CoStar Migration Guide
CoStar Tells You What Sold.
Rippleffekt Gets You to the Seller.
A data catalog tells you what happened. Rippleffekt gives you 196M+ parcels held first-party, 5.1 million+ CMBS loan records across 475 trusts, dozens of intelligence layers, and polygon outreach with no per-contact fees, so the research, the owner and the campaign live in one place instead of three subscriptions. Teams migrating from CoStar get 40% off their first year.
40%
Off Your First Year
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Map Intelligence Layers CoStar Doesn't Have
5 Steps
Migration Process
40% Off Your First Year: For Verified CoStar Customers
Annual access only. Discount applied to months 1-12. Renews at standard rate. Available to teams with an active or recently expired CoStar subscription.
What CoStar Doesn't Give You
- Verified owner contact records, enriched and ready to act on
- Live intelligence map with dozens of intelligence layers
- Tax-event and distressed-seller lead lists
- Integrated multi-channel outreach automation
- Institutional data suite: CMBS loan stress across 475 trusts, bank CRE exposure, institutional manager flows and macro rate context, in the same platform as the parcel data
Everything You Need, In One Platform
- Full property data coverage for the markets your team targets, plus the owner contact layer and outreach workflow CoStar doesn't provide.
- Owner contact intelligence built in
- Live map with dozens of intelligence layers
- Email and direct mail outreach, one workflow · social posting Q4 2026
- Migration concierge available on Enterprise and Institutional plans
Migration Concierge Included
- Dedicated migration support from day one
- Data export and import assistance
- Parallel run period, compare before you cut over
- Workflow migration: campaigns, lists, and team setup
- 30-day post-launch account management
Institutional teams and high-volume migrations, contact us directly for a custom transition plan →
Your 5-Step Migration Plan
Most teams complete migration in under two weeks. Enterprise and Institutional access includes a dedicated migration concierge who manages data import, parallel run, and transition.
Start Your MigrationCoStar vs. Rippleffekt
| Capability | CoStar | Rippleffekt |
|---|---|---|
| Property data, comps & sold records | ✓ Core strength | ✓ Full coverage |
| Verified owner contact records, enriched and ready for outreach | ✗ Not available | ✓ Enriched, ready to reach |
| Live intelligence map with dozens of stacked data layers | ✗ Not available | ✓ Demographics, infrastructure, economics & more |
| Tax-event & distressed-seller lead lists | ✗ Not available | ✓ Lien-level detail, enriched contacts included |
| Integrated multi-channel outreach automation | ✗ Not available | ✓ Email, social, direct, one workflow |
| Business intelligence (employer data, small-business lending activity, patents) | Limited | ✓ Full business intelligence layer |
| Campaign analytics & outreach tracking | ✗ Not available | ✓ Campaign send tracking · delivery & conversion analytics Q4 2026 |
| Team collaboration, watchlists & report sharing | Limited | ✓ Multi-user roles, shared workflows |
| Data-to-outreach in a single workflow | ✗ Data only, no action layer | ✓ Intelligence and execution unified |
| Migration support | ✗ None provided | ✓ Included on Enterprise and Institutional tiers |
CoStar Is a Data Catalog. Rippleffekt Is a Deal Platform.
The problem isn't CoStar's data quality, it's that the data ends where the work begins. No owner contacts. No outreach. No action layer. Just information that still requires three other tools before it becomes a phone call.
The institutional layer (loan stress over time, manager flows, bank CRE exposure and pension records) sits alongside the parcel data rather than in a separate contract, which is usually where the second and third subscriptions go.
CoStar shows you the property. Rippleffekt shows you who owns it: and how to reach them.
Verified owner contact intelligence on every lead, not just the parcel address. Stop building lists you can't reach.
CoStar has comps. Rippleffekt has the intelligence layers your acquisition thesis actually needs.
Income migration patterns, infrastructure buildout, business formation density, climate risk, layer the signals that define your thesis, not just what recently sold nearby.
CoStar ends when the research ends. Rippleffekt continues through the outreach.
Multi-channel outreach, email, social, direct, is built into the same environment where you found the lead. No exports, no third-party tool, no gap between intelligence and action.
CoStar requires negotiated multi-year contracts. Rippleffekt fits your workflow.
No locked-in per-seat contracts. Access configured for how your team actually works, individual analysts, acquisition teams, or full institutional configurations.