Skip tracing with no subscription: platforms vs paying per record
Yes: pay-per-record services trace a list with no plan to cancel. DealMachine, PropertyRadar, REsimpli, PropStream and BatchLeads include skip tracing in monthly plans instead. On their published prices, Skipmatch's 3¢ a record costs less up to about 3,300 traces a month; past that, a plan whose included credits cover your volume can cost less per trace.
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
- Last updated
The short answer
A subscription platform charges every month whether you trace or not, and gives you an allowance in return. Paying per record charges only for the lists you upload. Which costs less comes down to how many records you trace each month and whether you use the rest of the platform. Worked from each company's published prices (checked 2026-09-25) against Skipmatch's price for one list of that size:
- 500 traces a month: Skipmatch $15.00. Every platform plan below costs more.
- 2,000 traces a month: Skipmatch $60.00. Every platform plan below costs more.
- 10,000 traces a month: Skipmatch $300.00. These plans cost less: DealMachine Basic ($99 a seat), if the traces fit in its data credits (DealMachine does not publish credits per trace); REsimpli ($299 plan); PropStream Essentials with PropStream Connect (from $129), if the add-on covers the traces (the terms we recorded list no monthly count for it); and BatchLeads Growth ($119), counting each trace as one lead.
A plan's included credits only pay off in months you use them: PropertyRadar's and REsimpli's included allowances do not roll over. Skipmatch is one of the services compared.
What a subscription includes
Each platform sells skip tracing inside a monthly plan, and each counts it in a different unit: DealMachine in data credits, PropertyRadar in phones and emails, REsimpli in skip tracing credits, BatchLeads in leads, and PropStream per contact unless an add-on or a higher plan includes it. The table is each company's own published terms as of Sept 2026. "Not checked" means we did not record that term.
| Service | Plan price a month | Included each month | Beyond what is included | Unused allowance rolls over | Free trial | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DealMachine | Basic $99 a seat; Pro $149 a seat; Scale $599 with 10 seats | 10,000 data credits a seat (Basic), 20,000 a seat (Pro); Scale is a 100,000-record package | No separate per-record price published | Not checked | Not checked | dealmachine.com/pricing (opens in a new tab); dealmachine.com/features/skip-tracing (opens in a new tab), checked |
| PropertyRadar | $119, $249 and $599 billed monthly ($99, $199 and $549 prepaid annually) | 250, 500 and 2,500 phones and emails, by plan | 8¢, 6¢ and 4¢ per contact, by plan | No | 5 days | propertyradar.com/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked |
| REsimpli | $299, $899 and $2,199 billed monthly ($249, $699 and $1,799 billed annually) | 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 skip tracing credits, by plan | $0.15 per record | No | 14 days | resimpli.com/pricing (opens in a new tab); resimpli.com/features/skip-tracing (opens in a new tab), checked |
| PropStream | Essentials $99, Pro $199, Elite $699 ($81, $165, $583 billed annually) | Essentials: none; 12¢ per contact, or free through the PropStream Connect add-on (from $30 a month). Pro and Elite: PropStream Connect included | 10¢ per contact for additional skip tracing on Pro and Elite | Not checked | 7 days | propstream.com/pricing (opens in a new tab); propstream.com/skip-tracing (opens in a new tab), checked |
| BatchLeads | Growth $119, Professional $349 and Scale $749; 40% less on an annual commitment | 10,000, 35,000 and 75,000 leads, by plan; saved leads come with phones and emails | 4¢ per additional lead or export | Not checked | 7 days | batchleads.io/pricing (opens in a new tab); help.getbatch.co: skip tracing pricing (opens in a new tab), checked |
| DataSkip (optional membership) | $9.99 | 100 free skips a day, up to 3,000 a month | 4¢ per hit | Not checked | Not checked | dataskip.io/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked |
| Skipmatch | None | Card or prepaid credit | 3¢ a record at any list size | Nothing to roll over | No plan to trial | Skipmatch pricing |
Cost at 500, 2,000 and 10,000 traces a month
Each row is one way to trace that many records in a month, worked from the company's published terms, with the cost per trace under the total. Where a plan charges per contact (PropertyRadar, PropStream Essentials), the row counts one contact per traced owner; an owner returned with several phones and emails uses more, and one with none found may use none. DealMachine does not publish how many data credits a trace uses, so its row is the plan price alone.
Skipmatch charges the same rate on every order, so splitting a month into smaller batches costs the same: 10,000 records a month is $300.00 as one list and $300.00 as 4 weekly lists of 2,500.
