---
title: "Zillow API Is Gone: 5 Alternatives for Property Data (2026)"
description: "Zillow retired its public API, so this prices the real routes to property data and listings from the vendors' own docs: RentCast from free to $449/mo, ATTOM by contract, Apify Zillow scrapers at $0.90-$2.00 per 1,000, Bright Data at $1.50/1k, and Keiro find-plus-extract at $0.44 + $1.33 per 1,000 on Startup."
category: "comparisons"
url: https://keirolabs.cloud/blog/zillow-api-alternatives
published: 2026-11-12
updated: 2026-11-12
---

# Zillow API Alternatives (2026): 5 Ways to Get Property Data

Zillow does not have a public API anymore, and that is the whole reason this page exists. The old GetSearchResults and Zestimate endpoints were retired, and the only official route left, Zillow's Bridge Interactive API, is gated behind MLS and partner approval. If you need property data, listings or valuations in your own code, you are choosing between a structured property-data API, a Zillow scraper, or a search API that pulls listing pages directly. This post prices all three, using each vendor's own documentation, so you can pick by workload instead of fighting a login wall.

The searches that land here are really one question asked two ways: does Zillow have an API, and if not, what do I use instead? The short answers are no, and it depends on whether you want clean records or raw listings. Property records and automated valuations come from a data API like RentCast or ATTOM. Live Zillow listings, photos, prices and descriptions come from a scraper or a [search API](/blog/search-api-vs-scraping-api-for-llms). Mixing those two up is the most common way people overpay here.

## Does Zillow Have an API?

Not an open one. Zillow retired its public Web Services API, the one developers used for Zestimates and property search, and did not replace it with a self-serve equivalent. What remains is the **Bridge Interactive API**, which serves MLS data and Zillow Group datasets to approved partners, not to anyone who signs up. Access requires an application, usually an MLS relationship, and agreement to redistribution terms ([Zillow Bridge API](https://bridgedataoutput.com/docs/platform/)). For most builders, "get a Zillow API key" is no longer a path that exists.

That leaves three real routes to the same data, priced from each vendor's own page as of November 12, 2026:

| Route | What it is | Data | Price | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RentCast API | Structured property-data API | Records, AVM value + rent estimates, listings | Free 50/mo, then $74-$449/mo; $0.015-$0.06 per record | Self-serve |
| ATTOM Data | Enterprise property-data API | Deeds, tax, AVM, 158M+ US properties | Custom contract, no public rate card | Sales-led |
| [Apify](/blog/best-web-scraping-apis-2026) Zillow scrapers | Store scraping actors | Live Zillow listings as JSON | $0.90-$2.00 per 1,000 results | Self-serve, pay per result |
| Bright Data | Scraping API / dataset | Structured Zillow records | ~$1.50 per 1,000 records, free 5,000/mo | Self-serve |
| Keirolabs | Search + extract API | Any listing page (Zillow, Redfin, Realtor) as markdown | /search/fast $0.44/1k + /search/content $1.33/1k on Startup | Self-serve, no card, 750 free credits |

The direct answer, by job:

- **Property records and valuations** (owner, tax, lot, AVM, rent estimate): RentCast for self-serve, ATTOM for enterprise coverage.
- **Live Zillow listings** (price, beds, photos, description): an Apify Zillow actor or Bright Data, cheapest per result.
- **Listings across many sites, not just Zillow**: a search API like Keiro, which finds and extracts Redfin, Realtor.com and Zillow pages through one key, no per-site parser to maintain.

> The trap is assuming you need Zillow specifically. In most products you need *a* listing, not Zillow's listing. A search API gets you the same house from whichever site is easiest to read.

## Why Did Zillow Shut Down Its API?

Zillow's public API predated its current business. As Zillow became a marketplace that monetizes leads and its own iBuying and rentals products, handing out Zestimates and listing data for free to anyone stopped making sense. Consolidating access behind Bridge lets Zillow control redistribution, enforce MLS rules, and keep its most valuable asset, the Zestimate, inside its own surfaces. The practical effect for developers is that the data did not disappear, it moved behind partnership terms, and the open ecosystem that answered it, scrapers and property-data vendors, grew to fill the gap.

