I tested 5 skip tracing services — honest breakdown

Running a virtual operation means I rely heavily on skip trace data quality. Over 60 days I pulled the same 500-name list through 5 different services and tracked hit rate and phone accuracy.

• Service A: 82% hit rate, highest cell accuracy, most expensive
• Service B: 79% hit rate, solid for landlines/relatives, mid-price
• Service C: 71% hit rate but has bulk pricing that works at scale
• Service D: 68% hit rate — not worth any price
• Service E: 77% hit rate, best for the 60+ age demographic

For most people: B or C depending on volume. Happy to share my testing methodology.