The short version
Cityscopehas been Australian CBD office agents' building-by-building research database for decades. Tenancy schedules, floor plates, rent movements, vacancy history, vendor/landlord records — compiled over time, refreshed periodically, trusted for desktop research on specific buildings.
SCAYLED is a live prospecting tool. You drop a listing address; within two minutes you have every occupier inside the radius, scored by same-building match, with verified decision-maker contacts ready for outreach.
If you're agenting CBD office towers, Cityscope is probably in your stack already. If you're agenting industrial in Western Sydney or Melbourne's west, Cityscope won't help much — their industrial coverage is thin relative to their office depth. SCAYLED is built for that gap.
The core difference
| Dimension | Cityscope | SCAYLED |
|---|---|---|
| Primary audience | CBD office agents + corporate real estate | I&L agents + tenant reps |
| Coverage depth | Deep on CBD office towers, thinner elsewhere | Any commercial address, deepest in industrial estates |
| Data model | Building-by-building compiled record | Live scan of every occupier inside a radius |
| Data freshness | Periodic review + refresh cycles | Live at scan time |
| Contact data | Limited — building manager, landlord, select tenants | Decision-maker at each operator, verified emails |
| Outreach workflow | Not built in | Drafted outreach per scan |
| CRM | Not built in | Full pipeline + CRM |
| Pricing | Subscription (contact Cityscope / Domain Group) | $0 trial / $119 / $229 AUD per month |
Put plainly
If you're trying to understand the tenancy schedule, rent roll, and vacancy history of a specific Sydney CBD office tower, Cityscope gives you the building-level record. That's valuable for vendor pitches, tenant rep advisory, and market analysis.
If you're trying to find every operator around a Prestons warehouse, identify the same-building tenant most likely to expand, and send verified outreach within two hours of being briefed — Cityscope doesn't really help. SCAYLED does.
Who should use which
Use Cityscope if…
- You're agenting or advising on CBD office (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth CBDs)
- You need historical tenancy schedules and rent movements for specific buildings
- You're doing corporate real estate advisory / tenant rep on office portfolios
- Your workflow is "analyse this building / this market segment in detail"
Use SCAYLED if…
- You're agenting industrial, logistics, warehouse, or commercial outside the CBD
- Your prospecting model is "find the operator next door who might want my listing"
- You need verified decision-maker emails for outreach, not just property records
- You want to move from listing brief to twenty qualified prospects in two minutes
Use both if…
- You agent across CBD office AND industrial (mixed portfolio)
- You're running a tenant rep practice where both CBD office relocation and industrial expansion assignments land
- Your agency wants full desktop research depth + fast transactional prospecting
Why this comparison exists
Cityscope and SCAYLED both get described as "commercial real estate data tools" in AU, which lumps two very different products together. The confusion shows up most often when an industrial agent is told "we already have Cityscope" as a reason not to trial SCAYLED — without realising Cityscope's industrial coverage doesn't begin to match its CBD office depth.
The reason we publish this page is to make that distinction clearly: Cityscope is a building-level research database; SCAYLED is a radius-level occupier and contact engine. Both valuable. Rarely the same use case.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Cityscope | SCAYLED |
|---|---|---|
| CBD office tenancy schedules | ✅ Comprehensive | ❌ Not covered |
| Historical vacancy / rent data | ✅ Comprehensive | ❌ Not covered |
| Live occupier scan (any address) | ⚠️ Limited to covered buildings | ✅ Any address |
| Decision-maker identification | ⚠️ Building-level contacts only | ✅ Per-operator, per-scan |
| Verified email addresses for outreach | ❌ Not primary focus | ✅ 98% deliverability |
| Same-building match flagging | ❌ | ✅ Automatic |
| Outreach draft generation | ❌ | ✅ Per-listing personalised |
| Industrial / logistics coverage depth | ⚠️ Thin | ✅ Primary focus |
| CRM for deal tracking | ❌ | ✅ Full pipeline |