Comparison
PropDetect vs Searchland: mostly different jobs
Short answer first: these two products barely compete. Searchland is land and development software, built around planning applications, ownership records and strategic land data, and it is genuinely stronger than PropDetect at every part of that job. PropDetect is an automated appraiser of residential deals off the portals. If you source development sites, buy Searchland and stop reading; if you appraise three-bed terraces off Rightmove, £195 a month buys you a lot of data you will never open.
One of these products is ours, so read the rest with that in mind: we make PropDetect, this page cannot be neutral, and every Searchland fact below comes from its own public pages, checked 11 August 2026. Nothing is scored or starred, and where Searchland does something well that we do not do at all, we say so, starting with its MCP connector.
| Searchland | PropDetect | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Developers and land sourcers: planning, ownership and strategic land | Residential investors appraising deals off the portals |
| What it sources | Land and development sites from planning, ownership and land datasets, not residential portal listings | Deal Radar watches Rightmove 24/7 against your criteria and emails only the matches that stack |
| Depth of appraisal | Site intelligence rather than deal appraisal: the returns appraisal is a paid add-on | Full appraisal per deal: refurb costed room by room from listing photos, comparable-sales GDV, rent, and a strong, solid or avoid verdict across six strategies |
| Pricing | £195 a month ex VAT, billed yearly | From £7.99 a month |
| Trying it | Demo first, then a trial | 3 free analyses, no card |
| AI connectivity | MCP tokens included, so Claude or ChatGPT can query its data directly | None: there is no PropDetect MCP connector |
| Portal coverage | Not built around portal listings | Deal Radar scans Rightmove; the analysis also reads Zoopla, OnTheMarket and the Scottish portals |
Searchland column from searchland.co.uk/pricing, checked 11 August 2026; prices exclude VAT. PropDetect column is our own product described plainly. Check their site for current figures before buying anything, including ours.
Where Searchland is simply better
Planning applications, ownership records, strategic land: that is Searchland's home ground, and PropDetect has nothing to offer on any of it. If your work involves finding sites, tracing who owns them or reading planning signals, there is no version of this page where we come out ahead, because we do not do the job at all.
Its MCP connector deserves a separate mention. Searchland includes MCP tokens, which means Claude or ChatGPT can query its data directly from inside a conversation. That is a genuinely good idea, we offer nothing like it, and if working through an AI assistant matters to you, the point goes to Searchland with no rebuttal from us.
Where the comparison stops making sense
Appraisal. Searchland's pages describe site intelligence, with the returns appraisal sold as a paid add-on rather than the core. PropDetect is the opposite shape: the appraisal is the whole point. Deal Radar watches Rightmove around the clock, every match is appraised automatically, the refurb is costed room by room from the listing photos, the end value comes from comparable sold prices, and each deal arrives with a strong, solid or avoid verdict across six strategies, every figure editable.
That is also why the price gap misleads in both directions. £195 a month ex VAT, billed yearly, is expensive software for appraising a terrace, and £7.99 a month is useless software for assembling a land deal. Neither number tells you anything until you know which job you are hiring for.
What the table does not account for
Prices move, and both columns age. The Searchland figures were checked on 11 August 2026 and exclude VAT; billed yearly means the real first invoice is twelve times the monthly number, so budget on that basis.
On our side, the limits are the ones any automated appraisal carries. Refurb costs estimated from photos price what photos show, and no photo shows the wiring or the damp behind a wardrobe. The valuation is built from comparable sold prices, not a surveyor's visit. A verdict is where your diligence starts, not where it ends.
So which one, honestly
Buy Searchland if your money is made from land and development: sourcing sites, planning intelligence, ownership data. It is the better product for that by a distance, and we would rather say so than win a comparison nobody should be running.
PropDetect earns its keep on a narrower question: is this residential listing a deal? If that is the question you ask every day, the fair test costs nothing. Paste a live listing in and read what comes back.
Frequently asked questions
Is Searchland an alternative to PropDetect?
Not really. Searchland sources land and development sites from planning, ownership and land datasets; PropDetect appraises residential deals from portal listings. The overlap is small enough that the real question is which job you have, not which tool is better at it.
Does Searchland analyse residential deals?
Its core is site intelligence for developers and land sourcers, and on its own pages the returns appraisal is a paid add-on rather than the main product. For appraising residential listings, at £195 a month ex VAT billed yearly, it is not really competing.
Does PropDetect have an MCP connector like Searchland?
No. Searchland includes MCP tokens so Claude or ChatGPT can query its data directly, and it is the only tool in our comparisons that does. We think the idea is a good one; we simply have not built it.
Which is cheaper?
PropDetect starts at £7.99 a month; Searchland is £195 a month ex VAT, billed yearly. But the gap mostly reflects different jobs and different buyers, so choose by the work first and the price second.
Judge it on a real deal
The honest way to choose deal analysis software is to run the same property through it. Create a free account, paste any Rightmove listing, and read the verdict PropDetect gives it: refurb costs, comparable valuations, rent, GDV and ROI across six strategies. Your first 3 analyses are on us, no card needed.
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