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PropStream Alternatives for Investor-Grade Property Data

PropStream Alternatives for Investor-Grade Property Data

Last updated October 2026. Prices read on each vendor's page, October 2026.

PropStream's renewal email lands, and the figure on it is $99, $199 or $699 a month, depending on whether you sit on Essentials, Pro or Elite (as of October 2026). Or a "free and clear" lead you mailed last month turns out to carry a recorded mortgage.

Either way, you start looking for a PropStream alternative.

The search is harder than it should be. When we searched "propstream alternatives" in October 2026, eight of the ten top results were vendor pages. None of them says whether the replacement's owner, mortgage or equity records are any better in your counties.

Here is the frame we work from. A switch reliably changes your workflow and your bill. Whether it changes your data is a separate question, and you can answer it yourself.

By the end of this guide, you will know which of two lanes you buy in (investor apps, or API and bulk records), which one or two alternatives to trial, what each states about its data and what it costs, and the seven checks to run on your own county before you switch. Jump to the seven checks.

Quick Digest
  • No API: PropStream publishes no API or bulk-data product, and its terms bar robots, crawlers and AI use.
  • Same owner: PropStream has owned BatchLeads since a July 7, 2025 acquisition, so switching to BatchLeads keeps you with the same company.
  • Free: Propwire is the only app in this guide with a permanent free plan that returns property records; liens sit on its paid Premium tier.
  • Test it: we found no published independent test of these platforms' data, so run seven checks on your own county before you switch.

Lists, skip tracing and outreach in one login? Band A, investor apps. Records delivered into your own systems? Band B, API and bulk data.

Prices read on each vendor's page, October 2026. No vendor paid for placement. Forage AI is not in these tables.

How we judged these PropStream alternatives

Every alternative here had to pass one inclusion test: it gives an investor owner, mortgage or lien, equity, distress or comps data they can act on, reached by app, export, API or bulk file. CRM-only tools and consumer portals are out. Commercial investors are better served by our guide to commercial real estate data tools.

We sorted what passed into two lanes by how you consume data, then listed each lane alphabetically. For a wider, enterprise-led view of the market, see our comparison of real estate data providers.

Between October 20 and 22, 2026, we read each vendor's pricing page, terms and help or API documentation. We did not test any platform hands-on and did not measure accuracy, hit rates or contact rates. Ratings appear only with their review count and date, and review counts under 40 are flagged. G2 and Capterra blocked automated reads for DealMachine, BatchLeads, Propwire and XLeads, so those carry no rating.

Vendors state coverage in properties, records, parcels, multiple listing service (MLS) markets or a population share, so a coverage number is not a coverage test. A "Not stated" cell is a finding, not a blank. Prices are printed as published, with their unit, never converted to a common rate.

Each entry is read against the seven checks of the investor-grade test, run in full further down:

Check What it tells you Where you see it in each entry
Count your county Whether the vendor holds your county's parcels, in your property classes Coverage as stated
Check 20 addresses you know Whether owner and open-mortgage fields match what you know is true Investor fields stated
Ask what "free and clear" means Whether the label means no recorded loan or a verified payoff How equity and free-and-clear are defined
Ask how equity is computed Whether the equity figure has a stated formula or a threshold How equity and free-and-clear are defined
Ask for the refresh rate, field by field How old each field can be Refresh as stated
Ask for the source of record Whether switching changes the data underneath Evidence table, Owner
Read the terms before you export What you may do with an export: merge, feed a model, keep Watch-out; AI or derivative-use terms (Band B)

Which PropStream alternative fits how you use data?

Pick your lane first, then read the row. The table below answers three questions on one screen: which lane, what it costs as published, and what is missing compared with PropStream.

PropStream alternatives at a glance (prices as of October 2026, as published)

Alternative Best for How you get the data Price as published Free option Biggest gap vs PropStream
Band A: investor apps
DataSift (formerly REISift) Investors whose bottleneck is exports App, unlimited export $149 / $299 / $499 a month (fourth plan $1,250) 7-day trial No API; equity by threshold only
DealMachine API access on a self-serve plan, plus driving for dollars App, export, API $119 per seat, $179 per bundle, $599 per package, a month No trial; free account shows counts only No trial
Deal Sauce An app with an unlimited skip-tracing tier App MILD $97, HOT $297 a month 14-day free trial, per its terms Export limits and API not stated
PropertyRadar Seeing how equity is computed, with API on a self-serve plan App, export, API $119 / $249 / $599 a month ($99 / $199 / $549 prepaid annually) 5-day trial No exports during the trial
Propwire Investors for whom cost is the wall App, download Free; Gold $119 a month Free plan Liens on Premium only
XLeads Skip-traced downloads inside the plan App, skip-traced downloads $97 / $199 / $249 a month None stated Equity, mortgage and coverage not stated
Band B: API and bulk data
ATTOM Records by API or bulk licence, with a trial key API, bulk, cloud API quote only 30-day trial for an API key No outreach tools
BatchData Published bulk pricing with warehouse delivery API, bulk (S3, Snowflake, file) $1,000 to $10,000 a month None stated No trial; no outreach bundle
Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) Open-lien positions per property API, cloud, file Quote only None stated No published price
First American DataTree Coverage stated in counties, release records in the feed API, bulk, web platform Reports $4 to $22; API and bulk unpublished Trial behind a sales form No self-serve bulk price
RealEstateAPI Documented investor filters in an API API $599 to $2,500 a month on an annual subscription, billed monthly $200 in credits for 14 days No outreach tools
Regrid Counting parcels in your county API, bulk files, tiles $375 / $500 a month 30-day, 7-county sandbox No mortgage, lien, equity or distress fields
Often recommended, not true alternatives (shaded)
BatchLeads n/a App $119 / $349 / $749 a month 7-day trial Same owner as PropStream
ListSource n/a Per-list purchase $50 minimum per transaction Free sample leads One-time use; licence forbids merging
Privy n/a App (MLS-led) $97 / $149 / $249 a month No trial as policy; 30-day money-back Owner and distress fields not stated
REsimpli n/a CRM with data pulling $299 / $899 / $2,199 a month 14-day trial Names no property-data source

Of the six investor apps in this guide, DealMachine and PropertyRadar are the two that list API access on their self-serve plans (pricing pages read October 2026).

We grouped by lane rather than ranking because a solo wholesaler and a fund should not read one list. The shaded rows are not peers, for reasons covered further down.

Is there a free PropStream alternative?

