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What are the best CoreLogic (Cotality) alternatives for property data?

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Quick Answer

CoreLogic is now Cotality, after a 2025 rebrand. The right alternative depends on whether you need Cotality’s analytics platform or county property records by API without a sales call. Realie is our pick for the second: parcel, owner, tax, sale, and mortgage fields in one record, ~20 ms average latency, a CLI, an MCP server, and published self-serve plans. ATTOM, LightBox, Regrid, and PropertyLayer are other nationwide sources.

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Summary

CoreLogic said in March 2025 that it was changing its name to Cotality, and corelogic.com now redirects to cotality.com, so a search for CoreLogic alternatives and one for Cotality alternatives ask the same question. Cotality sells property data and analytics through its Araya platform, an API, data marketplaces, bulk exports, and an MCP server, and its pages send buyers to a demo request or a sales line. Realie is a county public-records API with published self-serve plans. This guide reports Cotality facts only as cotality.com publishes them, names the situations where each option fits, compares six nationwide sources on figures they publish, and links the Realie vs CoreLogic guide for the head-to-head. Confirm pricing, coverage, and terms with each vendor before you buy.

What are the key takeaways?

CoreLogic is now Cotality. CoreLogic announced the rebrand on March 24, 2025, and corelogic.com redirects to cotality.com (checked November 13, 2026), so a CoreLogic API alternative and a Cotality alternative are the same search.

Realie is our pick when your product needs county public records through an API. One record carries the parcel boundary, owner of record, assessment, tax, recorded sales, mortgages, liens, and zoning across all 50 states, 3,100+ counties, and 180M+ addresses.

Realie is self-serve: sign up, add a payment method, copy an API key, and make your first call, on plans listed on its pricing page. Cotality’s MCP Server page leads with Request a demo, which opens a contact form, and the Cotality pages we checked list no prices and no self-serve signup (cotality.com, checked November 13, 2026).

Realie publishes ~20 ms average latency. The Cotality pages we checked publish no latency figure, so measure it from your own stack.

Both offer an MCP server. Realie also ships a CLI with --json output for scripts and coding agents, on the same self-serve account as REST (see Realie for agents).

Cotality is still the fit when you need its Araya analytics platform or property data outside the U.S. For the side-by-side, read Realie vs CoreLogic.

Is CoreLogic now Cotality?

Yes. In a press release dated March 24, 2025, CoreLogic said it was changing its name to Cotality, with a new logo and brand. On November 13, 2026, corelogic.com answered with a permanent (301) redirect to cotality.com, and cotality.com’s page metadata still gives CoreLogic, Inc. as the legal name and CoreLogic as an alternate name.

The release does not say whether products, customers, or contracts change. If you hold a CoreLogic agreement, confirm its terms and current product names with Cotality.

Cotality’s data page lists 5.5 billion U.S. property records spanning 50 years with 99.9% market coverage. It offers that data through its Araya platform, an API, data marketplaces on Databricks, Google Cloud, and Snowflake, bulk file exports, and an MCP server for AI agents (cotality.com/our-data, checked November 13, 2026).

When is Realie the better CoreLogic alternative?

Choose Realie when your product reads county public records and you want to start without a procurement cycle. Each record joins the parcel boundary (geometry, a GeoJSON MultiPolygon) to county assessor and recorder fields: propertyIdentification.currentOwner for the owner of record and mailing address, valuationInformation and taxInformation for assessed values and tax, salesHistory and mortgages for recorded documents, and zoningInfo for zoning.

Look properties up by address, parcel ID, owner name, or coordinates; the Realie REST API lists every endpoint. An address lookup takes the state and the street address, with the county to narrow the match:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://app.realie.ai/api/public/property/address/?state=TX&county=TRAVIS&address=504%20LAVACA%20ST"

From a terminal or a coding agent, the same lookup runs through the CLI:

realie --json lookup --address "504 LAVACA ST" --state TX --county TRAVIS

Realie publishes ~20 ms average latency for its property data API, so a lookup can run inside a live user request.

Free includes 25 calls a month, $50/mo includes 1,250, $150/mo includes 6,000, $350/mo includes 30,000, and enterprise pricing at $600/mo includes 100,000 (see Realie pricing). A call is one successful (200) request: an address or parcel ID lookup returns one property, and a search, location, or owner page returns up to 100 parcels. Responses other than 200, such as a 404 for no match, are not billed.

For whole states or the country in your own cloud, Realie licenses bulk files on yearly contracts and delivers them to AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, or Azure Blob Storage.

How do the CoreLogic alternatives compare?

One row per vendor, using only what each vendor publishes. A cell that says “verify” means the vendor’s pages did not answer it, so ask that vendor directly.

