Having just (almost) sold a house in NL, the agent explained that the ordering currently was:
- paid searches (even at other agents)
- unpaid searches at their own agency
- social media
- agency website
- funda
each step would be on the next day, so if you're only watching funda, you're already four days behind
This is strange, wasn't my experience at all. Just about every house I viewed through funda was advertised by agents. And when I put up my house for sale the first thing the agent did was to publish on funda. All the agents care about is selling a house they get a hefty sum (0.3% if I remember correctly) and are totally fine advertising on funda.
As a house seeker I dealt with a bunch of agents and the experience wasn't all that bad to be honest. Mind you all this was in early 2019; from what I hear late 2020 onwards the market has gone bananas in the Netherlands and Amsterdam in particular.