Yes, in three forms, and each one has a cost. PropStream itself has no free plan. It offers a "7-Day Free Trial" with 50 leads, and its FAQ says the trial includes "50 Imports/Exports of Properties" (as of October 2026).

Free is not automatically worse, and paid is not automatically better. A free plan disclaims accuracy exactly as a paid one does.

One app with a real free plan. Propwire advertises "Search 157+ Million MLS & Off-Market Properties. 100% Free." Free downloads cap at 10,000 properties per download. Liens (mechanic's, HOA and tax) sit on its Premium tier, whose price Propwire does not publish. Premium leads cover "over 1000 counties", and Propwire says "we don't have 100% of the country covered yet".

Free tiers for teams. As of October 2026, RentCast offers "a free API plan which includes 50 free API calls per month", though it carries no mortgage, lien, equity or distress fields, so it is not an entry here. Regrid's API sandbox is $0 for 30 days across 7 counties and 2,000 parcel records, with "No credit card required". RealEstateAPI offers a "Free trial with $200 in API credits for 14 days, no credit card required." ATTOM offers "a free 30-day trial to receive an API key".

County data, paid in time. Not every county charges for its roll. Maricopa County's assessor, for one, lets anyone download its parcel master file at no cost, but you format it yourself and the county "does not guarantee the accuracy of the data". Access is not uniform: Kansas limits its real estate sales-validation questionnaire data to nine listed categories of user (K.S.A. 79-1437f).

If check 1 passes in your county, free may be enough. Free API tiers suit a team testing fields, not a wholesaler pulling lists. The trade is fields, caps and coverage, with premium leads in "over 1000" of 3,143 counties. Before you rely on a free file, run check 6 below.

Why do investors leave PropStream?

PropStream earns its place before anyone leaves it. It puts lists, filters, skip tracing and outreach in one subscription, and Stewart Information Services announced its $175 million agreement to acquire PropStream in November 2021. Investors still leave, and they usually hit one of four walls.

  • The bill: $99 / $199 / $699 a month, or $972 / $1,980 / $6,996 a year, as of October 2026. Saves and exports run 25,000 / 50,000 / 100,000 a month, and "Unused saves and exports don't roll over. Each month your account resets to your regular limit." Extra exports cost "from 10¢ each".
  • The data: stale or wrong records in your counties. It is reported by investors, not measured. PropStream's own FAQ concedes "A small number of counties across the U.S. restrict certain information from Public Records".
  • The skip trace: 12¢ a contact on Essentials, 10¢ on Pro and Elite (as of October 2026). PropStream publishes no match rate and says "PropStream engages an independent third party to perform skip-tracing".
  • Access: no published API or bulk product. The address propstream.com/api returns a 404, and the pricing page offers "Custom Pricing ... CONTACT SALES" with the scope unstated. The terms bar access "with any robot, spider, web crawler, extraction software, automated process" and use by "any form of artificial intelligence technologies such as large language models and generative AI".

The wall you hit picks your lane. The bill or the skip trace points to Band A, or to staying put. Access points to Band B. The data points to the test, because switching may not fix it.

Diagram titled "The wall you hit picks your lane", mapping the four reasons investors leave PropStream to where each one points. Wall 1, the bill (price and capped exports), and wall 2, the skip trace (per-contact cost, no match rate), both point to Band A, investor apps, or staying put. Wall 3, access (no published API or bulk product), points to Band B, API and bulk data delivered into your systems. Wall 4, the data (stale or wrong records in your counties), points to running the county test, because switching may not fix it. Footer: pick your lane first, then read the row.
The wall you hit decides the lane: the bill or the skip trace points to Band A, access to Band B, and the data to the county test.

Investor apps for solo investors and small teams

Band A is for investors who want lists, filters, skip tracing and outreach in one login. Listed alphabetically. Nothing here is a ranking.

All eleven investor-app vendors whose terms we read in October 2026, PropStream included, disclaim the accuracy of their data. Each table shows what the vendor states. A wholesaler can stop at the fourth row; an analyst should keep reading.

DataSift (formerly REISift)

Attribute Detail
Best for Investors whose bottleneck is exports
How you get the data App with "Unlimited Data Export"; Zapier connections
Price as published Professional $149, Business $299, Expert $499 a month; a fourth plan at $1,250 (as of October 2026)
Free plan or trial 7-day trial
Investor fields stated Owner Y · liens on SiftMap Pro · equity threshold Y · distress Y · comps Y · MLS not stated
How equity and free-and-clear are defined Thresholds only: "High Equity - properties that have 30% or greater equity"; "Free and Clear - properties that are owned outright and do not have any mortgage (100% equity)". No computation method
Coverage as stated Not stated ("Nationwide")
Refresh as stated Not stated; a "free monthly vacancy check" is listed
Outreach included Not stated
Skip tracing $0.15 / $0.12 per skip, unlimited on the top plans, or a "$97 a month unlimited skiptracing add on"
Biggest gap vs PropStream No API; equity by threshold only
Watch-out Annual prices contradict each other on the pricing page; compare on monthly
Owner Not stated on the pages we read; reisift.io redirects to datasift.ai
ClaimSource, read date and status
Monthly plan pricesDataSift pricing page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Annual pricingDataSift pricing page, read 2026-10-22. Self-contradicting (Business "$2870/yearly" against "Save $598 annually")
Equity and free-and-clear thresholdsDataSift help article, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Accuracy disclaimerDataSift terms, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
G2 4.6, n = 18 (listed as REISift)G2, read 2026-10-22. Review platform; n under 40

DataSift, formerly REISift, is built for investors who work their lists hard. The headline feature is "Unlimited Data Export", alongside a monthly new-property allowance of 10k / 25k / 50k / 100k, "then $5 for every 10K records" (as of October 2026).

On data, it states thresholds rather than a method: you know where "high equity" starts (30%), not how the figure behind it is computed. Its terms are blunt: "DATASIFT MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING THE ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, OR CURRENTNESS OF THE DATA".

Choose it if exports are your bottleneck, since unlimited export answers PropStream's capped saves. Skip it if you need records by API.

Where it is weaker than PropStream: no published equity method, and no API, so it does not fix the access wall either.

Not for: teams that need records by API.

