# City Evaluates Short-Term Rental Data Contract

An unnamed city pays Granicus approximately $75,000 annually for data identifying short-term rentals (STRs) that appear compliant or noncompliant with local zoning rules. The discussion raises an alternative procurement approach: license STR datasets from AirDNA, Transparent, or Airbtics and compare them in-house against zoning and business-license records. Data may be available through a REST endpoint, but no decision to replace Granicus or quantified savings is reported; any savings would not necessarily be redirected to other planning work.

- Procurement teams can compare the current annual service with dataset licensing and the internal effort needed to integrate and validate the information.
- Data providers and integration contractors may find an opportunity to supply STR data or help municipalities match it with zoning and business-license records.
- Before changing approaches, the city would need to assess dataset coverage, REST access, and the practical costs of maintaining an in-house comparison; the signal does not specify a solicitation or procurement timeline.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** October 16, 2026

### Government Entities
- Unnamed city government

### Vendors
- Granicus (incumbent contractor)
- AirDNA (potential data provider)
- Transparent (potential data provider)
- Airbtics (potential data provider)

### Key Quotes
> We are paying about $75k a year for Granicus to give us data that shows which STRs are compliant and non compliant based on zoning.
> — Original poster

> You can purchase a license to these datasets from Airdna, Transparent, or Airbtics, and then roll your own comparison to your zoning.
> — Commenter

### Sources
- [City pays Granicus to show which STRs in the city are compliant/non-compliant with zoning regs. Option ms to do this in-house?](https://www.reddit.com/r/urbanplanning/comments/1x7dhqv/city_pays_granicus_to_show_which_strs_in_the_city) - reddit-urbanplanning