Opposite starting points, same goal
DealMachine and PropStream both exist to put you in front of motivated sellers before a property hits the market. The difference is where each one starts.
DealMachine grew out of driving for dollars: you're physically in a neighborhood, you spot a distressed property, and the app handles owner lookup and outreach from there. PropStream starts at the desk: you build filtered lead lists from property records, run comps, and work the data down to a call list.
Choose DealMachine if you work the street
- Driving for dollars is a core part of your acquisition strategy, and you want owner lookup and outreach in one loop
- Natural-language search across property records lowers the barrier for newer investors who don't think in filter syntax
- Pricing starts at $99 per seat per month at our last check (with monthly data credits covering skip tracing), so it earns its keep when you're actively prospecting, not passively browsing
Choose PropStream if you work the data
- You want to research entire markets, pull comps, and build motivated-seller lists at scale before ever leaving the office
- Data-focused investors who already have an outreach process get the most from its research depth
- It rewards investors who are comfortable slicing lists by equity, liens, pre-foreclosure status, and similar signals
What they have in common
Neither platform closes deals. They compress the time between "I need leads" and "I have a list". The follow-up discipline is still yours.
Both are paid tools aimed at active investors, and both are overkill if you're buying one property a year. The subscription math only works when you're consistently prospecting.
Bottom line
Pick based on your acquisition style, not feature counts. Street-first investors who want one app from windshield to mailbox should start with DealMachine. Research-first investors who live in filtered lists should start with PropStream.
Dig into the full DealMachine review and PropStream review, or compare them directly.