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Listingrail vs Apify scrapers

Choose Listingrail if you read more than one portal, want one format and want alerts without running jobs. A single Apify scraper can suit a one-portal project where you manage the runs yourself.

Listingrail and Apify scrapers, from each side's own pages on 15 October 2026
ListingrailApify scrapersAhead
Portals17 behind one endpointOne scraper per portal, each from a different developerListingrail
OutputOne listing schema for every portalEach scraper has its own fields and inputsListingrail
How you call itOne HTTP request returns JSONStart a run, wait, read its datasetListingrail
New-listing alertsBuilt in: monitors with webhook or CSVBuild it yourself: schedules plus your own comparisonListingrail
Price per listing$0.0029 on Starter, $0.0012 on Scale; empty searches free$0.0019–0.0036 for Zillow scrapers, plus start and event chargesListingrail
Monthly feeFrom $29Free plan with $5 of usage; Starter $19Apify scrapers

Why teams switch from Apify scrapers

One integration instead of seventeen

Every Apify scraper has its own inputs and output fields. Listingrail's request and listing shape are the same on every portal.

No runs to manage

A Listingrail search is one request that returns listings. No run ids, datasets or polling.

Alerts included

A monitor stores your search and reports new listings and price cuts every day. With scrapers you schedule runs and compare the results yourself.

Try it on your own search

A key with 100 free listings arrives by email at once. One request returns listings from any of the 17 portals; the Python guides go from an empty folder to a CSV in a few minutes.

curl -X POST https://listingrail.com/v1/listings/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LISTINGRAIL_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"source": "rightmove", "location": "Manchester", "type": "rent", "limit": 20}'

Where Apify scrapers is the better pick

Apify's store has scrapers for portals Listingrail does not cover, and its free plan is enough for small one-off pulls.

Questions

Is Listingrail cheaper than an Apify scraper?

On Pro and Scale, yes: $0.0020 and $0.0012 a listing against $0.0019–0.0036 for Zillow scrapers, with no start fees and nothing for empty searches. On Starter it costs about the same.

Can I switch from a Zillow scraper?

Yes. Send the same city as location with "source": "zillow"; the fields are listed in the docs.

Apify scrapers facts from: Apify pricing · maxcopell/zillow-scraper (API record) · maxcopell/zillow-detail-scraper (API record) · memo23/zillow-scraper-ppe (API record) · epctex/realtor-scraper (API record). Prices change; the vendor's page is the authority.

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