Which site for which job, November 2026
| What you want | Where to go | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Everything in one place | aptari | Homegate, ImmoScout24, Flatfox and about 800 cooperative websites in one feed. Free, no login |
| The two largest sources in the feed | Homegate, ImmoScout24 | About 23,600 rental listings each. 88% of the homes are on both, so one of the two shows you most of both |
| Homes the two large portals do not have | Flatfox | 9,513 of its 19,179 homes are on Flatfox only |
| Cooperative flats | The cooperatives' own websites, or aptari | Cooperatives publish vacancies on their own websites. aptari checks about 800 of them every day |
| Several portals plus price comparisons | Comparis | A comparison site that shows listings from several portals and its own. Searching is free |
| A room in a shared flat | wgzimmer.ch | The usual board for shared flats |
| Applying without typing everything again | aptari | One Tenant Passport. Apply with Aptari writes your message with a private link to your dossier, and you send it |
How the numbers were counted. aptari reads the rental listings of Homegate, ImmoScout24, Flatfox and about 800 cooperative websites every day and recognises when the same home is advertised on more than one portal. On 9 November 2026 the feed held 67,323 listings for 35,546 different homes. 20,603 homes were on both Homegate and ImmoScout24: 88% of the homes on Homegate and 89% of those on ImmoScout24. Of the 19,179 homes on Flatfox, 9,513 were on Flatfox only. The numbers change every day.
What this means for your search
- Homegate and ImmoScout24 mostly show the same homes. Checking both by hand shows you nearly everything twice.
- Leaving out Flatfox costs you about half of what is listed there.
- Cooperatives publish on their own websites, one website per cooperative.
- The quickest setup is one feed and one dossier: search on aptari, keep your Tenant Passport complete and apply the same day.
Six sites, five criteria
Switzerland's well-known apartment sites do different jobs, so this page compares them by five criteria instead of picking a winner: coverage, application flow, dossier reuse, cost to the renter, and languages. The facts about the other sites were last checked on 5 October 2026; for current details, check the sites themselves.
Who is who. Homegate, ImmoScout24 and Flatfox are listing portals, and all three are brands of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. Comparis is a comparison site; rentals are one of its areas. newhome is a further Swiss property portal. aptari is the Swiss rental platform built for both sides: renters search the large portals and the cooperatives in one feed and prepare one dossier; agencies get applicants ranked, not piled up.
1. Coverage
- aptari: the listings of Homegate, ImmoScout24, Flatfox and the cooperatives' own websites in one feed, plus listings from aptari partner agencies. Free, and no login needed to browse.
- Homegate, ImmoScout24, Flatfox, newhome: each shows the listings placed with it.
- Comparis: rental listings as part of its comparison service.
2. Application flow
- aptari: on listings from aptari partner agencies you apply in one tap with your Tenant Passport, as soon as partner agencies list on aptari; none have yet. On listings from other Swiss portals and from cooperatives, Apply with Aptari prepares your message wherever the button shows, and you send it there.
- Flatfox: online application on Flatfox listings, with your details reusable for further Flatfox applications.
- Homegate and ImmoScout24: you contact the advertiser from the listing. Both also sell a paid tenant service (Mieterplus, called TenantPlus in English) aimed at earlier contact with advertisers.
- Comparis and newhome: the listing leads you to the advertiser; we have not checked further application features for this page.
3. Dossier reuse
- aptari: the Tenant Passport. You prepare ID, salary certificate and Betreibungsauszug once; aptari reuses them on partner listings and keeps them ready for everything else, independent of any one portal.
- Flatfox: reusable application on its own listings.
- Homegate, ImmoScout24, Comparis, newhome: not checked for this page.
4. Cost to the renter
- aptari: searching is free. Basic is CHF 0 forever (browse everything, all filters, 5 Match Scores a day, and on partner listings 5 Passport Apply a month and unlimited form applications). Pro is CHF 9.90 a month (launch price, normally CHF 15.90) with up to 1,000 Match Scores a month, one-tap Passport Apply on partner listings and AI-drafted cover letters. Ultra is CHF 69 a month (launch price, normally CHF 129) with unlimited Match Scores and the Apply Agent that applies for you on partner listings. Passport Apply and the Apply Agent start as soon as partner agencies list on aptari; none have yet. New users get a 14-day free Pro trial, then stay on Basic.
- Homegate and ImmoScout24: free to search; Mieterplus and TenantPlus are paid options.
- Flatfox, Comparis, newhome: free to search; paid options not checked for this page.
5. Languages
- aptari: German, English, French and Italian, including these answer pages.
- The other five: each publishes its own language versions; not checked for this page.
If you are arriving from abroad
- Your language. aptari, including these answer pages, works in English, German, French and Italian.
- Shared flats. For a room in a WG, wgzimmer.ch is the usual board; see how to find a WG in Zurich.
- Where not to look for your main home. Facebook Marketplace, classified sites such as Anibis and Telegram channels carry many fake listings. If someone asks you to pay a deposit before you have seen the flat and signed a lease, it is a scam: walk away.
What aptari adds
Homegate, ImmoScout24, Flatfox: three places to look. aptari shows them all in one feed, scores your fit and keeps your dossier ready. The Match Score (0 to 100) shows before you apply how well you fit a listing, based on your income against the rent, your checked documents and the listing's smoking and pet rules, with the facts shown. A practical routine: search on aptari, keep your Tenant Passport complete, and apply within the hour. Apply with Aptari prepares your message wherever the button shows, and you paste and send it on the portal.
Your data is stored in the EU (Frankfurt); some processing is done by providers in the USA, see the privacy policy.
Last checked: 5 October 2026. The facts about other sites come from their own pages and public sources; aptari's plans and limits come from the aptari pricing page.