Realie is a county public-records API that puts parcel boundaries, owner of record, assessment, tax, sales, mortgages, and liens on one parcel-keyed record across 180M+ addresses nationwide (RentCast cites 150M+ properties), with ~20 ms average and bulk delivery. At 100,000 single-property lookups a month, Realie is $600/mo on enterprise pricing, which includes 100,000 calls, vs $1,574/mo on RentCast. RentCast is built for rental and listing workflows: rent estimates with comparable properties, active sale and rental listings, and zip-code market trends, which Realie does not offer. Both bill per successful call and both market MCP servers.
RentCast and Realie overlap on core property records (owner, tax assessment, and sale history), but they are built for different jobs. RentCast adds rent estimates, sale and rental listings, and zip-code market data for rental-property research. Realie goes deeper on the county record itself: parcel boundary geometry and recorder filings such as mortgages and liens, keyed on parcel ID and searchable by address, parcel ID, owner name, or location. The cost table below compares 100,000 single-property lookups a month.
How do Realie and RentCast compare on price, latency, and data?
Realie specifics below are published on realie.ai. Confirm RentCast coverage, pricing, and terms with RentCast directly.
| Feature | Realie | RentCast |
|---|---|---|
| Self-serve monthly pricing | Free · $50 · $150 · $350/mo | Free · $74 · $199 · $449/mo |
| 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 | 1,000 requests/mo ($74 Foundation) |
| Billing unit | 1 token per successful call (HTTP 200) | 1 request per successful call (HTTP 200) |
| Contract | Month-to-month | Month-to-month; no long-term contract |
| Published API latency | ~20 ms average | Not published; measure from your stack |
| Coverage (published) | 180M+ addresses · nationwide | 150M+ residential and commercial properties |
| Primary dataset | County assessor, recorder, and parcel public records | Property records plus rent estimates, listings, and market data |
| Owner of record and mailing address | Yes — county-published assessor fields | Yes — owner details in property records |
| Search by owner name | Yes — standard and fuzzy owner endpoints | Verify with RentCast |
| Mortgage and lien records | Yes — from county recorder filings | Not in RentCast’s property schema; verify with RentCast |
| Parcel boundary geometry | Yes — joined to assessor and recorder fields | Not in RentCast’s property schema; verify with RentCast |
| Rent estimates | No | Yes — with comparable properties and an estimate range |
| Sale and rental listings | No — public records only | Yes — all 50 states; RentCast says listings are not pulled directly from MLSs |
| Bulk delivery | AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure (licensed separately) | Paginated API queries; verify with RentCast for file delivery |
| Agent tooling | REST + CLI (--json) + remote MCP server (OAuth sign-in) | MCP server (docs, endpoint schemas, and API calls with your key) |
Where does Realie go deeper than RentCast?
What does a Realie record include that RentCast’s does not?
Mortgage and lien filings from county recorders, plus parcel boundary geometry. RentCast’s published property schema lists none of these, and Realie puts them on the same parcel-keyed record as owner of record, assessment, tax, sale history, and zoning, covering 180M+ addresses nationwide. Query by address, parcel ID, owner name, or coordinates with a radius; each route returns the same record shape.
RentCast’s property records also carry owner and mailing address, tax assessment, sale history, and zoning, so those fields alone do not separate the two. The difference is on the recorder side and on the parcel itself.
Is Realie cheaper than RentCast?
Yes, at the volumes shown here: $50/mo vs $74/mo at 1,000 lookups a month on published plans, and $600/mo on Realie enterprise pricing, which includes 100,000 calls, vs $1,574/mo at 100,000. Both vendors bill per successful call, and a per-address lookup is one property per call on both. Realie search endpoints also return up to 100 parcels per call, so the $50 plan covers up to 125,000 parcels through search.
For whole-county, state, or nationwide datasets, Realie also delivers bulk files to AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure under a separate license, which the table below does not model.
| Provider | Monthly cost | Billing unit |
|---|---|---|
| Realie | $600/mo: enterprise pricing, which includes 100,000 calls | 1 token per successful call (HTTP 200) |
| RentCast | $1,574/mo: Scale + overage, 100,000 requests | 1 request per successful call (HTTP 200) |
How fast is Realie, and which agent tools does it support?
Realie publishes ~20 ms average. RentCast does not publish a latency figure. Measure both from your own infrastructure before putting lookups in a live request path.
Both vendors market MCP servers, so MCP alone does not separate them. Realie MCP clients connect at https://app.realie.ai/api/mcp and sign in with OAuth, with no API key in the config. The CLI signs in the same way (`realie login`) and then stores your existing API key, and REST calls send that key directly.
Where does RentCast go deeper than Realie?
Does RentCast offer rent estimates?
Yes. RentCast returns a rent estimate and a home value estimate (AVM) for a specific property, each with an estimate range and the comparable properties behind it. If your product prices rentals or compares deals on estimated rent, that is RentCast’s core strength. Realie does not offer rent estimates.
Does RentCast offer sale and rental listings?
Yes. RentCast returns active for-sale and for-rent listings in all 50 states with price, status, days on market, and listing agent details, and says it does not pull that listing data directly from MLSs. Its market endpoints return sale and rent trends and listing statistics for 38k+ zip codes. Realie is public records only and has no listing feed.
How does RentCast price its API?
