PRYCD alternative for land pricing, comps and max offers
LandPricer is a PRYCD alternative for land investors who want to see why a parcel is priced the way it is. You get a market value with a confidence range, the adjusted comps behind it, and a max offer for a flip, wholesale or seller financing exit, for one APN or a whole mailing list. PRYCD costs less per month, so pick LandPricer when pricing accuracy and transparency matter more than the lowest subscription.
Try it on a parcel you already know. 3 valuations without an account, no card.
Example parcel. The figures show the layout of a result, not a recorded sale.
Who should switch from PRYCD and who should stay
PRYCD is a solid, inexpensive tool for scrubbing and pricing large county lists. Its offers default to 25 percent of an estimated market value, and you adjust that percentage per market. That works when you mail tens of thousands of letters and accept that some offers miss.
LandPricer suits investors who lose deals or margin to bad values. Each estimate lists every comp with its distance, date, size, similarity score and the adjustments for time, size, road access, flood zone, wetlands and utilities. A thin market shows Low confidence instead of a confident wrong number, so you know which rows to check by hand before the letter goes out.
If your monthly budget is under 50 USD and you mostly need a priced list for blind offers, PRYCD is the cheaper choice and we would not argue otherwise.
PRYCD vs LandPricer side by side
The table uses the plans and fees each company publishes on its own pricing page at the time of writing. Check both pages before you buy, because prices change.
| Feature | PRYCD | LandPricer |
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| Entry price | Bronze 24.99 USD per month, Bronze Plus 49.99 USD per month, Gold 499 USD per year | Investor 79 USD per month, or 39 USD per month billed yearly |
| Price for list pricing | Subscription plus a per record fee for list uploads (0.03 USD per record on its pricing page) | Pro plan with 5,000 bulk pricing rows a month included, 199 USD monthly or 99 USD per month yearly |
| Comp reports | 2.00 USD each, 20 a month included on Gold | 20 PDF reports a month on Investor, unlimited on Pro |
| Default offer logic | A percentage of market value, 25 percent by default | Max offer worked back from value, costs and target profit for flip, wholesale, seller financing, build or hold |
| Confidence shown per parcel | Not listed among its published plan features | High, Medium or Low on every value, with a 20th to 80th percentile range |
| Comp adjustments visible | Comps and comp reports, line by line adjustments not listed in its plan features | Every comp itemized for time, size, access, flood, wetlands and utilities |
| Non-disclosure states | Relies on available comps and listing data | Neighboring disclosure county comps, assessment implied value and a USDA rural floor, confidence capped at Medium |
| Parcel risk checks | Access and waterfront analysis on Gold | Flood, wetlands, slope, soil, road distance and utilities on every valuation |
| Deal tracking | Not the focus | Acquisition CRM from Lead to Sold on Pro and up |
| API | Listed on a public API marketplace | Included on Scale and Enterprise |
| Free trial | 14 days on every plan | 3 valuations without an account |
Where PRYCD wins: lower monthly cost, a long track record with land investors, a 14 day trial and pay as you go exports and skip tracing. Where LandPricer wins: itemized comps, a confidence label on every number, strategy based max offers and parcel risk checks in the same result.
Why land investors look for a PRYCD alternative
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Offers that miss because a market value came from a few distant or old sales, with nothing on screen telling you the number was weak
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One flat offer percentage applied to parcels that need different treatment, such as landlocked lots or acreage in a flood zone
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Comps without the adjustments, so you cannot explain the offer to a seller who asks how you got there
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Checking flood, wetlands and road access in other tools after the price is already set
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Tracking responses and purchases in a spreadsheet next to the pricing tool
LandPricer puts the value, the reasons for the value and the offer on one parcel record. You decide what to send knowing how much to trust it.
How to move your list from PRYCD to LandPricer
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Export your county list or your last priced PRYCD list as CSV with APN, state and county columns.
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Upload it to bulk land pricing. Each row comes back with market value, range, confidence, price per acre, LandPricer Score and a max offer for the strategy you choose.
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Sort by confidence. Mail the High and Medium rows, and open the Low rows to look at the comps before you send anything.
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When a seller calls, open the parcel, read the due diligence flags and confirm the number in the Deal Calculator.
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Track the deal in the CRM through Purchased, Listed and Sold. Sold prices feed back into the county adjustments.
Flat percentage offers vs strategy based max offers
Say two 5 acre parcels in the same county both come back at 40,000 USD. A flat 25 percent offer sends 10,000 USD to both owners.
Now look closer. The first parcel fronts a county road and sits outside any flood zone. The second has no recorded road access and a third of it is in a flood hazard area. Its adjusted comps put it nearer 26,000 USD at Low confidence. A 10,000 USD offer on that parcel is 38 percent of a realistic value, and your resale margin is thinner than it looks.
LandPricer prices the second parcel from comps adjusted for access and flood, flags it Low, and the Deal Calculator works back from the lower value. For a cash flip with 2,500 USD of closing and holding costs and a 50 percent margin target on resale, the max offer on the clean parcel lands around 17,500 USD and on the landlocked parcel around 10,500 USD, with a note to verify access before you send it. Plug your own numbers into the land flipping calculator to see how the max offer moves.
Who uses LandPricer instead of PRYCD
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Land flippers mailing a few thousand targeted letters a month who care about hit rate more than letter count
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Seller financing investors who need a defensible value behind every note
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Acquisition teams that split pricing, calls and closings across several people
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Investors in Texas, New Mexico and other non-disclosure states, where a weak comp set needs to be labeled as weak
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Brokers and lenders who need to show a client or a credit committee how the value was reached
PRYCD alternative questions
What is the best alternative to PRYCD?
For investors who want itemized comps and a confidence label on every parcel, LandPricer is a direct PRYCD alternative that prices single parcels and whole lists. Land Portal and Land ID focus more on mapping and research. PropStream and DataTree are broader property data tools that land investors use alongside a pricing tool.
How much does PRYCD cost?
PRYCD publishes three plans on its pricing page: Bronze at 24.99 USD per month, Bronze Plus at 49.99 USD per month and Gold at 499 USD per year. Comp reports cost 2.00 USD each, owner and property exports 0.08 USD per record and list uploads 0.03 USD per record. Every plan has a 14 day trial.
Is PRYCD accurate for land values?
PRYCD gives a fast estimate from comps and listing data, which is useful for screening a market. Reviewers note that results are weaker where comps are sparse or the parcel has unusual features. Treat any automated land value as a starting point and check the comps on parcels you plan to buy.
Can I upload my PRYCD list to LandPricer?
Yes. Export the list as CSV with the APN, state and county, and upload it to bulk land pricing. Every row gets a value, range, confidence, score and max offer, and you can export the result as CSV or XLSX for your mail house.
Does LandPricer work in non-disclosure states like Texas?
Yes. Where sale prices are not public, it uses comps from neighboring disclosure counties adjusted by USDA county land data, an assessment implied value and a USDA rural floor. Confidence is capped at Medium and the method is named under the number, as described in land comps in non-disclosure states.
Is LandPricer cheaper than PRYCD?
No. PRYCD starts lower. LandPricer starts at 39 USD per month billed yearly and bulk list pricing starts on the Pro plan. You pay more for itemized comps, confidence on every value, strategy based offers and parcel risk checks in one result.
Price a parcel you already priced in PRYCD
Enter the APN or address and compare the value, the comps and the max offer side by side with your last number.