AuctionRadar vs EIG: the honest comparison
Two very different products sell UK property auction data. We build one of them, so read everything below as a competitor's comparison: dated, attributed, and honest about where EIG beats us.
Choose EIG if
- You need comparables from before 2002: their archive reaches back to the early 1990s and we know of nothing else that deep.
- You are a lender, surveyor or researcher whose reports lean on long-run series and an industry-standard citation.
- You want phone support and three decades of institutional pedigree.
Choose AuctionRadar if
- You buy, source or track deals now: 17,000+ live lots, angle flags, repeat-lot history and Monday alerts on your patch.
- You want recent sold prices, often months before they reach the Land Registry, plus history back to 2002, in Excel or CSV rather than only on a screen.
- You would rather pay £0 to £490 a year, with the price printed on the website.
What each one costs
EIG does not publish its prices. In October 2025, their sales team quoted a prospective subscriber £575 a year ex VAT (£690 inc VAT), with a 6-month plan at £330 ex VAT and instalment options available. That is a dated quote, not a price list, and it is months old: prices may have moved since, so ask EIG for current terms and treat this as a reference point. If they tell us it has changed we will update this page.
AuctionRadar's prices are on the pricing page: the lot search is free with no account, Alerts is £19 a month or £190 a year, and Pro is £49 a month or £490 a year. The price on the page is the price you pay.
Side by side
| EIG | AuctionRadar | |
|---|---|---|
| Headline price | £575/yr ex VAT (£690 inc VAT), quoted to a prospective subscriber in October 2025 | Free search. Alerts £19/mo (£190/yr). Pro £49/mo (£490/yr) |
| Pricing published online | No. You enquire and they call you | Yes, on the pricing page |
| New listings | 3,000+ new listings a month (their published figure) | 17,000+ lots live on the site, refreshed every Monday |
| Auction houses covered | Hundreds of auction houses (their published claims) | 50 property auction houses including the national franchise networks |
| Results history | Back to the early 1990s (their published claim); the deepest we know of | 192,000+ auction outcomes including 66,000+ sold prices, the deepest reaching back to 2002 |
| Free tier | Short free trial, then subscription only | Full live lot search, lot pages, calendar, area pages and recent results. No account needed |
| Alerts | Bespoke alerts, set up through their team (their pitch) | Saved searches by patch, price band, yield and angle (probate, refurb, development), Monday alert emails |
| Export | On-platform tools | Weekly Excel of every lot and result, CSV export of any search (Pro) |
| Support | Phone support, office hours | Email, answered by the people who build it, within 24 hours |
| Who else they serve | Also builds and runs auctioneers' bidding platforms, legal pack hosting and websites | We do not build auctioneer platforms, host legal packs or run bidding. No auction house pays for placement, ranking or a kinder description |
EIG figures are their own published claims or their October 2025 subscription quote; AuctionRadar figures are ours. Spot an error? Tell us and we will correct it.
Where EIG genuinely wins
History. EIG has been collecting auction results since the early 1990s. Our archive is 192,000+ outcomes with 66,000+ sold prices, the deepest reaching back to 2002, which covers the era buyers actually price from, but if your analysis needs 1995 comparables, EIG is the only source we know of and it is not us.
Institutional standing. Their quarterly market commentary is cited across the industry press, and lenders and surveyors have used them for decades. If a report needs the incumbent's name on the data source line, that is worth paying for.
Breadth of relationships. EIG works with hundreds of auction houses and also runs much of the industry's own infrastructure: online bidding, legal pack hosting and auctioneer websites. Few know the plumbing of this market better.
Where we win
The free layer. Our live lot search, lot pages, auction calendar, postcode-area pages and recent results are open to everyone with no account. With EIG, everything sits behind the subscription after a short trial.
Delivery. Pro subscribers get every live lot and every fresh result as a weekly Excel and CSV export, built for filtering to a patch in seconds. Data you can only look at inside someone else's website is data you cannot work with.
Angles, not just filters. Every lot is classified for the things investors actually hunt: probate, short lease, needs-refurb, development, vacant possession, and repeat lots ("been to auction before"), surfaced right on the lot page.
Independence. We do not build auctioneers' websites, host their legal packs or run their bidding platforms, and no auction house pays us for placement, ranking or a kinder description, so our job is telling buyers the truth about the market. Your AuctionRadar subscriber details never go to an auction house: we sell subscriptions, not data about you. EIG's Trustpilot page (3.8 as at July 2026) is public if you want to weigh reputation yourself.
Questions people ask
Is AuctionRadar a full replacement for EIG?
For most investors and sourcers, yes: live lots across the market, saved-search alerts, and sold results back to 2002 cover how buyers actually price deals today. If your work needs comparables from the 1990s, for example long-run lender or academic analysis, EIG's deeper archive is the right tool and we say so plainly.
Where does AuctionRadar's data come from?
Directly from the auction houses' own published catalogues and results pages, collected continuously and refreshed every Monday. We never take data from EIG or any other subscription database. Our methodology page explains the whole pipeline.
How much does EIG actually cost?
EIG does not publish pricing. Their sales team quoted a prospective subscriber £575 a year ex VAT (£690 inc VAT) in October 2025, with a 6-month option at £330 ex VAT and instalment plans available. That figure is months old and may well have changed, so treat it as a dated data point and ask EIG for current terms.
Will auctioneers get my contact details if I sign up to AuctionRadar?
No. We never pass subscriber details to auction houses. We sell subscriptions, not contact data.
The easiest way to compare is to use it
The lot search is free and there is no account, no trial clock and no phone call. If it is not better for how you buy, keep your money.
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