# Tracerfy alternatives: one price per record, optional prepaid credit

URL: https://skipmatch.com/alternatives/tracerfy
Last updated: 2026-10-02

## Key facts

- Price: a flat $0.03 a record at any list size from 50 to 100,000 records.
- Unit: Priced per matched record.
- Minimum order: 50 records
- Minimum charge: Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches.
- Single search: Single search: $0.10, charged only on a match, paid from prepaid credit ($10 minimum top-up).
- Prepaid credit: Prepaid credit expires 12 months after your last credit purchase, single search or credit-paid list, and unused credit is refundable on request within 90 days of purchase.
- Free tool: Check your list free at /tools/skip-trace-csv-checker. Check columns, split addresses and download a fixed CSV in your browser before tracing at $0.03 a record. No account needed.
- Subscription: None. A list order is paid for on its own by card or prepaid credit.
- Max per order: 100,000 rows or 50 MB per file
- Output: Up to 10 phones per owner, each with its line type (mobile, landline or VoIP), plus emails where found
- Sources: 3 core providers: idiCORE, Enformion and Delvepoint
- Not for: FCRA uses: credit, insurance, employment or tenant screening
- Prices last changed: 2026-10-02
- Last updated: 2026-10-02

The main Tracerfy alternatives with no subscription are Skipmatch, DataSkip, Bulk Skip Trace, SkipMatrix and REISkip. Tracerfy lists $0.02 a credit pay-as-you-go, 1 credit per normal hit, below Skipmatch's price. Skipmatch sells one price per matched record, paid by card or prepaid credit. Below, all six are priced at 500, 5,000 and 25,000 records as of Sept 2026.

## Short answer

Tracerfy's published price is lower than ours. At $0.02 a credit pay-as-you-go and 1 credit per hit on a normal trace, it sits below Skipmatch's price ($0.03 a record at any list size), and its monthly plans price credits lower still, at $0.01-$0.014. If the rate per hit is what decides it, Tracerfy comes out ahead.

What differs is how you pay. Tracerfy sells credits first and draws them per hit. Skipmatch offers card or prepaid credit payment: each list gets one price per matched record, shown before you pay and charged by card per order, from 50 records. Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches.

If you want another per-hit or per-match service instead, DataSkip lists $0.04 per hit from a prepaid balance and Bulk Skip Trace $0.14 to $0.08 per match from a credit balance. SkipMatrix ($0.14 to $0.06 per match, by tier) is paid per order by card, and REISkip lists $0.15 per match with a 50-match minimum.

## What Tracerfy publishes

As published on tracerfy.com/pricing, checked 2026-09-25:

- Credits at $0.02 each pay-as-you-go. Monthly plans are optional and work out to $0.01-$0.014 a credit.
- A normal skip trace uses 1 credit per hit, an advanced trace 2 credits per hit, and an enhanced trace $0.30 per hit (15 credits).
- It advertises that misses are free.
- Purchased credits never expire; monthly plan credits reset each billing cycle.
- Minimum order: not stated on the pricing page as fetched 2026-09-25.

| Trace | Credits | Pay-as-you-go |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Normal skip trace | 1 per hit | $0.02 a hit |
| Advanced skip trace | 2 per hit | $0.04 a hit |
| Enhanced skip trace | 15 per hit | $0.30 a hit |
| Parcel (APN) trace | 5 per hit | $0.10 a hit |
| DNC scrubbing | 1 per phone | $0.02 a phone |

| Plan | A month | Credits | Per credit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pay-as-you-go | None | As bought | $0.02 |
| Growth | $700 | 50,000 | $0.014 |
| Scale | $1,500 | 125,000 | $0.012 |
| Business | $3,000 | 300,000 | $0.01 |

## Alternatives

Five services with no subscription required, each quoted from its own page as of Sept 2026. Skipmatch is one of the services compared.

### Skipmatch

One price per matched record: $0.03 a record at any list size. Orders of 50 to 100,000 records, paid by card or prepaid credit per order, with no subscription. Each record returns up to 10 phones, each labelled mobile, landline or VoIP, plus emails where they exist. Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches. Tracerfy's $0.02 credit is below this price.

