A SiteLens alternative tuned for civils and groundworks
SiteLens and PlanFalcon do a lot of the same things. Both cover UK planning applications with site constraints, council decision times, public tenders, a lead pipeline and a free plan. The differences are price, who the ranking is tuned for, AI-drafted outreach, and plans for agencies that run lead generation for several clients.
Free plan, plus a 14-day trial of the paid features. No card required.
SiteLens
Every UK planning application, tagged across 22 trades, with constraints, analytics, contact lookups and a team plan for up to five people.
PlanFalcon
Planning applications and tenders ranked for civils, groundworks, drainage and highways work, with the reasons, outreach drafts and agency plans.
SiteLens vs PlanFalcon, side by side
| SiteLens | PlanFalcon | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free; Pro £39/month (£29/month billed yearly); Team £99/month (£79/month billed yearly) | Free; Pro £29/month (£290/year); Max £59/month |
| Free plan | 1 alert and 10 saved leads; no contact lookups | One area, ranked leads and the weekly digest |
| Free trial | 7 days of Pro, no card | 14 days of the paid features, no card |
| Coverage | 380+ UK councils | UK planning authorities, checked daily |
| How leads are found | 22 works tags plus filters by value, stage, radius, council and constraint, sorted by best fit | Each application scored against your services and scheme sizes, with the reasons shown |
| Tenders and awards | Contracts Finder and Find a Tender; awards on company pages | Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, scored in the same feed as planning |
| Site constraints | 24 constraint flags, including flood zones, conservation areas and green belt | Flood zone, conservation area, listed building, green belt and more (England) |
| Council decision times | Analytics dashboard on Pro and Team | On council pages, free, from government statistics |
| AI outreach drafts | Not listed on their site | 40 a month on Pro, 200 on Max |
| Contacts | Business email and phone lookups: 15 a month on Pro, 40 on Team | Agent and applicant firms where public, with Companies House details, parent companies and business phone |
| Teams and agencies | Team plan: one workspace for up to 5 people | Agency plans: 5 or 15 client profiles, each ranked and exported separately |
SiteLens details are from their public website, checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.
Choose SiteLens if…
- You are a team of up to five on one business and want a shared pipeline at £99 a month.
- You work across many trades, from roofing to glazing, and want leads tagged by trade.
- You want the widest set of constraint flags and an analytics dashboard in one place.
Choose PlanFalcon if…
- You do civils, groundworks, drainage or highways work, or supply firms that do, and want those schemes ranked first.
- You want the cheaper paid plan: Pro is £29 a month, or £290/year.
- You want the first outreach email drafted from the project details, not written from scratch.
- You run lead generation for several construction clients and need each client’s leads ranked and exported separately.
Two ways to find the right schemes
SiteLens tags every application with the trades it involves and lets you filter on value, stage, radius and constraints. That works well across a wide range of trades.
PlanFalcon is narrower on purpose. It reads applications for the signals of civils work, such as new access roads, drainage strategies, earthworks, plot numbers and site area. It then scores each one against the services and scheme sizes you told it about, and shows the reasons. For a groundworks or drainage firm, the schemes worth a call sit at the top without building a filter.
From lead to first email
On paid plans, PlanFalcon drafts the first outreach email from the project details and your company profile: 40 a month on Pro and 200 on Max. You check it, edit it and send it yourself.
Council decision times are free for everyone on PlanFalcon’s public council pages, so you can see how long an authority usually takes before you decide when to chase a scheme.
Where SiteLens is the better fit
SiteLens has a team plan for up to five people on one business, which PlanFalcon does not. PlanFalcon’s multi-user plans are built for agencies with several clients. SiteLens also lists more constraint flags and covers a wider spread of trades. Both have a free plan and a trial without a card, so run the same area in each for a week and keep the one that surfaces more work you would actually bid for.
Questions
- Is there an alternative to SiteLens?
- Yes. PlanFalcon is the closest alternative for civils, groundworks, drainage and highways businesses. Strukta and Planning Pipe are other self-serve options, and Glenigan and Barbour ABI are the larger enterprise databases.
- How much does SiteLens cost?
- When we checked their pricing page on 3 November 2026: a free plan, Pro at £39 a month (£29 a month billed yearly) and Team at £99 a month (£79 a month billed yearly) for up to five people. Check sitelens.co.uk for current prices.
- Is PlanFalcon cheaper than SiteLens?
- For one user, yes. PlanFalcon Pro is £29 a month or £290/year, against £39 a month or £348 a year for SiteLens Pro. Both have free plans. For a team of five on one business, SiteLens Team is the plan built for that.
- Does PlanFalcon show site constraints and decision times?
- Yes. Leads in England show flood zones, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt and other designations from the government’s Planning Data service. PlanFalcon’s council pages show how long each council typically takes to decide applications, from government statistics.
Compare them on your own patch
The fairest test is the same area in both tools for a week. PlanFalcon’s free plan lets you start without a card or a call.