DealMachine

Attribute Detail
Best for API access on a self-serve plan, plus driving for dollars
How you get the data App, export, API ("API, CLI & webhook access" on Basic, Pro and Scale)
Price as published Basic $119 per seat a month (10,000 data credits), Pro $179 per bundle a month (20,000 credits, 3 users), Scale $599 per package a month (100K records, 10 seats); billed monthly (as of October 2026)
Free plan or trial No trial; a free account shows counts only
Investor fields stated Owner Y · mortgage Y · liens Y · equity Y · distress Y · comps Y · MLS not stated
How equity and free-and-clear are defined Not stated
Coverage as stated "150M+ properties & 240M+ people"
Refresh as stated Not stated
Outreach included Mail app with pay-as-you-go postcards; Driving for Dollars app on every plan
Skip tracing Not recorded for this guide
Biggest gap vs PropStream No trial
Watch-out Data credits are counted per seat
Owner Not stated on the pages we read
ClaimSource, read date and status
Plan prices and unitsDealMachine pricing page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
API on Basic, Pro and ScaleDealMachine pricing page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
60 requests a minute, 5,000 a day; 1,000,000 records per exportDealMachine API documentation, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
"AS IS" and "WITH ALL FAULTS"DealMachine terms, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
RatingG2 / Capterra, read 2026-10-22. Not read (automated reads blocked)

DealMachine is named on most of the comparison pages we read. It pairs records with outreach, including driving for dollars. It also lists "API, CLI & webhook access" under Basic, Pro and Scale, and its documentation sets default limits of 60 requests a minute and 5,000 a day, with a maximum of 1,000,000 records per export.

On data, DealMachine says you can "Append 100+ fields from county and lender records", covering mortgage, equity, liens and tax history. The method behind its equity figure is not stated. Its terms say "THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND 'WITH ALL FAULTS'".

Choose it if you want API access on a self-serve plan plus driving for dollars. Skip it if you need to see records first: a free account shows "property and people counts ... Enrichment and record retrieval require paid access."

Where it is weaker than PropStream: no trial at all, where PropStream offers seven days, and credits counted per seat.

Not for: anyone who must see records before paying.

Deal Sauce

Attribute Detail
Best for An app with an unlimited skip-tracing tier ("Unlimited Skip Tracing" on HOT)
How you get the data App; export limits and API not stated
Price as published MILD $97, HOT $297 a month; $78 / $238 billed annually (as of October 2026)
Free plan or trial "a 14-day free trial", per its terms
Biggest gap vs PropStream Export limits and API not stated
Owner Boom Sauce LLC of Tempe, Arizona, per its terms; co-founders named on its about page: Jamil Damji and Pace Morby; no PropStream link found

Deal Sauce's terms say it plainly: "Platform Data may differ materially from actual property conditions, ownership records, recorded liens, current mortgage balances, and other facts." It advertises "160M+ Up-To-Date Property Records" as a vendor statement.

PropertyRadar

Attribute Detail
Best for Seeing how equity is computed, with API on a self-serve plan
How you get the data App; monthly exports 10,000 / 25,000 / 50,000; "API Access" in all three plan blocks
Price as published Solo $119, Team $249, Business $599 a month; prepaid annually $99, $199, $549 a month (as of October 2026)
Free plan or trial "Start with a 5-day free trial"; "Exports are not available during the free 5-day trial."
Investor fields stated Owner Y · mortgage and lien Y · equity Y · distress Y (trustee sales) · comps Y · MLS not stated
How equity and free-and-clear are defined Formula published: estimated value "minus the sum of all loans which are modeled to be open on the property"
Coverage as stated "160+ million properties nationwide"; trustee-sale tracking "available in 270 counties"
Refresh as stated "Acquired daily"; time from recording to appearance not stated
Outreach included Not stated
Skip tracing Not recorded for this guide
Biggest gap vs PropStream No exports during the trial
Watch-out Equity and loan positions "have not been manually reviewed"; its FAQ and terms require a card for the trial
Owner Not stated on the pages we read
ClaimSource, read date and status
Plan prices and export capsPropertyRadar pricing page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
"API access is now included in every PropertyRadar paid plan"PropertyRadar API page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Equity formula and worked examplePropertyRadar Criteria Glossary (dated January 21, 2026), read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Loan-term, rate and value fallbacksPropertyRadar help-centre note (2015), read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement; dated
G2 4.5, n = 35G2, read 2026-10-22. Review platform; n under 40

Among the investor apps we read, PropertyRadar is the one that publishes how it computes estimated equity. Its glossary defines Estimated Equity as "calculated as estimated property value minus the sum of all loans which are modeled to be open on the property". The vendor's own example: a $100,000 value, a $50,000 first and a $30,000 second give $20,000 of equity.

A 2015 help-centre note adds the assumptions. It assumes a 30-year term when the loan term is unknown, uses "the Freddie Mac 30 year rate at the time the loan was originated" when the rate is missing, and, with no confident automated valuation model (AVM) estimate, falls back to the last market sale within three years and then to assessed value. Treat that note as dated, not as current practice.

The company is candid about limits. It says equity and loan positions "have not been manually reviewed. As such, they should be used with caution", and adds: "we are not aware of any service other than an insured title policy that reliably provides complete lien and loan information."

Choose it if you want to see the equity arithmetic and need API on a self-serve plan. Skip it if you must export during the trial.

Where it is weaker than PropStream: a 5-day trial with no exports, against PropStream's 7-day trial.

Not for: buyers who must export on day one.

Propwire

Attribute Detail
Best for Investors for whom cost is the wall
How you get the data App; free downloads of up to 10,000 properties each; Gold "Unlimited Property Downloads"
Price as published Free; Gold "$119 / month"; Premium price not published; month-to-month (as of October 2026)
Free plan or trial Free plan
Investor fields stated Owner Y · mortgage Y · liens (mechanic's, HOA, tax) Premium · equity threshold Y · distress Y · comps Y · MLS Y ("MLS & Off-Market Properties")
How equity and free-and-clear are defined Threshold: "High Equity People with a lot of equity in their homes (over 60%)"; comp formula published
Coverage as stated "157+ Million MLS & Off-Market Properties"; premium leads "in over 1000 counties"
Refresh as stated Not stated
Outreach included Not stated
Skip tracing "10 cents per successful trace"; Gold includes "10,000 Free Skip Traces Per Month"
Biggest gap vs PropStream Liens on Premium only
Watch-out "WE DO NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION"
Owner Propwire, LLC; terms also name JLN Group, LLC and Flipster Systems, LLC; no PropStream link found
ClaimSource, read date and status
Gold price, skip traces, downloadsPropwire Gold page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement (supersedes the FAQ's older "2,500")
"over 60%" high-equity thresholdPropwire Premium page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Premium coverage and "100% of the country" linePropwire FAQ, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
"same national data providers"Propwire FAQ, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement about itself
RatingG2 / Capterra, read 2026-10-22. Not read (automated reads blocked)

Propwire's pitch is price: a free plan that returns property records, capped at 10,000 per download, skip tracing at "10 cents per successful trace", and Gold at "$119 / month" with "10,000 Free Skip Traces Per Month, Unlimited Property Downloads", per its Gold page (as of October 2026). Premium, where the liens sit, has no published price.