Skipmatch vs Tracerfy · Sample result

### DataSkip

A flat $0.04 per hit at any volume, drawn from a prepaid balance. Its pricing page says "Misses are free" and "No minimum order". An optional $9.99 a month membership adds 100 free skips a day, up to 3,000 a month. The page also says all sales are final. Like Tracerfy, it is a balance you load first. Not the same company as DataSkip411.

Skipmatch vs DataSkip · dataskip.io/pricing (checked 2026-09-25)

### Bulk Skip Trace

Per match from a credit balance: $0.14 a match for orders of 1–4,999 records, $0.12 for 5,000–9,999, $0.10 for 10,000–100,000 and $0.08 above 100,000, as its pricing FAQ sets the rate for a whole order by its record count. No subscription and no monthly minimum stated. Its pricing page answers "Do I pay for records that don't match?" with "No." and says unmatched records go back to your balance as credits, not cash. New customers get their first deposit matched in credits.

Skipmatch vs Bulk Skip Trace · bulkskiptrace.com/pricing, bulkskiptrace.com (checked 2026-09-25)

### SkipMatrix

Done-for-you skip tracing, pay-as-you-go with no commitments or contracts: per match, $0.14 for 100-9,999 records, $0.12 for 10,000-24,999, $0.10 for 25,000-49,999, $0.08 for 50,000-99,999 and $0.06 for 100,000+, with one rate for the whole order. Its help center says "You only pay for successful matches", the minimum is 100 records, and custom enterprise pricing is offered for high volume on a monthly minimum commitment. Unlike Tracerfy, there is no balance to buy first.

Skipmatch vs SkipMatrix · SkipMatrix help center: how does the pricing work, skipmatrix.com/#pricing (calculator) (checked 2026-09-29)

### REISkip

$0.15 per match on its Bulk and Volume plans, marked as introductory pricing, with a minimum of 50 matches on Bulk and 1,001 on Volume. Custom plans on request; no subscription listed. Its minimum is counted in matches; Tracerfy's pricing page, as checked, does not state one.

Skipmatch vs REISkip · reiskip.com/pricing (checked 2026-09-25)

Weighing Tracerfy against BatchData instead? BatchData sells skip tracing as a subscription: its self-serve plans start at $2,000 a month for 100,000 records (batchdata.io/pricing, batchdata.io/skip-tracing, batchdata.io/faq (checked 2026-09-25)), where Tracerfy's plans start at $700 for 50,000 credits and pay-as-you-go needs no plan. Our Skipmatch vs BatchData page sets out its terms.

| Service | Published price | Billed on | Subscription | Unmatched records | Minimum | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skipmatch | $0.03 (any list size) | Per matched record | No | Never charged: released from the checkout hold | 50 records | This site |
| Tracerfy | $0.02 per credit pay-as-you-go; monthly plans work out to $0.010-$0.014 per credit. A normal skip trace uses 1 credit per hit and an advanced trace 2 credits per hit. Purchased credits never expire; monthly plan credits reset each billing cycle. Advanced trace $0.04 per hit; Enhanced $0.30 per hit (15 credits); Parcel (APN) trace 5 credits per hit; Phone Intelligence 5 credits per hit; DNC scrubbing 1 credit per phone. Monthly plans: Growth $700 for 50,000 credits, Scale $1,500 for 125,000, Business $3,000 for 300,000. | Credits, per hit | Optional (pay as you go, or monthly plans) | Advertises that misses are free | Not stated on the pricing page as fetched 2026-09-25 | tracerfy.com/pricing |
| DataSkip | A flat 4¢ per hit at any volume from a prepaid balance. A $9.99 a month membership adds 100 free skips a day, up to 3,000 a month. | Per hit | No (prepaid balance) | "Misses are free" | "No minimum order" | dataskip.io/pricing |
| Bulk Skip Trace | $0.14 (1-5,000), $0.12 (5,000-10,000), $0.10 (10,000-100,000) and $0.08 (100,000+) per credit, charged per match. Its pricing FAQ gives a whole order one rate by record count: orders of 1-4,999 records are $0.14 per match, 5,000-9,999 are $0.12, 10,000-100,000 are $0.10, and orders above 100,000 records are $0.08. New customers get their first deposit matched in credits. | Per match, from a credit balance | No | "Do I pay for records that don't match? No." Unmatched records: refunded as credits; "we do not offer refunds once a transaction is completed" (cash) | None stated ("no monthly minimum"; "Start with any amount") | bulkskiptrace.com/pricingbulkskiptrace.com |
| SkipMatrix | Per match, by tier: $0.14 for 100 to 9,999 records, $0.12 for 10,000 to 24,999, $0.10 for 25,000 to 49,999, $0.08 for 50,000 to 99,999 and $0.06 for 100,000 or more. One rate applies to the whole order. Custom enterprise pricing for high volume, based on a monthly minimum commitment. | Per successful match, at the tier for the match count | No ("No commitments or contracts") | "You only pay for successful matches" | 100 records | SkipMatrix help center: how does the pricing workskipmatrix.com/#pricing (calculator) |
| REISkip | $0.15 per match on its Bulk and Volume plans, marked as introductory pricing. Custom plans on request. | Per match | None listed | Billed per match | 50 matches (Bulk plan); 1,001 matches (Volume plan) | reiskip.com/pricing |

