CoreLogic (now Cotality) is an enterprise property intelligence provider serving mortgage, insurance, and valuation workflows. Realie is a self-service property data API built on county public records: free tier, plans from $50/month, no contract, and an API key in minutes. Confirm CoreLogic’s current products and terms with CoreLogic directly.
These two are aimed at different buyers. CoreLogic is an enterprise platform with a broad analytics portfolio and an enterprise sales motion to match. Realie is built for teams that want nationwide public-records data through an API they can start using the same afternoon. If your requirement is a proprietary risk model, a regulated valuation product, or an enterprise data agreement, that is enterprise-vendor territory. If your requirement is parcel, ownership, assessment, tax, transaction, and zoning data, at nationwide scale, without a procurement cycle, that is what Realie is shaped for.
Comparing Realie and CoreLogic
Realie specifics below are published on realie.ai. Confirm CoreLogic coverage, pricing, and terms with CoreLogic directly.
| Feature | Realie | CoreLogic |
|---|---|---|
| Self-serve monthly pricing | Free · $50 · $150 · $350/mo | Sales only |
| Included at entry paid tier | $50 tier: 1,250 tokens/mo = 1,250 address/parcelId lookups, or up to 125,000 parcels via search pages of 100 | Not published |
| Self-serve signup | Yes | No |
| Published API latency | ~20 ms average | Not self-serve — meet with sales for pricing and latency |
| Coverage (published) | 180M+ addresses · nationwide | Verify with CoreLogic |
| Primary dataset | County assessor, recorder, and parcel public records | Verify with CoreLogic |
| Proprietary risk / valuation models | Automated valuation (modelValue, compModelValue) with comparables; no proprietary credit or insurance risk models | Verify with CoreLogic |
| Credit, insurance, or regulated appraisal products | No — not FCRA or regulated valuation deliverables | Verify with CoreLogic |
| MLS listings or listing photos | No — public records only | Verify with CoreLogic |
| Agent-first tooling (MCP + CLI) | REST + CLI (--json) + remote MCP server (OAuth sign-in) | Cotality markets an MCP server, request a demo (cotality.com); CLI: verify with Cotality |
| Bulk delivery | AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure | Verify with CoreLogic |
Where Realie goes deeper
Same-day API access on public records
Realie normalizes what county assessors and recorders publish: parcel identity and geometry, owner of record, assessment and tax, sale and transfer history, mortgages, liens, and zoning. Sign up, add a payment method, and query the production dataset on the free tier — no procurement cycle required for a pilot.
Agent-native tooling on a self-serve account
Realie is agent-native. REST calls use your self-serve API key; the Realie CLI signs in through the browser (`realie login`) or takes an API key for CI, and every command supports `--json`. MCP hosts such as Claude, Cursor, and VS Code add `https://app.realie.ai/api/mcp` as a remote server and sign in with OAuth, with no API key in the MCP config; new accounts add a payment method in Billing before property calls. Agent setup is documented at `/agents`, `/agents.md`, and `llms.txt`.
Month-to-month commercial terms and token economics
Self-serve plans are Free, $50, $150, and $350 per month with the same endpoints on every tier. Enterprise and bulk licensing exist for teams that want them, but they are opt-in rather than the only path in.
Free: 25 tokens ($0 incl., then $0.15 overage). Paid: $50 → $0.040/token; $150 → $0.025/token; $350 → ~$0.0117/token (~$0.012 overage). 1 token = one successful API call (HTTP 200); 404/401/403 = 0 1 token = one successful API call (HTTP 200); 404/401/403 = 0. Allowance shared Platform + API. Search endpoints (property/search, location, owner): limit max 100, paginate with cursor — one 200 = 1 token whether the page has 1 or 100 properties. address/parcelId = 1 property per token. Overage: $0.15 / $0.05 / $0.025 / $0.012 on Free / $50 / $150 / $350 (realie.ai/pricing).
Where CoreLogic goes deeper
Enterprise analytics and regulated workflows
CoreLogic (Cotality) sells a broad portfolio aimed at mortgage, insurance, and valuation use cases — often with proprietary models and enterprise agreements. Sales/enterprise U.S. property data API — verify pricing and latency with Cotality. If your workflow depends on those products, confirm scope and compliance with CoreLogic rather than assuming a public-records API substitutes.
Account support and negotiated bundles
Enterprise purchases typically include scoping, onboarding, and account teams. That is appropriate for regulated or analytics-heavy products. Evaluate whether your team needs that level of support for the fields you actually query.
When to choose Realie vs CoreLogic
| Scenario | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| You need nationwide public-records fields without an annual contract | Realie — self-serve API with month-to-month plans |
| You require proprietary credit or insurance risk models, or regulated appraisal products | CoreLogic — verify product fit with CoreLogic; Realie does not provide those |
| Engineering leads the vendor shortlist and needs a same-week pilot | Realie — free tier on the production dataset |
| Compliance mandates an existing CoreLogic enterprise agreement | CoreLogic — Realie may complement records access; confirm contract scope |
| AI agents or IDE copilots need property lookups without a sales call | Realie — self-serve signup with an MCP server and a CLI; Cotality also markets an MCP server (cotality.com lists "Request a demo") |
Resources
- Compare property data providers
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- Realie pricing
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- Real estate data API
REST API overview, authentication, and endpoint documentation.
- Agent-native API (MCP + CLI)
Agent-first property tooling for Cursor, Claude Code, and terminal workflows.
- Most affordable property data API
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- Download nationwide property data
Bulk delivery options to cloud storage.
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FAQ
- Is Realie an enterprise alternative to CoreLogic?
- For public-records property data, yes. For proprietary risk models, regulated valuation products, or mortgage-performance analytics, no — those are different products.
- Do I need an annual contract?
- No. Self-service plans are month to month. Enterprise terms are available if you want them.
- What does Realie cost?
- Free tier, then $50, $150, or $350 per month, with the same endpoints and data on every tier.
- Can I get bulk data for my warehouse?
- Yes, delivered to AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure and scoped to the geography and attributes you need.