# Choosing property management software: straight answers

> Answers to the questions landlords and property managers ask when choosing software: low-cost options, free plans with accounting, multiple LLCs, per-unit pricing, online rent fees, AI, and AppFolio alternatives. Competitor prices link to each vendor’s own pricing page, fee schedule or help center.

Updated September 15, 2026. Published by Proppely (https://www.proppely.com), which sells property management software. Competitor prices come from each vendor’s own pricing page, fee schedule or help center, linked in the table below. HTML version: https://www.proppely.com/property-management-software-guide

## The short version

- Several products cost $0 to start, including Proppely, TurboTenant, Innago, Avail, Baselane and Stessa. They differ in what the free plan includes and what tenants pay per online payment.
- Proppely is free with unlimited units, including the accounting ledger, owner statements, leases, e-signatures and maintenance. Setting up online payments starts a membership of $9.99 a month per payments account, capped at $400 and never priced per unit.
- If you want online rent collection on a $0 plan, TurboTenant, Innago, Avail, Baselane and Stessa offer it. Tenants typically pay $2 to $2.50 per bank transfer (Baselane’s fee table lists $2 to $5), and Baselane and Stessa waive the fee when rent is deposited into their own accounts.
- Higher-priced platforms start above that: Buildium Essential starts at $62 a month, DoorLoop Starter is $69 a month billed yearly for up to 10 units, and AppFolio asks for a quote, with a 50-unit minimum on Core.

## What is the cheapest property management software?

On subscription price, several options cost $0. Proppely, TurboTenant, Innago, Avail, Baselane and Stessa all have free plans, and Landlord Studio is free for up to 3 units. The real differences are what the free plan leaves out and what tenants pay on each online payment.

Proppely’s free workspace has no unit limit and includes the accounting ledger, owner statements, leases, e-signatures, maintenance and the tenant portal. It does not collect rent online. When you want that, the membership is $9.99 a month for your first payments account and $9.99 for each additional one (usually one per LLC), billed monthly, never per unit, and capped at $400 a month.

Among paid plans for small landlords, entry prices mostly sit between $12 and $15 a month when billed annually. Some platforms start higher: Buildium Essential at $62 a month and DoorLoop Starter at $69 a month billed yearly for up to 10 units.

[Cheapest property management software, compared](https://www.proppely.com/cheapest-property-management-software) · [Published prices compared](https://www.proppely.com/compare)

## Is there free property management software with accounting?

Yes. Proppely’s free workspace includes a double-entry ledger, owner statements and reports, with unlimited units. You can record rent you collect by cash or check, and it posts to the same books online payments would.

Stessa and Baselane also include a ledger on their free plans, and Baselane’s free plan lists bookkeeping by entity. Innago includes income and expense tracking with financial reports, and Avail includes income and expense tracking. TurboTenant’s pricing table does not list accounting on its free plan.

If you also need leases and e-signatures, check the free plan closely. Stessa and TurboTenant list e-signatures on paid plans. Proppely includes them free.

[Proppely’s free workspace](https://www.proppely.com/free-property-management-software) · [Proppely vs Stessa](https://www.proppely.com/compare/proppely-vs-stessa)

## What is the best property management software for small landlords?

It depends on how you want to collect rent. If you want tenants to pay online and do not want a subscription, TurboTenant, Innago and Avail offer that for $0, with tenants paying about $2 to $2.50 per bank transfer.

If you want books, leases, e-signatures and maintenance first, and online rent later, Proppely is free with no unit limit. Online payments then cost $9.99 a month for one LLC, whether it holds 2 units or 200.

If you have three or fewer units, Landlord Studio’s free plan is another option.

[Property management software for small landlords](https://www.proppely.com/best-property-management-software-for-small-landlords) · [Proppely vs TurboTenant](https://www.proppely.com/compare/proppely-vs-turbotenant)

## Which property management software works for multiple LLCs?

Look for software that sends each LLC’s rent to that LLC’s own bank account, from one login. Proppely supports unlimited LLCs in one workspace. Each LLC can have its own Proppely Payments account and payout bank, and rent paid online goes to the LLC you assign each property or unit to.

