PropStream vs DealMachine for Wholesalers: Which Is Better for Finding Deals?

For most wholesalers, PropStream is the better pick if you build seller lists from your desk or work markets you don't live in; DealMachine is better if driving for dollars is your main lead source. PropStream starts at $99/mo ($81 billed annually); DealMachine Basic is $119 per seat monthly or $99 billed annually.

Disclosure: Deal Run is our product. It does neither of these jobs (it has no lead lists or driving for dollars), so it appears only in a short section near the end for readers who already have deals to sell.

Both tools are covered in more depth in our PropStream review and DealMachine review. If you're choosing a whole stack, start with our guide to the best wholesale real estate software.

PropStream vs DealMachine vs REsimpli vs BatchLeads at a glance

Wholesalers weighing these two often look at REsimpli and BatchLeads as well, so they're in the table too. REsimpli is a different kind of tool (a CRM that runs your whole seller pipeline); BatchLeads competes with PropStream on list building.

PropStream vs DealMachine pricing in 2026

DealMachine's footer says "Plans start at $99/mo"; that is the annual-billing rate for one Basic seat. Paid monthly, the same seat is $119. Its pricing page also recommends Pro over two Basic seats once you need 20,000 records a month ($179 vs $238 monthly).

Skip tracing: what each charges

PropStream prices skip tracing per contact: 12¢ on Essentials, or free through PropStream Connect, which starts at $30 a month ($300 a year) and is built into Pro and Elite. PropStream values that free skip tracing at $6,000 on Pro and $12,000 on Elite; beyond it, extra contacts are 10¢ each. Connect also adds click-to-dial calling and Lead Automator, which tracks 50,000 properties on Pro and 120,000 on Elite.

DealMachine doesn't sell skip tracing per contact. Owner lookups and contact enrichment draw on the data credits that come with your plan, and its skip tracing page says contact matches vary by record and aren't guaranteed. If you skip trace a lot, compare your monthly volume against the 10,000 credits per Basic seat or 20,000 per Pro bundle before you pick a plan. Our skip tracing cost guide covers what skip tracing costs elsewhere.

Driving for dollars

This is DealMachine's home turf. Its Driving for Dollars app is included on every plan: GPS route tracking that shows which streets you've covered, team drives so you can see where each driver went, tap-to-tag for conditions like vacant, overgrown or boarded up, photos, and instant owner lookups. From there you can send pay-as-you-go postcards (4x6 at 75¢ on Basic, 70¢ on Pro).

PropStream's mobile app is on every plan too, and its app page pitches it for driving for dollars: look up a property, pull comps, skip trace and start mail from your phone. It doesn't advertise route tracking or team drive history the way DealMachine does. If you drive more than a few hours a week, or manage drivers, DealMachine is the better fit.

List building and lead management

PropStream is the stronger list builder. Every plan has 165+ search filters, 20 lead lists, MLS records, a map draw tool and 25,000 saves and exports a month on Essentials (50,000 on Pro, 100,000 on Elite). Lead Automator, part of Connect, keeps saved lists updated as properties change status.

DealMachine has nationwide property and owner data with saved searches and filters on every plan, premium filters on Pro and Scale, and AI Search that turns a plain-English request into a property search. For lead management it leans on connections: Zapier, a REST API, CLI, webhooks and an MCP server for AI assistants, plus team activity tracking.

Neither is a full CRM with a seller pipeline and dialer. If that's what you need, REsimpli (below) is built for it.

Features side by side

Two ways to find sellers

PropStream: lists from your desk

PropStream starts with data. You filter nationwide records by things like absentee ownership, equity, pre-foreclosure or tax status, stack filters to narrow the list, skip trace the owners, and market to them by mail, phone or email. It works the same whether the market is down the street or across the country, which makes it the usual pick for virtual wholesaling. Comps and flip calculators sit in the same app, so you can check a lead's numbers without switching tools.