## Cost at 500 / 5,000 / 25,000 records

Skipmatch's row is its quote, the most the list can cost. Every other row is that service's total if every record hit or matched, at its published rate; fewer hits cost less. No company's match rate is assumed.

| Service | Billed on | 500 records | 5,000 records | 25,000 records |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skipmatch | Per record ($0.03) | $15.00 ($0.03) | $150.00 ($0.03) | $750.00 ($0.03) |
| Tracerfy, normal | Credits per hit ($0.02, pay-as-you-go) | $10.00 | $100.00 | $500.00 |
| Tracerfy, advanced | Credits per hit ($0.04, pay-as-you-go) | $20.00 | $200.00 | $1,000.00 |
| DataSkip | Per hit ($0.04) | $20.00 | $200.00 | $1,000.00 |
| Bulk Skip Trace | Per match, from credits ($0.14 to $0.08) | $70.00 ($0.14) | $600.00 ($0.12) | $2,500.00 ($0.10) |
| SkipMatrix | Per match ($0.14 to $0.06 per match, by tier) | $70.00 ($0.14) | $700.00 ($0.14) | $2,500.00 ($0.10) |
| REISkip | Per match ($0.15) | $75.00 | $750.00 | $3,750.00 |

Read plainly: Tracerfy's normal trace costs less than Skipmatch at all three sizes, even if every record hits.

## Credits vs per order

Beyond the rate, the difference between Tracerfy and Skipmatch is how the money moves. With credits, you pay into a balance first and each hit draws from it. With a per-order price, each list is quoted and paid on its own, paid by card or prepaid credit.

|  | Tracerfy | Skipmatch |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Before a list | Buy credits ($0.02 each pay-as-you-go) or a monthly plan | Nothing: the list is quoted when you upload it |
| What a list draws | Credits per hit: 1 on a normal trace, 2 on an advanced trace | One price per matched record for every row, set by the list's size |
| Left over afterwards | Purchased credits never expire; monthly plan credits reset each billing cycle | Optional prepaid credit |
| How you pay | Credit balance or monthly plan | Card or prepaid credit, per order; the checkout hold is the most the list can cost |
| Smallest order | Not stated on the pricing page as fetched 2026-09-25 | 50 records. Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches. |

Which suits you depends on how often you trace. If you run lists every month at volume, a plan's credit price ($0.01-$0.014) is below every per-record and per-match rate on this page. If you trace a list now and then, a per-order price means you never top up ahead of time. The plan credits are the ones to watch.

## When Tracerfy is the better fit

- On price, at every list size. Its $0.02 normal hit is below each Skipmatch per-record price, and that holds whatever share of the list hits.
- When you trace every month. Its monthly plans bring a credit down to $0.01-$0.014, from $700 a month for 50,000 credits.
- When a list will miss a lot. It draws credits per hit and advertises that misses are free; Skipmatch's quote is set by the list's row count, not its hit count.
- When you want other trace types in the same account: advanced and enhanced skip traces, a parcel (APN) trace and DNC scrubbing, all priced in credits on its pricing page.