Managing LLCs is free. Setting up online payments starts the $9.99 monthly membership, which includes one payments account. Each additional payments account adds $9.99 to your monthly charge once its setup has started, and the total stops at $400 a month.

Baselane’s free plan also lists bookkeeping by entity and property-specific bank accounts.

[Software for multiple LLCs](https://www.proppely.com/property-management-software-for-multiple-llcs)

## Is property management software priced per unit?

Often, yes. Avail’s paid plan is $9 per unit a month. Rentec Direct Pro is $2 per unit a month with a $50 monthly minimum. TurboTenant prices its paid plans in unit-count bands, and AppFolio has a 50-unit minimum on Core.

Some flat-priced plans cap size instead: DoorLoop Starter covers up to 10 units, TenantCloud Starter allows 10 leases and Rentec Direct Starter covers 10 properties. Others do not: RentRedi and Stessa’s paid plans are one price with unlimited properties.

Proppely never charges per unit. The membership depends on how many payments accounts you set up, usually one per LLC: $9.99 a month for the first, $9.99 for each additional one, capped at $400.

[Published prices compared](https://www.proppely.com/compare)

## How much does it cost to collect rent online?

Bank transfers (ACH) usually cost $1 to $2.50 per payment, and card payments usually cost about 3% to 3.5%. Free plans tend to carry the higher ACH fees, and paid plans often lower or waive them.

Proppely charges $2.35 flat per ACH payment. Residents pay it by default, and you can choose to absorb it. Card payments, from U.S. Visa and Mastercard, are 3.5% + 30¢; cards are optional for each business and subject to approval by our payments partner. With Proppely Payments, paying vendors or moving money to your own bank by standard ACH carries no Proppely fee.

[Proppely pricing](https://www.proppely.com/pricing) · [Fees by product](https://www.proppely.com/compare)

## What does free property management software really cost?

Free landlord software earns its money elsewhere: tenant payment fees, screening fees paid by applicants, and paid upgrades that unlock features or waive fees.

Proppely’s free workspace does not process payments, so there is no payment fee inside it. Once you set up online payments, the costs are the membership ($9.99 a month, plus $9.99 for each additional payments account, capped at $400), the published ACH and card fees, $15 for each returned ACH payment, 1.5% (minimum $1, maximum $10) if you choose instant payouts, and a per-report fee if you order tenant screening. AI use past the monthly allowance and optional extras, like phone numbers and mailed checks, are priced on the pricing page.

[Proppely pricing](https://www.proppely.com/pricing)

## Is there property management software with an AI assistant?

Yes. AppFolio has Realm-X, Buildium has Lumina AI, and DoorLoop advertises an AI assistant.

Proppely is built around one assistant that can look up records and make changes you confirm: leases, balances, maintenance, vendors and reports. It works in the web app, the desktop app, and over WhatsApp and Telegram. Every workspace, including free ones, includes $5 of AI usage a month with a daily message limit.

Any money action the assistant proposes waits for a person to approve it, and it never takes rent payments.

[Property management software with AI](https://www.proppely.com/property-management-software-with-ai) · [How Proppely works with AI agents](https://www.proppely.com/agents)

## Can I connect property management software to Claude or other AI apps?

Yes. Proppely publishes a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server with OAuth sign-in, setup guides for Claude, OpenAI Codex and Cursor, and an OpenClaw skill on ClawHub. The AI app you already use can then work with your Proppely data within your permissions. AppFolio has also announced a connector between its Realm-X AI and Claude.

Protected actions, like anything that moves money, create a proposal that a person approves in Proppely. A vendor payout proposed by an AI app needs two different people on your team to approve it.

[Proppely MCP server](https://www.proppely.com/mcp) · [Setup guide for agents](https://www.proppely.com/agents)

## What are good AppFolio alternatives for smaller portfolios?

AppFolio’s pricing page shows no prices on its plan cards and asks you to get a quote. It says a minimum spend applies to every plan and a 50-unit minimum applies to Core, so a portfolio under 50 units falls below that minimum.