Propwire states two of its formulas. "High equity" means owners with "a lot of equity in their homes (over 60%)", and "The Comp-Based Value equals the average price per square foot of the comps multiplied by the square footage of the subject property." It also says "Propwire aggregates data from the same national data providers as other real estate software tools". That is Propwire's statement about Propwire, not a finding about every app.

Choose it if cost is the wall. Skip it if your strategy runs on lien data in counties outside its premium coverage.

Where it is weaker than PropStream: liens behind an unpriced Premium tier, and premium coverage that Propwire itself says does not reach the whole country.

Not for: strategies that depend on lien data outside its premium counties.

XLeads

Attribute Detail
Best for Skip-traced downloads inside the plan
How you get the data App; 25,000 / 40,000 / 60,000 "Skiptraced Record Download/month"; API not stated
Price as published Basic $97, Pro $199, X Plan $249 a month (as of October 2026)
Free plan or trial None stated
Biggest gap vs PropStream Equity, mortgage and coverage not stated
Owner Not stated on the pages we read; no PropStream link found

The "Free Unlimited Skiptracing" headline is capped by plan at those download limits. The terms put verification on you: "XLeads does not guarantee that lead, property, contact, ownership ... data is complete, current, or accurate. You are responsible for independently verifying information when appropriate."

That closes the app lane; the API and bulk lane follows.

Does PropStream have an API?

PropStream publishes no API or bulk-data product. That is the careful wording: a custom deal may exist behind its "CONTACT SALES" button, but nothing is published. Band B is API and bulk property data for funds, lenders, iBuyers and proptech teams: records delivered into your own systems. For how API, bulk and managed delivery differ, see our guide to real estate data APIs.

The six entries below are data inputs for a team that builds its own workflow, not like-for-like apps. None of the six bundles mail or a dialer; BatchData and RealEstateAPI sell skip tracing as separate add-ons. If your wall was access, this is the lane. If it was the bill, these cost more. Listed alphabetically. Nothing here is a ranking.

Read the AI-terms row before you plan a model. Regrid's terms bar putting its data into an AI model; BatchData's bar machine-learning development unless the AI runs entirely inside your own infrastructure. We did not read the AI terms of the other four. Each price row gives one line; the full picture sits in our real estate API pricing breakdown.

ATTOM

Attribute Detail
Best for Records by API or bulk licence, with a trial key
How you get the data "Bulk Data Licensing, Cloud Delivery ... Real Estate Data APIs, MCP Server, Property Navigator"
Price as published API and bulk quote only; $499 a year is Property Navigator, not the API (as of October 2026). API pricing compared
Free plan or trial "Sign up for a free 30-day trial to receive an API key."
Investor fields stated Owner Y · mortgage Y · equity Y · distress Y · comps Y
How equity and free-and-clear are defined Method stated in its own Q2 2026 equity report: a "record-level loan model estimating position and amount of loans" plus a record-level AVM
Coverage as stated "more than 160+ million U.S. properties"; "99% Population Coverage" (population-weighted)
Refresh as stated Not stated
Delivery API (200 calls a minute, per vendor documentation), bulk licence, cloud delivery
AI or derivative-use terms Not read for this guide
Biggest gap vs PropStream No outreach tools
Watch-out A population share is not a parcel count for your county
Owner Not stated on the pages we read
ClaimSource, read date and status
Delivery modes; trial for an API keyATTOM pages, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Equity method and 2026 jumbo-loan changeATTOM Q2 2026 equity report (2026-08-20), read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
200 calls a minuteATTOM API documentation, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Estated (ATTOM) G2 4.6, n = 28G2, read 2026-10-22. Review platform; n under 40

ATTOM sells the same records several ways, from a bulk licence to an API. The API and bulk products are quote-only, and the $499 a year price belongs to Property Navigator, not the API (as of October 2026). A 30-day trial gets you an API key.

Its equity method is stated in ATTOM's own Q2 2026 equity report: a "record-level loan model estimating position and amount of loans" plus a record-level AVM. In 2026 it began excluding multi-property sales financed by one jumbo loan, because in investor-heavy markets they "would offset the loan to value ratio".

Choose it if you want records by API with a trial key. Skip it if you need a published price.

Where it is weaker than PropStream: no lists-to-outreach workflow; you build the front end yourself.

Not for: a solo investor who wants lists and mail.

BatchData

Attribute Detail
Best for Published bulk pricing with warehouse delivery
How you get the data "Real-Time API"; bulk "via S3, Snowflake, or flat file"
Price as published Growth $1,000 a month (100,000 records), Professional $2,500 (300,000), Scale $5,000 (750,000), Enterprise $10,000 (3,000,000) (as of October 2026). API pricing compared
Free plan or trial None stated
Investor fields stated Owner Y · "Open Lien Counts & Balances" · "Estimated Equity & LTV Ratios" · distress Y · comps as an add-on
How equity and free-and-clear are defined Not documented
Coverage as stated "155 million properties" (home page)
Refresh as stated Not stated; its pages conflict
Delivery API (3,000 requests a minute, per vendor documentation); S3, Snowflake or flat file
AI or derivative-use terms Bars machine-learning development unless the AI runs entirely inside your own infrastructure
Biggest gap vs PropStream No trial; no outreach bundle
Watch-out Skip tracing is a separate product
Owner Not stated on the pages we read
ClaimSource, read date and status
Plan prices and record allowancesBatchData pricing page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
"155 million properties"BatchData home page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement; its pages give more than one count
Refresh cadenceBatchData pages, read 2026-10-22. Self-contradicting; not printed
AI and machine-learning termsBatchData terms, read 2026-10-08. Vendor statement

BatchData publishes plan prices with record allowances, from Growth at $1,000 a month for 100,000 records to Enterprise at $10,000 a month for 3,000,000 (as of October 2026). Delivery runs through a "Real-Time API" or bulk files "via S3, Snowflake, or flat file", which suits a team that already works in a warehouse.

Its field names cover the investor basics, including "Open Lien Counts & Balances" and "Estimated Equity & LTV Ratios", but the equity method is not documented. It states no single refresh cadence and no trial.

