The best Idealista alternatives for finding a home in Spain
The main alternatives to Idealista in Spain are Fotocasa, Habitaclia, pisos.com, Milanuncios, Badi, Spotahome and HousingAnywhere, each covering a different part of the market. Fotocasa, Habitaclia and pisos.com are general portals like Idealista. Milanuncios is a classifieds site. Badi is for rooms in shared flats. Spotahome and HousingAnywhere let you book a furnished place online before you arrive, for a fee. Services like Prio and CasaRadar are a different category again: they don't list homes, they watch the portals and tell you when something new appears.
Most people asking for an alternative to Idealista don't actually need to replace it. They need to know what it misses, and which second site fills the gap for their situation. That's what this guide covers, site by site, with the numbers we could verify and nothing we couldn't.
The short answer
Keep Idealista as your main site. Add Fotocasa (or Habitaclia if you're in Catalonia) for listings Idealista doesn't carry, and Badi if you want a room. Use Spotahome or HousingAnywhere only if you have to sign before you can visit. Whatever you pick, save your searches and turn on alerts so you're not checking each site by hand.
How big is each portal?
The only independent audience figures for Spanish property portals come from GfK DAM, the measurement panel used by Spanish media. For September 2025, GfK counted 14.7 million people a month visiting property portals in Spain. Idealista led with more than 10.8 million monthly users, followed by Fotocasa (4.3 million), pisos.com (2.1 million) and yaencontre (about 1.5 million).
Audience isn't inventory, but the two are linked: agencies publish where the tenants are, so the biggest audience tends to carry the most listings. It's also why Idealista is where most scammers go. More on that in our answer to "is Idealista legit?"
For a sense of volume, here is what we see on Idealista alone. Between 28 June and 25 September 2026, Prio's scanner recorded at least 10,211 new long-term rental listings in the city of Barcelona (about 113 a day) and at least 20,499 in the city of Madrid (about 228 a day). Two caveats: a flat that is taken down and published again gets a new listing, so these are listings, not unique homes. And around 6% of listings reach us without a city attached, so the real figures are slightly higher.
Idealista
What it is: Spain's largest property portal, founded in 2000 by Jesús Encinar and also operating in Portugal and Italy. The private equity firm Cinven bought a majority stake in 2024 in a deal that valued the company at 2.9 billion euros.
What it covers: homes to rent and buy, rooms, new developments, garages, offices and commercial premises, everywhere in Spain. Both agencies and private owners publish on it.
Strengths: the biggest audience of any Spanish property portal, detailed filters (floor, lift, terrace, energy rating and more), and saved searches with email or push notifications when something new matches.
Weaknesses: competition. Everyone searching in your area sees the same listings and gets the same notifications at the same moment. The size of the audience also makes it the main target for rental scams. In the 30 days to 26 September 2026, 4.3% of the Barcelona long-term rental listings we analysed on Idealista triggered enough fraud signals for Prio to hold back the alert.
Use it: always, as your main site.
Fotocasa
What it is: Spain's second most visited property portal, with 4.3 million monthly users in September 2025 (GfK DAM). In September 2025 the German group Scout24, which runs ImmoScout24, agreed to buy Fotocasa and Habitaclia. Scout24 put the two sites at more than 8 million monthly active users and around 1 million property listings combined.
What it covers: homes to rent and buy across Spain, from agencies and private owners.
Strengths: a large inventory of its own, including listings that are not on Idealista. Saved searches and alerts work much like Idealista's. Fotocasa says it validates advertisers by phone and moderates listings after publication, and each listing has a button to report a problem.
Weaknesses: many agency listings appear on both Fotocasa and Idealista, so a lot of what you see will be familiar, and its audience is well under half of Idealista's.
Use it: as your second site, checked alongside Idealista rather than instead of it.
Habitaclia
What it is: a property portal founded in 2001 in Mataró, just north of Barcelona. It's part of the same business as Fotocasa, and was included in the same Scout24 deal.
What it covers: homes to rent and buy. It lists property all over Spain but is strongest in Catalonia, where it is the leading regional portal.
Strengths: depth in Barcelona and the rest of Catalonia, including smaller towns in the metropolitan area where the national portals have fewer listings.
Weaknesses: outside Catalonia it adds little. Because it belongs to the same group as Fotocasa, expect overlap between the two.
Use it: if you are searching in Barcelona or elsewhere in Catalonia. Elsewhere, skip it.
pisos.com
What it is: a general property portal with 2.1 million monthly users in September 2025 (GfK DAM), which places it third. The media group Vocento sold it in March 2025 to the Italian company behind Immobiliare.it.
What it covers: homes to rent and buy across Spain, mostly from agencies.