Alternatives with published prices include Buildium (Essential from $62 a month), DoorLoop (Starter at $69 a month billed yearly, up to 10 units), Rentec Direct (Starter at $25 a month, up to 10 properties) and TenantCloud (Starter at $15 a month billed yearly).

Proppely has no unit minimum and publishes its price: free until you set up online payments, then $9.99 a month per payments account. A large management company may still be better served by AppFolio’s mature platform.

[AppFolio alternatives](https://www.proppely.com/appfolio-alternatives) · [Buildium alternatives](https://www.proppely.com/buildium-alternatives)

## How hard is it to switch property management software?

Most of the work is moving tenants, leases and balances. Before you cancel, export everything your current software offers as spreadsheets and PDFs.

Proppely imports spreadsheets and reads your existing lease PDFs to pre-fill lease terms. In the web and mobile apps you check and correct those terms before the lease is created. Workspaces are set up with our team on a short call, so bring your export to it.

[Proppely’s free workspace](https://www.proppely.com/free-property-management-software)

## Can tenants pay rent through a chatbot or AI assistant?

Not on Proppely. Residents pay rent in the resident portal, through a payment form hosted by our payments provider.

The assistant can record a cash or check payment you already collected, and any money action it suggests waits for a person on your team to approve it.

## Cheapest property management software, compared

Full page: https://www.proppely.com/cheapest-property-management-software

- Several products cost $0 a month. What separates them is what the free plan leaves out and what tenants pay on each online payment.
- Proppely is free with unlimited units, including the accounting ledger, owner statements, leases, e-signatures and maintenance. Online payments are $9.99 a month per payments account (usually one per LLC), capped at $400, never per unit.
- Innago, TurboTenant and Avail are also free and include online rent collection, with tenants paying $2 to $2.50 per bank transfer.

- **Proppely** (Free with unlimited units. $9.99/month per payments account once you set up online payments, capped at $400). Best for: Books, owner statements, leases and e-signatures free, with no unit limit. The free workspace includes a double-entry ledger, owner statements, e-signatures, maintenance and the tenant portal with no unit cap. When you set up online payments, the price depends on payments accounts, not units.
- **Innago** (Free; no paid plan). Best for: Online rent collection with no subscription at all. Innago has no paid plan. Tenants pay a $2 ACH fee unless you absorb it, and bookkeeping is income and expense tracking with financial reports.
- **TurboTenant** (Essentials, starting at $12.42/month billed yearly ($149/year for 1–10 units)). Best for: Free online rent collection with tenant screening. The free plan collects rent online, with renters paying a $2 ACH fee. Paid plans are billed yearly by unit count.
- **Avail** (Free; paid plan $9 per unit/month). Best for: Free online rent collection and state-specific leases with unlimited units. Free for unlimited units, with tenants paying $2.50 per bank transfer. The paid plan is $9 per unit per month and waives that fee.
- **Stessa** (Manage, $15/month billed monthly or $12/month billed annually). Best for: Investors focused on bookkeeping and tax reports. The free plan includes bank feeds, a tenant ledger and rent collection. Lease templates and e-signatures start on paid plans.
- **RentRedi** ($29.95/month billed monthly, or $12/month billed annually). Best for: A low price if you pay a year up front. No free plan. $12/month billed annually, or $29.95 billed monthly, with a $1 tenant ACH fee.
- **TenantCloud** (Starter, $15/month billed yearly). Best for: A low yearly price for up to 10 leases. No free plan. Starter is $15/month billed yearly ($180 a year) and allows 10 leases.

## Property management software for small landlords

Full page: https://www.proppely.com/best-property-management-software-for-small-landlords

- Pick by how you want to get paid and how much bookkeeping you need.
- If you want books, leases, e-signatures and maintenance in one place, Proppely is free with no unit limit, and online payments are $9.99 a month for one LLC.
- If you only need tenants to pay online with no subscription, Innago, TurboTenant and Avail do that for $0, with tenants paying a per-payment fee.

