Comparison
PermitVector vs Shovels.ai
If you're weighing Shovels.ai, here's the honest difference in approach.
Shovels.ai
national AI permit-data platform
Powerful national coverage: 185M+ permits, 3.3M contractor profiles, API access, GIS tools. At $599/mo standard, it is built for marketing teams, real estate developers, and analysts who need national data at scale and have engineers to query it.
PermitVector
daily adjacent-buyer permit feed
Built for the SMB contractor, not an analyst team. $99–249/mo gets you a daily adjacent-buyer feed in plain English, pre-classified and pre-mapped, delivered as a brief by 6 AM CT. No API, no data warehouse, no engineer required.
Both can have a place in your stack. PermitVector's edge is timing and adjacency across every market it covers: public-record permits, classified and mapped to the trade that should act, delivered as a daily brief from $99/mo.
Pricing
Flat monthly. No per-lead games.
Start with a 14-day free trial. Card required, cancel in one click.
Starter
wasbilled monthly
New lower pricing while we light up new markets.
One trade vertical, one metro.
Contact on your leads
Owner name and mailing address from the public record are included. Owner phone and email are sold by registered specialist providers, linked on every lead.
- ✓1 adjacent-buyer vertical (e.g. solar)
- ✓One live metro of your choice, in any covered state
- ✓State-license check on contractors (where the state publishes a roster)
- ✓Daily CSV export
- ✓Up to 500 fresh leads / mo
- ✓Email support
Pro
wasbilled monthly
New lower pricing while we light up new markets.
Most teams start here.
Contact on your leads
Owner name and mailing address from the public record are included. Owner phone and email are sold by registered specialist providers, linked on every lead.
- ✓3 adjacent-buyer verticals
- ✓All live markets, every state
- ✓State-license check on contractors (where the state publishes a roster)
- ✓Daily feed + searchable CRM dashboard
- ✓Unlimited leads
- ✓API read access (rate-limited)
Power
wasbilled monthly
New lower pricing while we light up new markets.
Suppliers & multi-trade.
Contact on your leads
Owner name and mailing address from the public record are included. Owner phone and email are sold by registered specialist providers, linked on every lead.
- ✓All verticals
- ✓All live markets, new ones first
- ✓State-license check on contractors (where the state publishes a roster)
- ✓Daily feed + full API
- ✓Custom adjacent-buyer mapping
- ✓Up to 5 seats
- ✓Priority support
Contact details published in the permit record itself are included free on every plan.
One closed job typically pays for a full year. Contractors already spend $1,500–$10,000/mo on leads at $150–$350 per exclusive lead.
The first one to the job site wins.
Turn your market's daily permits into your earliest, freshest pipeline. Start free and see your first feed tomorrow morning.
Card required · Free for 14 days · Cancel anytime.
Turn on your free 14-day feed.
Tell us your trade and target cities and we'll set up your daily feed. Card required to start. Free for 14 days, cancel anytime.
No charge for 14 days. $149/month after that unless you cancel. We'll email a reminder 3 days before your first charge. Cancel anytime from any feed email or your billing portal, no fees and no contract.