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TarSignal and the alternatives
Honest side-by-sides with the tools contractors and suppliers weigh us against: who each one suits, what it costs, and where we got the facts.
TarSignal vs Construction Monitor
Both turn building permits into leads. Construction Monitor covers permits nationally; TarSignal reads 23 permit offices in Charlotte, the Triangle, the Triad, Wilmington, Asheville, Onslow County and Cumberland County and goes deeper there: contractor phones and emails on the permit, a daily email of new filings, and three years of history you can search free.
Read the comparisonTarSignal vs Shovels
Shovels is a national permit-data platform built for software and data teams, priced in API credits. TarSignal is built for the contractors and suppliers working 23 permit offices in Charlotte, the Triangle, the Triad, Wilmington, Asheville, Onslow County and Cumberland County: leads with contacts, a daily email and a map, at one flat price.
Read the comparisonTarSignal vs ConstructConnect
They answer different questions. ConstructConnect lists public and private commercial projects that are out to bid, with plans and specs. TarSignal lists the permits filed at 23 permit offices in Charlotte, the Triangle, the Triad, Wilmington, Asheville, Onslow County and Cumberland County: residential and commercial jobs that have already been approved, and who pulled them.
Read the comparisonTarSignal vs BuildZoom
BuildZoom is a matching service: homeowners describe a project and BuildZoom sends it to contractors, who pay only when they talk to the owner or win the job. TarSignal doesn't match anyone. It shows you every permit filed near you and who's on it, so you decide whom to call.
Read the comparisonPermit leads vs Angi and HomeAdvisor leads
On Angi and HomeAdvisor you pay for homeowners who asked for a quote: a fee for each lead, and the same request goes to other pros too. Permit leads are different: the work is already approved, the homeowner or builder is named on the filing, and every contractor can see the same public record, so the edge is speed.
Read the comparisonTarSignal vs PermitStack
PermitStack is a national building permit API with self-serve plans from $29 a month, built for developers and data buyers. TarSignal covers 23 permit offices in Charlotte, the Triangle, the Triad, Wilmington, Asheville, Onslow County and Cumberland County and is built for the contractors and suppliers working them: new permits each morning with the contractor's contacts, a map and search, at one flat price.
Read the comparisonTarSignal vs checking permit portals yourself
Every permit TarSignal shows is public, and you can look each one up on the issuing office's own site for free. What you're paying for, if you pay at all, is not having to check 23 different portals, each with its own search, every morning.
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