- **Proppely** (Free with unlimited units. $9.99/month per payments account once you set up online payments, capped at $400). Best for: Small landlords who want books, leases and maintenance in one place. A double-entry ledger, owner statements, e-signatures, maintenance with vendors and work orders, and a tenant portal, free. An AI assistant can look up records and make changes you confirm, from the web app, the desktop app, WhatsApp or Telegram.
- **TurboTenant** (Essentials, starting at $12.42/month billed yearly ($149/year for 1–10 units)). Best for: Finding and screening tenants. The free plan covers rent collection and screening, with renters paying a $2 ACH fee. Accounting and e-signatures are listed on paid plans.
- **Innago** (Free; no paid plan). Best for: Online rent with no subscription. Free with no paid plan; Innago says tenant fees for online payments and screening reports pay for it.
- **Avail** (Free; paid plan $9 per unit/month). Best for: State-specific leases with e-signing on a free plan. The free plan includes online rent collection and state leases with e-signing. The paid plan is $9 per unit per month and waives tenant ACH fees.
- **Landlord Studio** (Pro, $12/month billed annually, with a per-unit charge above 3 units). Best for: Three units or fewer. The Go plan is free for up to 3 units and includes online rent collection; Pro charges for each unit above that.
- **RentRedi** ($29.95/month billed monthly, or $12/month billed annually). Best for: Paying yearly for a mobile-first app. No free plan; $12/month billed annually. RentRedi describes itself as mobile-first, with landlord and tenant apps.

## Property management software for multiple LLCs

Full page: https://www.proppely.com/property-management-software-for-multiple-llcs

- Look for software that sends each LLC’s rent to that LLC’s own bank account, from one login.
- Proppely supports unlimited LLCs in one workspace. Each LLC can have its own Proppely Payments account and payout bank, and rent paid online goes to the LLC you assign each property or unit to.
- Managing LLCs is free. Setting up online payments starts the $9.99 membership, which includes one payments account; each additional one adds $9.99 to your monthly charge once its setup has started, and the total stops at $400.

- **Proppely** (Free until you set up online payments; $9.99/month per payments account, capped at $400). Best for: Owners running several LLCs from one login. Unlimited entities and team members in one workspace. Each LLC can have its own payments account and payout bank, and rent routes by the property or unit you assign to it. Reports and owner statements run per property or across the whole portfolio.
- **Baselane** (Smart, $20/month on an annual plan). Best for: Bookkeeping by entity on a free plan. Core lists bookkeeping by entity and property-specific bank accounts at $0, with the ACH fee waived for deposits into a Baselane account.
- **Buildium** (Essential, starting at $62/month). Best for: Management companies that keep books for many owners. Built for property management companies. Essential starts at $62 a month.
- **AppFolio** (Quote required). Best for: Large management companies. Quote-based, with a minimum spend and a 50-unit minimum on Core.

## AppFolio alternatives

Full page: https://www.proppely.com/appfolio-alternatives

- AppFolio’s pricing page shows no prices on its plan cards and asks you to get a quote. It says a minimum spend applies to every plan and a 50-unit minimum applies to Core.
- Proppely has no unit minimum and publishes its price: free with unlimited units, then $9.99 a month per payments account once you set up online payments.
- Other alternatives with published prices include Buildium, DoorLoop, Rentec Direct and TenantCloud.

- **Proppely** (Free with unlimited units. $9.99/month per payments account once you set up online payments, capped at $400). Best for: Leaving AppFolio’s minimums while keeping a general ledger, owner statements and an AI assistant. No unit minimum, published pricing, a double-entry ledger and owner statements, and an AI assistant in every workspace that you can also reach from Claude over MCP.
- **Buildium** (Essential, starting at $62/month). Best for: Management companies that want an established platform. Essential starts at $62 a month. Incoming EFT is $2.35 on Essential and $1.35 on Growth.
- **DoorLoop** (Starter, $69/month billed yearly or $99/month billed monthly, plus an onboarding fee based on portfolio size). Best for: Growing portfolios that are fine with tiers. Starter is $69/month billed yearly for up to 10 units, plus an onboarding fee based on portfolio size.
- **Rentec Direct** (Starter, $25/month flat). Best for: A flat price for up to 10 properties. Starter is $25 a month; Pro is $2 per unit with a $50 monthly minimum.
- **TenantCloud** (Starter, $15/month billed yearly). Best for: A low yearly price for up to 10 leases. Starter is $15/month billed yearly ($180 a year), with 10 leases.
- **RentRedi** ($29.95/month billed monthly, or $12/month billed annually). Best for: Unlimited units on one plan. $12/month billed annually or $29.95 monthly.

