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Homedata vs PropertyData.co.uk

Know your costs
before you write a line of code.

PropertyData's credit system charges 10× the headline rate for UPRN lookups and 50× for building analysis. With Homedata, token weights are transparent and documented: most endpoints cost 1 token, while premium endpoints cost more based on real infrastructure costs. You can budget before you build.

Pay as you go: 100 tokens = £1, no subscription needed. Address find costs 2 tokens, retrieve costs 5. Transparent token weights.

A typical property workflow: per property

PropertyData.co.uk

Credit system
Address → UPRN lookup 10 credits
Property data (/uprn) 10 credits
EPC rating 1 credit
Flood risk 1 credit
Sold prices 1 credit
Valuation 1 credit
Total per property 24 credits
Entry plan capacity ~83 properties/month
Cost at entry plan (£28/2,000 credits) £0.34/property

Homedata

Flat rate
Address search 2 tokens
Property data (/property/{uprn}/core) 1 token
EPC rating 1 token
Flood risk 1 token
Sold prices 1 token
   
Total per property 4 tokens
Starter plan capacity 500 properties/month
Cost at Starter (see pricing) Predictable from day one

PropertyData credit costs verified from their public docs, March 2026. Figures may change, so always check their current pricing.

Side by side

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

Homedata
PropertyData.co.uk
Pricing model Transparent token weights: from 1 token a request Credit system: 1 to 50 credits per request
Entry price Pay as you go: 100 tokens = £1, first top-up matched 14-day trial, 500 credits. No permanent free tier.
Address → UPRN lookup 2 tokens 10 credits per request £0.14/lookup on entry plan
Predictable monthly cost Yes: calculate cost before you build Depends on endpoint mix. Must profile each endpoint to estimate monthly bill.
Self-serve signup Instant API key: no sales call Self-serve available
Properties covered 29 million UK residential properties UK residential + some commercial
UPRN-first data model Every endpoint keyed on UPRN UPRN supported across most endpoints
EPC + environmental risk EPC, 7 risk types, solar, planning EPC, flood, planning available
Public pricing page Transparent: one page, one token price Public, but effective cost requires per-endpoint analysis
Area-level analytics Deprivation, agent stats, price trends by outcode Broader: demographics, growth, yields, demand
AVM / valuation models Sale + rent (time-adjusted comps) Sale, rent, HMO, commercial, historical
Developer docs Sidebar nav, code in 3 languages, interactive playground Complete API reference: 65 endpoint pages

Where PropertyData is stronger

We'd rather be honest than lose your trust. PropertyData is a mature product with real advantages, especially if you need area-level analytics or AVM valuations.

  • AVM valuations

    PropertyData spans more model types: HMO, commercial, and historical, where Homedata covers sale + rent AVMs today.

  • Deeper area analytics

    Demand scores, yield estimates, population demographics, growth rates, household income, giving broader outcode-level coverage.

  • Web UI for research

    Their property search and dashboard is genuinely good for ad-hoc research. If you need a tool, not an API, PropertyData may be the better fit.

Where Homedata is stronger

Built from the ground up for developers who ship products, not analysts who run reports.

  • Billing you can forecast

    Transparent token weights: most endpoints 1 token, address find/postcode 2, retrieve 5, the complete property profile 50. Every response includes an X-Call-Weight header. No credit calculators, no mid-month surprises.

  • Address lookup is cheap and transparent

    Address find costs 2 tokens, retrieve costs 5, reflecting real licensing costs. On PropertyData, a UPRN lookup costs 10 credits. A complete find-then-retrieve on Homedata is 7 tokens vs 10+ credits on PropertyData.

  • Pay as you go

    100 tokens = £1, tokens never expire, first top-up matched 100%. Prototype, explore, validate your idea before you commit to anything.

  • Enriched property data on retrieve

    Address Retrieve returns bedrooms, property type, EPC rating, floor area, construction age band in a single call. No separate property lookup required.

From signup to first call in under 5 minutes

Sign up, get your API key instantly, make your first call. No sales process, no waiting for approval.

Request

# Address search: 2 tokens (vs PropertyData's 10 credits)
curl https://api.homedata.co.uk/address/find/ \
  -G --data-urlencode "q=10 Downing Street, London" \
  -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_API_KEY"

# Retrieve full property data: base tier (10 tokens)
curl https://api.homedata.co.uk/property/10002210501/base/ \
  -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "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,
  "geometry_area_m2": 412,
  "latitude": 51.5034,
  "longitude": -0.1276
}

One call. No separate property lookup endpoint. Beds, EPC, floor area and construction age, all returned together.

Start pay as you go.
Ship when you're ready.

Pay as you go: 100 tokens = £1, no subscription needed, no expiry. Address search costs just 2 tokens, far less than PropertyData's 10-credit UPRN lookup.

Or see full pricing, with no credit calculator required.