Alternatives
A Glenigan alternative built for developers
Glenigan is built for construction sales teams. If you want UK planning applications as a documented REST API — with an instant key, a free sandbox and published pricing — here is how PlanWire compares.
Why people look for a Glenigan alternative
Glenigan is the established name in UK construction intelligence, with decades of data, decision-maker contacts and CRM integrations. It is built for sales teams. If what you actually need is programmatic access to planning applications, the fit is awkward: pricing starts in the hundreds per month, access runs through a sales contract, there is no free tier, and the API documentation is not public.
PlanWire is the developer-first option. You get a key immediately, evaluate against a free sandbox, and read the documentation before committing to anything.
PlanWire compared with Glenigan
| PlanWire | Glenigan | |
|---|---|---|
| Getting access | Instant self-serve key | Sales call |
| Free evaluation | Free sandbox, 25 calls/day | No public sandbox |
| Pricing | Published: £0 sandbox / £49+VAT Developer / £199+VAT Production / £499+VAT Business | Not published — quoted on enquiry |
| API documentation | Public, no key needed to read | Not published publicly |
| Webhooks | HMAC-signed | Not documented publicly |
| Contact data / lead scoring | No | Yes |
| Coverage | 375 monitored sources across 382 UK LPAs, 18.3M applications | UK-wide |
Which one you should pick
Choose Glenigan if you are a construction sales team and the value is in enriched leads and contacts. That is genuinely what it is good at, and PlanWire does not do it.
Choose PlanWire if you are building a product, a monitoring workflow or an internal tool and you want planning applications as clean JSON with source links, spatial search and webhooks — without a procurement cycle before you can tell whether it works.
Try it before you talk to anyone
A free key takes about thirty seconds and needs no sales call. If the API shape suits you, Developer is £49/month + VAT and Production £199/month + VAT, both listed publicly.
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