Can I use Homedata as a drop-in replacement for getAddress?

Yes for most use cases. Homedata's address search endpoint covers 29 million UK addresses, returns address lines, postcode, town, and UPRN — the same fields you'd get from getAddress. The key difference is what you can do next: Homedata's UPRN unlocks 19 property data endpoints, all from the same API key.

Does Homedata have a free tier for address lookup?

Yes. Homedata has a permanent free tier with 100 API calls per month, no credit card required. Address find and postcode lookup cost 2 calls each, and address retrieve costs 5 calls — reflecting their real infrastructure costs. A typical find-then-retrieve workflow costs 7 calls total, still far cheaper than getAddress's per-lookup pricing. Paid plans start at £49/month for 2,000 calls.

What property data does Homedata return that getAddress doesn't?

getAddress returns address fields only. Homedata's UPRN Lookup endpoint returns: bedrooms, property type, EPC rating, floor area, construction age band, building height, garden, and last sold price — all in a single call. You can also query 18 additional endpoints for flood risk, comparables, planning applications, crime, council tax, deprivation, and more.

Homedata vs getAddress.io

Address lookup that returns
the property, not just the postcode.

Q: How does Homedata compare to getAddress.io?

getAddress.io provides UK address autocomplete — it returns an address string and postcode. Homedata returns the same address and UPRN, plus enriched property data: bedrooms, EPC rating, floor area, property type, and sold price history. Address search on Homedata costs just 2 calls — and you get the UPRN to unlock 19 property data endpoints. getAddress charges per lookup on most plans with no property data.

getAddress gives you an address string. Homedata gives you the same address — plus bedrooms, EPC rating, floor area, property type, and sold price, in the same call. Address search costs just 2 calls, and the UPRN you get back unlocks 19 property data endpoints. No separate property API needed.

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100 free calls/month, no card required. Transparent call weights — address find 2 calls, retrieve 5. Property data endpoints just 1 call each.

A typical property enrichment workflow — per address

getAddress.io + property APIs

3 APIs, 3 keys

Address autocomplete getAddress API

Property data (beds, type, EPC) separate API

Flood risk / environmental another API

Sold price history yet another API

Integration cost 3 APIs to integrate + maintain

Monthly invoices 3 separate bills

Data joining Your problem to solve

Homedata

1 API, 1 key

Address search → UPRN 2 calls

Address retrieve (full record) 5 calls

Property data, flood risk, EPC… 1 call each

Comparables 10 calls

Integration cost 1 API, UPRN links everything

Monthly invoices 1 bill

Data joining Built in — UPRN-keyed

getAddress.io is excellent at what it does. If you need address autocomplete and nothing else, it's a solid choice. If you need property data too, a second API is unavoidable — unless you use Homedata.

Side by side

What matters when you're building a product on top of UK address and property data.

	Homedata	getAddress.io
Address search	2 calls — with UPRN + property data on same key	Per-lookup pricing; address fields only
Property data on lookup	Beds, EPC, floor area, property type, sold price	Address fields only — no property data
Free tier	Permanent free tier — 100 calls/month, no card required	Free tier for address lookup; limited to personal/test use
UPRN returned	Yes — on every address result	Yes — UPRN included
Additional data endpoints	19 — EPC, flood, planning, crime, comparables…	Address autocomplete only
Self-serve signup	Instant API key — no sales call	Self-serve available
Embeddable address widget	homedata-address.js — zero-dep, maps to any form	Yes — address autocomplete widget
UK address coverage	29 million residential properties	~30M+ — Royal Mail PAF + OS AddressBase
Transparent pricing	Transparent call weights — you know the cost before you build	Per-lookup pricing — address calls count against quota
Developer docs	Sidebar nav, 3-language code examples, interactive playground	Good documentation — Swagger + guides

Where getAddress is stronger

getAddress.io is a focused, mature product. If address autocomplete is all you need, it does it well.

Broader address coverage

Royal Mail PAF + OS AddressBase gives them ~30M+ addresses including commercial and new builds often missing from residential databases.
Established product, larger user base

Used by thousands of developers. Longer track record, more community examples, broader framework integrations.
If it's only addresses you need

For a checkout form, CRM autocomplete, or any product where you just want a validated UK address — getAddress is purpose-built for exactly that.

Where Homedata is stronger

Built for products where the address is just the starting point.

Property data on the same key

EPC, flood risk, planning, crime, comparables, sold prices — all from the UPRN you get in the address search. One integration, not four.
Address search costs just 2 calls

Find and postcode endpoints cost 2 calls each — a fraction of getAddress per-lookup pricing. On Growth (£149/mo, 10,000 calls) that's 5,000 address searches included. Retrieve costs 5 calls for the full PAF record.
UPRN-first data model

Every endpoint is keyed on UPRN — the same identifier from your address search. No reformatting, no ambiguous address matching across data sources.
Predictable billing

Transparent call weights — most endpoints cost 1 call, address find/postcode 2, retrieve 5, comparables 10. You know your costs before you write the integration — not after your first month's invoice.

From address to full property — one API

Search an address (2 calls), retrieve the full record (5 calls), then pull everything you need about the property. One API, one key — no second integration required.

Request

# Step 1 — Address search (2 calls)
curl https://api.homedata.co.uk/api/address/find/ \
  -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_KEY" \
  -G --data-urlencode "q=10 Downing Street, London"

# Step 2 — Full property retrieve (5 calls)
curl https://api.homedata.co.uk/api/address/retrieve/10002210501/ \
  -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_KEY" \
  -G --data-urlencode "level=full"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_KEY"
BASE    = "https://api.homedata.co.uk"

# Step 1 — Address search (2 calls)
res  = requests.get(f"{BASE}/api/address/find/",
       headers={"Authorization": f"Api-Key {API_KEY}"},
       params={"q": "10 Downing Street, London"})
uprn = res.json()["suggestions"][0]["uprn"]

# Step 2 — Full property retrieve (5 calls)
prop = requests.get(f"{BASE}/api/address/retrieve/{uprn}/",
       headers={"Authorization": f"Api-Key {API_KEY}"},
       params={"level": "full"})
print(prop.json())

const BASE    = "https://api.homedata.co.uk";
const API_KEY = "YOUR_KEY";

// Step 1 — Address search (2 calls)
const find = await fetch(
  `${BASE}/api/address/find/?q=10+Downing+Street+London`
);
const { suggestions } = await find.json();
const uprn = suggestions[0].uprn;

// Step 2 — Full property retrieve (5 calls)
const prop = await fetch(
  `${BASE}/api/address/retrieve/${uprn}/?level=full`,
  { headers: { "Authorization": `Api-Key ${API_KEY}` } }
);
console.log(await prop.json());

Response — property data on the same key

{
  "uprn": "10002210501",
  "address": "10 Downing Street, London",
  "postcode": "SW1A 2AA",
  "bedrooms": 4,
  "property_type": "Terraced",
  "current_energy_efficiency": 72,
  "epc_floor_area": 310,
  "construction_age_band": "1900-1929",
  "has_garden": false,
  "building_height": 14.2,
  "latitude": 51.5034,
  "longitude": -0.1276
}

getAddress would stop after returning the address string. Homedata returns the property too — same API, same key, one more call.

One API for address + property data.
Transparent pricing, no surprises.

Start with 100 free calls/month — no credit card required. Address search (2 calls), retrieve (5 calls), plus 19 property data endpoints from one key. One API, one integration.

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Or try address search right now — no signup: /api/address/find/?q=SW1A+2AA

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