Teleport built a reputation on clean visual scoring (housing, safety, environment, education, healthcare) for ~300 cities. Active development slowed after the Topia/MOVE Guides corporate restructuring. Users now look for tools that are (1) actively maintained, (2) have similar visual UX, (3) cover their specific need (regional vs city, family vs nomad, EU vs global). Six alternatives:
Inheritor of the "visual scoring + quality-of-life signals" approach Teleport pioneered, now applied at NUTS-2 regional level for Southern EU. 13 signals per region with transparent weights. Visit →
Strengths: Actively developed (quarterly data refresh), regional granularity (Andalucia ≠ Madrid), explicit family/founder/investor segmentation, climate trajectory, transparent methodology.
Limitations: Southern EU only — no Berlin, no Toronto, no Singapore.
The de facto standard for cost-of-living and quality-of-life comparison globally. Crowd-sourced indices on cost, crime, healthcare, traffic, pollution, climate. Visit →
Strengths: Massive coverage, free, easy comparison tables, multiple QoL indices.
Limitations: Data quality variable for smaller cities, weighting opaque, no decision logic — gives data but doesn't help you decide.
Annual survey of 12,000+ expats rating countries on quality of life, ease of settling, healthcare, finance, working life. Qualitative complement to data tools. Visit →
Strengths: Largest expat survey dataset, multi-year trends, free annual report.
Limitations: Country-level only, point-in-time. Doesn't replace continuous data tools — pair with one.
The corporate standard used by HR teams to calibrate expat packages. Methodology covers political/social environment, economy, sociocultural, health, education, public services, recreation, consumer goods, housing, environment. Visit →
Strengths: Rigorous methodology, broad coverage, free city rank table, used by Fortune 500.
Limitations: Full data is enterprise-priced. Aimed at HR consultants, not individuals.
The Teleport-of-the-nomad-world. Visual scoring system with strong community + Slack. Active development, frequent updates. Visit →
Strengths: Active community, visual UX, comprehensive city coverage, fast iteration.
Limitations: Subscription-only, nomad-first (not family/founder), mixes lifestyle scoring with crowdsourced sentiment.
The Economist Intelligence Unit's liveability index — annual snapshot widely cited in press. Visit →
Strengths: Highly credible methodology, free top-ranking summary, easy to cite.
Limitations: Annual snapshot, no decision-support layer, full methodology behind report fee.