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Zillow Rental Data Access: Only 3 of 6 Third-Party MCP Servers Functioned

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A comparison of six third-party MCP (Multi-Cloud Platform) servers for accessing Zillow rental data revealed that only three were fully functional. The test involved a specific search for two-bedroom rentals in Denver under $2,500, executed three times for each server. HasData Zillow MCP performed well, returning complete data and handling filters effectively, though with a larger payload size. Apify's platform also showed promise, with different actors offering varying levels of detail and performance. AI

IMPACT Highlights challenges in accessing real estate data via third-party tools, impacting AI applications relying on such information.

RANK_REASON Comparison of third-party tools for accessing a data source.

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Zillow Rental Data Access: Only 3 of 6 Third-Party MCP Servers Functioned

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Sergey Ermakovich ·

    Zillow MCP Server Comparison: 6 Tested, 3 Actually Work

    <p>The task was small. An agent in Claude Code that, given "two-bedroom rentals in Denver under $2,500", lists what is on Zillow right now and pulls the full record for anything we like. Zillow has no API for that and no MCP server of its own, so the work is choosing a third-part…

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