Zillow's listing tool for landlords. One listing you create there is published on Zillow, Trulia and HotPads, which are all Zillow Group sites.
- Reach (approximate)
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About 37 million monthly rental visitors, network-wide
Zillow reports about 37 million average monthly unique visitors to rental listings. That count covers Zillow, Trulia and HotPads, plus rentals on Realtor.com, Redfin, Rent.com and ApartmentGuide.com.
(Zillow Group quarterly report (SEC), April to June 2026)
- Cost to post
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Free; optional $39.99 upgrade
Listings posted directly in Zillow Rental Manager have been free since May 2022. The optional Premium upgrade is a one-time $39.99 for up to 90 days of higher placement.
Zillow Rental Manager pricing
- Who can post
- Any landlord with a Zillow account. Zillow verifies the phone number on the listing, with a code by call or text, when you activate it. A unit in a community of 25 or more units may need a multifamily advertising agreement instead.
- Renter replies
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By email, to the address you give the site
Messages also collect in Rental Manager's inbox. A renter who texts a Zillow routing number is asked for a name and email, and your reply reaches them by email.
- Also shows on
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Trulia
HotPads
- How long a post stays up
- A listing stays active for 21 days by default. From day 14 Zillow emails you to ask whether the home is still available; if you don't answer, the listing switches off on day 21, and you can reactivate it any time. A Premium upgrade lasts up to 90 days.
Good to know
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It can take up to 24 hours for a new listing to appear on Zillow, Trulia and HotPads.
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Zillow shows one version of each rental, so a home already listed through another account or a feed may be declined.
Sources:
Zillow Rental Manager help, pricing,
Zillow Rental Manager help, phone verification,
Zillow Rental Manager help, why a listing didn't go live,
Zillow help, managing your listings,
Zillow Group Form 10-Q, Q2 2026
CoStar's rental search site, with a free self-serve listing for houses, condos, townhomes and buildings of up to four units. Listings also show on other sites in the Apartments.com Network.
- Reach (approximate)
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About 43 million renters a month across its network, by its own count
Apartments.com says its network reaches over 43 million renters a month across 11 rental sites (average monthly visitors in 2025).
(Apartments.com network page, 2025 average)
- Cost to post
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Free for 1 to 4 units; paid upgrade
The free listing runs 21 days and can be refreshed for 20 more. A Premium upgrade lasts 30 days and is priced by state, market and property type; the price shows when you buy it.
Apartments.com pricing
- Who can post
- Owners of properties with 1 to 4 units, with a free account. Apartments.com verifies every owner, manager and agent, and a listing stays pending until that is done. Properties with 5 or more units go through its sales team.
- Renter replies
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By email, to the address you give the site
Renters email you through the listing's contact form or call the number you show. The same contact details apply across the network.
- Also shows on
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ForRent.com
ApartmentFinder
ApartmentHomeLiving
- How long a post stays up
- A free listing is visible for 21 days; you can refresh it for 20 more from your account.
Good to know
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Apartments.com says a free listing appears on six sites across its network, counting Apartments.com itself, without listing them; its help pages name ForRent.com, ApartmentFinder and ApartmentHomeLiving among them.
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In search results, paid ads come first, then listings made with Apartments.com's own rental tools, then other owner listings in random order.
Sources:
Apartments.com, list a property for rent,
Apartments.com help, refreshing a listing,
Apartments.com help, listing verification,
Apartments.com help, where listing changes appear,
CoStar Group Form 10-K, 2025
A rental search site and app for apartments and houses. Every listing posted on Zumper is also published on PadMapper, which Zumper runs.
Trenly sends your listing to Zumper for you
When you publish a listing on Trenly, it goes to Zumper through Trenly's direct feed, with
nothing to post by hand, and it is updated whenever you change it. Renters' Zumper messages
come to your Trenly inbox when the listing uses it as its contact email, which is the default.
How Trenly handles listing
- Reach (approximate)
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Millions of monthly users, by Zumper's count
- Cost to post
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A few free listings a month; paid plans
Zumper's landlord page says up to 5 free listings a month; its help center says free limits vary by region. Posting more, or promoted placement, needs a monthly Premium plan. Prices are not published.
Zumper pricing
- Who can post
- Landlords, property managers and agents, with a Zumper account. A new listing can stay pending until your account is verified, which may mean uploading an ID and a face check; Zumper says it usually goes live within 24 hours after that.
- Renter replies
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By email, to the address you give the site
Leads go to the email and phone number on your Zumper account. Zumper removed in-app messaging for everyone in late 2025.
- Also shows on
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PadMapper
ChatGPT
Microsoft Bing
- How long a post stays up
- Zumper's help center gives no end date; you unpublish the listing once you have a renter.
Good to know
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Zumper's landlord page says listings are distributed across PadMapper, ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing. Its help center is more careful: every listing goes to PadMapper, and Zumper may also include it on partner sites such as ULoop, Movoto, Trovit, Bing and ChatGPT. Paid plans add Realtor.com.
Sources:
Zumper help, what it costs to post,
Zumper help, where listings are sent,
Zumper help, messaging changes,
Zumper for landlords
Redfin, best known for homes for sale, has a free rental listing tool for small landlords. Listings made with it also appear on its rental sites Rent.com and ApartmentGuide.com.
- Reach (approximate)
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National home-search audience; no rentals-only figure published
- Who can post
- Owners and property managers of buildings with fewer than 5 units, in the areas where Redfin offers the tool. Redfin checks each owner's ID. For a unit in a building of 25 or more units, Redfin points you to Zillow.
- Renter replies
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By email, to the address you give the site
Renter inquiries are emailed to you, and the listing shows a Redfin number that forwards to your phone without showing your own.
- Also shows on
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Rent.com
ApartmentGuide.com
- How long a post stays up
- A listing expires after a year unless you take it down sooner.
Good to know
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Redfin says every rental on its site comes from Redfin Rental Tools, Zillow or a local MLS, so many rentals you see there were posted through Zillow.
Sources:
Redfin help, Rental Tools FAQ,
Redfin help, Rent.com and ApartmentGuide.com FAQ,
Redfin help, finding rentals,
Rocket Companies Form 10-K, 2025
A major home-search site that also shows rentals. It has no posting form of its own for a single rental: its "List your rentals" button leads to landlord software owned by the same company.
- Reach (approximate)
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About 68 million monthly users site-wide, not rentals alone
News Corp reports Realtor.com had about 68 million average monthly unique users by its own count, across the whole site, homes for sale included.
(News Corp annual report (SEC), April to June 2026)
- Cost to post
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No direct posting
Realtor.com's landlord page says you can list for free through its sister software, with a paid upgrade for higher placement.
Realtor.com pricing
- Who can post
- No direct posting on Realtor.com. Rentals reach it through that landlord software, through other listing sites (Zumper's paid plans include it), from rentals an agent lists in the local MLS, and from larger apartment buildings listed on Zillow.
- Renter replies
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Depends on how the listing reached the site
Replies follow whichever site or software the listing came from.
Sources:
Realtor.com, list a rental property,
News Corp Form 10-K, fiscal 2026,
Realtor.com and Zillow rental syndication announcement, 2024
A renter-matching site sold to property managers of apartment communities. It connects to the community's property management software and charges when a renter it sent signs a lease.
- Reach (approximate)
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National; mostly professionally managed communities
- Who can post
- Property managers, through Apartment List's sales team. We found no self-serve way for a landlord to post a single rental.
- Renter replies
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Into your property management software
Apartment List passes renters who ask for a tour, send a message or ask about applying into the property's lead software.
Sources:
Apartment List partner FAQ,
Apartment List, list with us
