Comparison
How PermitVector compares.
Honest, side-by-side breakdowns of PermitVector against the other ways contractors find leads and permit data — including where each competitor is the better choice.
PermitVector vs Angi Leads
shared pay-per-lead marketplace
Flat $149/mo. The permit is public within days of issue, often before the adjacent trade has been hired. Every subscriber in the market sees the same permit, so there is no shared-lead blast to race and no per-lead fee to pay for a contact someone else already burned.
See the comparison →PermitVector vs Construction Monitor
national weekly permit database
Tuned to our live markets and daily. In most markets a permit reaches your 6 AM email one to three days after it is issued, while the homeowner is still picking a contractor. Every permit is pre-classified by trade and pre-mapped to the adjacent buyer who should act on it, so you spend zero time filtering. No manual cross-referencing required.
See the comparison →PermitVector vs Shovels.ai
national AI permit-data platform
Built for the SMB contractor, not an analyst team. $149/mo gets you a daily adjacent-buyer feed in plain English, pre-classified and pre-mapped, delivered as a brief around 6 AM CT. The API is there if you want it, and you never need it: the brief is the product.
See the comparison →PermitVector vs PermitDrop
exclusive permit lead service
Flat monthly across all 31 live markets in five states, with more metros opening. Rather than selling you a single contact, we surface the permit signal and the adjacent-buyer opportunity within a few days of issue. A new roof means a solar installer should call, before the homeowner has shopped. PermitDrop is best for a curated exclusive contact list in Austin; PermitVector is best for volume plus adjacency across every market we cover.
See the comparison →PermitVector vs BuildZoom
contractor marketplace with referral matching
Outbound, permit-driven, zero revenue share. The permit is filed before the homeowner has chosen a contractor for the adjacent trade, so you can reach out on your own terms instead of waiting for BuildZoom to route you a lead, and you keep 100% of the job. Flat monthly, no percentage cut.
See the comparison →PermitVector vs HBW Weekly
legacy Texas weekly permit reports (CSV)
Daily delivery, daily freshness. Every permit is classified by trade and mapped to the adjacent buyer automatically, so you do not receive a raw spreadsheet you have to interpret, and you reach the homeowner days earlier. If you are a materials supplier who just needs volume counts, HBW’s weekly format may fit. If you are a trade contractor who needs to act on tomorrow’s leads today, PermitVector is built for that.
See the comparison →Want the full category overview? Read Best Construction Permit Data Providers in 2026 — a scored comparison of all six.
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