PermitGrab packages building permits into a flat-rate lead subscription for contractors. PermitStack gives you the same underlying permit data as a developer API plus email lead feeds — starting free, with a path from a side project to a full app.
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PermitGrab delivers permit leads as a subscription product. PermitStack gives you a queryable REST API, webhooks, and email digests — so you can build it into your own CRM, app, or workflow, or just take the email feed.
PermitStack has a permanent free tier (100 req/day) and paid plans from $49/mo. PermitGrab's publicly listed plan is a $149/mo flat rate.
Take the weekly email feed like a lead list — or graduate to webhooks and the API when you want to automate. Same data either way.
Both turn building permits into leads. The difference is whether you get a closed lead product or the underlying data with an API, webhooks, and a feed.
| Feature | PermitStack | PermitGrab |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free → $49/mo | $149/mo (flat) |
| Free tier | ✓100 requests/day | No |
| Self-serve email lead feed | ✓Daily/weekly digests | ✓Lead subscription |
| Developer REST API | ✓Full API | Lead-focused |
| Real-time webhooks | ✓From $49/mo | — |
| Trade targeting | ✓Solar/roofing/HVAC/pool… | ✓Trade-targeted |
| AI-enriched fields | ✓Scope, kW, sqft | — |
| Transparent public pricing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Coverage | 304 jurisdictions / 27 states | Varies by metro |
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The same permit-derived leads, with more ways to use them.
Validate the channel on the free tier, take the email feed at $0–$29, and add webhooks and API automation at $49 when you're ready to build it into your CRM.
You're not limited to a vendor's lead UI. Query any covered metro, filter by category and value, and pull it into whatever tool you already use.
Solar system size (kW), residential vs commercial, work scope, and a plain-English summary are parsed from raw descriptions — useful for prioritizing the best leads.
Get a new matching permit pushed to your CRM or phone within ~60 seconds of it being filed, so you're first to the door.
If you want a done-for-you lead product and never intend to touch an API — just a simple monthly subscription that drops contractor leads in front of you — PermitGrab's flat-rate, lead-first packaging is purpose-built for exactly that, and there's nothing wrong with keeping it simple.
If you'd like the option to automate, integrate, enrich, or scale beyond a single lead list — while still being able to take a plain email feed — PermitStack gives you that flexibility, starting free.
PermitStack starts free (100 requests/day) and its lowest paid tier is $49/mo, below PermitGrab's publicly listed $149/mo flat rate. You can also take email lead feeds on the free or $29 Hobbyist tier.
Yes. Save a search for your trade and metro, set it to daily or weekly, and PermitStack emails you the new matching permits — no code required.
That's the point. The same account gives you a REST API and webhooks, so you can graduate from an email feed to pushing permits straight into your CRM whenever you're ready.
The classifier tags solar, roofing, HVAC, pool, electrical, plumbing, new construction, remodels and more, so you can target exactly your category in your metros.
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