Choose it if you want published bulk pricing and warehouse delivery. Skip it if you need to see data before committing.

Where it is weaker than PropStream: no trial and no outreach bundle.

Not for: teams that need a trial before a $1,000 a month commitment.

Cotality (formerly CoreLogic)

Attribute Detail
Best for Open-lien positions per property
How you get the data API, cloud, file
Price as published Quote only: "Pricing varies based on history, geography, and delivery frequency." (as of October 2026). API pricing compared
Free plan or trial None stated
Investor fields stated Owner Y · "up to four open voluntary (mortgage) liens per property" · equity, distress and comps not stated
How equity and free-and-clear are defined Not stated
Coverage as stated "5.5 Billion U.S. property records spanning 50 years" (records, not properties)
Refresh as stated Not stated
Delivery API, cloud, file
AI or derivative-use terms Not read for this guide
Biggest gap vs PropStream No published price
Watch-out Its valuation tunings trade hit rate against accuracy
Owner Formerly CoreLogic; owns ListSource
ClaimSource, read date and status
Voluntary Lien Status scopeCotality product page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Quote-only pricingCotality product page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
"5.5 Billion U.S. property records"Cotality pages, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement; unit is records
"Highest hit-rate" and "Highest level of accuracy" tuningsCotality valuation product page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement

Cotality is the company that traded as CoreLogic. For investors, the useful product is Voluntary Lien Status, which "identifies up to four open voluntary (mortgage) liens per property" and is delivered for all properties "including those with no open liens".

One detail matters for check 4. Cotality's valuation product offers tunings labelled "Highest hit-rate" (for marketing) and "Highest level of accuracy" (for originations): the vendor's own admission that hit rate and accuracy trade off. Cotality also owns ListSource, covered further down.

Choose it if lien positions are the field you care about most. Skip it if you need a published price.

Where it is weaker than PropStream: no published price, no trial stated and no outreach.

Not for: buyers who need a published price.

First American DataTree

Attribute Detail
Best for Coverage stated in counties, release records in the feed
How you get the data API, bulk, web platform
Price as published Store reports $4.00 to $22.00; API and bulk unpublished (as of October 2026). API pricing compared
Free plan or trial Trial behind a sales form
Investor fields stated Owner Y · mortgage Y, including "Mortgage Releases" and "Mortgage Assignments" · "Equity dollar and %" · "Total open liens" · distress Y · comps not stated
How equity and free-and-clear are defined "Logic applied", no formula published
Coverage as stated "Property Assessment data covers 100% of U.S. counties. Approximately 150 million property records, with more than 200 attributes available."
Refresh as stated Not stated
Delivery API, bulk, web platform
AI or derivative-use terms Not read for this guide
Biggest gap vs PropStream No self-serve bulk price
Watch-out datatree.com redirects to dna.firstam.com; footer disclaims warranty
Owner First American
ClaimSource, read date and status
County coverage and record countDataTree pages, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Recorder inputs and "logic applied" fieldsDataTree pages, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Store report pricesDataTree store, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Warranty disclaimerDataTree footer, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement

DataTree is the one vendor here that states its core property-record coverage in counties: "100% of U.S. counties", with approximately 150 million property records. Its recorder inputs include "Mortgage Releases" and "Mortgage Assignments", which is the raw material for the free-and-clear question in check 3. Its "logic applied" fields include "Equity dollar and %" and "Total open liens", with no published formula. The footer reads: "make no express or implied warranty regarding the information presented and assume no responsibility for errors or omissions."

Choose it if you want county-level coverage stated plainly and release records in the feed. Skip it if you want to price bulk data without a sales call.

Where it is weaker than PropStream: no self-serve price for bulk records, and the trial sits behind a sales form.

Not for: buyers who want self-serve bulk pricing.

RealEstateAPI

Attribute Detail
Best for Documented investor filters in an API
How you get the data API
Price as published Starter $599, Growth $1,200, Pro $2,500 a month (30,000 / 150,000 / 400,000 credits); "Rates assume annual subscription, billed monthly." Pay-as-you-go $0.10 a record, labelled "Limited-time promo pricing" (as of October 2026). API pricing compared
Free plan or trial "Free trial with $200 in API credits for 14 days, no credit card required."
Investor fields stated Owner Y · mortgage and lien Y · equity Y · distress Y · comps not stated
How equity and free-and-clear are defined Documented thresholds: free_clear "if set to true, results will have no .currentMortgages"; "high_equity: true is equivalent to equity_percent > 70"
Coverage as stated "159M US properties"
Refresh as stated Not stated
Delivery API
AI or derivative-use terms Not read for this guide
Biggest gap vs PropStream No outreach tools
Watch-out The monthly figure assumes an annual subscription
Owner Not stated on the pages we read
ClaimSource, read date and status
Plan prices, credits, billing basisRealEstateAPI pricing page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
free_clear and high_equity definitionsRealEstateAPI API documentation, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
county and absentee_owner search parametersRealEstateAPI property-search field guide, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
G2 4.8, n = 38G2, read 2026-10-22. Review platform; n under 40

RealEstateAPI prices by credits and states its billing basis: the monthly rates "assume annual subscription, billed monthly."

Its documentation defines the investor labels precisely. In one API vendor's documented schema, "free and clear" is a filter meaning no open mortgage on file, not a verified payoff. "High equity" is "equity_percent > 70". A search for absentee-owned, free-and-clear properties in one Florida county uses fields from its documented property-search guide:

{
  "state": "FL",
  "county": "Hillsborough",
  "free_clear": true,
  "absentee_owner": true,
  "size": 250
}

Choose it if you want documented filters and a no-card trial. Skip it if you need outreach in the same tool.

Where it is weaker than PropStream: no outreach tools, and the monthly price rests on an annual commitment.

Not for: investors who want lists and outreach without building anything.

