What is the main difference between Kernalite and DealMachine?

DealMachine is a property data platform — 150M+ properties, 800+ filters, and a driving app — and its own workflow ends at Export and Connect, meaning a list you take somewhere else. Kernalite keeps the whole sequence in one app: drive the route, skip-trace the owner, let AI make the first call, then work the deal through the pipeline to a signed contract.

Does Kernalite have a driving for dollars feature?

Yes. Kernalite traces your route by GPS, lets you drop a property with one tap, reverse-geocodes the address, and attaches photos taken at the kerb. The property becomes a lead in your pipeline immediately, with no export step.

Do I still need a separate CRM with Kernalite?

No. The CRM is the product. Pipeline, unified inbox for texts and emails, tasks, calendar, offers, cash buyers and a rehab tracker are all included, so a lead never needs exporting. Kernalite is priced flat at $99/month with three seats and no metered data credits.

How much does Kernalite cost?

$99 per month, or $990 per year which works out at ten months. Three seats are included and additional seats are $19 each per month. There is a 30-day free trial and no card is required to start it.

Kernalite vs. DealMachine

You found the house.
Now what?

DealMachine's own four-step flow ends at Export & Connect — a list, a CSV, an API call. That is where a deal starts, not where it finishes. Kernalite picks up at the kerb and carries the same lead to a signed contract.

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Where DealMachine is genuinely good

Their data is better than ours and it is not close: 150M+ properties, 240M+ people, 800+ filters, and an AI search that turns a plain-English request into a precise query. If your problem is building a list — every vacant home with 50%+ equity in three counties — they are very good at that, and we do not pretend to compete on database size.

They also still have the driving app, with route tracking and owner lookup, so this is not a driving-versus-not comparison. This page is for the wholesaler who has noticed that the list is the beginning of the work, and that everything after the export happens somewhere else.

The export is the finish line

DealMachine describes its product as four steps: Search, Enrich, Filter & Refine, Export & Connect. That is an accurate description and the last step is the point — their job ends when the list is ready. Here is the same lead in each setup.

Data platform + separate CRM

Build and filter the list — genuinely fast
Enrich it with owner contacts
Export to CSV, or connect via API
Import into the CRM, fix the column mapping
Build the follow-up sequence there
Start dialling — and every new list repeats steps 3 to 5

Kernalite

Drive the route, tap the vacant house
Skip-trace in the same screen
AI places the first call while you keep driving
Replies land in the unified inbox
Work the pipeline to a signed contract

No export step, because there is nowhere to export to.

Side by side

	Kernalite	DealMachine
Driving for dollars	Built in	Built in
Skip trace in-app	Yes	Yes
Property database	Skip-trace & enrichment	150M+ properties, 800+ filters
Full CRM & pipeline	Included	Export or API to your own
Unified inbox (SMS + email)	Yes	No
AI voice calling	Native	No
AI motivation scoring	Yes	No
Cash-offer pages	Yes	No
Rehab tracker	Built in	No
Cash-buyer list & dispo	Built in	No
Pricing model	Flat $99/mo, 3 seats, unmetered	Per seat + monthly data credits

Competitor features change. Everything above was checked against publicly available information — if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

When you should not switch

Your bottleneck is the list, not the follow-up. If what you need is every vacant 50%-equity property across three counties, their database and 800+ filters beat ours outright. Buy the better tool for the job you actually have.
Your team lives in a CRM already. If five people are trained on something and it works, the switching cost is real. Kernalite has to be clearly better, not marginally.
You need a big driver team on day one. Kernalite includes three seats and charges $19 for each beyond that. If you run fifteen drivers, price both out — though note that per-seat plus metered credits scales differently from a flat fee, and not always in their favour.

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Seven days, no card. Drive one route, trace one owner, and see whether the lead reaches your pipeline without you touching a spreadsheet.

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You found the house. Now what?