Comparison
Property Filter vs PropDetect: the head-to-head
One of these products is ours, so let us say it plainly: we make PropDetect, and this page cannot be neutral. What it can be is accurate and complete. Every Property Filter fact below comes from their own public pages, checked 18 August 2026, nothing is scored or starred, and where the two products simply do different jobs we say so rather than pretending one fails at the other's.
The one-line difference: Property Filter is a membership that teaches and equips you to make deals, strongest on motivated-seller leads and direct-to-vendor work, wrapped in training and a 1,800+ investor community. PropDetect is an automated analyst: it watches the market, appraises every match from the listing itself, and delivers the deals that stack with a verdict attached.
| Property Filter | PropDetect | |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Coached deal-making: software plus blueprint plus community | Automated sourcing and appraisal, delivered done |
| Monthly pricing | £100 / £150 / £250 + VAT | £7.99 to £120 across three tiers |
| Annual option | £80 / £120 / £200 + VAT, roughly 20% off | Annual billing available |
| Free trial | 8 days, full access, get-started call | Free trial with free analyses included |
| Finding deals | Motivated-seller signals: price drops, relistings, withdrawals, filtered to your patch | Deal Radar watches Rightmove 24/7 against your criteria; only deals that clear your thresholds are sent |
| Off-market route | Direct-to-vendor letter campaigns, from 1 to unlimited depending on tier | Off-market analysis by uploading the details and photos yourself |
| Analysing a deal | Centralised assessment, pipeline, AI prompts for comparables, seller profiling, offer drafting | Automated appraisal per deal: refurb costed room by room from listing photos, comparable-sales GDV, rent, ROI across six strategies |
| The judgement | Yours, with weekly deal-clinic calls to sharpen it | A strong, solid or avoid verdict with reasons shown, every figure editable |
| Training and community | Six-pillar blueprint, 200+ hours of resources, weekly live calls, 1,800+ members | None; it is software, with guides and support |
| Contract | No contract, cancel anytime | Rolling monthly, cancel anytime |
Property Filter column from property-filter.co.uk and property-filter.co.uk/pricing, checked 18 August 2026; prices exclude VAT and their site notes a rise is due. PropDetect column is our own product described plainly.
Choose Property Filter if
You want to become the deal-maker. Its edge is the seller side of the market: signals that a vendor is motivated, and the direct-to-vendor machinery to reach them before the crowd, backed by coaching on what to do when they reply. If you will attend the weekly calls, work the campaigns and use the community, the membership earns its price, and its 4.9 Trustpilot score from 280 reviews says members agree. The honest cost is time as well as money: the results its members report come from working the system, not subscribing to it.
Choose PropDetect if
You want the output, not the apprenticeship. PropDetect runs the loop end to end: Deal Radar watches Rightmove continuously, every match is appraised automatically, refurb priced from the actual photos, value set against sold comparables, rent and returns modelled across six strategies from buy-to-let and BRRR to flip and HMO, and only the deals that stack reach your inbox, verdict attached. You check the numbers, adjust anything you disagree with, and act. It starts at £7.99 a month because there is no programme attached, and the fair test costs nothing: paste a live listing into the trial and read what comes back.
Could you run both?
Genuinely, yes, and a sourcing business might: Property Filter for the motivated-seller and direct-to-vendor pipeline, PropDetect to appraise everything that pipeline produces in seconds instead of evenings. For a solo investor the budget usually forces the real question, which is the one this whole page turns on: are you buying the skill or the service? Buy the skill and Property Filter is the stronger membership. Buy the service and an automated analyst does more of the job for less.
Frequently asked questions
What is the main difference between Property Filter and PropDetect?
Who does the work. Property Filter equips and trains you: motivated-seller leads, letter campaigns, assessment tools, weekly coaching, a large community. PropDetect does the work itself: continuous Rightmove sourcing and a full automated appraisal ending in a verdict.
Which is cheaper?
PropDetect by a wide margin: £7.99 to £120 a month against £100 to £250 plus VAT. The gap is the membership: a large part of the Property Filter price is training, calls and community, which PropDetect does not sell.
Does either find off-market deals?
Property Filter reaches off-market through direct-to-vendor letter campaigns to motivated sellers, a real strength. PropDetect analyses off-market deals you bring it, with details and photos uploaded, but does not run vendor campaigns.
Can I trial both before deciding?
Yes: Property Filter gives 8 days of full access, PropDetect's trial includes free analyses. Running the same patch through both for a week answers the question better than any comparison page, including this one.
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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