DealMachine: houses you've seen

DealMachine started as the driving-for-dollars app. You drive target neighborhoods, tap properties that look distressed (overgrown yard, boarded windows, deferred maintenance), look up the owner on the spot and send a postcard from the app. The data is ground-truthed: you know the house looks rough because you saw it. It has since grown into a broader data platform; it now calls itself "the most comprehensive real estate data platform in the United States" and gives every plan API access and an MCP server, so tools like Claude or ChatGPT can search its data for you.

When PropStream wins

• Scale: a filtered list of thousands of owners takes minutes; driving that many properties takes weeks.
• Markets you don't live in: nothing about the workflow needs you on site.
• Analysis in the same app: comps and flip, rental and rehab calculators are on every plan.
• Selling the deal too: a cash buyers list is on every plan, and the Investor Outreach add-on finds investors who bought near a property. DealMachine lists neither.

When DealMachine wins

• Driving is your lead source: route tracking, team driving and tap-to-tag are built in on every plan.
• Teams of drivers: team management is on every plan, Pro bundles 3 users and Scale packages bundle 10 seats.
• Leads others don't have: everyone with a list tool can pull the same absentee-owner list; fewer people drive the streets.
• Automation: API, CLI, webhooks, Zapier and an MCP server let you wire the data into your own systems or an AI assistant.

Where REsimpli and BatchLeads fit

REsimpli is a CRM, not a data tool first. Every plan gets the whole platform: list stacking, skip tracing credits (10,000 a month on Solo), driving for dollars for every user, a triple-line dialer, direct mail, automations and a seller pipeline. Its pricing page says AI agents are now included in every plan, with AI calling billed at $0.50 a minute and AI texts at $0.03 each. At $299 a month ($249 billed yearly) for one user it costs more than either tool's entry plan, but it can replace a list tool, a dialer and a CRM. More in our REsimpli review.

BatchLeads is closest to PropStream: list building from your desk, 100+ filters, comps and a mobile app for driving for dollars. The difference is that owner phone numbers and emails come with every saved lead instead of being paid per contact. Growth is $119 a month or $71 billed annually, with 3 users, 10,000 leads and 20,000 exports a month. Its AI dialer ($89/mo) and Reia AI assistant ($19/mo) are add-ons.

Using both

Some wholesalers pair them: PropStream to find neighborhoods with lots of distressed or high-equity owners, DealMachine to drive those streets and confirm which houses really need work. At the entry prices that's $218 a month paid monthly ($99 plus $119), or about $180 a month on annual billing, before skip tracing, mail and extra seats. Most people starting out should pick one; our list of the best driving-for-dollars apps and the best property data tools cover the alternatives.

After the contract: selling the deal

Both tools are built to find sellers. Once you have a house under contract, the job changes to finding a buyer. PropStream's cash buyers list and Investor Outreach add-on ($70/mo plus Connect) are aimed at that; DealMachine's pricing page lists nothing for it. Dedicated disposition tools are compared in our best disposition software guide.

Deal Run is our product. Deal Run works on that side: for a deal you already have, it pulls sold and rental comps, an ARV, a repair estimate from the property's photos and a max offer, then gives you a ranked list of local landlords and flippers who recently bought nearby, with skip-traced contacts (how buyer search works). On Analyze + Sell you send the deal from your own Gmail. It has no seller lists, driving for dollars, dialer or direct mail, so it doesn't replace either tool. Pay per deal: $2 to analyze, $20 for a deal with 100 skip-traced buyers. Analyze is $29/mo for 25 analyses; Analyze + Sell is $99/mo ($83/mo billed annually) with 15 deals with buyers a month.

The bottom line

Choose by how you find sellers. Desk-based lists, remote markets and analysis in one app point to PropStream ($99/mo, or $81 billed annually). Driving neighborhoods, managing drivers and plugging data into your own systems point to DealMachine ($119 per seat monthly, or $99 billed annually). If you want one CRM to run the whole pipeline, look at REsimpli; if you want contacts bundled with your lists, look at BatchLeads. How you sell the deals you find is a separate decision.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is PropStream or DealMachine better for wholesalers?

