Redfin vs Trulia

Redfin and Trulia both land on Depends.

Redfin

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Use Redfin if you're selling a home and want the 1%-1.5% listing fee, or buying and want free search plus salaried agents.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Trulia is free and fine for casual browsing, but it adds nothing over its owner Zillow and users report scams and stale listings.

Redfin versus Trulia
Compare	Redfin	Trulia
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Home sellers chasing lower listing fees	Casual home browsing
Who it's not for	Privacy-conscious users . 2025 exposure incident plus Meta/TikTok data-sharing lawsuit	Anyone wanting data beyond Zillow's . same company, same pool
Privacy	Flagged: November 2025 user-data exposure on contact forms plus active privacy class actions.^⁷	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; no public security page exists.
Support quality	Customer reviews are mixed on agent service	Complaints about unreachable customer service lines.
Public sentiment	Reviews are mixed: many praise the low listing fees and search tools, while others report uneven agent service and privacy concerns.^³	Reviewers like the interface but widely report scam listings, stale listings, and missing homes.¹³
Biggest gotcha	Nov 2025 'technical error' exposed users' personal info on listing contact forms^⁷	Too-good-to-be-true rentals are often scams; verify owners independently before paying anything.

Privacy-conscious users . 2025 exposure incident plus Meta/TikTok data-sharing lawsuit
Sellers in markets where only the 2% fee is offered
Guess: sellers wanting one dedicated agent, not rotating salaried teams
Guess: anyone expecting cash-offer iBuying . RedfinNow program is gone