Regrid

Attribute Detail
Best for Counting parcels in your county
How you get the data API, bulk files, tiles
Price as published Standard $375 a month, Premium $500 a month, each with 2,000 parcel records and 200,000 tiles; extra parcel records $0.10 / $0.15 (as of October 2026). API pricing compared
Free plan or trial Sandbox: 30 days, 7 counties, 2,000 parcel records, no card
Investor fields stated Owner Y · mortgage N · lien N · AVM N · equity N · distress N
How equity and free-and-clear are defined Not applicable (no mortgage or equity fields)
Coverage as stated Parcels; sourced "directly from each county or whom they designate as the official source"
Refresh as stated "On average 94% of our parcels have been refreshed in the last 12 months"; 200 to 400 counties a month
Delivery API, bulk files, tiles
AI or derivative-use terms Bars putting its data into an AI model
Biggest gap vs PropStream No mortgage, lien, equity or distress fields
Watch-out A parcel layer, not a lead source
Owner Not stated on the pages we read
ClaimSource, read date and status
Plan prices and allowancesRegrid API plans page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
Sandbox termsRegrid API plans page, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
94% refreshed in 12 monthsRegrid documentation, read 2026-10-22. Vendor statement
AI-use restrictionRegrid terms, read 2026-10-08. Vendor statement

Not for: anyone who needs mortgage, lien, AVM, equity or distress fields. Regrid is a parcel and owner layer, and it carries none of them.

It earns its entry as the denominator for check 1. Regrid says "We source our data directly from each county or whom they designate as the official source", and its documentation states "On average 94% of our parcels have been refreshed in the last 12 months". That makes its sandbox a practical way to count parcels in a county your assessor does not publish.

Choose it if you need to count your county before you trust anyone's coverage number. Skip it if you want leads.

Where it is weaker than PropStream: no mortgage, equity or distress data at all.

PropStream alternatives compared by investor data field

The at-a-glance table answered which lane and what it costs. This one answers what each alternative states about its data, as stated on vendor pages in October 2026. A "Y" is a vendor statement, not a quality grade. The investor-grade test further down is how you grade the rest.

Alternative Owner Mortgage / lien Equity method published? Distress Comps API or bulk Coverage unit
DataSift Y Liens on SiftMap Pro Threshold only (30%) Y Y N (Zapier) Not stated ("Nationwide")
DealMachine Y Y Not stated Y Y API Properties
Deal Sauce Y (terms) Y (terms) Not stated Not stated beyond auctions Y Not stated Records
PropertyRadar Y Y Formula published Y Y API Properties
Propwire Y Mortgage Y; liens Premium Threshold only (over 60%); comp formula published Y Y N Properties; premium leads in counties
XLeads Implied Not stated Not stated Y Y Not stated Not stated
ATTOM Y Y Method stated in its research Y Y API, bulk Properties; population share
BatchData Y Y Not documented Y Add-on API, bulk Properties (three counts)
Cotality Y Up to four open liens Not stated Not stated Not stated API, cloud, file Records
DataTree Y Y, incl. releases "Logic applied", no formula Y Not stated API, bulk Counties
RealEstateAPI Y Y Documented thresholds (over 70%) Y Not stated API Properties
Regrid Y N N N N API, bulk Parcels

Four names appear on most lists but fail the switch, each for a stated reason: same owner, one-time licence, comps-led, and CRM.

BatchLeads

BatchLeads belongs to PropStream. In a release dated July 7, 2025, PropStream "today announced its acquisition of BatchLeads and BatchDialer". The BatchLeads terms cover "the 'BatchLeads' and 'BatchDialer' Products owned by Equimine, Inc. d/b/a PropStream", and its pricing-page logo reads "BATCHLEADS Powered by PROPSTREAM". Whether BatchLeads' data differs from PropStream's is not stated, so we claim neither. Of the 13 comparison pages we read that list BatchLeads, three mention that PropStream owns it.

For the record: Growth $119, Professional $349, Scale $749 a month, with leads and exports of 10,000 / 20,000, 35,000 / 70,000 and 75,000 / 150,000, and "Try risk free for 7 days" on individual plans (as of October 2026).

Not an independent alternative

BatchLeads is not an independent alternative: PropStream acquired it on July 7, 2025, and its terms name Equimine, Inc. d/b/a PropStream.

ListSource (Cotality)

ListSource sells lists, not a platform. "Each purchased list is good for one-time use only. This agreement is part of the ListSource User License Agreement." Its terms (last updated December 9, 2021) say users may not "merge or incorporate the Services with any other file" or process them "with other data from any other source", which collides with loading a list into a CRM. The minimum is "$50.00" per credit-card transaction (as of October 2026), and the footer still says CoreLogic.

Privy

Privy is an MLS-led comps and investor-activity tool: One Market $97, Three States $149, Nationwide $249 a month (as of October 2026). "Privy does not generally offer free trials", though it offers a "30-day money-back guarantee on all investor plans". Owner, mortgage, equity, distress lists, skip tracing, exports and API are not stated on its pages, so it cannot do the job of a PropStream replacement for list building.

REsimpli

REsimpli is a CRM with data pulling: Solo $299, Team $899, Business $2,199 a month, with a 14-day trial that requires a card (as of October 2026). It names no property-data source on its marketing pages, and its "Open API" is CRM sync. If the CRM is what you want, it may fit; if you are replacing PropStream's records, you cannot tell from its pages what you would be buying.

The investor-grade test for any PropStream alternative

We found no published independent test of the owner, mortgage, equity or distress data in these platforms, and every investor app's terms we read disclaim accuracy. So the test is yours. Run it before you switch and at every renewal, and run it on PropStream too.

Check How to run it What a pass looks like
1. Count your county Download the county parcel roll where the assessor publishes it, filter to the property classes you buy, count the rows, and compare with the platform's count for the same county and classes. No published roll: use Regrid's 7-county sandbox The platform's count is within a few percent of the roll for your classes (you set the tolerance)
2. Check 20 addresses you know Pull the same 20 known addresses from every platform on your shortlist, PropStream included; score owner, open mortgage and last sale as match, miss or blank Owner and open-mortgage fields match on addresses whose payoff or sale has had time to record
3. Ask what "free and clear" means Ask how the vendor treats loans recorded as satisfied; check your known payoffs The vendor can explain it, and payoffs older than about two to three months show as released
4. Ask how equity is computed Ask for the formula, the loan-balance assumptions and the fallback when no value can be estimated All three are stated
5. Ask for the refresh rate, field by field Ask separately for owner, mortgage, distress and value A stated cadence per field, not one word for the whole file
6. Ask for the source of record Ask which source class feeds each field: assessor, recorder, MLS or a licensed aggregator The vendor names the source per field and the refresh of each
7. Read the terms before you export Read caps, merge clauses and AI-use clauses against what you plan to do You can do what you plan with the export: merge it into a CRM, feed a model, keep it after cancelling

The 20-address file is the core of the test. Pick 20 addresses in one county whose facts you know: about 5 with a payoff in the last six months (a refinance or a sale), 5 sold in the last 90 days, 3 known vacant, 3 with a recent foreclosure filing or auction, and 4 owned by an LLC or trust. For the distress addresses, our piece on why foreclosure counts differ by source explains the gaps.

