What Zoopla is for
Zoopla aggregates on-market sales and lettings listings into a single portal, with asking prices, value estimates and area insight. For seeing what is available today, and what it is being marketed at, it is a go-to consumer and professional tool.
What GalimAI is for
GalimAI does not list properties for sale. It maps who owns UK property and which owners are likely to sell, often before they have approached an agent. It joins 1.97 million UK property-holding companies (Companies House) with 6.9 million-plus HM Land Registry transactions, refreshed daily, and scores distress and motivated-seller signals across the whole population. You search it in plain English. Coverage is England and Wales.
On-market versus off-market
Once a property reaches Zoopla it is on the open market and visible to every buyer at once, usually priced for competition. Off-market sourcing reaches the owner earlier, while terms are still negotiable. That earlier moment is what GalimAI is built to find.
Head to head
| Zoopla | GalimAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Shows you | Properties listed for sale or rent, plus estimates | Who owns property and who is likely to sell off-market |
| Timing | On-market | Pre-market |
| Built around | Agent listings and AVM estimates | Company ownership and distress signals |
| Search | Location and property filters | Plain-English AI search |
| Access | Free to browse | Free portal to search; managed sourcing as a paid tier |
Can you use both?
Yes. Use Zoopla to track the open market and gauge pricing; use GalimAI to build a pipeline of owners to approach before their property ever reaches a portal.
The honest verdict
For browsing what is for sale, use Zoopla. For finding motivated and distressed owners before they list, GalimAI is the off-market alternative, free to search.