SearchLand alternative

SearchLand sources land from £195 a month, paid annually. SiteLens finds the work planning creates, from £0.

SearchLand: Standard is from £195 a month per licence, with one user, when paid annually. Pro and MAX are priced on request. Every subscription has a 12-month minimum, and free trials follow a demo. Its pricing page does not mention VAT; its terms (clause 4.5) leave taxes to the client.
SiteLens: £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no contract. A year of SearchLand Standard, from £2,340, would pay for at least 5 years of SiteLens Pro at £39 a month.

Checked 21 October 2026.

SearchLand helps developers find, appraise and buy land. SiteLens finds the work planning creates: every new application across 380+ UK councils, sorted by the trades it needs and in your inbox each morning, with no 12-month contract.

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Which should you choose?

Choose SiteLens if you win work from planning applications: a subcontractor, supplier, installer or consultant who wants the new applications in your area sorted by your trade, mapped and emailed each morning, with Companies House checks on the firms you want to chase. Start free, then £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no contract.

Choose SearchLand if you find, appraise and buy land as a developer, agent, planner or energy firm, and will use its AI sourcing filters, comparables, strategic land data, letter campaigns and MCP connector, on a 12-month term.

What SiteLens does better

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. SearchLand’s 40+ planning filters cover application type, site characteristics, stakeholder activity and keywords.

Who to call, checked

Companies House numbers are matched to applicants, agents and contractors on every plan. Pro names the firms, opens the directors and filing health, and adds the agent’s published email and phone, plus 15 contact lookups a month.

Tenders beside the planning record

Public tenders and contract awards near each site and in your alert email, plus public contracts ending in the next 12 months, with a reminder to chase the incumbent. SearchLand’s website does not mention tenders.

SiteLens vs SearchLand, feature by feature

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

Feature	SiteLens	SearchLand
Price	£39/mo, or £29/mo billed annually	Standard from £195/mo per licence, paid annually; Pro and MAX on request
Try before you pay	Free plan with no time limit, plus 7 days of Pro, no card	Free trials after a demo with its team
Contract	Monthly or annual, no minimum term, cancel any time	12-month minimum, paid monthly or yearly; renews unless you give 30 days’ written notice
Sign-up	Self-serve, under 2 minutes	A demo with its team
Users	Pro for one; Team for up to 5 at £99/mo, or £79/mo billed annually	One user per licence; discounts for multi-user contracts
Site sourcing and appraisal	No. SiteLens finds the work planning creates	Unlimited title lookups and ownership data on every plan; AI sourcing filters such as Class MA, Class Q and Grey Belt; an appraisals tool as a paid add-on
Planning applications	Every new application across 380+ UK councils, collected every night	All UK planning applications, historic and live, updated every 24 hours
Alerts on new applications	Daily or weekly email by trade, area and keyword; hourly on Team	Real-time alerts on saved searches with 40+ filters, and when new documents are added
Decision alerts	On every plan, including free	Alerts when applications you follow progress
Trade tags	22 works tags, from groundworks to renewables	Not mentioned on its website; filters by application type, site and keyword
Plain-English search	Included	Yes, Ask AI, its in-app assistant
AI connectors (MCP)	No	On every licence: 1,000 tokens a month, unlimited on MAX
Planning documents	Read for figures and the named project team, with the document list	Keyword search across millions of digitised documents
Project values	Estimated value bands, each naming its basis	No value per application on its website; land values on Pro and MAX
Comparables and valuations	No valuations; Land Registry sale prices by postcode (Pro)	Sold price comparables and 1-click valuations; Rightmove listings on Pro and MAX
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	Planning constraints on every plan; strategic land, renewables, traffic and BNG data on Pro and MAX
Contact details	Agent’s published email and phone, the named project team and 15 lookups a month (Pro)	Applicant, agent and case officer on each application
Company data	Companies House match on every plan; one page per firm with its applications, decision record and who it works with (Pro)	Company information with directors, PSCs and company trees; basic on Standard
Tenders and contract awards	Near each site and in alerts, plus public contracts ending in the next 12 months	Not mentioned on its website
Start-on-site signals	An “About to start on site” alert, and building-control starts	Building control status: stalled, active and completed sites
Letter sending	No. SiteLens does not print or post letters	Owner outreach: tracked letter campaigns on every plan
Pipeline and exports	Built-in leads pipeline; CSV with HubSpot and Salesforce columns (Pro)	Project boards with CRM sync; CSV exports
API	API plan from £149/mo, billed annually	Ten property data APIs with sandbox keys; priced on request
Market analytics	Approval rates, decision times and volumes by council (Pro)	Approval rates and decision times; planning committee videos, transcripts and votes on Pro and MAX

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When you should still pick SearchLand

SearchLand is built for finding, appraising and buying land. Its AI sourcing filters find off-market sites (Class MA, Class Q and Grey Belt among them), its maps carry planning constraints on every plan and strategic land, renewables, traffic and biodiversity net gain data on Pro and MAX, and every plan includes sold price comparables, tracked letter campaigns, Ask AI and an MCP connector for Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot. Pro and MAX add planning committee recordings, transcripts and councillor votes. If you are a developer, agent, planner or energy firm sourcing sites, that is what the fee pays for.

Searchland also runs a sister brand for builders, contractors and suppliers: SiteLens vs Buildscout compares the two.

If you win work from what gets submitted, as a subcontractor, supplier, installer or consultant, you need the new applications in your patch sorted by your trade and in your inbox each morning, with Companies House checks on the firms you chase. That is SiteLens Pro at £39 a month, or £29 a month billed annually, with no 12-month minimum and a free plan to start.

If you install solar, heat pumps, batteries or EV chargers, see how renewable energy installers use SiteLens to catch those schemes at planning.

Can you use both?

For a developer, yes. Source and appraise the site in SearchLand, then use SiteLens to follow the new applications around it, the firms active nearby and council approval rates once schemes are in planning.

Frequently asked

How much does SearchLand cost?

Standard is from £195 a month per licence, with one user, when paid annually. Pro and MAX are priced on request. Every subscription has a 12-month minimum, and free trials follow a demo. The MCP connector comes with every licence: 1,000 tokens a month on Standard and Pro, unlimited on MAX.

SearchLand vs LandInsight: which is better?

Both are built for finding, appraising and buying land. LandInsight Pro has a published price, £150 a month excluding VAT, and a trial you start yourself. SearchLand Standard is from £195 a month per licence, paid annually, on a 12-month minimum, with trials after a demo. Trial both on a real site before you commit.

Does SearchLand work with Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. Its MCP connector, included with every licence, is live in Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot. SiteLens has no MCP connector: its data reaches your other tools through CSV exports on Pro and a REST API plan from £149 a month, billed annually.

Is SiteLens a land-sourcing tool?

No. SiteLens does not source or appraise sites. It finds the work planning creates: every new application across 380+ UK councils, sorted by trade and in your inbox each morning. Estimated value bands name their basis, and Pro names the firms behind each scheme. For finding and buying land, SearchLand is purpose-built and the better fit.

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