Strengths: a genuine third source when the big two are thin in your area, which happens more often in smaller cities than in Madrid or Barcelona.
Weaknesses: a smaller audience means fewer exclusive listings. In the large cities, much of what it shows is also on Idealista or Fotocasa. The same goes for yaencontre, the next portal down in the GfK ranking.
Use it: as a third check, especially outside the big cities.
Milanuncios
What it is: a general classifieds site. Property is one section among many, next to cars, jobs and second-hand goods.
What it covers: rentals, sales and rooms, posted by individuals and small agencies.
Strengths: private owners who don't bother with the property portals sometimes post here, and some listings you won't find elsewhere.
Weaknesses: the search tools are basic compared with a dedicated portal, listings vary a lot in quality, and you have to vet each one yourself. Apply every rule in our guide to spotting fake listings.
Use it: occasionally, if you are hunting for private landlords and are comfortable checking listings carefully.
Badi
What it is: an app for rooms in shared flats, founded in Barcelona in 2015.
What it covers: rooms, and some whole flats, in the main Spanish cities. You browse profiles of the people you would be living with as well as the room itself, and you contact them through the app's chat.
Strengths: it's built around flatsharing, so you learn more about the flat and your future flatmates than from a room listing on a general portal. Badi lets users verify their profile and asks everyone never to send money outside the platform.
Weaknesses: rooms only for most practical purposes, and coverage is concentrated in the big cities. As on any platform, scammers try to move the conversation elsewhere and ask for money before a viewing.
Use it: if you want a room rather than a whole flat. Idealista also has a room section, so check both.
Spotahome
What it is: a platform for booking mid and long-term rentals online, mostly furnished, without an in-person viewing.
What it covers: rooms, studios and flats in the main Spanish cities and in other European countries.
Strengths: you can secure a place before you arrive in Spain. Spotahome says it vets every landlord's identity, ownership and track record, and gives you a short window after moving in to report that the home doesn't match the listing.
Weaknesses: tenants pay a one-time booking fee when the landlord accepts, which covers Spotahome's guarantees and is shown at checkout. The inventory is small next to the general portals and prices are usually higher than for an unfurnished long-term let.
Use it: for your first months in Spain, while you look for a long-term flat on the portals.
HousingAnywhere
What it is: a booking platform for mid-term rentals, popular with international students and people relocating for work.
What it covers: rooms, studios and flats, mostly furnished, in several Spanish cities and across Europe.
Strengths: landlords and their bank accounts are verified through Stripe, and your first month's rent is held until 48 hours after you move in, so you can raise a problem before the landlord is paid.
Weaknesses: cost. Outside the Netherlands, HousingAnywhere charges tenants a one-time Tenant Protection fee of roughly 25% to 40% of the first month's rent, with a minimum of 175 euros, plus a 2.5% fee on later payments made through the platform.
Use it: in the same situation as Spotahome: when you have to commit before you can visit.
Prio
What it is: an alert service, not a portal. Prio doesn't list homes. It watches Idealista and Badi for new listings matching your search and sends each one to you on Telegram.
What it covers: homes to rent and buy on Idealista, and rooms on Badi, anywhere in Spain. It does not cover Fotocasa, Habitaclia or the other sites on this page.
What an alert contains: the photo, price and link, the advertiser's phone number when the listing shows one, a map link, and a pre-written message in Spanish you can send on WhatsApp in one tap. Listings that trigger enough fraud signals are held back rather than sent, and you can still ask to see them.
Cost: a 7-day free trial with no card, then 19.90 euros a month for rentals or 49.90 euros a month for sales.
Use it: on top of Idealista, if you are losing flats because someone else called first.
Get every new Idealista listing that matches your search
Prio watches Idealista and Badi around the clock and sends each new match to Telegram, with the phone number and a ready-to-send WhatsApp message. Suspected scams are filtered out.
CasaRadar
What it is: a listing aggregator with alerts, focused on Barcelona.
What it covers: according to its own site, listings from most of the major rental platforms, pulled into one search, with updates by email or WhatsApp. It has a free plan and a paid PRO plan.
Strengths: one search across several sites instead of opening each portal separately.
Weaknesses: it's centred on Barcelona, and the site doesn't publish a precise list of the platforms it covers.
Use it: if you're in Barcelona and prefer one combined feed to separate saved searches. We compared it with Prio and Idealista's own alerts in Prio vs CasaRadar vs Idealista alerts.