Units flatter, which is why check 1 comes first. A layer can look complete and miss a fifth of a county: an OpenAddresses import for Westchester County, NY, covers only residential parcels, 203,337 of the county's 258,145 total tax parcels, while 201,715 of those 203,337 rows were valid (99.2%). Nationally, the denominator is 3,143 counties and county-equivalents (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025).

Sources disagree, and check 2 catches it: assessor, recorder and MLS records are different records on different calendars. The mailed "free and clear" lead goes wrong at check 3. On a platform, free and clear means no recorded open loan, not a verified payoff, and the record lags the payoff by law. In California, the lender has 30 days after payoff to send the reconveyance request to the trustee, and the trustee then has 21 days from receipt to record it: up to 51 days on the statute's own deadlines. If nothing is recorded within 75 days of payoff, a title insurer may record a release (Cal. Civ. Code §2941). In Florida, the lender or servicer has 60 days after payoff to sign the release and send it for recording (Fla. Stat. §701.04). Both clocks end before the recorder indexes the document, and they are two states' rules, not a national figure. Distress records lag too. In Philadelphia, sheriff-sale deeds are "supposed to take 70 days to record", but in February to March 2024 the sheriff's office "had submitted just 29 deeds for recording, nearly all of which corresponded to auctions that took place 200 to 300 days prior" (The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 22, 2026). That is one office, and sheriff deeds, not the recorder.

Timeline titled "How a paid-off loan stays open in the record", comparing two state statutes after a mortgage payoff. California: the lender has 30 days to send the reconveyance request to the trustee, and the trustee then has 21 days from receipt to record it, up to 51 days on the statute's deadlines; if nothing is recorded within 75 days of payoff, a title insurer may record a release (Cal. Civ. Code section 2941). Florida: the lender or servicer has 60 days after payoff to sign the release and send it for recording (Fla. Stat. section 701.04). Footer: two state statutes, not a national figure.
Until the release is recorded, a paid-off loan still reads as open, so a "free and clear" filter can miss a payoff by weeks.

Equity, the subject of check 4, is a model on a model: a modelled loan balance against a modelled value. One label, four definitions: "high equity" means 30% or more at DataSift, over 60% at Propwire, over 70% in RealEstateAPI's documented filter, and at PropStream any of 50% or more equity, under 50% loan-to-value or $100,000 or more in equity.

Off-market estimates miss by about four times as much

Zillow puts the Zestimate's nationwide median error at 1.77% for homes on the market and 7.20% for off-market homes (as of the September 30, 2026 refresh). Redfin reports 1.90% for homes for sale (n = 3,328,255) and 7.46% off-market (n = 135,051,865) (as of October 21, 2026). Investors buy off-market.

None of the investor platforms we read publishes an off-market valuation error. Lenders must test their models: the interagency final rule Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models (OCC, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, NCUA, CFPB and FHFA; 89 FR 64538; effective October 1, 2025) requires covered mortgage originators and secondary market issuers to "require random sample testing and reviews". Its scope is credit decisions on a consumer's principal dwelling. Nothing requires the same of the equity figure your list was filtered on.

Check 5 separates a database cycle from recording lag. PropStream's FAQ says "Vacant data is updated monthly" and also lists "Vacant Properties" under "PropStream provides daily updates to:", so we print the contradiction, not a cadence. A "daily" claim does not state the time from recording to appearance either, and the tax roll underneath may carry characteristics data four to six years old under the IAAO standard.

Check 6 asks whether switching changes anything underneath. PropStream names no licensor. Propwire's "same national data providers" line sits against PropertyRadar's claim that it tests "multiple source providers head-to-head per county". Ask yours.

The contract is check 7: caps that do not roll over (PropStream), a merge ban (ListSource) and AI-use bars (PropStream, Regrid, and BatchData with its self-hosted carve-out). For skip tracing, compare right-party connects on the same records, never a vendor's match rate. Vendors' terms put Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Do-Not-Call and similar compliance on you: PropStream's name TCPA, TSR/DNC, ECPA and UDAP, and XLeads' say a phone number "does not constitute legal permission ... to contact that person". The seven checks are the general dimensions of data quality, applied to one county.

A vendor may be better in your county, and the test can come out in PropStream's favour. Disclaimers are standard. The point is who carries the risk: you, the buyer, not that these vendors are worse than others.

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When no platform is enough

Past a threshold, you stop accepting a vendor's sources and start specifying your own. A platform is a national file built county by county on the vendor's refresh calendar, and from outside you cannot see which counties are stale. Check 1 is usually where that threshold shows up.

Custom collection beats a platform when:

  • Check 1 fails: your markets or fields are ones no platform carries, or carries stale.
  • You need refresh you control: your schedule, not the vendor's calendar.
  • You need to own the data in bulk where licences forbid it: PropStream bars AI use, and ListSource forbids merging "with any other file".

It does not when:

  • You are a solo investor pulling lists: custom collection has no outreach half.
  • The county count passes: keep the platform that holds it.
  • You need data this week: custom work has setup time.

The constraints bind custom collection too. Every county is its own publisher and its files change; Maricopa warns that "The scheduled updates to the datasets may change. Please check the file dates", and that "you will need to format and organize it". Access varies by statute, as Kansas shows. The recording lag in check 3 binds every collector. And do not collect from the platforms themselves: PropStream's terms bar robots and crawlers, and Propwire's forbid "automated processes to copy Content". Lawfulness turns on the data, the access and the use; our overview of US web scraping laws covers the ground. Custom moves who owns the breakage. It does not remove it.

For the wider build, buy or partner decision on property data, see our guide to real estate data analytics, and for extraction specifically, our build vs buy decision guide.

Forage AI builds and runs managed property data pipelines that collect property records from the sources you specify, to your own fields and on your schedule, and deliver them by API, file or cloud integration into your systems. You own the data, and Forage AI never resells it.

When is PropStream still the right call?

Often, if your counties hold up. A switch made for the bill alone may land you on the same records, so stay unless you can name the wall you hit.

Stay if: your counties pass checks 1 to 3, you use the bundle (lists, skip tracing and outreach), and your volume fits a tier: $99 / $199 / $699 a month with 25,000 / 50,000 / 100,000 saves and exports, at October 2026 prices.

Look elsewhere if: you hit one of the four walls: the bill, the data, the skip trace or access. Then the wall tells you the lane.

One caution: switching to BatchLeads is not leaving, because PropStream owns it.

