PropStream vs SmartZipWhich should real estate agents choose in 2026?
PropStream
Property data and lead lists for investors and agents
PropStream is a nationwide property-data platform — 160+ million property records, 165+ filters and 20 ready-made lead lists such as pre-foreclosures, tax liens, vacant and absentee-owner homes — with list building, skip tracing, direct mail, email and a dialer built in. Its PropStream Intelligence layer adds AI-driven propensity signals. The audience skews investor and wholesaler, but listing agents use it to build motivated-seller lists in any market.
- ✓160M+ property records with 165+ filters and 20 lead lists
- ✓Pre-foreclosure, lien, vacant, absentee and inherited filters
- ✓Skip tracing, postcards, email and click-to-dial in one place
- ✓7-day free trial with 50 leads; free mobile app
SmartZip
Predictive analytics that flag likely sellers in your farm
SmartZip (part of Constellation1) scores homeowners in a chosen territory by likelihood to sell using its predictive algorithm, then markets to the top prospects for you with direct mail, online ads and email, with automated follow-ups and a CRM of ranked prospects. Its Smart Targeting product has been a fixture of geographic farming for over a decade; Reach150, Market Pulse and the CheckIn app round out the suite.
- ✓Seller propensity scores for your chosen territory
- ✓Automated direct mail, digital ads and email to top prospects
- ✓Ranked-prospect CRM with the CheckIn mobile app
- ✓Reach150 reviews and Market Pulse reports for listing presentations
| PropStream | SmartZip | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Predictive Seller Leads & Farming | Predictive Seller Leads & Farming |
| Best for | Investor-minded agents building motivated-seller lists | Listing agents farming a defined geographic area |
| Pricing | Essentials $99/month ($81/month annual), Pro $199/month, Elite $699/month; skip tracing 10–12¢ per contact, postcards from 57¢, extra team members $30/month. 7-day free trial with 50 free leads. No free plan. | Quote-based by territory — no public price list (the site has no pricing page). No free plan. |
| Free tier | No | No |
Which one should you choose?
Choose PropStream if…
- →Your priority is investor-minded agents building motivated-seller lists
- →The deepest public-records dataset an individual agent can rent for under $100 a month, with the distress filters that surface motivated sellers and the mail and skip-trace tools to reach them without leaving the app.
- ↩Skip it if you're agents who want a done-for-you farming program rather than raw data and tools to work themselves.
Choose SmartZip if…
- →Your priority is listing agents farming a defined geographic area
- →The most established name in predictive farming: it doesn't just hand you a scored list, it runs the mail, ads and follow-up to the top prospects so the farm actually gets worked.
- ↩Skip it if you're agents without a defined geographic farm, or anyone who wants to score their own database rather than buy a territory.
Drawn from our Best-for and Watch-out-for notes. Both are established options — verify current pricing on the vendor sites before committing.