Dataman Group vs Maverick Data: Homeowner X-Date Lists Compared

TLDR

• Dataman Group is a 40+ year list broker: one-off homeowner X-date orders, $185 minimum, actual pricing by phone or count request.
• Maverick Data is self-serve: $100 per state per month for 50,000 export credits, pricing and docs public, DNC status on every row, API included.
• Neither vendor has carrier-confirmed renewal dates (nobody does); Maverick Data is the one that says so in its public docs.
• Verdict: Maverick Data wins on price, transparency, and workflow wherever it's live (Texas, Kansas, Missouri today). Dataman is the right call for one-off orders, other states, or non-homeowner verticals.

If you're shopping for homeowner X-date lists, Dataman Group and Maverick Data sell you the same underlying thing, renewal-timed homeowner contacts, through two very different models. Dataman Group is a list broker with over 40 years in business that sells one-off orders starting at a $185 minimum, with actual pricing available after you request a count by phone or web form. Maverick Data is a self-serve subscription: $100 per state per month for 50,000 export credits, with pricing, docs, and field definitions public.

The short version: for agents working Texas, Kansas, or Missouri, Maverick Data wins this comparison on price per contact, transparency, and workflow, and it isn't close. Dataman earns the job in specific scenarios: an occasional, geographically small order handled by a human, a state we haven't shipped, or verticals beyond homeowner X-dates. The rest of this page is the detail, with every Dataman fact verified on their live pages as of July 17, 2026, and the trade-offs stated in both directions.

Dataman Group vs Maverick Data at a glance

	Dataman Group	Maverick Data
Pricing model	One-off list orders, no subscription	Monthly subscription per state
Published pricing	No; "Request Your FREE List Count" or call (800) 771-3282	Yes; $100/state/month or $1,000/state/year, on the homepage
Minimum spend	$185 minimum order	$100 (one state, one month)
Volume	Sized per order	50,000 export credits/month per state; previews and filtering free
Ordering flow	Phone or form, human fulfillment	Self-serve signup, instant CSV export
Geography	ZIP, city, county, state, custom, nationwide ordering	Whole-state slots; Texas, Kansas, and Missouri live today
X-date methodology	"Home purchase date" used to estimate renewal timing	Purchase-anniversary proxy, stated openly in public docs
DNC handling	Phones described as "scrubbed" for compliance	DNC status printed on every row, flags documented
API	None advertised	Public API with docs
Other products	Auto X-dates, new movers, business lists, more	Homeowner X-date data only
Track record	40+ years as a list broker	Launched 2026

What is Dataman Group?

Dataman Group Direct is a Florida-based list broker that's been selling marketing data for over 40 years. Homeowner X-dates are one product in a wide catalog that also includes auto X-date lists, new-mover lists, and business data. That breadth is real value if you buy several list types from one rep.

Their homeowner X-date product is straightforward: records sorted by renewal month, selectable by ZIP code, city, county, or state, with owner name, address, purchase date, home value, square footage, year built, and phone and email where available. Orders are placed as needed with no subscription. One thing to know going in: the review content you'll find for Dataman is hosted on their own site. The testimonials read as genuine, but there's essentially no third-party editorial coverage of the product, which is partly why we wrote this comparison.

How does Dataman price X-date lists?

You won't find a per-record price on the page. The published facts are a $185 minimum order and a "request a count" flow: you submit your geography, they come back with a count and a quote, typically over the phone. That's not a trick; it's how list brokerage has worked for decades, and it lets them price by geography, volume, and selects.

It does have a cost for you as the buyer, though. You can't compare vendors from your desk, the quote process takes a sales conversation, and repeat campaigns mean repeat orders. If you're mailing one ZIP code twice a year, none of that matters. If you're feeding a calling operation every week, it adds up.

How does Maverick Data compare?

We built the opposite model on purpose. Pricing is on the page: $100 per state per month, or $1,000 per state per year, which buys 50,000 export credits monthly in that state. Filtering and previews don't burn credits; only exports do (the mechanics are documented on the billing and state slots page). Signup is self-serve, exports are instant CSV, and there's an API for teams that want to script against the data.

Two honesty points, since they cut both ways. First, we're the new entrant: Dataman has sold lists for four decades, and we launched in 2026 with Texas, Kansas, and Missouri live today and more states shipping. Second, our X-date is a purchase-anniversary proxy derived from public property records, not a carrier-confirmed date. Nobody's is, including Dataman's, whose page describes using home purchase dates to estimate renewal timing. We're just the vendor that says it in the docs.

On Do-Not-Call handling, our approach is disclosure rather than silent cleanup. Every exported row carries its DNC status, flagged or not, so you decide what your outreach can legally touch. Dataman describes its phones as "scrubbed for compliance," which likely serves mail-first buyers fine, but the page doesn't detail what was removed or flagged. Either way, the legal responsibility for calling stays with you under the FTC's telemarketing rules, so a list that shows you the flags beats one that edits them out of sight.

When is Dataman Group the better choice?

Real scenarios where we'd point you at them:

• You need a state we haven't shipped. We're live in three states today. Dataman takes orders nationwide. If your market is Ohio, they can sell you a list this week and we can't.
• You want a small, surgical one-off order. A single ZIP code for a spring mailer doesn't need a subscription. Their $185 minimum fits that job better than a monthly plan you'd cancel.
• You want verticals beyond homeowner X-dates. Auto X-dates, new movers, business lists: one broker, one rep, one invoice.
• You want a human running your account. Their self-hosted reviews consistently praise the service relationship. If you'd rather phone a rep than click through a dashboard, that's them, not us.
• You're mail-only. Silent phone scrubbing and count-based orders were built for direct mail, and that workflow still works.

When is Maverick Data the better fit?

• You're working a live state at calling or mailing volume. 50,000 monthly credits for $100 is a different cost class than per-order brokerage; at scale the math isn't close.
• You want to evaluate before you spend. Pricing is public, field definitions are public, previews are free. No count request, no sales call.
• You need an API. Counts, previews, and exports are scriptable with public docs.
• You want DNC status shown, not handled for you. Every row tells you its flag.
• You'd rather buy from someone who states the X-date's limits. Our renewal dates are honest proxies, documented as such.

The verdict: Maverick Data wins where it's live

Neither company gets renewal dates from insurance carriers; no list vendor does. Both derive renewal timing from the recorded home purchase date, because a mortgage closing requires insurance in force and the policy renews on that anniversary. The estimate drifts when homeowners switch carriers mid-term, which the public record can't see. Agent forums have complained about X-date drift for years, and the complaint applies to every vendor in the category.

Since the underlying data mechanism is a wash, the decision comes down to price, honesty, and workflow, and that's a clean win for Maverick Data in its live states. $100 a month buys 50,000 exports where a broker order starts at $185 for one list. The methodology and pricing are public instead of behind a count request. DNC flags are on every row instead of handled out of sight. Dataman remains the right answer for the scoped cases above: states we haven't shipped, one-off mail orders, other verticals, or a rep-managed relationship. For an agent prospecting Texas, Kansas, or Missouri at any real volume, this one isn't close.