Pricing
Every requirement, fee, and source on PermitBase is free and stays free. A premium layer — project-specific checklists built from that same verified data — is coming soon.
Free
$0
Always
Every jurisdiction, every permit type, every fee — source-cited
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$9
One-time
- One full project checklist for your jurisdiction
- Every applicable permit, document, and verbatim fee
- Saved 90 days, exportable as PDF
Pro
$29/mo
or $290/yr
- Unlimited project checklists
- Saved projects, PDF export
- Requirement-change alerts on jurisdictions you watch
Why a paid tier at all?
Everything PermitBase publishes is free: source-cited requirements, fees, and codes for every covered jurisdiction, building-activity data by state and city, and a JSON API and MCP server for AI agents. That free reference answers “what does my jurisdiction require” one permit type at a time. The paid checklist answers it for your whole project at once — describe the work, get back every permit it triggers, every document, every fee, assembled from the exact same verified records. No fact ever moves behind a paywall: the checklist is synthesis and convenience on top of data that stays free and public.
Project checklist — coming soon
The paid layer we're building now — one checklist of everything your specific project needs, from the same source-cited data. We'll tell you the moment it ships. No card required.
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The free reference isn't going anywhere
PermitBase's moat is data depth and source-cited accuracy, not software — every jurisdiction, permit type, and fee stays free and public regardless of what we ship on top. Browse all covered jurisdictions or read more about how we verify data.