LandInsight, by LandTech, is a site-sourcing and assessment platform built around the planning timeline, while DealBrief is a signal-led tool that surfaces motivated owners from the legal record. DealBrief reads HM Land Registry, Companies House and The Gazette daily to flag owners with signals such as insolvency notices, receiver appointments, strike-off countdowns and loan maturities. In short, LandInsight finds the site and DealBrief finds the seller and the moment. Choose LandInsight for a planning-driven pipeline, choose DealBrief for an early-warning layer on off-market owners in England and Wales, or reasonably run both.
LandInsight, by LandTech, is one of the best-known names in UK land sourcing, trusted by thousands of developers. If you are comparing it with DealBrief, it helps to see that they are designed around two different starting points. This is a fair comparison; LandInsight is an excellent tool for its job.
What LandInsight is for
LandInsight is a site-sourcing and assessment platform built around the planning timeline. You pick an area, get automated planning alerts customisable by use class and dwelling count, pull instant ownership and boundary data, read planning histories and constraints, check comparables, and track opportunities through a site pipeline. As of October 2026 its published Pro plan is £150 a month excluding VAT, billed monthly with a free trial, with an Unlimited tier priced on request. The job it does best is finding and assessing development sites quickly.
What DealBrief is for
DealBrief is not a planning tool. It reads the legal record daily - HM Land Registry, Companies House and The Gazette - to flag owners whose circumstances suggest a reason to sell: insolvency notices, receiver appointments, strike-off countdowns, loan maturities. Rather than monitoring planning applications on land, it monitors distress and ownership-change signals on owners, then hands you a dated shortlist with the likely decision-maker and a compliant approach. LandInsight finds the site; DealBrief finds the seller and the moment.
Which should you choose
- Choose LandInsight if your pipeline is planning-driven: tracking applications, assessing sites, and managing a development pipeline across a team.
- Choose DealBrief if you want an early-warning layer on motivated, off-market owners in England & Wales, sourced from the legal record before a property is listed.
- Many investors would reasonably run both: one for site discovery and viability, one for owner-intent timing.
As with any comparison, the honest claim is about approach, not a denial of capability: LandInsight surfaces ownership data as part of site assessment, while DealBrief makes the owner's changing circumstances the trigger. DealBrief signals are indicators, not facts, and nothing here is financial or investment advice.
Prices and features cited are from each provider's own public pages as of June 2026 and can change; check the source for the current position.