RealtyCrawl vs Apify Zillow scrapers. An API call, not an actor run.
Apify's Zillow actors charge per result and run as jobs you start and collect. RealtyCrawl is a REST API and MCP server for five sources, charged per call, and a full Zillow search page costs less per home.
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Apify Zillow scrapersThe short answer. It depends on the job.
For area searches, RealtyCrawl costs less per home: one credit returns a page of up to 41 Zillow homes, about $0.22 per 1,000 homes on Lite and less on bigger plans, against $0.40 to $2.30 per 1,000 results on the most-used search actor. For bulk detail pulls the actors are cheaper: $0.80 to $3.60 per 1,000 homes against RealtyCrawl's 2 credits per property. RealtyCrawl answers as an API call or an MCP tool, with one schema across Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, StreetEasy and Auction.com; the actors are Zillow only and run as jobs with CSV and Excel export.
Why teams pick RealtyCrawl
- Fewer cents per home on full Zillow search pages.
- A REST call and typed MCP tools, not actor runs to start and collect.
- Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, StreetEasy and Auction.com on one key.
- Plan prices you can predict, with no Apify plan tiers or start fees.
- Sold comps and indicated value for any home, worked out.
When Apify Zillow scrapers fits
- You pull details for many thousands of homes at once.
- You want CSV or Excel exports and scheduled runs without code.
- You already run other actors on Apify.
Cheaper details in bulk. The Zillow Detail Scraper charges $0.80 to $3.60 per 1,000 homes; a RealtyCrawl property lookup costs 2 credits.
No-code tooling. Apify runs, schedules and exports datasets from its console.
Feature by feature.
Apify Zillow scrapers's side is as they state it on their own pages, checked October 15, 2026. Sources are listed at the end.
| RealtyCrawl | Apify Zillow scrapers | |
|---|---|---|
| How you call it | REST API or MCP tool | Start an actor run, then read its dataset |
| Pricing | Per call (credits) | Per result, by Apify plan tier |
| Area search | 1 credit for up to 41 Zillow homes | $0.40 to $2.30 per 1,000 results (Zillow Search Scraper) |
| Property details | 2 credits per home | $0.80 to $3.60 per 1,000 (Zillow Detail Scraper) |
| Sold homes | Yes | Yes |
| Results per search | Large areas split and paged for you | Up to 820 per search without zoom-in mode |
| Sources | Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, StreetEasy, Auction.com | Zillow |
| Sold comps with a value | Yes | No |
| MCP server | Yes: one typed tool per route (31 tools) | Apify's MCP server can run actors |
| Bulk export and scheduling | JSON via API | CSV, Excel and scheduled runs |
| Input | ZIP, city, county, neighborhood, map box or point | A Zillow search URL, ZIP codes or home URLs |
What you get with RealtyCrawl.
The differences that matter when you build on real-estate data.
Less per home on searches
One credit returns a page of up to 41 Zillow homes: about $0.22 per 1,000 homes on Lite and about $0.04 on Scale. The most-used search actor charges $0.40 to $2.30 per 1,000.
An answer, not a run
Call a route and get rows back, or let an assistant call the MCP tool. No actor to start, poll and download.
Five portals, one schema
The same core fields from Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, StreetEasy and Auction.com. The actors cover Zillow only.
Search by place, not URL
Send a ZIP code, city, county, neighborhood, map box or point and radius. No Zillow search URL to build.
Comps, worked out
Sold comps for any home, ranked by similarity, with the median price per sqft and an indicated value.
Honest sold prices
In non-disclosure states the sale price is null with a reason, never filled from a list price or an estimate.
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Checked October 15, 2026
- Apify Store search: Zillow
- Zillow Search Scraper (maxcopell)
- Zillow Detail Scraper (maxcopell)
- Zillow ZIP Code Search Scraper (maxcopell)
- Apify Store API (users and pricing)
Prices and features change. If something here is out of date, email support@realtycrawl.com and we'll fix it.
Building with ChatGPT? Paste this.
One prompt gives your assistant the endpoint, the sign-in header and how to wait for a result, so its first script works.
I'm building with the RealtyCrawl API. It returns real-estate data from Zillow as typed JSON: homes for sale, sold homes, rentals, property history, estimates and comps. Read the docs first: https://realtycrawl.com/llms.txt OpenAPI spec: https://realtycrawl.com/openapi.json Rules for the code you write: - Base URL: https://api.realtycrawl.com/v1 - Auth: send the header "Authorization: Bearer <key>". Read the key from the REALTYCRAWL_KEY environment variable. Never put it in browser code. - Zillow sold homes: GET /zillow/sold?zip=<5-digit ZIP>&sold_within_days=90. You can send city and state instead of zip. - A call often answers 202 with status "pending" and a poll_url. Poll GET /jobs/<request_id>?wait=20 with the same header until status is "complete" or "failed". - The rows are in result.data, each with address, sale_price, sold_date, sale_price_disclosure and source_url. sale_price is null when the price isn't public; result.field_notes says why. Never replace a null with a guess. - result.summary has median_sale_price and median_price_per_sqft. For the next page, send result.next_cursor as cursor. - A search costs 1 credit; property details and comps cost 2. A free account starts with 100 credits that do not refill, so save results while testing instead of repeating a call. Start with a short script that prints the median sale price for ZIP "80221". Then ask me what I want to build.
For area searches, usually: a full page of up to 41 homes costs one credit, about $0.22 per 1,000 homes on Lite. For property details in bulk, the Apify actors are cheaper: $0.80 to $3.60 per 1,000 against 2 credits per home.
On October 15, 2026: Zillow Detail Scraper (1,179 users in 30 days), Zillow Search Scraper (685) and Zillow ZIP Code Search Scraper (274), all by maxcopell.
Yes. The search and ZIP actors cover recently sold homes, and the detail actor returns the last sold price and date.
The Zillow Search Scraper returns up to 820 results from one search unless you use its zoom-in mode. RealtyCrawl splits large areas into smaller searches and pages through them for you.
Yes. RealtyCrawl's MCP server has one typed tool per route. Apify's MCP server can start actors too.
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