## Property Records and Valuations: RentCast and ATTOM

If you want clean, structured property data rather than scraped HTML, **RentCast** is the self-serve option that publishes its prices. The Developer tier is free at 50 requests a month, then Foundation is $74 for 1,000 requests, Growth $199 for 5,000, and Scale $449 for 25,000, with per-request overage falling from $0.06 to $0.015 as you move up ([rentcast.io/api](https://www.rentcast.io/api)). It returns property records, owner and tax detail, an automated value model (AVM) and rent estimates, and active listings, across 140M+ US properties. That per-record price is higher than a scrape, but you are buying normalized data and a valuation model, not raw pages.

**ATTOM Data** is the enterprise end of the same category: deeds, mortgages, tax, AVM and risk data on 158M+ US properties, delivered by API or bulk file. There is no public rate card, pricing is a sales conversation sized to your volume and fields ([attomdata.com](https://www.attomdata.com/data/)). Choose ATTOM when you need depth and national coverage with a contract behind it; choose RentCast when you want to start today with a card.

## Scraping Zillow Listings: Apify and Bright Data

For the live listing itself, the price, photos, description and agent, scraping is the honest route, and the market is mature. On **Apify**, community Zillow actors start around $0.90 per 1,000 results (the igolaizola [Zillow Scraper](https://apify.com/igolaizola/zillow-scraper)), with Apify-maintained options like the ZIP-code search actor at about $2.00 per 1,000, and premium actors up to $9.99 ([Apify store](https://apify.com/store?search=zillow)). **Bright Data** offers Zillow data through its Web Scraper API and prebuilt datasets at roughly $1.50 per 1,000 records, with a free 5,000-records-a-month tier. Both handle the proxy and anti-bot work; you handle the schema drift when Zillow reshapes its pages.

## Getting Any Listing with a Search API

If the house you care about is on Redfin or Realtor.com just as readily as Zillow, you do not need a Zillow-specific scraper at all. A [search API](/blog/web-search-apis-for-agents-2026) finds the listing wherever it is and returns the page as clean markdown. With Keiro the flow is two calls: `/search/fast` locates the listing ($0.44 per 1,000 on Startup), and `/search/content` returns it as text your model can read ($1.33 per 1,000).

```python
import requests

KEY = "your-keiro-key"
# find the listing on whichever site ranks it
hit = requests.post("https://api.keirolabs.cloud/api/v2/search/fast",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}"},
    json={"query": "123 Main St Austin TX for sale"}).json()["results"][0]

# pull the listing page as markdown: price, beds, description, agent
page = requests.post("https://api.keirolabs.cloud/api/v2/search/content",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}"},
    json={"url": hit["url"]}).json()
print(page["markdown"])
```

That is the agent-friendly version of property lookup: no per-site parser, no login wall, just an address in and a readable listing out, on 750 free credits with no card. It will not give you a Zestimate or a tax history, that is RentCast and ATTOM's job, but for "what is this house listed at right now," it is the shortest path.

## How Much Does It Cost at 100,000 Listings a Month?

The routes separate hard at volume. One hundred thousand listing lookups a month, from each vendor's published rate:

| Route | Monthly cost at 100k | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Apify ($0.90 actor) | ~$90 + platform | Raw Zillow listings as JSON |
| Keiro /search/content | ~$133 on Startup (+$44 to find) | Any site's listing as markdown |
| Bright Data | ~$150 | Structured Zillow records |
| RentCast (Scale + overage) | ~$1,574 | Normalized records + AVM + rent estimate |
| ATTOM | Custom contract | Full property data, national |

Scrapers and search APIs win on price because they return pages; RentCast and ATTOM cost more because they return *modeled data*, a valuation and a rent estimate you would otherwise have to build. Pick by what you actually need: a number on a screen is a scrape, a defensible valuation is a data API.

## Is It Legal to Scrape Zillow?

Zillow's terms of service prohibit scraping, and Zillow has litigated against large-scale scrapers before, so this is not risk-free. The broader US picture is more nuanced: courts (notably *hiQ v. LinkedIn*) have generally held that scraping *public* data does not by itself violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, but terms of service, copyright on photos and descriptions, and anti-bot circumvention are separate exposures. The lower-risk posture is to use a licensed data API (RentCast, ATTOM) where you need the data at scale, read only public pages if you scrape, respect robots and rate limits, and never redistribute copyrighted listing photos or MLS data without rights. If you are building a product, talk to a lawyer about your specific use before you rely on scraped Zillow data.

The short version: Zillow's open API is gone and not coming back. For valuations and records, start with RentCast and graduate to ATTOM. For live listings, a scraper is cheapest, and a search API like Keiro is the most flexible, pulling any site's listing through one key on 750 free credits.