CRE Finder vs CoStar

CoStar is enterprise research. We're operator sourcing.

CoStar built the gold standard for institutional CRE research — and prices it accordingly. CRE Finder is built for the rest of the market: principals, wholesalers, brokers, and acquisitions teams who need to find off-market product and dial the owner today, not run a quarterly tenant survey.

Annual price
CoStar
$50k+/yr typical
CRE Finder
$5,988
Built for
CoStar
Enterprise research
CRE Finder
Direct sourcing
Time to first dial
CoStar
Days (research first)
CRE Finder
Minutes
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Coverage

CoStar vs CRE Finder · Coverage

CoStar's data is the deepest in commercial real estate. Tenant rosters, building-level lease comps, broker-network analytics, market reports. CRE Finder doesn't try to replicate that. We do one thing — surface every commercial parcel and resolve the owner — and we do it cheaper and faster.

Total parcels
CoStar
Comprehensive nationwide
CRE Finder
5,247,183
Tenant / lease comps
CoStar
Industry-leading
CRE Finder
Not offered
Skip-traced owner contacts
CoStar
Not included
CRE Finder
Phone + email, included
Refresh cadence
CoStar
Continuous
CRE Finder
Daily, 04:00 UTC
Workflow

CoStar vs CRE Finder · Workflow

CoStar is built for an analyst sitting at a desk preparing an IC memo. CRE Finder is built for an acquisitions person between meetings, ten minutes between calls. Same industry, different jobs.

Built for
~CoStar
Research + analytics
CRE Finder
Direct sourcing
Time to first dial
CoStar
Days, research-first
CRE Finder
Minutes
Territory exclusivity
CoStar
Open subscription
CRE Finder
One license per market
Honest comparison

When CoStar is the better choice

CoStar is the right answer for a real set of jobs. We're not pretending to be a substitute for these:

You're an institutional investor or REIT

If your fund manages over a billion in CRE, you probably already have CoStar. Tenant-level data, lease comps and broker analytics matter at that scale in ways they don't for a $50M operator.

Your job is market research

Quarterly market reports, submarket vacancy trends, absorption forecasts — CoStar's analytics team produces the standard reference in the industry. We don't.

You need lease and tenant data

CoStar tracks who occupies the building, lease expiration, in-place rents. That's a different problem than 'who owns the building and how do I reach them.' If you need the tenant view, you need CoStar.

Skip the enterprise sales cycle.

15-min walkthrough. $499/mo. Cancel anytime. See if it fits your sourcing workflow before you commit.

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