One tier, and it costs nothing. Browsing, filtering, saved searches, CSV export and the daily digest are all free. There is no Pro plan, no card on file, and nothing held back behind an upgrade.
Because the underlying records already are. Building permits are public documents published by DC and Montgomery County as open data. Permitline collects them nightly, normalizes the differences between the two feeds, and makes them browsable. That is work worth doing, but it is not work that turns a public record into private property.
There isn't one, and there are specific things we will not do. We do not sell or share your email address. We do not contact permit applicants, property owners, or anyone whose name appears in a record. We strip phone numbers and contact details out of scope text before publishing it. There are no ads and no trackers. Running this costs a few dollars a month, which is the entire reason it can stay free.
If a paid option is ever added it will be for depth — years of history, bulk export, API access — and the daily feed will stay free. If that ever changes, it will be said plainly here first, not discovered at a paywall.
Questions about coverage, the data, or what a field means? Email info@permitline.app.
Permitline republishes public open-data records from the issuing jurisdictions. Records are provided "as-of" the date stamped on each entry and are not authoritative. Always verify scope, valuation where the jurisdiction publishes one (DC publishes none), contractor information, and status with the issuing jurisdiction before bidding, quoting, or performing work.