Zillow’s public API has been dead for over four years. If you’re searching for a Zillow API in 2026, you’re really searching for the best replacement.
Here is the honest state of it. Zillow Group shut down its public Web Services API in September 2021 and never reopened it. The only official path today is Bridge Interactive, and that one requires MLS affiliation. Everything else is a third-party REST API, a productized scraper, or a marketplace wrapper.
This page lists the 9 options that show up most often in real production stacks. We start with our own product, Zillapi. The other 8 are what we’d genuinely recommend if Zillapi isn’t the right fit.
TL;DR: Zillow API alternatives at a glance
| # | Tool | Pricing | Free tier? | Signup time | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zillapi | $5/mo, 1k credits | 100 credits | 60 seconds | Production REST, AI agents |
| 2 | Apify | Per actor run | $5 platform credit | Minutes | Teams who run their own scrapers |
| 3 | ATTOM Data | Custom, $1k+/mo | Trial via sales | Sales cycle | Enterprise PropTech, mortgage |
| 4 | BatchData | Custom mid-market | Trial via sales | Sales cycle | Investor lead-gen, skip tracing |
| 5 | Mashvisor | $17+/mo | Limited free tier | Self-serve | STR analytics, cap-rate tools |
| 6 | Bridge Interactive | Free if approved | N/A | Days to weeks | MLS-affiliated brokerages |
| 7 | RapidAPI marketplace | $0 to $200+/mo | Per-listing quotas | Minutes | Quick scripts, exploration |
| 8 | Oxylabs Zillow Scraper API | $99+/mo | 7-day trial | Sales contact | Scraping at scale, bucket delivery |
| 9 | ScrapingBee | $49+/mo | 1,000-call trial | Self-serve | Generic scraping with proxies |
Pricing is per public pricing as of May 2026. Always verify on the vendor’s pricing page before committing.
The 9 best Zillow API alternatives in 2026
1. Zillapi: the cheapest production REST API
Note: this is our site. We’ll be upfront about that.
We built Zillapi because we got tired of writing the same Zillow scraping plumbing for every client project. Every team needed the same thing. Photos, Zestimate, price history, school data, listing details. Nobody wanted to babysit proxies.
Zillapi is a versioned /v1 REST API with /properties/{zpid}, /listings/for-sale, and sub-resources for photos, Zestimate, price history, and schools. Async batches go up to 500 entries. Webhooks are HMAC-signed. There’s an OpenAPI 3.1 spec at /openapi.json that drops cleanly into any function-calling framework or MCP code generator.
Pricing starts at $5 per month for 1,000 credits with 200 requests per minute. New accounts get 100 credits free at signup so you can test before you pay. Higher tiers start at $99/mo.
Best for: indie devs, AI agent builders, and teams that want a Zillow Data API that behaves like Stripe. One key, one URL, one schema.
Get an API key or read the quickstart.
2. Apify: the marketplace where the actors live
Apify is the marketplace and runtime that hosts most of the Zillow scrapers people actually use. The two big ones are maxcopell/zillow-detail-scraper and maxcopell/zillow-search. Both are well-maintained and reliable.
Why this matters. The actor that powers the Zillow data behind Zillapi runs on Apify. So if you want to skip the productized layer and run your own actor, you can. You’ll get the raw Apify dataset and pay per compute unit.
Pricing is pay-per-run plus platform compute. Apify gives you $5 in platform credit on signup, so a small project can run for free. Their free starter plan also covers light usage of paid actors.
Best for: teams who want to operate scrapers themselves, fork an actor when the schema changes, and run many sources from one runtime.
See our Apify comparison or visit apify.com.
3. ATTOM Data: deep public records, enterprise contracts
ATTOM is a different category from everything else on this list. It’s not a Zillow wrapper. It’s a licensed property data warehouse covering 158 million U.S. parcels with thousands of attributes per property.
You get deed records, mortgage filings, ownership history, AVM values, environmental data, school catchments, and tax assessments. Real licensed data with real contracts. You will not get the Zestimate, because Zestimate is Zillow’s, not ATTOM’s.
Pricing is custom and starts in the four-figure-per-month range for typical PropTech accounts. There’s a 30-day trial through sales.
Best for: enterprise PropTech, mortgage origination, insurance underwriting, and any workflow that needs licensed data lineage for compliance.
See our ATTOM comparison or ATTOM’s data products page.
