The short version
Cotality, the new name for CoreLogic NZ since March 2025, is the property record for most New Zealand agencies. It does not tell you which business would take a commercial property or who decides there. Scayled does.
- Cotality NZ: Property Guru gives agents titles (sourced from LINZ), ownership, council and District Valuation Roll data, sales history and valuations. It replaced the older Terranet title service.
- Scayled: an occupier intelligence platform. Around the property, it returns every business nearby, the person who decides at each and a drafted email. Across the market, it finds businesses anywhere in New Zealand whose operations fit the property's size, use and type. Every occupier found is tracked for signs it will need space, and everything stays in your own Occupier Database.
What does Cotality NZ do better?
- Title searches and ownership on a specific property
- Rating and capital valuations, and comparable sales for appraisals
- Sales history and market data across suburbs and property types
- Desktop due diligence before an appraisal or listing pitch
For that work Cotality is the tool. Scayled does none of it.
What does Scayled do that Cotality does not?
- Around the property (Neighbour Scan): every business near the address, the decision maker at each and a drafted email per business
- Across the market (Target Scan): businesses anywhere in the country whose operations fit the property, including owner occupiers
- Movement tracking: hiring, contract wins, new sites, funding and lease events on every occupier found, on a map and a feed
- Outreach from your own inbox: drafted per recipient, sent from your mailbox
The Auckland version of this method, by precinct, is in industrial real estate leads in Auckland, and the reasoning for starting next door is in what the neighbour strategy is.
Where do they overlap?
Very little. Cotality tells you who owns the building. Scayled tells you who operates around it, which businesses would take it, and how to reach the person who decides.
The one narrow overlap is owner occupiers. When a business owns the building it operates from, Cotality shows the owning entity and Scayled shows the operating business and its decision maker.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Cotality NZ | SCAYLED |
|---|---|---|
| Title and ownership data | ✅ Comprehensive | ❌ Not covered |
| Rating and capital valuation | ✅ Comprehensive | ❌ Not covered |
| Sales history and comparables | ✅ Comprehensive | ❌ Not covered |
| Businesses operating in commercial buildings | ❌ Not the model | ✅ Found per scan |
| Every business around one address | ❌ Not a lookup type | ✅ Neighbour Scan |
| Businesses across the country that fit one property | ❌ Not a lookup type | ✅ Target Scan |
| Decision maker at each business | ❌ Not covered | ✅ Found per business in each scan |
| Tracking for signs an occupier will need space | ❌ Not covered | ✅ Map and feed |
| Drafted outreach from your own inbox | ❌ Not covered | ✅ Per recipient |
| Pricing | Published residential plans, others quoted | Pro per agent, 3 days free, no card needed |
Who should stay with Cotality NZ?
- Every agency that does appraisals, title searches or sales history work
- Residential agents, for whom Property Guru is built
- Valuers, lenders and property managers
Keep it. Scayled sits alongside for commercial agents who need to fill specific properties. A fuller comparison is in the alternative to CoreLogic NZ (Cotality) for occupier prospecting.
When to use which
You have just been briefed on a listing and want conversations before it goes live
→ Scayled. Scan the address, work the nearby businesses and the best fits across the market, send from your inbox.
An owner wants an appraisal before signing an agency agreement
→ Cotality. Comparable sales, valuation and sales history.
You are going after an off-market acquisition in an industrial estate
→ Both. Cotality for the owner of each building. Scayled for the business operating inside and the person who decides there.
You are calling on a vacant building
→ Cotality for the owner. Scayled for the businesses around it and across the market that could take it.