What switching platforms does not change

Switching changes your workflow and your bill, not necessarily your records. You keep the same county record system, the same lawful lag, a modelled equity figure, and an accuracy disclaimer in every investor app's terms we read. Where a platform's beds, baths and square footage come from the assessor's roll, they inherit that record's limits, and an assessor's office is clear about what the record does not decide.

Expert Insights

"The Assessor's role and that of its staff is not to make a legal determination as to whether or not an improvement is permitted (or legal). That is the role of the building department."

Jim Glickman, MAI, Chief Real Property Appraiser, Sacramento County Assessor's Office (quoted in Ryan Lundquist, "Tax Records is not the definitive source for square footage", Sacramento Appraisal Blog, January 22, 2020)

That does not mean every alternative sells the same data. Propwire says it uses the same providers as its competitors; PropertyRadar says it tests multiple providers per county, and neither claim proves the other wrong. What you can change is how you test (the seven checks) and which lane you buy in: those two decisions are where your records can change.

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Which three questions should decide your choice?

There is no single winner for wholesaling, flipping or a fund. Three questions get you to a shortlist:

  1. Do you need outreach in the same login, or records in your systems? That picks the band.
  2. Does the platform pass checks 1 and 3 in the counties you work? That decides whether its records are worth acting on.
  3. What does the licence let you do with exports? Merging, AI use and caps decide what the data is worth after you pull it.

Trial a shortlist of one or two on the same 20 addresses. Do not pick on the sticker. Prices sit on different units (per seat, per bundle, per package, per credit, per record), so compare them on your own monthly volume, not the headline figure.

How do you switch from PropStream without losing work?

Once you have a shortlist, time the switch to the billing date, and move in this order:

  1. Export first. Stay inside your plan's monthly export limit (25,000 / 50,000 / 100,000), because "Unused saves and exports don't roll over". PropStream's pages do not list which objects (lists, skip-trace results, marketing history) export, so check in-app what you need before you cancel.
  2. Trial the new platform on the same 20 addresses. Trials are short: PropertyRadar 5 days with no exports, DataSift and BatchLeads 7 days, Deal Sauce 14 days per its terms, and DealMachine none.
  3. Cancel before the billing date. PropStream's FAQ: "To cancel your subscription, please contact our Customer Support during business hours ... prior to your next billing cycle date." Confirm the support number in your account, since the FAQ lists two.
  4. Keep the test file. You will need it at the next renewal, wherever you land.

If you are tempted by BatchLeads' offer of "UNLIMITED imports" for the first month to users moving from PropStream, read the BatchLeads entry first. And remember that exported skip-trace results carry your compliance obligations with them. The last decision is what to do if no platform passes in your counties.

Why Forage AI for PropStream alternatives

Forage AI builds end-to-end managed data pipelines that handle discovery, extraction, structuring, quality checks and delivery, built to your own fields and systems. It is a fully managed service, never self-serve, and you own the data: Forage AI never resells it. Delivery is CSV, JSON or XML by API, direct download or cloud integration into CRMs, warehouses or webhooks, with contractual controls and client-specific handling rules agreed up front.

Choose Forage AI if you need property records from specific sources and markets, built to your own fields and schedule, delivered into your systems, and you want to own the data.

Choose a self-serve investor platform if you want lists, filters, skip tracing and outreach in one subscription and a national file holds up in your counties. For most solo wholesalers, that is the right buy.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there a free alternative to PropStream?

Propwire is the only app in this guide with a permanent free plan that returns property records, capped at 10,000 per download, with liens on its paid Premium tier. RentCast, Regrid and RealEstateAPI offer free tiers or trials for teams, and Maricopa County's assessor publishes its parcel master file free. Before you rely on any free file, run check 6.

Does PropStream have an API?

PropStream publishes no API or bulk-data product, as of October 2026, and its terms bar automated access and AI use. A custom arrangement may sit behind its sales contact, but nothing is published. If you need records in your own systems, the Band B vendors are the route.

Is BatchLeads the same company as PropStream?

Yes. PropStream announced its acquisition of BatchLeads and BatchDialer on July 7, 2025, and the BatchLeads terms name "Equimine, Inc. d/b/a PropStream". Whether BatchLeads' data differs from PropStream's is not stated, so switching between them changes the product, not the company.

What is the best PropStream alternative for wholesaling?

There is no single winner; the answer depends on your lane and the wall you hit. If you need lists, skip tracing and outreach in one login, start with Band A: Propwire if cost is the wall (a free plan, with liens on Premium), DataSift if exports are ("Unlimited Data Export"), and DealMachine or PropertyRadar if you also want API access on a self-serve plan. Then run the county test on your shortlist, because a cheaper app that fails check 1 in your county is not a saving.

How accurate is PropStream's data?

We found no published independent test. PropStream's terms say "THE INFORMATION IS NOT GUARANTEED TO BE 100% ACCURATE." That is a standard disclaimer, not an admission of poor data; it means you carry the risk. Run the seven checks on your own county to find out.

Why do two platforms show different owners for the same house?

Assessor, recorder and MLS records are different records updated on different calendars, and a sale or payoff takes weeks to record. California allows up to 51 days on the statute's deadlines; Florida gives a lender 60 days to send a release. Two platforms can catch the same house at different points.

Does PropStream have MLS data?

Per PropStream, its data is "multi-sourced from county recordings, MLS records, and private data sources", and "MLS data is updated daily" (FAQ, read October 2026). It names no licensor. MLS fields can still disagree with county records, which is why check 2 compares both against what you know.

How much does PropStream cost per month?

As of October 2026, PropStream costs $99, $199 or $699 a month for Essentials, Pro and Elite, or $972, $1,980 or $6,996 a year, with a 7-day free trial. Saves and exports run 25,000, 50,000 or 100,000 a month and do not roll over.

Keep the 20-address file, and rerun the seven checks at every renewal, PropStream included. Records change when the recorder catches up, not when you switch. Before you sign anything new, send the same 20 addresses to every vendor on your shortlist and compare what comes back, field by field. And if your counties fail the test and you need records built to your own fields, a managed property-data pipeline from Forage AI is the conversation to have.

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Written by
Sai Subramaniam
Data Infrastructure Enthusiast, Forage AI

Sai is a data infrastructure enthusiast who has spent the past two to three years following the AI space closely, from the infrastructure layer to the fast-growing world of data for AI. He is genuinely curious about how modern data pipelines get built and where the data industry is heading, and he writes insightful pieces on the core topics that shape this niche.

Reviewed by the team of experts at Forage AI for accuracy and clarity.