MyBuilder alternative

MyBuilder charges from £7 + VAT per lead. SiteLens Pro is £39 a month, however many leads you chase.

MyBuilder: Free to join, with no membership fee. You pay a fee each time a customer’s contact details are shared with you, whether or not you win the job. Each fee is shown before you respond, from £7 excluding VAT, and invoiced weekly. Sponsored placement is an optional monthly extra.
SiteLens: £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no fee per lead and no contract. That is less than 6 MyBuilder leads at its lowest fee (6 × £7 = £42, excluding VAT).

Checked 21 October 2026.

Every new application across 380+ UK councils, sorted by the trades it needs, so you find extensions, conversions, new builds and commercial schemes at planning stage. Free to start, with one monthly price on Pro and no fee per lead.

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Which should you choose?

Choose SiteLens if you want a steady pipeline of extensions, conversions, new builds and commercial schemes in your area, found at planning stage and sorted by your trade, for one monthly price instead of a fee per lead: free to start, then £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually.

Choose MyBuilder if you want homeowners with a job to do now and a free profile that collects reviews, and would rather pay per lead, from £7 excluding VAT, than a monthly price.

What SiteLens does better

Work at planning stage

Every new application across 380+ UK councils, collected every night, from householder extensions to major schemes. You see the work when it is applied for, not when a homeowner posts a job.

Sorted by your trade

22 works tags, from groundworks to renewables, mark the trades each application needs, so a roofer’s alert holds roofing jobs. Search in plain English and save it as a daily or weekly alert.

Value and firm, checked

Estimated value bands, each naming its basis, and Companies House checks on the firms behind a scheme come on every plan. Pro adds the agent’s published email and phone and 15 contact lookups a month.

SiteLens vs MyBuilder leads, feature by feature

Each MyBuilder entry comes from its own website unless the cell says otherwise. Checked 21 October 2026.

Feature	SiteLens	MyBuilder
Price	£39/mo, or £29/mo billed annually	No membership fee; a fee per lead from £7 excluding VAT, shown before you respond
Try before you pay	Free plan with no time limit, plus 7 days of Pro, no card	Free to join and to express interest; you pay when shortlisted
Contract	Monthly or annual, no minimum term, cancel any time	None for leads; optional sponsored placement renews monthly, with 3 days’ written notice to cancel
Sign-up	Self-serve, under 2 minutes	ID checks and a skills evaluation for each trade; it aims to approve within 48 hours
Homeowner job leads	No. SiteLens finds planning applications, not homeowner job posts	“90,000+ jobs posted every month”, plus invitations from customers
Fee per lead	None, on any plan	Each time a customer’s contact details are shared with you, whether or not you win the job
Alerts on new leads	Daily or weekly email by trade, area and keyword; hourly on Team	Email and app notifications when a new job matches your skills and work area
Contact details	Agent’s published email and phone, the named project team and 15 lookups a month (Pro)	The customer’s name, email and phone, once you pay the lead fee
Profile and reviews	No. SiteLens does not host a public profile or reviews	Free profile with customer reviews; paid sponsored placement above the standard ranking
Lead management	Built-in leads pipeline from new to quoted to won, with notes and reminders; CSV on Pro	Messages with customers; no exports mentioned
Planning applications	Every new application across 380+ UK councils, collected every night	Not mentioned on its trade pages
Trade tags	22 works tags, from groundworks to renewables	Leads matched to your skills, across 40+ trade categories
Project values	Estimated value bands, each naming its basis	Not mentioned; each fee reflects the job’s likely size, value and location
Companies House match	Yes, on every plan (directors, accounts and charges on Pro)	Its checks vet the trades; not mentioned for leads
Tenders and contract awards	Near each site and in alerts, plus public contracts ending in the next 12 months	Not mentioned on its trade pages
Decision alerts	On every plan, including free	Not mentioned on its trade pages
Maps and site data	Map search; 24 planning constraint flags, six drawn on the map; EPC and a street-level imagery link; history at the address on Pro	A working area you choose; no map mentioned

See your own patch before you decide.

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When you should still pick MyBuilder

MyBuilder says more than 90,000 jobs are posted every month, and it lets you express interest in as many as you like for free, paying a fee when a customer’s details are shared with you. Its free profile collects customer reviews, homeowners can invite you directly, every trade is ID-checked and skills-evaluated when it joins, and you can ask for account credit on a lead that meets its criteria. If you want homeowners with a job to do now, and would rather pay per lead than a monthly price, MyBuilder is built for that.

If you would rather find the work yourself, at planning stage, SiteLens shows you the new applications in your patch, from extensions to commercial schemes, sorted by your trade and in your inbox each morning, for one monthly price. That is SiteLens Pro at £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no fee per lead.

Scaffolding contractors can watch for the extensions, loft conversions and re-roofs that will need access, with an alert when each one is approved, and renewable energy installers for the solar, heat pump and EV charging schemes that need planning.

Can you use both?

For a domestic trade, yes. MyBuilder brings in homeowners ready to hire now, paid per lead. SiteLens finds projects at planning stage, from extensions to commercial schemes, so your pipeline does not depend on paying for each lead.

Frequently asked

How much does MyBuilder cost?

Joining is free, with no membership fee. You pay a lead fee each time a customer’s contact details are shared with you, from £7 excluding VAT, shown on the lead before you respond and invoiced weekly. You pay it whether or not you win the job. Sponsored placement is an optional monthly extra, priced when you book.

Is SiteLens a MyBuilder alternative?

For finding work, yes, but a different kind. MyBuilder brings homeowners with a job to do now. SiteLens finds new planning applications across 380+ UK councils, from extensions to commercial schemes, sorted by your trade, so you can approach them early. Pro is £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no fee per lead.

What is the difference between MyBuilder leads and SiteLens leads?

A MyBuilder lead is a customer’s job post, with their name, email and phone once their details are shared with you and you pay the fee. A SiteLens lead is a new planning application in your alert email, tagged with the trades it needs and mapped, with no fee per lead.

Do I pay MyBuilder if I do not win the job?

Yes. Its terms say the shortlist fee is payable whether or not you are awarded the job. You can ask for account credit on a lead that meets its criteria, such as wrong contact details. SiteLens has no fee per lead: Pro is £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, however many leads you chase.

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