Yes — it's fully self-serve. Verify your email, get an API key, and you're querying in about two minutes. No sales call at any tier below enterprise.
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