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Trestle™ vs. MLS Grid™

Trestle™ vs. MLS Grid™

Trestle™ from Cotality stands apart as the industry’s most comprehensive MLS data distribution platform, delivering standardized, highquality data, near realtime updates, and builtin compliance tools. It simplifies data licensing and supports modern data standards, reducing complexity for everyone who relies on MLS data.

What makes Cotality different?

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100% RESO DD 2.0 certified

Trestle is Platinum certified and maps listing data to the latest RESO Data Dictionary v2.0, ensuring consistent, high-quality data across markets. This reduces custom mapping work, streamlines integrations, and helps vendors launch and maintain solutions more efficiently.
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Up to 3× more data

With 1,750 fields and 82,000 lookup values, Trestle delivers the richest dataset in the industry. Developers and data teams gain the depth they need to build complete, feature-rich property experiences without relying on multiple feeds or custom extensions.
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Trusted at scale

Trestle is battletested, serving 100+ MLS organizations and nearly 1,000 technology providers across the industry. Its widespread adoption demonstrates reliability, stability, and the confidence of organizations that depend on accurate, high-volume data delivery every day.
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Near real-time updates

Trestle supports real-time listing delivery with data that refreshes as frequently as every two minutes. This enables consistently “always fresh” listing experiences, improving consumer trust, search accuracy, and market responsiveness for brokers and technology partners.
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Patented monitoring & enforcement

Trestle Defender continuously monitors data access and licensing relationships to safeguard compliance and protect data integrity. MLSs can confidently approve connections faster, vendors stay aligned with licensing rules, and any suspected off-license usage can be quickly identified and stopped.
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Property + neighborhood data in one feed

Homebuyers don’t just look at listings—they want to understand the neighborhood, too. With Trestle, your brokers get affordable, easy access to Cotality property and location insights packaged with listings delivered from a single platform. That means richer websites and tools that keep visitors engaged—and keep more leads local.

Why work with Cotality?

Cotality is a proven leader in real estate data, data standards, and data security. We power tools used by over 1.2 million real estate professionals, helping MLSs and brokers manage accurate, compliant, and well protected data. Our data systems—including the CLIP identifier that connects more than 22,000 datasets—give organizations a reliable foundation for everything from listings to analytics. With Cotality, you get a partner focused on precision, responsible data use, and keeping your members’ information safe.

Talk to our Trestle team

More data, more formats. Trestle makes data licensing easy for MLSs, brokers, and tech companies alike.