How much does a CoStar subscription cost?

CoStar does not publish prices. Vendr buyer data, reported by Property Scout 360, puts the average at about $15,000 a year, and PriceLevel reports a median of about $40,000 a year for a multi-market CoStar Suite package. Price depends on markets, modules and seats.

Does CoStar show zoning?

CoStar’s Public Record product shows the zoning code and land use for a parcel. It does not read the bylaw into what you can build. Bucky does that for live cities and cites each rule.

Is Bucky a CoStar alternative?

For comps, tenants and market analytics, no. For zoning, buildable envelope and early feasibility, Bucky covers work CoStar does not do. Many teams use both.

Which cities does Bucky cover?

Zoning answers are available in live cities. Address search works across Canada and the US and shows the coverage status of every address, so you know what is sourced before you rely on it.

Can I try Bucky without talking to sales?

Yes. Search an address for free. Professional has a 7-day trial with no card.

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CoStar pricing, alternatives, and where Bucky fits

CoStar is the reference database for commercial real estate: property records, lease and sale comps, tenants and market analytics. It does not publish pricing. Bucky does a different job. Search an address and see what you can build on the lot, with every rule sourced to the bylaw. Many teams use both: CoStar for the market, Bucky for the lot.

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At a glance

Topic	CoStar	Bucky
Main job	CRE information: comps, tenants, ownership, market analytics	Pre-development: what you can build on a lot, and whether it is worth pursuing
Starts from	A property, market or submarket	An address, or a whole city screened against a buy box
Zoning	Zoning code and land use shown as fields in Public Record	Zoning read into units, height, floor area, setbacks and approval route
Buildable envelope	Not offered	Yes, in live cities
Lease and sale comps	Yes. Its core strength	No
Sources	CoStar research team plus public records	Each rule cited to the municipal bylaw section
Coverage	Broad US and international CRE coverage	Live cities only, with coverage status shown for every address
Published pricing	None. Demo request required	Yes, on the Bucky pricing page, with a free tier
Self-serve signup	No	Yes

CoStar rows are based on CoStar’s public product pages, checked October 20, 2026.

How much does CoStar cost?

CoStar does not publish its prices. Every product page ends in a demo request. The figures below come from third-party buyer data and reviews, not from CoStar.

Third-party reports. CoStar does not publish prices.
Source	What they report
Vendr buyer data, reported by Property Scout 360	Average about $15,000 a year. Smaller deals from about $3,000 a year.
PriceLevel transaction data, reported by Property Scout 360	Median about $40,000 a year for CoStar Suite, all markets, up to 3 users.
BestCRE review	About $5,000 to $50,000+ a year, depending on markets and modules.

What changes the price

Third-party analyses describe CoStar licensing by market: each metro you add adds cost, and a national package costs many times more than one submarket. Contracts are usually annual. If you plan to work in more than one city, ask your rep how the price scales.

Is CoStar worth it?

For brokers, appraisers, lenders and investors who use comps every week, most firms decide yes. It is the industry’s reference dataset, and your counterparties probably use it too. It is a weaker fit if what you mostly need is to know what a specific lot allows before you buy it.

What CoStar does well

Comps and tenant data at scale: 8.5M+ properties tracked and 5M+ sale comps, per CoStar’s product page.
Market analytics: rent, vacancy, absorption and the construction pipeline, by submarket.
An industry standard. Your lender, broker and appraiser probably use it, and shared data makes conversations faster.

If those are your needs, Bucky is not a substitute.

Where CoStar stops, and Bucky starts

CoStar’s Public Record product shows a parcel’s zoning code. A zoning code is not an answer. The answer is in the bylaw: permitted uses, height, setbacks, lot coverage, overlays and the approval route.

Bucky reads the bylaw for you. Search an address and the lot panel shows:

lot area, frontage and zone
what you can build: units, height, storeys, floor area and the approval route
setbacks
constraints such as heritage, flood and trees
how many facts were found, so gaps are visible

Every rule links to the bylaw section it came from. When a lot is worth pursuing, open it as a project for scenarios, a pro forma and a report you can hand to a partner or lender.

City Search

Screen every lot we hold for a live city against a buy box of up to 24 criteria. Each match shows why it matches, criterion by criterion. Criteria a city has no data for are reported as not applied, not passed. See live cities.

CoStar alternatives, by what you need

Be clear about the job before you compare tools.

If you need	Look at
Listings and marketplace deal flow	Crexi, or LoopNet (a CoStar Group company)
Lease and sale comps	CompStak
Institutional transaction data	MSCI Real Capital Analytics
Raw parcel data	Regrid
What you can build on a lot, with sources	Bucky

Who should choose which

Choose CoStar if you are a broker, appraiser, lender or institutional investor who needs comps, tenant rosters and market reports every week.

Choose Bucky if you are a developer, architect, planner or design-builder who needs to know what a lot allows, and whether it is worth pursuing, before you spend on consultants or option money.

Use both if you find opportunities in CoStar and qualify them on zoning before you commit. Bucky adds the zoning and feasibility work CoStar does not do.

Bucky pricing

Bucky publishes its prices, in USD, on its pricing page. Enterprise pricing is custom. See pricing

Common questions

How much does a CoStar subscription cost?: CoStar does not publish prices. Vendr buyer data, reported by Property Scout 360, puts the average at about $15,000 a year, and PriceLevel reports a median of about $40,000 a year for a multi-market CoStar Suite package. Price depends on markets, modules and seats.
Does CoStar show zoning?: CoStar’s Public Record product shows the zoning code and land use for a parcel. It does not read the bylaw into what you can build. Bucky does that for live cities and cites each rule.
Is Bucky a CoStar alternative?: For comps, tenants and market analytics, no. For zoning, buildable envelope and early feasibility, Bucky covers work CoStar does not do. Many teams use both.
Which cities does Bucky cover?: Zoning answers are available in live cities. Address search works across Canada and the US and shows the coverage status of every address, so you know what is sourced before you rely on it.
Can I try Bucky without talking to sales?: Yes. Search an address for free. Professional has a 7-day trial with no card.

See what you can build at any address, fully sourced.

Search a lot you already know and compare it with what you have in CoStar.

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Sources

CoStar is a trademark of CoStar Group. Bucky is not affiliated with CoStar Group. Third-party prices are estimates and may not reflect a current quote.