The numbers, 9 November 2026
| Homegate | ImmoScout24 | Flatfox | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rental listings in aptari's feed | 23,580 | 23,599 | 20,015 |
| Different homes | 23,295 | 23,236 | 19,179 |
| Homes also on the other large portal | 20,603 (88%) | 20,603 (89%) | |
| Homes on this portal only | 9,513 (about half) |
aptari reads the rental listings of the three portals every day and recognises when the same home is advertised more than once. All three portals together, with the cooperatives, came to 35,546 different homes. The numbers change every day.
What the two have in common
- The same owner. Homegate and ImmoScout24 are both brands of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group. So is Flatfox.
- Mostly the same homes. Nine in ten homes appear on both.
- A paid subscription for renters. Both sell one for earlier contact with advertisers: Mieterplus on the German pages, TenantPlus in English. Searching itself is free on both. For the current price, check the portals.
Where they differ
The difference is in the remaining tenth: each portal has roughly 2,700 homes the other does not. If you use only one of the two, you miss those. If you use both, you see everything else twice.
What to do
- Pick either Homegate or ImmoScout24, or see both side by side in one feed on aptari.
- Add Flatfox. About half of its homes are on neither large portal.
- For cooperative flats, look at the cooperatives' own websites. aptari checks about 800 of them every day and shows free flats in the same feed.
- Keep one dossier ready. With the Tenant Passport you upload your documents once, and Apply with Aptari writes your message with a private link to your dossier, wherever the button shows. You send it yourself.
aptari is not connected to SMG or to any of the three portals. The names are used to describe where listings come from.