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Fileherald and PermitGrab for Miami-Dade permits
Two different products at a similar price. Facts about PermitGrab come from its own pages, read on 2 November 2026.
Side by side
| PermitGrab (its own pages) | Fileherald | |
|---|---|---|
| Price and terms | ||
| Price | Pro, $149 a month (no annual price listed) | Local $149 a month; Pro $299 a month; annual plans two months free |
| Trying it | A 14-day trial; a card is required | A free sample of up to 10 records from your territory, checked by a person; no card |
| Refunds | Full refund within 30 days of your first payment | Full refund within 30 days of starting a paid plan |
| Cancelling | In account settings; no contracts | One click from any email; no long-term contract on monthly plans |
| Coverage and data | ||
| Places | Many cities and counties, checked city by city in its directory | Miami-Dade (county-issued permits); Tallahassee–Leon (new construction only); City of Miami (city-issued permits); Cape Coral (city-issued permits); Leesburg (city-issued permits) |
| Names the agency behind its Miami-Dade data | Not on its Miami-Dade page (its footer links a separate data-sources page) | Yes, with the county's record linked on every row |
| Contractor phone numbers | Yes, behind a "Reveal" button (10 free) | Not yet |
| Owner details | Shown on paid plans where available (masked on the free page) | Only when the owner is a company |
| Delivery | ||
| How you get the permits | Browse, filter and export on its website | A morning email with a CSV for your trades and county |
| Who else gets the same permits | Not stated on its page | Each trade and county goes to at most 5 subscribers, counting Local, Pro and Team together, or to one exclusive subscriber. |
Freshness on the day we checked
- On 2 November 2026, PermitGrab's Miami-Dade page showed a newest permit date of 26 October 2026 and 4,535 permit records dated in the last 30 days. The newest Miami-Dade permit in our data is dated 1 November 2026.
Which suits you
- PermitGrab suits you if you want to search many cities yourself, see contractor phone numbers, and work in a web app.
- Fileherald suits you if you want the new permits for your trades and counties in your inbox each morning, shared with a published number of buyers, with credit for bad records.
Sources for this page
Each page read on 2 November 2026. Prices and terms change: check the page itself before you decide.