PropStream is better if you build seller lists from your desk, wholesale markets you don't live in, or want comps, a flip analyzer and a cash buyers list next to your data. DealMachine is better if driving for dollars is how you find deals, you run a team of drivers, or you want API and AI-assistant access to your data.

How much do PropStream and DealMachine cost?

On their own pricing pages on November 10, 2026: PropStream Essentials is $99 a month, or $81 a month billed annually ($972 a year); Pro is $199 ($165 annually) and Elite $699 ($583 annually). DealMachine Basic is $119 per seat a month, or $99 billed annually, with 10,000 data credits per seat; Pro is $179 per bundle of 3 users ($149 annually) with 20,000 data credits; Scale is $599 per package of 10 seats and 100,000 records.

Is skip tracing included?

On PropStream Essentials skip tracing is 12 cents per contact, or free through PropStream Connect (from $30 a month); Pro and Elite include Connect, with extra skip tracing at 10 cents a contact. DealMachine doesn't publish a per-contact price: owner lookups and enrichment draw on your monthly data credits, 10,000 per Basic seat and 20,000 per Pro bundle.

Can you drive for dollars with PropStream?

Yes. PropStream's mobile app is on every plan and lets you look up a property, pull comps, skip trace and send mail from your phone. DealMachine is built around driving for dollars, with GPS route tracking, team drives, tap-to-tag property condition and instant owner lookups on every plan, so it's the stronger choice if driving is your main lead source.

Do PropStream or DealMachine help you sell a deal?

PropStream does, partly: every plan includes a cash buyers list, and Investor Outreach, a $70-a-month add-on that needs PropStream Connect, finds active investors near a property. DealMachine's pricing page lists no buyer-finding feature. For selling deals, see our list of disposition software.

What about REsimpli and BatchLeads?

REsimpli is a full wholesaling CRM with a dialer, list stacking, driving for dollars and monthly skip tracing credits; Solo is $299 a month or $249 billed yearly for 1 user. BatchLeads is a list-building tool like PropStream that includes owner phone numbers and emails on saved leads; Growth is $119 a month or $71 a month billed annually, for 3 users and 10,000 leads a month.

Sources and Check Dates

• PropStream pricing — propstream.com/pricing — plans, monthly and annual prices, marketing credit bonus, users, trial, filters, lead lists, saves and exports, mobile app, comps and calculators, AI features, cash buyers list, direct mail, skip tracing, Connect, Lead Automator, Investor Outreach. Checked November 10, 2026.
• PropStream mobile app — propstream.com/propstream-mobile-app — what the app does in the field. Checked November 10, 2026.
• PropStream Investor Outreach announcement (October 22, 2026) — propstream.com/news — what the add-on does and its $70/mo price. Checked November 10, 2026.
• DealMachine pricing — dealmachine.com/pricing — Basic and Pro monthly and annual prices, seats, bundles and data credits, Scale $599 per package, "Save 17%", "Plans start at $99/mo", features on every plan, mail prices; no trial listed. Checked November 10, 2026.
• DealMachine Driving for Dollars and skip tracing pages — dealmachine.com/built-in-apps/driving-for-dollars and dealmachine.com/features/skip-tracing — route tracking, team drives, tagging, owner lookups, match-rate caveat. Checked November 10, 2026.
• DealMachine home page — dealmachine.com — AI Search, API/CLI/MCP, connections. Checked November 10, 2026.
• REsimpli pricing — resimpli.com/pricing — Solo, Team and Business prices and users, AI agents included on every plan, AI calling and SMS rates, skip tracing credits, driving for dollars, 14-day trial. Checked November 10, 2026.
• BatchLeads pricing — batchleads.io/pricing — Growth, Professional and Scale monthly and annual prices, users, leads and exports, contacts included, mobile app, add-ons, 7-day trial. Checked November 10, 2026.
• DealMachine MCP and comps through its API: see our real estate data API guide (checked October 29, 2026).

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