4. BatchData: built for investor lead generation
BatchData (formerly BatchService and BatchLeads) sells property records and owner contact data shaped for real-estate investor workflows. Wholesalers, fix-and-flippers, off-market lead generation. That’s the audience.
The API gives you property records, owner contact info, absentee-owner filters, and skip-tracing fields. Coverage is U.S.-wide across roughly 155 million properties. The data is investor-friendly in a way ATTOM’s enterprise contracts are not.
Pricing is custom and sits in the mid-market range. You go through a sales contact, but onboarding is faster than ATTOM’s.
Best for: investor lead-gen tools, skip tracing, and off-market lead lists. Not the right pick if you want listings.
Visit BatchData for current pricing.
5. Mashvisor: the analytics layer for STR and LTR
Mashvisor sits one step up the stack. Instead of selling raw property data, it sells analytics. Short-term-rental (Airbnb-style) revenue projections, cap rate, cash-on-cash return, neighborhood metrics, and comp analysis.
The API exposes the analytics layer rather than raw Zillow data. Coverage is U.S.-wide. If your product is an investment dashboard or an STR yield calculator, you’d rather buy Mashvisor’s analytics than build them on top of raw listings.
Pricing starts at $17/mo for limited access and tiers up by user and feature scope. There’s a limited free tier.
Best for: investment analytics products, STR yield tools, cap-rate calculators.
Visit Mashvisor for the current API pricing.
6. Bridge Interactive: free if you qualify
Bridge Interactive is Zillow Group’s official developer program. It exposes RESO Web API data for participating MLSs. The data is licensed RESO content with clear terms.
Cost is zero when you qualify. The catch is qualification. Bridge wants MLS affiliation or a brokerage partnership, which most independent developers don’t have. Approval also takes days to weeks of paperwork.
If you have an MLS membership and your roadmap can absorb the onboarding, Bridge is the cleanest legal posture you can get. If you don’t, skip it.
Best for: MLS-affiliated brokerages, IDX vendors, technology partners with broker relationships.
See our Bridge Interactive comparison or Bridge Data Output.
7. RapidAPI Zillow listings: the marketplace lottery
Search “Zillow” on RapidAPI and you’ll get more than ten results. zillow-com1, zillow-com4, zillow56, plus several “real-time Zillow data” wrappers. Each is run by a different provider with its own SLA, schema, and uptime track record.
Some are excellent. Some go offline for days. There is no shared SLA across the marketplace. Pricing ranges from $0 free quotas to $200+/mo depending on the listing.
This is the right tool for a one-off project or a quick comparison. It’s the wrong tool for a production stack you’ll have to support next year.
Best for: quick scripts, exploration, side projects, and testing response shapes across providers.
See our RapidAPI comparison or browse Zillow APIs on RapidAPI.
8. Oxylabs Zillow Scraper API: scraping with bucket delivery
Oxylabs is a large proxy infrastructure provider. Their Zillow Scraper API is a productized scraper aimed at teams running scraping at mid-market or enterprise scale.
The pitch is delivery. Output can come back as parsed JSON or raw HTML. It can also drop directly into S3 or GCS on a schedule. If your data pipeline already lives in a bucket and you want results delivered there, Oxylabs is built for you.
Entry pricing starts at $99/mo per public pricing as of May 2026. There’s a 7-day trial through sales. Self-serve plans exist on some product lines, but the Zillow Scraper API typically goes through a sales contact.
Best for: scraping operations at scale where you want bucket delivery and proxy management bundled.
See our Oxylabs comparison or Oxylabs Zillow Scraper API.
9. ScrapingBee: the generic scraping option
ScrapingBee is a general-purpose scraping API. Point it at any URL and get back HTML or parsed data. JS rendering, proxy rotation, and CAPTCHA bypass are included.
It’s not Zillow-specific. It works on Zillow URLs because it works on most URLs, but you’ll write your own parsing layer on top. That’s the trade-off compared to a Zillow-specific product like Zillapi.
Pricing starts at $49/mo. There’s a 1,000-call free trial that’s enough to validate the approach before paying.
Best for: stacks that already cover many sources and want one generic tool instead of a vertical-specific API.
Visit ScrapingBee for current pricing.
How to actually pick one
Most listicles end here with a vague “it depends.” That’s a cop-out. Here’s how I’d think about it for four common reader profiles.
