Nomad List was the best-known site for comparing cities by cost of living, internet speed and weather, with a paid community on top. It is still running, under a new name: nomadlist.com now redirects to Nomads.com, which lists hundreds of city filters, a climate finder, a residence calendar for tracking days in each country, a Telegram chat, meetups and a dating feature. It lists 48,770 members and charges a one-time membership payment.
Some well-known alternatives are no longer around. The Remote Year site now says its work-and-travel program ran from 2014 to 2024 and has ended, and that the current site is an unrelated publication. Teleport, once a free city quality-of-life database, has no website at teleport.org anymore.
No single product copies Nomads.com. The picks below split its jobs: city data, places to stay and work, and people to meet.
Prices below are as of November 6, 2026. Our method is on How we review tools.
Quick comparison
| Tool | Best for | Price | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbeo | Free cost of living, crime and quality-of-life data | Free to browse; API priced separately | Web |
| Expatistan | Quick city-to-city cost comparisons | Free to browse | Web |
| Outsite | Coliving stays with other remote workers | $199/year or $499 lifetime | Web |
| Coworker | Finding a coworking space in a new city | Free to search; space prices vary | Web |
| Couchsurfing | Meeting locals and travelers at events | Membership from $1.99 a month | Web, mobile apps |
| WiFi Tribe | Traveling with a set group month by month | No public price | Web |
Numbeo
Numbeo is the free database most people use to check rent, groceries and restaurant prices before a move. The Numbeo cost of living section lists 10,074,037 prices across 12,821 cities from 890,213 contributors. It also pulls automated data from 1,281 supermarkets and over 323,000 restaurant menus, and filters outliers.
Beyond prices, it publishes crime, healthcare, pollution, traffic, property and quality-of-life indices by city and country. A calculator converts your current budget into what you would need in another city.
Best for: Anyone checking what daily life costs in a city before they book.
Pricing:
- Free to browse.
- Data API, bulk downloads and commercial data licences are sold separately. No price on the page.
Watch out for:
- Most figures come from users, so small cities can rest on a handful of entries, and nothing is filtered for a nomad's short-stay needs such as furnished monthly rentals.
Official site: Numbeo.
Expatistan
Expatistan answers one question fast: how much more or less a city costs than the one you live in now. Pick two cities and it shows their prices side by side. The Expatistan cost of living page covers 2,280 cities.
Prices come from visitors, who are asked to submit what they know. The site adds a salary calculator and an international schools database, which helps families who travel.
Best for: A quick two-city comparison when you are choosing your next base.
Pricing:
- Free to browse. No paid plan is shown.
Watch out for:
- It covers about a fifth of Numbeo's city count, so smaller nomad spots may be missing.
Official site: Expatistan.
Outsite
Outsite runs coliving stays for remote workers, so the place you sleep and the people you meet come in one booking. That covers the housing and community side of Nomads.com.
Members pay less per stay. The Outsite membership page lists $199 a year or $499 once for lifetime, with up to 40% off long stays at 40+ locations, 10% off short stays, members-only locations and a jobs and sublets board. It cites 6,000+ members.
Best for: Remote workers who want a furnished room and a ready-made community in each stop.
Pricing:
- Membership: $199/year, or $499 lifetime.
- Stays priced per location. Up to 40% off long stays and 10% off short stays for members.
Watch out for:
- With 40+ locations, many cities on a typical nomad route have no Outsite house, so it works best if you plan around its map.
Official site: Outsite.
Coworker
Nomads.com tells you a city has good internet. Coworker tells you where to sit. The Coworker site lists 25,000+ coworking spaces with desks, private offices, meeting rooms and virtual offices, and lets you enquire, book a tour or reserve a space.
It also lists airport lounges for long layovers, and it serves companies looking for team offices through enterprise and broker services. The homepage cites 5.5 million users.
Best for: Nomads who need a reliable desk and video call space in each new city.
Pricing:
- Free to search.
- Each space sets its own day, week or month price.
Watch out for:
- Coverage varies a lot by country, so search your next city and check it has real listings before relying on it.
Official site: Coworker.
Couchsurfing
Couchsurfing is a long-running travel community for meeting people in a new place. Its city pages show the weather, nearby hosts, travelers in town and local events, including an events-this-weekend list.
The Couchsurfing homepage claims hosts in 200,000+ cities and forums where members swap trip plans. Stays with hosts are free, but Couchsurfing has charged a membership to use the service since 2020. The events and forums still help when you have your own rental.
Best for: Travelers who want to meet locals rather than only other remote workers.
Pricing:
- Stays with hosts are free.
- Membership in the app: $1.99 to $7.99 a month, $9.99 a quarter, or $13.99 to $19.99 a year.
- Optional verification: $29.99 a year.
Watch out for:
- It has no city data on internet speed or cost of living, and its members are mostly travelers on short trips rather than people working remotely.
Official site: Couchsurfing.
WiFi Tribe
With Remote Year gone, WiFi Tribe is one of the group travel options left for remote workers. Members join a Chapter, a month of coliving, coworking and exploring one place together, and several Chapters run at once on different continents.
Entry is by application and interview. The WiFi Tribe homepage says the community has grown to 1,000 members from 62 nationalities.
Best for: Remote workers who want a planned group and a new city every month.
Pricing:
- No public price. Membership and Chapter costs are shared after application.
Watch out for:
- Prices and Chapter dates are shared only after you apply and interview, so you cannot compare its cost with Outsite up front.
Official site: WiFi Tribe.
How to choose
| If you need | Pick |
|---|---|
| Free cost of living and safety numbers for any city | Numbeo |
| Compare two cities in one table | Expatistan |
| A room and a community in one booking | Outsite |
| A coworking desk in the next city | Coworker |
| Meet locals and go to events | Couchsurfing |
| Travel with a group, one month per city | WiFi Tribe |
When to stay with Nomad List
Stay with Nomads.com if you want city data and a nomad community in one place for a single payment. Its residence calendar, which tracks days spent in each country, is useful for visa and tax limits, and none of the alternatives here offer it. The 195 meetups a year it lists are also a quicker way to meet other remote workers than most local groups.
Frequently asked questions
Is Nomad List now Nomads.com?
Yes. nomadlist.com now sends visitors straight to nomads.com. The site is still credited to @levelsio and keeps the city rankings, filters and member community that Nomad List was known for.
How much does Nomads.com cost?
Membership is a one-time payment, not a subscription. There are two plans, Lite and Lifetime, both one-time payments with a 7-day money-back guarantee. See checkout for the price.
Is Remote Year still running?
No. Its old site says the program operated from 2014 to 2024 and has ended. The domain now hosts an independent remote-work publication that cannot help with past bookings.
Which site has the most accurate cost of living data?
None is exact, since all of them rely on user reports. Numbeo has the most data points by far. Expatistan is easier for a quick comparison. Cross-check rent on local listing sites before you sign anything longer than a month.
