The honest comparison
Switzerland has a handful of well-known apartment sites, and they fall into two groups: places to browse, and places to actually apply.
Homegate, ImmoScout24 and Flatfox are the big listing sites. Between them they carry most of the apartments on the Swiss market. They are great for browsing. The catch is that they stop at the listing: when you find a flat you like, you still have to put together a full dossier and send it to that agency by hand, then do it all again for the next flat. Comparis sits next to them as a comparison site · handy to compare prices, but again no way to apply.
aptari is Switzerland's smart apartment platform, and the one we built to fix this. It shows you listings from across the market in one open feed (no login needed to browse) and lets you apply to any aptari-partner listing with one click. It is the only platform that combines finding and applying. Here is what makes it different:
- Tenant Passport. Upload your documents once · ID, salary slip, debt extract (Betreibungsauszug), references. aptari saves them as your Tenant Passport and reuses them for every application. No more filling the same forms for each agency.
- Match Score. Before you apply, a score from 0 to 100 shows how well you fit a listing, based on your income, your documents, how you match what the listing asks for, and your references. You see exactly why you got the score, so you focus on the apartments you can actually get.
- AI Agent. On the Ultra plan, an AI Agent applies for you automatically to the listings you fit, so you keep moving even when you are busy.
Which site for what?
| If you want to… | Use… |
|---|---|
| Browse and apply in one place | aptari |
| See the widest pool of listings | aptari + Homegate + ImmoScout24 |
| Apply with one click using a saved profile | aptari |
| Let an AI apply for you automatically | aptari Ultra |
| Compare prices across providers | Comparis |
The smart way to search is to start on aptari and keep Homegate, ImmoScout24 and Flatfox open alongside for extra coverage. You browse everywhere, but you win the apartment on aptari, because that is where applying actually happens.
What does it cost?
aptari is free to start. The Basic plan is CHF 0, free forever: browse every listing, use all the filters, and apply by hand. Pro is CHF 9.90 a month (launch price, normally CHF 15.90) and adds your Match Score (up to 1,000 a month), one-click Passport Apply and AI-written cover letters. Ultra is CHF 69 a month (launch price, normally CHF 129) and adds unlimited Match Scores plus the AI Agent that applies for you. Every new user gets a 7-day free Pro trial, then stays on the free Basic plan if they do nothing.
Your documents are handled safely and your data stays in Europe.
Start your search on aptari · it is the smartest, fastest way to find and land an apartment in Switzerland.