You’re an indie hacker shipping this weekend
Pick Zillapi. Sign up, pay nothing, get 100 credits, ship the feature. If the feature works and the volume grows, you’re already on a $5/mo plan. If it doesn’t work, you spent zero dollars finding out.
The only reason to pick something else is if Zillapi’s data shape doesn’t match your use case. In that case, RapidAPI is the next-fastest path to a working prototype.
You’re a PropTech startup with funding
Now the question is data lineage and compliance, not signup speed. If you need owner names, deed records, or anything that has to survive a SOC 2 audit, you want ATTOM or BatchData. Both have real contracts, real MSAs, and real data licensing.
If your product is investment analytics, Mashvisor saves you a year of building cap-rate math.
If you just need listings and you’ll handle the rest in your own warehouse, Zillapi at the higher tiers ships the same data with simpler terms.
You’re an enterprise team
Bridge Interactive if you have MLS affiliation. ATTOM if you don’t. Both are slow to onboard and fine for that.
The wildcard is Oxylabs. If your data pipeline already runs on S3 or GCS and you want delivery built in, the Oxylabs scraper saves you from writing the ingestion layer.
You’re building an AI agent
You want predictable JSON, an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, and tools that work with MCP without custom adapters. Zillapi was built for this case. Apify is a fine second choice if your agent runs the scraper itself, but you’ll spend more time on the integration.
Everything else on this list will work, but you’ll write more glue code than the use case justifies.
Frequently asked questions
Is there still a public Zillow API in 2026?
No. Zillow retired its consumer Web Services API in 2021 and never reopened it. Bridge Interactive is the only path inside Zillow Group, and Bridge requires MLS affiliation. Independent developers use third-party APIs like the ones on this page.
What happened to the original Zillow API?
Zillow Group shut it down in September 2021. Existing API keys stopped working. The official Zillow Group developers page now points to Bridge Interactive for partners.
The reasoning at the time was that Zillow Group wanted to consolidate developer access through Bridge for licensed MLS partners, not run a public hobbyist API alongside it.
What is the cheapest Zillow API alternative?
Zillapi at $5/mo is the cheapest fully-managed option, and you get 100 free credits at signup with no card required. RapidAPI listings can be free at very low volume, but uptime varies by provider.
If you need real free, Bridge Interactive is free, but only if you qualify for MLS affiliation.
Can I get Zestimate values without Zillow’s official API?
Yes. Zillapi exposes a /zestimate sub-resource, and most third-party Zillow wrappers return Zestimate fields because they appear on Zillow’s public property pages.
ATTOM does not return Zestimate values. ATTOM ships its own AVM, which is a different model from Zillow’s. If you specifically need Zestimate, use a Zillow-data wrapper, not a public-records vendor.
Is scraping Zillow data legal?
U.S. courts have held that scraping publicly accessible web pages does not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The leading case is hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn, 31 F.4th 1180 (9th Cir. 2022).
That said, Zillow’s terms of service still apply contractually to anyone who agrees to them. Most teams sidestep that issue by using a third-party API rather than scraping in-house. Read our full trademark and affiliation posture for how Zillapi handles this.
Which Zillow API alternative is best for AI agents?
Zillapi was built for this case. It ships an OpenAPI 3.1 spec at /openapi.json, predictable JSON shapes, and tools that work with MCP without custom adapters. Apify is the next-best option if your agent owns the scraper run.
The other options on this list will work, but you’ll write more glue code.
Do these APIs include MLS data?
No, except for Bridge Interactive. Public-page wrappers like Zillapi, Apify, and the RapidAPI listings return Zillow’s published listing surface, not raw MLS feeds. Real MLS data requires Bridge or a direct broker partnership.
The practical effect is that listings on Zillow’s public site appear in these APIs, but pre-market or off-MLS records do not.
How fast can I get an API key?
Zillapi, RapidAPI, ScrapingBee, and Mashvisor are self-serve and take minutes. Apify takes a few minutes plus actor selection. ATTOM, BatchData, Bridge, and Oxylabs all run a sales cycle that takes days to weeks.
If you have a deadline this week, that narrows your list to four options.
The shortest path from here
If you’re reading this on a deadline, here’s the call. Sign up for Zillapi, take the 100 free credits, and have your first call working in 60 seconds. If the data shape doesn’t fit, fall back to Apify or RapidAPI for prototyping, then revisit ATTOM or Bridge once you know the long-term shape of your product.
Start with Zillapi’s quickstart or read the API reference first.
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