Skipmatch fits a different preference: one number for the whole list before you pay, optional prepaid credit and no plan, orders from 50 records, and a sample result file you can download before you order. Our Skipmatch vs Tracerfy page sets the two side by side in more detail.

## How we checked

Every competitor figure on this page was read from that company's own public pages and is quoted as of Sept 2026: Tracerfy tracerfy.com/pricing (checked 2026-09-25); DataSkip dataskip.io/pricing (checked 2026-09-25); Bulk Skip Trace bulkskiptrace.com/pricing, bulkskiptrace.com (checked 2026-09-25); SkipMatrix SkipMatrix help center: how does the pricing work, skipmatrix.com/#pricing (calculator) (checked 2026-09-29); REISkip reiskip.com/pricing (checked 2026-09-25); BatchData batchdata.io/pricing, batchdata.io/skip-tracing, batchdata.io/faq (checked 2026-09-25). SkipMatrix's terms are from its help center article, with its homepage calculator linked. Tracerfy's per-credit plan prices are its plan price divided by its credits. Skipmatch's figures come from the same price ladder checkout uses.

Skipmatch is one of the services compared. This page says nothing about any company's data quality or match rates. Each per-hit or per-match total is what the list would cost if every record matched, the most it could cost at that rate. Prices change; check the linked page before you buy. See every head-to-head on the compare page and other roundups under alternatives.

- Skipmatch vs Tracerfy
- vs DataSkip
- vs Bulk Skip Trace
- vs SkipMatrix
- vs REISkip
- vs BatchData
- Sample result
- All alternatives
- All comparisons

## Questions

Q: How much does Tracerfy cost per lead?
A: As of Sept 2026, Tracerfy's pricing page (tracerfy.com/pricing, checked 2026-09-25) lists credits at $0.02 each pay-as-you-go. A normal skip trace uses 1 credit per hit ($0.02), an advanced trace 2 credits per hit ($0.04) and an enhanced trace $0.30 per hit. Its monthly plans work out to $0.01-$0.014 per credit. The charge is counted per hit, not per row uploaded.

Q: What is Tracerfy's minimum order?
A: Tracerfy's pricing page did not state a minimum order when we read it on 2026-09-25; check tracerfy.com/pricing for current terms. Its unit is the credit: $0.02 each pay-as-you-go, and the smallest monthly plan listed is Growth at $700 for 50,000 credits. A Skipmatch order is 50 to 100,000 records. Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches.

Q: Does Tracerfy charge for misses?
A: Tracerfy's pricing page advertises that misses are free, and its skip traces draw credits per hit: 1 on a normal trace and 2 on an advanced trace, as of Sept 2026 (tracerfy.com/pricing). Skipmatch works differently: it prices per matched record, so its quote is set by the row count of your list, not the match count, and is shown before you pay.

Q: Which alternatives do not require a credit balance?
A: Two of the services on this page state payment per order. Skipmatch quotes each list on its own, paid by card or prepaid credit. SkipMatrix describes done-for-you skip tracing at $0.14 to $0.06 per match, by tier, with an initial invoice paid by card and a final total set from successful matches. Two state a balance: DataSkip draws $0.04 per hit from a prepaid balance, and Bulk Skip Trace $0.14 to $0.08 per match from a credit balance. REISkip lists $0.15 per match with a 50-match minimum; its pricing page, as checked, does not say whether it bills from a balance. Terms as of Sept 2026.

Q: Is Skipmatch cheaper than Tracerfy?
A: No. On published prices, Tracerfy's normal skip trace, $0.02 a credit pay-as-you-go at 1 credit per hit, is below Skipmatch's price: a flat $0.03 a record at any list size from 50 to 100,000 records. The difference is one of kind: Skipmatch sells one price per record for the whole list, quoted before you pay and charged by card or prepaid credit per order, with a 50-record minimum. You can download a sample result file before you order.