Best skip tracing services for real estate investors (2026)

Best for small lists paid as you go: Tracerfy

On a few hundred records, per-hit and credit pricing can cost less than a per-record price. Tracerfy publishes $0.02 per credit, 1 credit per hit on a normal trace, below Skipmatch's $0.03 a record. Each sells from a prepaid balance or credits, so the money is committed before the list is traced.

• 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. (tracerfy.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-25)

Best for building the list and tracing it in one place: PropStream and PropertyRadar

If you also need property data and list building, an all-in-one platform bundles contact lookups into a monthly plan. PropStream's plans run $99 to $699 a month and PropertyRadar's $119 to $599, each with a per-contact rate on top of or beyond the plan.

• PropStream: Plans at $99, $199 and $699 a month ($81, $165 and $583 a month billed annually). Skip tracing is 12¢ per contact on Essentials, free through PropStream Connect (an add-on from $30 a month on Essentials, included on Pro and Elite); additional skip tracing on Pro and Elite is 10¢ per contact. (propstream.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-25)
• PropertyRadar: Plans at $119, $249 and $599 a month billed monthly ($99, $199 and $549 a month prepaid annually). Phones and emails are capped at 250, 500 or 2,500 a month by plan, then 8¢, 6¢ or 4¢ per contact. Included contacts do not roll over. 5-day free trial. (propertyradar.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-25)

Best for per-match billing with no subscription: REISkip, Bulk Skip Trace and SkipMatrix

These publish a price per match and no monthly plan: REISkip $0.15, Bulk Skip Trace $0.14 down to $0.08 by volume, and SkipMatrix $0.14 to $0.06 per match, by tier. They differ on minimums and on whether you prepay a credit balance or pay per order.

• REISkip: $0.15 per match on its Bulk and Volume plans, marked as introductory pricing. Custom plans on request. (reiskip.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-25)
• 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. (bulkskiptrace.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-25)
• 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. (SkipMatrix help center: how does the pricing work (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-29)

Best for a phone and email append on a larger file: DataZapp

DataZapp publishes $0.03 per match pay-as-you-go with a $125 minimum order, and $0.025 or $0.02 per match on $1,000 and $2,000 prepaid plans. The minimum order makes it a better fit for a file large enough to clear it.

• DataZapp: $0.03 per match pay-as-you-go with a $125 minimum order, or $0.025 and $0.02 per match on $1,000 and $2,000 prepaid plans with no minimum order. (datazapp.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-25)

Best for very high monthly volume: BatchData

BatchData, a data company that sells at scale through an API, publishes self-serve skip tracing plans from $2,000 a month for 100,000 records. A plan that size suits a team tracing tens of thousands of records every month, not a single list.

• BatchData: Self-serve skip tracing plans start at $2,000 a month for 100,000 records. (batchdata.io/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-25)

Best for a fixed monthly allowance: Skip Genie

Skip Genie publishes $58 a month for 100 searches, then $0.17 a search. It suits a steady, small monthly flow of single lookups more than one large list.

• Skip Genie: $58 a month for 100 searches, then 17¢ each. Credits end when the subscription is cancelled. (skipgenie.com/join (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-25)

Best for land investors who want parcel maps with it: Land Portal

Land Portal is a land-investing data, GIS and CRM platform with skip tracing on top of a plan from $59 a month. Skip tracing is $0.10 a record by default, and bulk tokens bring it as low as $0.05 or $0.04 depending on the plan.

• Land Portal: Plans at $59, $99 and $199 a month (Enterprise from $650; the compare table prints $59.95 and $99.95). Skip tracing is 10¢ per record by default, as low as 5¢ (Starter/Advanced) or 4¢ (Pro) with bulk tokens, and $0.015 per successful record on Enterprise annual plans; Enterprise monthly bundles include 10,000 to 100,000 skip traces. 7-day free trial. (landportal.com/subscriptions (opens in a new tab), checked 2026-09-25)

Where Skipmatch fits: one-off lists paid per order

Lists of 50 to 100,000 records, paid per order by card or prepaid credit with no subscription. The price is $0.03 a record at any list size. Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches. Each record returns up to 10 phones with line type plus emails, and its agentic skip tracing rotates between idiCORE, Enformion and Delvepoint for the best match on each record. Disclosure: Skipmatch publishes this guide and is one of the services compared.