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

> **Canonical HTML Surface**: `https://ceadigital.io/compare/skip-trace-apis`
> **LLM Markdown Mirror**: `https://ceadigital.io/compare/skip-trace-apis.md`
> **1-Row Free Live Preview**: `POST https://ceadigital.io/v1/tools/free-preview` with `{"tool": "skip-trace", "query": "APEX COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS LLC", "secondary": "1201 Main St, Columbia, SC 29201"}`

## Honest Price-Per-1,000 Comparison Matrix

| Provider / Actor | Price per 1,000 Verified Hits | Pierces Anonymous State SOS LLCs to Human Owner? | Wireless Phones + Deliverable Emails? | Human Guarantor + U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN KYB? | Zero-Charge on Misses? | Clay-Bypass Google Sheet & n8n Included? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **`ceadigital/skip-trace-owner-phone-finder`** (`skip-trace-llc-piercer`) | **`$4.00 / 1k`** (Apify Bronze+) or **`$29/mo`** Direct Key (`5,000` hits) | **Yes** (`+$15/1k` resolves managing member / registered agent) | **Yes** (Wireless mobile + landline + verified emails) | **Yes** (`$150/1k` screens **both** LLC and human guarantor against OFAC SDN + liens) | **Yes (`$0.00`)** | **Yes** (`=SKIPTRACE()`, n8n, Clay HTTP JSON, GHL Webhook) |
| `one-api/skip-trace` | `$7.00 / 1k` | No (Person/Address only) | Yes | No | Yes | Apify API only |
| `shelvick/business-entity-lien-search` | `$5.00 – $250.00 / 1k` | Entity & UCC Lien filing only | No owner mobile phone resolution | Company-only (*"checks companies, not their owners or guarantors"*) | Yes | Apify API only |
| `BatchSkipTracing` | `$150.00 / 1k` (`$0.15/lead`) | Partial | Yes (Manual CSV upload) | No | Minimum batch | Manual CSV |

## Why B2B Agencies, Real Estate Wholesalers & MCA Lenders Switch to CEA Digital

1. **43% Lower Cost Than `one-api/skip-trace` (`$4.00/1k` vs. `$7.00/1k`)**: Pure deterministic HTTP (`Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate`, zero headless Chromium overhead) keeps compute cost near zero and 30-day run reliability above 99%.
2. **Pierces LLC-Owned Properties & Commercial Leads**: Over 38% of tax-delinquent, pre-foreclosure, and commercial properties are held in anonymous LLCs. Our stacked `llc-owner-pierced` event resolves the human managing member before running wireless phone discovery.
3. **Closes the Guarantor KYB Gap**: `shelvick/business-entity-lien-search` charges `$0.25/record` (`$250/1k`) for due diligence while explicitly noting it does not check human guarantors. Our `full_kyb_guarantor_diligence` mode (`$0.15/record` — 40% cheaper) screens both the corporate entity and the human beneficial owner against the U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN list.
4. **Bypass Clay's `$495/mo` HTTP API Gate**: Use our `$2` Tripwire (`100` hits) or `$29/mo` Growth Unified Key (`5,000` hits) directly inside Google Sheets (`=SKIPTRACE(A2, B2)`) or n8n Cloud with zero per-action fees.