If you're comparing PlanSureAI and LandTech, the most useful thing we can tell you is that they answer different questions. LandTech answers "which site should I pursue?" PlanSureAI answers "can this site be financed — and can I prove it to a lender?" Many developers and brokers will use both, at different stages of the same deal. This comparison explains where each one does its job, so you can decide what your workflow actually needs.

What LandTech does

LandTech is a site-sourcing and land-assembly platform. Its core strength is helping developers and land professionals find opportunities: ownership data, planning application histories, site boundaries, and the tools to identify and contact landowners. If your problem is a shortage of viable sites in the pipeline, LandTech is built for that problem. It is established, widely used, and good at what it does.

What PlanSureAI does

PlanSureAI starts where sourcing ends. Once there is a specific site and a funding requirement, it generates the lender-ready credit pack: the planning position with source references, Section 106 obligations and CIL exposure itemised, GDV stress-tested at −10% and −20%, comparables from Land Registry sold-price records, relevant precedent from every planning appeal decision in England, and the exit evidence a lender underwrites against. The output is built for a credit file, not a pipeline review. Coverage is England, strongest in the South West.

The practical difference

The clearest way to see it is by deal stage:

Before you have a site, you have a sourcing problem. LandTech's ownership and opportunity tools are aimed at exactly this. PlanSureAI has nothing to offer you yet — there's no site to evidence.

Once you have a site and need finance, the problem inverts. The question is no longer "is this an opportunity?" but "will this survive a credit committee?" — conditions, obligations, downside scenarios, sold-price support for the GDV, and a documented exit. That's the pack PlanSureAI produces from the site address, in minutes.

For a broker, the distinction is sharper still. Brokers rarely source sites; they package deals. A broker's bottleneck is the evidence file, and that is the only job PlanSureAI does.

Where they overlap — and where they don't

Both platforms touch planning data, which is where the comparison usually starts and where it's least informative. The difference is what the data is for. LandTech surfaces planning history to help you judge an opportunity. PlanSureAI assembles planning evidence to a standard a lender can verify — every claim traceable to a source document, stress tests shown rather than implied, obligations costed rather than noted.

Neither platform replaces the other's core job. LandTech does not produce a lender-facing credit file. PlanSureAI does not source sites or provide ownership contact tools — and doesn't intend to.

When you'd use which

Use LandTech if your pipeline is thin and finding sites is the constraint. Use PlanSureAI if deals are stalling in credit, lenders keep coming back with further-information requests, or packaging evidence is eating days per deal. Use both if you're running deals end to end: source in one, evidence in the other.

Frequently asked questions

Is PlanSureAI a cheaper alternative to LandTech?

No — it's a different tool. Comparing prices across them is comparing a sourcing subscription with an evidence platform. The right question is which stage of your workflow is the bottleneck.

Do I need both?

Developers running full-cycle pipelines often will. A broker who never sources land typically only needs the evidence side.

Does PlanSureAI cover the whole UK like LandTech?

No. PlanSureAI covers England, with the deepest coverage in the South West. Scotland operates under different planning law; Wales has limited data availability.

Can LandTech's outputs go straight to a lender?

LandTech's outputs are built for opportunity assessment. A lender submission needs costed obligations, stress-tested viability, sold-price comparables, and source traceability — the specific job PlanSureAI's credit pack exists to do.