| 500 a month | 2,000 a month | 10,000 a month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skipmatch, one list | $15.003¢ a trace | $60.003¢ a trace | $300.003¢ a trace |
| Skipmatch, 4 weekly lists | $15.003¢ a trace | $60.003¢ a trace | $300.003¢ a trace |
| DealMachine Basic, one seat (plan price; traces draw on its 10,000 data credits) | $99.0019.8¢ a trace | $99.004.95¢ a trace | $99.000.99¢ a trace |
| PropertyRadar, whichever plan costs least for the volume, one contact per trace | $139.0027.8¢ a trace$119 plan | $259.0012.95¢ a trace$119 plan | $819.008.19¢ a trace$249 plan |
| REsimpli, $299 plan (10,000 credits, then $0.15 a record) | $299.0059.8¢ a trace | $299.0014.95¢ a trace | $299.002.99¢ a trace |
| PropStream Essentials, 12¢ per contact, one contact per trace | $159.0031.8¢ a trace | $339.0016.95¢ a trace | $1,299.0012.99¢ a trace |
| PropStream Essentials with the PropStream Connect add-on (from $30) | from $129.0025.8¢ a trace | from $129.006.45¢ a trace | from $129.001.29¢ a trace |
| BatchLeads Growth (10,000 leads, then 4¢ a lead) | $119.0023.8¢ a trace | $119.005.95¢ a trace | $119.001.19¢ a trace |
| DataSkip, every record hits (the most it charges) | $20.004¢ a trace | $80.004¢ a trace | $400.004¢ a trace |
| DataSkip with the $9.99 membership, free skips used first, spread over enough days (100 a day) | $9.992¢ a trace | $9.990.5¢ a trace | $289.992.9¢ a trace |
DataSkip's $9.99 membership is a subscription too
DataSkip needs no plan: as of Sept 2026 its pricing page lists a flat 4¢ per hit from a prepaid balance, and says "Misses are free" and "No minimum order". Its optional $9.99 a month membership adds 100 free skips a day, up to 3,000 a month. That is a monthly fee like the platforms' plans, only smaller.
- When it pays for itself: the fee equals 250 hits at 4¢, so it saves money in months you would use more free skips than that.
- The most it saves: $110.01 a month, when all 3,000 free skips are used; at 100 a day, that means tracing on 30 days of the month.
- Against Skipmatch: 4¢ a hit is above Skipmatch's 3¢ a record, but DataSkip charges only the records that hit, so it comes to less when fewer than 75% of the list hits. The Skipmatch vs DataSkip comparison works through the numbers.
- Balance: its pricing page says "All sales are final. Loaded balances are not refunded."
Source: dataskip.io/pricing (opens in a new tab), checked .
When a platform wins
Plainly: a solo investor who traces thousands of records every month, on a plan with large included credits, pays less per trace than Skipmatch. Used in full, DealMachine Basic comes to 0.99¢ a credit, REsimpli's $299 plan comes to 2.99¢ a credit and BatchLeads Growth comes to 1.19¢ a lead, below even Skipmatch's 3¢ a record at any list size (DealMachine does not publish how many credits a trace uses). A platform is also the better fit when:
- You use the rest of it. DealMachine is a driving-for-dollars and lead platform; skip tracing draws on plan data credits. PropertyRadar is a property and owner data platform with list building. REsimpli is an all-in-one investor CRM with skip tracing included in every plan. If you pay for those tools anyway, the included skip tracing is worth counting.
- Your volume is steady. Included allowances reset each month; PropertyRadar's and REsimpli's do not roll over, so the per-trace figures below hold only if you use them.
- You build lists inside the platform. Tracing records you found there keeps them in one place.
The last column is the monthly count from which the plan costs less than Skipmatch's quote for one list of that size, priced at Skipmatch's flat rate, worked from published prices (checked 2026-09-25). "Never" means it does not happen at any size up to 100,000 records.
| Plan | Price a month | Included | Each, if used in full | Costs less than Skipmatch from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DealMachine Basic, one seat | $99 | 10,000 data credits | 0.99¢ a credit | 3,301 traces, if they fit in the credits |
| PropertyRadar, $119 plan | $119 | 250 phones and emails | 47.6¢ a contact | Never: 8¢ a contact beyond the 250 |
| PropertyRadar, $599 plan | $599 | 2,500 phones and emails | 23.96¢ a contact | Never: 4¢ a contact beyond the 2,500 |
| REsimpli, $299 plan | $299 | 10,000 skip tracing credits | 2.99¢ a credit | 9,967 traces |
| PropStream Essentials with PropStream Connect | from $129 | Skip tracing through the add-on; no monthly count in the terms we recorded | Not calculable | 4,301 traces, if the add-on covers them |
| BatchLeads Growth | $119 | 10,000 leads with phones and emails | 1.19¢ a lead | 3,967 leads |
| DataSkip membership | $9.99 | 3,000 free skips (100 a day) | 0.33¢ a skip | 334 hits, spread over at least 4 days (100 free a day) |
Nothing to cancel: how per order works
Skipmatch has no plan, membership, seat or balance. Each list is its own order:
- Upload a CSV of property owners, 50 to 100,000 records.
- See the price first. One price per matched record: 3¢ a record at any list size. Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches.
- Pay for that list. A hold for the quoted amount is placed on your card at checkout; it is the most the list can cost.
- Download the result. Your columns stay as they were, with up to 10 phones per owner added, each labelled mobile, landline or VoIP, plus emails where they exist.
Nothing renews, so there is no subscription bill in a month you do not trace. Lists can be paid by card or 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. If you are moving off a plan, the guide to leaving a skip tracing subscription covers what to export first. See full pricing or price a list with the cost calculator.
How we checked
Each company's terms were read on its own pricing and feature pages on 2026-09-25 and are quoted as of Sept 2026, with the page linked next to every figure. Every monthly total and per-trace figure above is computed from those published prices and Skipmatch's price ladder when the page renders; none is typed in. Where a company counts contacts, we counted one per trace, and where a term was not on the pages we read, the tables say so rather than guess. Skipmatch is one of the services compared. This page says nothing about any company's data quality or match rates. Prices change; check the linked page before you buy.
Questions
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Create an account, upload the file, and see your total before you pay. Records with no phone and no email are never charged.