CoreLogic (Cotality) alternatives: published coverage, record scope, delivery, and buying model
ProviderPublished coverageRecord scopeDeliveryHow you buy
Realie180M+ addresses; 3,100+ counties in all 50 statesParcel boundary, owner of record, assessment, tax, sales, mortgages, liens, and zoning in one recordREST API, CLI, and MCP server; bulk files to AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, or Azure Blob StoragePublished self-serve plans from Free (25 calls a month); bulk on yearly contracts
Cotality (formerly CoreLogic)5.5B U.S. property records spanning 50 years; 99.9% market coverageProperty data and analytics, including the Araya platform; verify field scope with CotalityAPI, MCP server, bulk file exports, and data marketplaces on Databricks, Google Cloud, and SnowflakeRequest a demo or call sales; no prices on the pages checked
ATTOM160M+ U.S. properties; assessor data in 3,000+ countiesProperty data with parcel boundary files updated quarterlyREST API and MCP server; bulk by FTP, file download, Snowflake, or DatabricksFree trial API key; verify plan terms with ATTOM
LightBox3,000+ U.S. counties; states 100% parcel coverageParcel and property data; verify the field list with LightBoxBulk feeds, APIs, GIS feature services, or SnowflakeSandbox API keys on the developer portal; verify production pricing with LightBox
Regrid160M+ parcel records across the U.S. and major Canadian provincesParcel boundaries with ownership and addresses; optional standardized zoning (major metros) and matched building footprintsREST API, MCP server, parcel tiles, feature service, and bulk files by SFTP, AWS S3, or Google Cloud StorageSelf-serve price shown after login; enterprise licensing above 10,000 records a month
PropertyLayer162,666,780 records; 3,000+ countiesParcel and assessor records with a coverage directory by countyProperty data API; bulk by download or S3 in 8 file formatsCatalog prices by county and annual bulk licenses; verify terms with PropertyLayer
Cotality figures checked on cotality.com (the data, MCP Server, and Meet Cotality pages) on November 13, 2026. Regrid figures checked on regrid.com/api (November 12, 2026) and regrid.com/bulk-files (November 3, 2026). ATTOM, LightBox, and PropertyLayer figures checked on each vendor’s pages on November 3, 2026, linked under Sources. Realie figures are from docs.realie.ai. Confirm current terms with each vendor before you sign.

When is Cotality still the better choice?

Pick Cotality when its analytics platform or its data outside the U.S. is the requirement. Its data page lists Araya, Cotality’s analytics software; data marketplaces on Databricks, Google Cloud, and Snowflake; and property data in Australia and the U.K. as well as the U.S. Realie covers U.S. county public records only, and it does not return MLS listings or listing photos, rent estimates, or owner phone numbers and emails.

If you already hold a CoreLogic agreement, compare its scope with the fields you actually query before you switch; Realie can also run beside it for public-records lookups. Match the vendor to what your product does with the record:

Best fit by use case
Use caseBest fitWhy
Property pages or analysis screens that need owner, tax, sale, and mortgage fields with the boundaryRealieOne record joins the boundary to assessor and recorder fields
Starting this week without a sales callRealieSelf-serve signup and published plans from Free (25 calls a month)
Lookups inside a live user requestRealie~20 ms average published; the Cotality pages checked publish no latency
Scripts and coding agentsRealieCLI with --json plus an MCP server on the same self-serve account
An analytics platform on top of the property dataCotalityAraya, listed on cotality.com/our-data
Property data in Australia or the U.K.CotalityBoth listed on cotality.com/our-data
Whole states or the country loaded into your own cloudRealie, Cotality, ATTOM, LightBox, Regrid, or PropertyLayerAll six list bulk delivery; compare delivery targets and refresh before you sign

How did we compare these vendors?

We did not score vendors subjectively. Each option is compared on values you can re-check on the vendor’s own pages, linked under Sources:

1. Vendor status as the vendor publishes it: the Meet Cotality press release of March 24, 2025, and corelogic.com’s redirect to cotality.com, checked November 13, 2026

2. Published coverage: the record or county count each vendor states, such as Realie’s 180M+ addresses in 3,100+ counties and Cotality’s 5.5 billion U.S. property records

3. Record scope: whether the boundary, owner, tax, sale, and mortgage fields arrive in one record or need a join across products

4. Published latency: Realie ~20 ms average (docs.realie.ai); the Cotality pages checked publish none, so measure each vendor from your own stack

5. Buying model: published self-serve plans, a price shown after login, or a demo request and sales quote

6. Agent access: an MCP server, a CLI, and whether either needs a sales conversation first

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Frequently asked questions

Is CoreLogic now Cotality?
Yes. CoreLogic said on March 24, 2025, that it was changing its name to Cotality, and corelogic.com now redirects to cotality.com. Cotality’s site metadata still gives CoreLogic, Inc. as the legal name. The announcement does not say whether products or contracts change, so confirm an existing CoreLogic agreement with Cotality.
What are the best CoreLogic API alternatives?
For county public-records lookups, Realie: one record with parcel, owner, tax, sale, mortgage, and boundary fields, ~20 ms average latency, a CLI, an MCP server, and published self-serve plans. ATTOM, LightBox, Regrid, and PropertyLayer also sell nationwide property or parcel data; the table on this page lists the coverage and delivery each one publishes.
Is Realie an enterprise alternative to CoreLogic?
For public-records property data, yes: enterprise pricing at $600/mo includes 100,000 calls, and bulk files are licensed on yearly contracts. For Cotality’s analytics platform or its data outside the U.S., no; those are different products. The Realie vs CoreLogic guide compares the two side by side.
Does Realie have an MCP server and a CLI?
Yes, both. The MCP server at app.realie.ai/api/mcp signs in with OAuth (no API key in the MCP config), and the CLI signs in through the browser with realie login; both draw on the same self-serve plan. Cotality also markets an MCP server, and its page leads with Request a demo.
What does each Realie plan include?
Each Realie plan includes a monthly allowance of calls: Free includes 25, $50/mo includes 1,250, $150/mo includes 6,000, $350/mo includes 30,000, and enterprise pricing at $600/mo includes 100,000. A call is one successful request (HTTP 200). An address or parcelId lookup returns one property, and a REST or CLI search page returns up to 100 parcels, so the $50 plan covers up to 125,000 parcels through search. Failed requests (404/401/403) do not count. The Cotality pages we checked list no prices, so ask Cotality for a quote.
What does Realie’s free tier include?
Realie Free includes 25 calls a month, enough to test your own addresses and counties before you pick a paid plan. A call is one successful (200) request, a search page of up to 100 parcels is one call, and 404, 401, and 403 responses cost nothing. New accounts add a payment method before generating an API key.