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Glenigan vs Barbour ABI vs PlanWire
Build planning searches, property alerts and CRM integrations with PlanWire's self-serve API. Compare its published plans, source-linked records and signed webhooks with the construction-intelligence products below.
Live data and ongoing monitoring are paid. Plans start at £49/month + VAT. The free key is limited to historical/sample data, not live monitoring. Read the API quick start.
Why choose PlanWire for your product?
Start with published pricing
Inspect sample JSON and public documentation, then choose paid live access from £49/month plus applicable VAT. Check coverage and plan limits against your workload before subscribing.
Keep your own workflow
Use planning searches and signed webhooks inside your existing CRM, map or property product. Keep your interface, customer relationships and business logic.
Trace planning evidence
Bring application details and returned source links into reports and alerts. Check council history, freshness and field availability for the areas you serve.
Inspect a sample JSON response without a key · Read customer testimonials
Which product fits your team?
Developers and integrators
Evaluate PlanWire for planning searches, source evidence, council health and signed change delivery inside your own product.
Construction sales teams
Evaluate Glenigan or Barbour ABI when researched projects, decision-maker contacts and an established sales workflow are central to the purchase.
Property data teams
Include Searchland when your requirements span planning and other property datasets. Compare the API products and allowances relevant to your workload.
API evaluation comparison
| Provider | Published offer | Documentation and access | Cost to verify |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlanWire | Planning applications, decisions where available, source evidence and webhooks. | Public docs; free sample key, 25 requests/day. Live data and webhooks are paid. | Developer £49/mo; Production £199/mo; Business £499/mo, excluding VAT. Limits and billing terms. |
| Glenigan | Construction leads and intelligence, including a construction leads API. | Products and trial enquiry; a public LDP API tutorial is available. Confirm access to the required API and datasets. | Request an API-specific quote and licence. A sales-assisted trial is not the same as a self-serve API sandbox. |
| Barbour ABI | Construction projects, companies and related records for integrations. | Public API documentation. The documented authentication flow requires an eligible subscription and credentials. | Confirm subscription, API entitlements and usage with the provider. No comparable API price is asserted here. |
| Searchland | Planning and a wider set of property-data APIs. | Public API docs describe individual product allowances and universal credits. | Price your actual endpoints, records and allowances. Do not substitute a dashboard seat price for API cost. |
Published documentation is evidence of a documented capability, not an independent coverage or reliability benchmark. Missing public information means unverified, not that a feature is absent.
Compare one representative workload
- Choose three councils or postcode areas and a date range. Check historical depth, missing coordinates and field availability.
- Compare the same records, response fields and source links. Count related applications carefully; applications are not necessarily distinct development projects.
- Test changes, signing, retry behavior and recovery. Confirm which events are actually captured and how long they are retained.
- Confirm caching, redistribution, support and procurement terms. Include API usage, record credits and implementation effort in the cost.
PlanWire coverage evidence · Webhook delivery and recovery · Data-use terms
When PlanWire is not the whole solution
PlanWire is not a contact database, a finished CRM or a guarantee of construction starts. A planning decision is not a confirmed order or materials requirement. Suppliers can evaluate one territory with a technical team or implementation partner.
sitemax and PLOTT illustrate how customer products use the API. The integration walkthrough covers server-side search and recoverable monitoring.
Other sources to consider
The official Planning Data platform provides public planning and housing datasets for England. Evaluate its actual datasets and API against your requirements; it is not the same product category as researched construction leads.
Glenigan alternative · Barbour ABI alternative · Searchland alternative · Planning Data alternative
Glenigan vs Barbour ABI: what should you compare?
Ask both providers to demonstrate the same territory, project stages and contact requirements. Compare API access, CRM delivery, permitted reuse and the full contract cost, not just a product demo. Their published documentation is not enough to declare one universally better.
If you need planning application records inside your own software rather than a researched contact database, compare the PlanWire UK planning API against that narrower requirement. Our Glenigan alternative and Barbour ABI alternative pages explain the trade-offs.
Choose a planning API for your workload
Check your councils, required fields and expected request volume, then choose a live-data plan. For implementation, the public documentation covers search, reference lookup and webhook recovery.
Plus applicable VAT. Billed at signup, then monthly. Cancel anytime to stop future renewals. Payment and refund terms.
Compare paid plans and allowances · Read the integration guide. Historical/sample access is separate from paid live access; no free live trial.