- Consider Listify IDX if you want a beautiful state-of-the-art listing search experience on your own pages, simply by copying and pasting one piece of code onto your existing site, with nothing to keep updated, at a competitive price.
- Consider a bundled IDX provider if you don't have a website yet, want the same company to host it and run your CRM, and don't mind that leaving later typically means moving all of it.
- Comparing a specific provider? See our side-by-side pages.
Three common ways IDX gets onto your website
Most IDX products use one of a few older methods, and some offer more than one. An iframe is a frame that shows the provider's search page inside a box on yours. Hosted pages live on the provider's servers, at its own address or at one like search.yoursite.com, and your site sends visitors out to them. Plugins are add-ons for one website builder, usually WordPress, that run on your website's hosting.
Listify IDX is built on modern web standards that every browser already understands. You or your web team paste in one embed code, and the search becomes part of your own page.
IDX without iframes
An iframe is a page inside your page. Buyers often get a second scroll bar and a search box that doesn't fit the width of your layout. Depending on how the provider sets it up, Google may count the listings toward the provider's website instead of yours.
Listify IDX avoids those problems. The search scrolls with your page, fits phones, tablets, and computers, and gives every listing its own URL on your website that Google can find. Read the details in IDX without iframes.
Your site, your web address, no lock-in
Hosted IDX pages and hosted websites are convenient until you want to leave. When the provider hosts your listing pages, those links live on its servers. When it also hosts your whole website, this vendor-locking setup typically means leaving requires a full migration to another platform or rebuilding an entirely new website and search integration.
Listify IDX doesn't host anything of yours. Your site, your hosting, your web address, and your design stay in your hands. If you ever cancel, you simply delete the Listify embed code and the rest of your site stays as it is.
No plugin tying you to one website builder
A plugin only works on the website builder it was made for, and it needs updating along with that builder and your other plugins. Listify IDX uses the same embed code anywhere across the modern web. If you switch builders, the search comes with you, and as Listify regularly releases new features and updates, they show up on your site automatically.
Pages that don't wait on your IDX
Many IDX providers use a single script that often makes the whole page wait until it finishes loading, which can leave visitors looking at a blank or half-loaded page. Listify IDX supports an advanced loading setup by adjusting how parts of the embed code are installed on your site, a standard approach for sites with lots of added tools, so your own content appears first and the search fills in right after. Contact support for more info or help installing it.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Listify IDX | Iframe, hosted pages, or plugin |
|---|---|---|
| How it gets on your page | Add one piece of code to your page and the search appears there, with nothing to update. You'll always be using the latest version of Listify's platform as it's updated regularly. | Iframe: shows the provider's page in a box on yours. Hosted pages: your site sends visitors to pages the provider runs. Plugin: an add-on installed into one website builder. |
| Scrolling and layout | Scrolls with your page and adapts beautifully to phones, tablets, and computers. | Iframe: often a second scroll bar in a fixed-size box. Hosted pages: a separate site made to look like yours, so it can feel like two sites. Plugin: depends on how well it fits your theme. |
| Where listing pages live | On your own website. Each listing gets its own shareable URL that takes visitors directly to your website. | Iframe and hosted pages: on the provider's website, so Google may count your listings toward its site instead of yours. Plugin: usually on your own website. |
| Supported sites | Virtually any site, whether custom-built or made with a builder like Webflow, Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, or Weebly. | Plugin: one website builder, so switching builders means replacing your IDX. Iframe and hosted pages: most sites, at the cost of the problems above. |
| What you keep updated | Nothing. The embed code goes in once. | Plugin: updates along with your website builder and other plugins, and an update can conflict with your theme. Iframe and hosted pages: little on your side, and little control. |
| Page loading | Loads without holding up your page, with an advanced loading setup for busy sites. | Often a single script that makes the whole page wait until it finishes loading. |
| Your website | Stays with your website builder, your hosting, and your web address. | Some providers also host your whole website, typically at higher price points, so leaving later can mean rebuilding it. |
| Pricing | Published prices, from $49/mo on the Basic plan. Free to try, no contract. | Often several plan tiers with setup fees and paid add-ons, or a quote on a sales call. |
Many providers offer more than one of these methods, often on different plan tiers, so check how the plan you're considering actually works on your site.
Pricing
IDX pricing is often hard to pin down. Many providers sell several plan tiers with a one-time setup fee and paid add-ons, and some don't publish prices at all and quote them on a sales call. Listify IDX publishes its plans and pricing, from $49/mo. It's free to try with no credit card, and there's no contract.
Ask any IDX provider the hard questions
- Do visitors stay on my site, or do you send them to yours?
- When a buyer opens a listing, does the web address still show my website?
- Does it work on my website builder today, and on one I might switch to?
- What will I have to install and keep updated?
- How easy is it to cancel and migrate away from your platform?
- What is the full monthly or annual cost, including setup fees and feature add-ons, and can I see it without a sales call?
- How often do you update your product to adapt to new devices and technologies, or in response to customer feedback?
Before you switch, contact Listify with where your listings are located and your website's URL.
If a web designer runs your site
Some agents and offices have a designer or developer look after their website. Listify IDX works for them too: they paste your embed code into the page and listings appear, with no frame, separate search site, or plugin to look after afterward.
Comparing a specific provider
- Listify IDX vs IDX Broker: basic search boxes on your site that take visitors to search pages on its own platform.
- Listify IDX vs Showcase IDX: a traditional plugin for WordPress sites only.
- Listify IDX vs iHomefinder: IDX bundled with its own CRM and campaigns, with pricing quoted on a sales call.
When another provider is the better choice
Pick a bundled provider if you don't have a website yet and want your IDX company to build and host one, or if you need a CRM and email campaigns in the same product and are comfortable relying on one company for all of it.
What you need, and what Listify IDX doesn't replace
Listings come from the data sources you connect: listing platforms we already integrate with, MLS feeds (including standard RESO Web API feeds), or your own custom API. Contact support with specific questions about data sources and integration.
Once your account is approved, your embed code is in your Listify dashboard, ready for you or your web team. Listify IDX doesn't host websites or include a CRM (contact management) tool yet. Visitor inquiries come to you, and you follow up with the tools you already use. Read the product overview for features and what you need.
Based on public information reviewed November 2026.