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Alternatives to Zillow
22 real estate tools sit alongside Zillow in this directory. Below is what separates each from Zillow on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Zillow starts at
- On request
Why people look past Zillow
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Zillow entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Zillow carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 2 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Zillow publishes a single plan, Premier Agent at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
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- Sold on a transaction model rather than quote.
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Priced and rated the same as Zillow on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
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- Publishes an entry price of $69/month, where Zillow does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Zillow's 1.
Commercial real estate marketplace with a genuinely free core listing tier, monetised through PRO subscriptions for brokers and a separate Intelligence data product
- Can be used without paying; Zillow cannot.
- Sold on a Free core marketplace; paid PRO subscriptions and separate Intelligence data product model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Zillow's 1.
Commercial property listing marketplace owned by CoStar, where searching is free and the paid product is advertising exposure for brokers
- Can be used without paying; Zillow cannot.
- Sold on a Free to search; paid tiers for listing advertisers model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Zillow's 1.
Commercial real estate data subscription with strict per-seat licensing, sold on multi-year contracts and enforced through active anti-piracy litigation against password sharing
Priced and rated the same as Zillow on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Zillow alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zillow (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| RedfinA brokerage-owned marketplace with a different lead economics model, worth comparing directly against Premier Agent spend | On request | Transaction | - | vs Zillow |
| BoomTownIf you want a CRM-owned lead system you control rather than rented placement on someone else marketplace | On request | Quote | - | vs Zillow |
| Follow Up BossFor managing and converting leads purchased from Zillow or any other paid source into an owned pipeline | $69/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Zillow |
| CREXi | Free | Free core marketplace; paid PRO subscriptions and separate Intelligence data product | 3 | vs Zillow |
| LoopNet | Free | Free to search; paid tiers for listing advertisers | 3 | vs Zillow |
| CoStar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| VTS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| Reonomy | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| BoldTrail | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| Placester | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| ARGUS Enterprise | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| Rentec Direct | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 2 | vs Zillow |
| Hemlane | On request | Per property per month plus a per unit charge | 3 | vs Zillow |
| Sell.Do | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| MRI Software | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| Yardi Voyager | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| Entrata | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| Rent Manager | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Zillow |
| DoorLoop | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 3 | vs Zillow |
| TenantCloud | On request | Per month by unit count | 4 | vs Zillow |
| Propertyware | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 3 | vs Zillow |
| RealPage | On request | Quote | - | vs Zillow |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Zillow badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Zillow is most often brought in for an agent in a competitive metro wanting listing-page visibility on homes they do not personally represent, a team wanting predictable lead volume to feed a follow-up system, accepting shared, non-exclusive leads, a brokerage evaluating zillow flex as a pay-on-closing alternative to upfront advertising spend, a buyer or renter using the free consumer search, who is not zillow paying customer at all and should understand that agent placement on a listing does not mean that agent represents the seller. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Zillow is broadly right and the question is cost, the Zillow pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Real Estate category lists everything the directory holds, and best real estate tools ranks them.
Zillow runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Zillow alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Zillow?
- 22 other real estate tools are listed in this directory, led by Redfin, BoomTown, Follow Up Boss, CREXi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Zillow?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: CREXi, LoopNet.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Zillow?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Zillow?
- Zillow is most often brought in for an agent in a competitive metro wanting listing-page visibility on homes they do not personally represent, a team wanting predictable lead volume to feed a follow-up system, accepting shared, non-exclusive leads, a brokerage evaluating zillow flex as a pay-on-closing alternative to upfront advertising spend, a buyer or renter using the free consumer search, who is not zillow paying customer at all and should understand that agent placement on a listing does not mean that agent represents the seller. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Zillow?
- None of the real estate tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Zillow alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Real Estate, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Zillow against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Zillow covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every real estate tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Real Estate category, 22 tools beside Zillow. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.