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Skip-Trace & LLC Owner Phone Finder API Comparison Matrix (2026)

Compare ceadigital/skip-trace-owner-phone-finder ($4.00/1k on Apify Bronze+ or $29/mo Direct Key) against one-api/skip-trace ($7.00/1k), shelvick/business-entity-lien-search ($5–$250/1k), and BatchSkipTracing ($150/1k). Zero charge on unfound misses.

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Side-by-Side Unit Economics & Feature Coverage

Provider / ActorPrice / 1,000 HitsPierces State SOS LLCs to Human Owner?Wireless Phones + Emails?Human Guarantor + OFAC SDN KYB?Miss Policy & Clay-Bypass
ceadigital/skip-trace-owner-phone-finder
(skip-trace-llc-piercer)
$4.00 / 1k (Bronze+)
$29/mo Direct (5k hits)
Yes (+$15/1k) — Pierces SOS filings to managing member / registered agentYes — Wireless mobile, landline & deliverable emailsYes ($150/1k) — Screens both LLC & human guarantor against U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN$0.00 on misses · Includes free =SKIPTRACE() Sheet & n8n
one-api/skip-trace$7.00 / 1kNo (Person / Address lookup only; fails on anonymous LLCs)YesNoApify API only
shelvick/business-entity-lien-search$5.00 – $250.00 / 1kSOS entity & UCC lien filings onlyNo wireless phone skip-trace attachedCompany-only (README admits: 'It checks companies, not their owners or guarantors')$0 on no-match · Apify API only
BatchSkipTracing / PropStream$150.00 / 1k ($0.15/lead)Manual / separate add-onYes (Manual CSV upload required)NoMinimum batch fees · No native MCP or n8n webhook
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