Tax Sale Intel vs LienSuite
Disclosure: Tax Sale Intel is our product. LienSuite’s prices and features below come only from its own public pages, checked Oct 12, 2026. We did not buy a LienSuite plan for this comparison, so anything its pages do not state is marked “Not stated.”
The short answer
LienSuite: Tax-delinquent property data as county CSV files or a subscription with scoring, skip tracing, and outreach tools. Tax Sale Intel is free, county-by-county research for four counties: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Miami-Dade, and Wayne. If you work across many counties or states, LienSuite covers far more ground. If you bid in one of our four counties, start with our free county site, then register on the county’s official auction site either way.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Tax Sale Intel | LienSuite |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $0 (ad-supported) | $0 sample; $19.99/mo |
| Paid plan | $19.99/mo or $179.99/yr (no ads, alert emails) | $19.99 / $79 per month; $27–$39 per county |
| Free plan | Yes | Partial (sample file) |
| Coverage | 4 counties (LA, San Bernardino, Miami-Dade, Wayne) | 421 browsable counties |
| Upcoming auction lists | Yes, for those 4 counties | Not stated |
| Past auction records | Yes, dated, per county | Not stated |
| Official-source links on every record | Yes | Not stated |
| Deal or opportunity score | No | Yes (grades) |
| Alerts | Yes (in-portal free; email on County Lite) | Not stated |
| CSV export | Not yet | Yes |
| API | No | Not stated |
| Surplus / excess proceeds data | No | Yes (20 counties) |
| Skip tracing / owner lookup | No | Yes |
“Not stated” means the vendor’s public pages did not say, not that the feature is missing.
Pricing as of Oct 12, 2026
LienSuite
- Free download: a sample county file.
- Starter: $19.99 per month, with 421 browsable counties and scoring.
- Pro: $79 per month, with full data, skip tracing, heir research, and direct mail.
- Single county: $27 raw or $39 enriched, one time.
Tax Sale Intel
- Free: full county research, supported by ads, with in-portal alerts for saved parcels.
- County Lite: $19.99 per month or $179.99 per year. It removes ads and emails your saved-parcel alerts, at most once a day.
- No CSV export, API, or multi-county plan yet.
Coverage
LienSuite: Property data in 1,017 counties across 50 states, with 421 counties browsable, per its home page. Tax Sale Intel covers four counties in depth: current auction lists, dated past records, and links to the official county source for each. We do not cover other counties.
What LienSuite does well
- Buy one county's file once, with no subscription.
- Pre-auction tax-delinquent data, heir and deceased-owner signals.
- Skip tracing and direct mail for owner outreach.
- Free browsing of unclaimed surplus in 20 counties.
Choose LienSuite if
- You want to reach delinquent owners before an auction.
- You want a one-time county file to work in your own spreadsheet.
- You work surplus funds.
Choose Tax Sale Intel if
- You want to follow a county's auction as it happens, with its history, rather than download a file.
- You bid at auction rather than contact owners before the sale.
Neither one is the auction
Research tools do not run sales. You still register, deposit, and bid on the county’s official platform, such as RealForeclose, GovEase, Bid4Assets, or the county’s own sale site, and the county’s terms govern. See our tax sale calendar and state guides for California, Florida, and Michigan.
How we compared
We read LienSuite’s public home and pricing pages on Oct 12, 2026 and recorded only what they state. Prices change; check the vendor’s page before you buy. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.