RentCast’s paid plans are Foundation $74/mo (1,000 requests), Growth $199/mo (5,000), Scale $449/mo (25,000). Month-to-month, no long-term contract. RentCast counts one request per successful (HTTP 200) call and offers custom enterprise plans for higher volumes. It publishes an MCP server at developers.rentcast.io/mcp that can search its docs, inspect endpoints, and make API calls with your key, and it lists Zapier and no-code integrations.
When should you choose Realie or RentCast?
| Scenario | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| You need rent estimates or rental comparables | RentCast — Realie does not offer rent estimates |
| You need active sale or rental listings | RentCast or an MLS provider — Realie is public records only |
| You need mortgage, lien, and parcel boundary fields on the same record as owner and tax data | Realie — recorder and parcel fields keyed on parcel ID; verify with RentCast for its field coverage |
| Your app looks up about 1,000 properties a month, one address at a time | Realie — $50/mo on the $50 plan, which includes 1,250 calls, vs RentCast $74/mo on Foundation |
| Your app looks up about 100,000 properties a month, one address at a time | Realie — $600/mo on enterprise pricing, which includes 100,000 calls, vs RentCast $1,574/mo |
| Property lookups run inside a live request path | Realie — ~20 ms average published; RentCast does not publish latency, so measure both |
| Coding agents or terminal workflows need property data | Either — both market MCP; Realie also ships a CLI on the same self-serve key |
How did we compare these vendors?
We compared Realie and RentCast on published signals you can re-check. Every RentCast fact here comes from a RentCast page linked under Sources:
1. Monthly cost at the same volume — Realie: $50/mo for 1,000 lookups on the $50 plan and $600/mo for 100,000 lookups on enterprise pricing; RentCast: $74/mo for 1,000 requests on Foundation and $1,574/mo for 100,000 (rentcast.io/api)
2. Record contents — Realie puts parcel boundaries, mortgages, and liens on the same parcel-keyed record as owner, assessment, tax, and sales; RentCast’s property schema lists owner, tax assessment, and sale history without mortgage, lien, or boundary fields (developers.rentcast.io)
3. Coverage — Realie: 180M+ addresses · nationwide U.S. county coverage; RentCast cites 150M+ properties (rentcast.io/api)
4. Latency — Realie publishes ~20 ms average (docs.realie.ai); RentCast does not publish API latency, so measure it from your stack
5. Agent tooling — Realie offers REST, a CLI with JSON output, and a remote MCP server on self-serve plans; RentCast publishes an MCP server (developers.rentcast.io)
Resources
- Compare property data providers
Browse all Realie vs vendor guides, benchmarks, and buyer listicles.
- Realie pricing
Free tier and self-serve plans at $50, $150, and $350 per month.
- 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.
- Real estate API pricing guide
Token allowances, overage math, and plan comparison.
- RentCast API pricing
Source for RentCast plans, overage rates, coverage, and MCP server. Checked Nov 3, 2026.
- RentCast billing and pricing docs
Source for one billed request per successful (HTTP 200) call. Checked Nov 3, 2026.
- RentCast property data schema
Source for RentCast property record fields. Checked Nov 3, 2026.
- RentCast listing data sources
Source for listing coverage and non-MLS sourcing. Checked Nov 3, 2026.
- RentCast MCP server docs
Source for RentCast’s MCP server and llms.txt. Checked Nov 3, 2026.
Sources
FAQ
- Is Realie a RentCast alternative?
- For county public-records property data, yes: owner of record, assessment, tax, sale history, mortgages, liens, and parcel boundaries by API or bulk delivery. Realie is not an alternative for rent estimates or sale and rental listings; RentCast covers those and Realie does not.
- Does Realie offer rent estimates or rental listings?
- No. Realie has no rent estimates or listing feed. If your product needs rent estimates or active listings, use RentCast or a listing provider for that part of the workflow.
- How does RentCast pricing compare to Realie?
- At 100,000 single-property lookups a month, Realie is $600/mo on enterprise pricing, which includes 100,000 calls, vs $1,574/mo on RentCast. At 1,000 lookups a month, Realie is $50/mo on the $50 plan, which includes 1,250 calls, vs $74/mo on RentCast Foundation, which includes 1,000 requests. Both are month-to-month and bill per successful call. Realie: Free (25 tokens/mo), $50 (1,250 tokens), $150 (6,000 tokens), $350 (30,000 tokens). Month-to-month; same endpoints on every tier; allowance shared Platform + API.
- What does each Realie plan include, compared with RentCast?
- 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. RentCast’s paid plans include 1,000 requests for $74/mo, 5,000 for $199/mo, and 25,000 for $449/mo, so 100,000 single-property requests cost $1,574/mo on RentCast.
- What does Realie’s free tier include?
- Realie Free includes 25 tokens a month on the same production dataset and endpoints as paid plans. Each successful call uses one token, a search page of up to 100 parcels is one call, and 404/401/403 responses cost nothing. New accounts add a payment method before generating an API key.
- Does RentCast have an MCP server?
- Yes. RentCast publishes an MCP server at developers.rentcast.io/mcp that can search its docs, inspect endpoints, and call the API with your key. Realie offers MCP too (OAuth sign-in) and a CLI, both on the same Realie account.
- What latency should I expect from Realie vs RentCast?
- Realie publishes ~20 ms average. RentCast does not publish a latency figure. Network path and query type change results, so measure both from your own infrastructure.