Side by side
| Site | Type | Area | Rent / buy / rooms | Cost to tenant | Alerts | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idealista | Portal | All of Spain | All three | Free | Yes | Largest audience (10.8M+ monthly users) |
| Fotocasa | Portal | All of Spain | Rent, buy | Free | Yes | Second largest (4.3M monthly users) |
| Habitaclia | Portal | Spain, strongest in Catalonia | Rent, buy | Free | Yes | Same group as Fotocasa |
| pisos.com | Portal | All of Spain | Rent, buy | Free | Yes | Third by audience (2.1M monthly users) |
| Milanuncios | Classifieds | All of Spain | All three | Free | Yes | Private sellers, basic filters |
| Badi | Room app | Main cities | Rooms | Free to search | Yes | Flatmate profiles and in-app chat |
| Spotahome | Online booking | Main cities | Rent, rooms | One-time booking fee | Yes | Book without a viewing |
| HousingAnywhere | Online booking | Main cities | Rent, rooms | 25% to 40% of first month (min. 175 euros) | Yes | Rent held until 48h after move-in |
| Prio | Alert service | All of Spain | Rent, buy (Idealista), rooms (Badi) | 7 days free, then from 19.90 euros/month | That's the product | Telegram alerts with phone and scam filter |
| CasaRadar | Aggregator | Barcelona | Rent, rooms | Free and paid plans | Email, WhatsApp | One search across several sites |
"Alerts" means you can save a search and be notified of new matches. Audience figures are GfK DAM monthly users for September 2025.
Which combination should you use?
Looking for a long-term flat in Barcelona
Idealista, Fotocasa and Habitaclia, with alerts on all three. Barcelona is where Habitaclia earns its place. See our guide to the best websites for Barcelona for rents by district.
Looking for a long-term flat anywhere else in Spain
Idealista and Fotocasa, plus pisos.com if the first two are thin in your city.
Looking for a room
Badi and Idealista's room section. Never pay a deposit before you have seen the room and met the person renting it.
Arriving from abroad without time to visit
Spotahome or HousingAnywhere for the first few months, then search the portals once you're in Spain and can view flats in person. Paying their fee is usually cheaper than paying a deposit to a scammer for a flat you've never seen.
Whatever site you use, speed decides
Having the right sites open is only half of it. In a city with more than a hundred new rental listings a day on a single portal, nobody can keep up by refreshing, and the well-priced flats are the ones everyone calls about. Three habits help:
- Save your searches and turn on notifications on every site you use, so you're not relying on checking by hand.
- Have your documents ready before you call: ID or passport, NIE if you have one, proof of income and your last payslips. Our documents checklist covers what landlords ask for.
- Check the listing before you pay anything. Our free scam checker compares an Idealista listing's price with its neighbourhood and looks for common fraud patterns.
Frequently asked questions
What are good alternatives to Idealista for finding property in Spain?
Fotocasa and Habitaclia (general portals, Habitaclia strongest in Catalonia), pisos.com (general portal), Milanuncios (general classifieds), Badi (rooms in shared flats), and Spotahome and HousingAnywhere (furnished rentals you can book online, for a tenant fee). Prio and CasaRadar aren't portals: they watch the portals and notify you of new listings.
Is Fotocasa better than Idealista?
Neither is better across the board. Idealista has the larger audience, more than 10.8 million monthly users in September 2025 against 4.3 million for Fotocasa (GfK DAM), which makes it the natural first stop. Fotocasa is still one of the two largest portals in Spain and worth checking alongside Idealista, not instead of it.
Which sites let you rent in Spain before you arrive?
Spotahome and HousingAnywhere. Both vet landlords and protect your payment under their own rules, and both charge tenants a one-time fee. Expect a mostly furnished, mid-term inventory at higher prices than on the general portals.
Do I need to use more than one site?
Usually yes. Start with Idealista, add Fotocasa (or Habitaclia in Catalonia) for listings Idealista doesn't carry, and Badi if you want a room. Then make sure you hear about new listings quickly, because in the big cities that matters as much as which site you use.
Sources
Audience: GfK DAM via GfK España, "Análisis de portales inmobiliarios", published 6 November 2025 (September 2025 data). Idealista ownership: EQT press release, June 2024. Fotocasa and Habitaclia: Scout24 announcement, 18 September 2025. pisos.com sale: Vocento, March 2025. Fotocasa moderation: Fotocasa Life, "Cómo evitar estafas inmobiliarias". Badi safety: badi.com trust and safety page. Spotahome: spotahome.com "How it works" and tenant guarantees. HousingAnywhere fees: housinganywhere.com pricing for tenants. CasaRadar: casaradar.io FAQ. Listing volumes and fraud signals: Prio's own data (Idealista listings recorded by our scanner, 28 June to 25 September 2026; fraud scoring over the 30 days to 26 September 2026). Figures checked on 26 September 2026.
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