What CoStar does well
CoStar provides comprehensive commercial property data, including building-level detail, tenants and leases, sales and letting comparables, availabilities and market analytics, alongside its news service. For brokers, valuers and institutional teams who need a complete picture of the commercial market, it is an industry standard.
What GalimAI does differently
GalimAI is not a comprehensive market database. It is focused on ownership and distress. It joins 1.97 million UK property-holding companies (Companies House) with 6.9 million-plus HM Land Registry transactions, refreshed daily, and scores motivated-seller and distress signals across the whole population, residential and commercial. You search it in plain English, and the portal is free to use. Coverage is England and Wales.
Head to head
| CoStar | GalimAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Comprehensive commercial market data and comparables | Finding owners likely to sell, especially distressed ones |
| Scope | Commercial focus, building and lease level | All property-holding companies, ownership and distress |
| Distress / motivated sellers | Market signals, not a dedicated focus | Dedicated distress signal stack |
| Refresh | Continuous market data | Daily ownership and signals |
| Search | Database and filters | Plain-English AI search |
| Access | Enterprise subscription | Free portal to search; managed sourcing as a paid tier |
Where each one wins
Choose CoStar when you need the full commercial market picture: comparables, tenants, availabilities and analytics. Choose GalimAI when you need to identify and reach owners who are likely to sell off-market, with daily-fresh distress signals and a search you can talk to, at no cost to start.
The honest verdict
For comprehensive commercial market intelligence, CoStar is hard to beat. For off-market owner and distress sourcing across England and Wales, GalimAI is the focused, free-to-try alternative.