## Buildium alternatives

Full page: https://www.proppely.com/buildium-alternatives

- Buildium Essential starts at $62 a month, and its trial is 14 days.
- Proppely is free with unlimited units, including the ledger, owner statements and e-signatures, and $9.99 a month per payments account once you set up online payments. Its $2.35 ACH fee matches Buildium Essential’s incoming EFT fee.
- Buildium’s higher plans list lower incoming EFT fees, so compare payment fees as well as the subscription.

- **Proppely** (Free with unlimited units. $9.99/month per payments account once you set up online payments, capped at $400). Best for: A double-entry ledger, owner statements and leases for $0, without Buildium’s $62 starting price. Ledger, owner statements, e-signatures, maintenance and a tenant portal are free with unlimited units. An AI assistant is included, and you can connect Proppely to Claude over MCP.
- **DoorLoop** (Starter, $69/month billed yearly or $99/month billed monthly, plus an onboarding fee based on portfolio size). Best for: Portfolios that want a tiered platform. Starter is $69/month billed yearly for up to 10 units, plus an onboarding fee based on portfolio size. Starter charges $3 per e-signature document.
- **Rentec Direct** (Starter, $25/month flat). Best for: Landlords who want ledger accounting at a flat price. Starter is $25 a month for up to 10 properties and 10 tenants.
- **TenantCloud** (Starter, $15/month billed yearly). Best for: A low yearly price for up to 10 leases. Starter is $15/month billed yearly ($180 a year), with 10 leases.
- **RentRedi** ($29.95/month billed monthly, or $12/month billed annually). Best for: Unlimited units on one plan. $12/month billed annually or $29.95 monthly.
- **Stessa** (Manage, $15/month billed monthly or $12/month billed annually). Best for: Investors who mainly need bookkeeping. Free plan with bank feeds and a tenant ledger; Manage is $15 a month billed monthly.

## Property management software with AI

Full page: https://www.proppely.com/property-management-software-with-ai

- Many property management platforms now include AI features. AppFolio has Realm-X, Buildium has Lumina AI, and DoorLoop advertises an AI assistant.
- Proppely is built around one assistant that can look up records and make changes you confirm, from the web app, the desktop app, WhatsApp or Telegram. Every workspace gets a monthly AI allowance, including free ones.
- Proppely also publishes a remote MCP server with OAuth sign-in, so Claude, OpenAI Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients can work with your Proppely data, within your permissions. AppFolio has announced a connector between Realm-X and Claude.

- **Proppely** (Free with unlimited units. $9.99/month per payments account once you set up online payments, capped at $400). Best for: Working with your portfolio through an assistant, including from Claude. The assistant can find tenants, balances, leases and work orders, draft replies and propose changes. Anything it proposes that moves money needs a person’s approval, and a vendor payout it proposes needs two different people to approve it.
- **AppFolio** (Quote required; 50-unit minimum on Core). Best for: Large management companies already on AppFolio. AppFolio’s Realm-X assistant is included on its Core plan, Realm-X Flows is on its higher plans, and AppFolio has announced a connector between Realm-X and Claude.
- **Buildium** (Essential from $62/month). Best for: Management companies already on Buildium. Buildium offers Lumina AI across billing, communications, leasing, maintenance and reporting, on select plans.

## Baselane alternatives

Full page: https://www.proppely.com/baselane-alternatives

- Check your own account first. Baselane’s help center says lease creation and e-signature were sunset for new users on July 31, 2026, so an existing account may still have them.
- There are two ways to go, and they are not a ranking. Replace the whole thing with a free product that does leases and rent collection, or keep Baselane for banking and fill the leasing hole beside it.
- Avail’s free plan is the closest single replacement: state-specific leases with e-signing and online rent collection, no unit limit, tenants paying $2.50 per bank transfer. Proppely’s free workspace creates leases and collects e-signatures with no monthly limit, but does not collect rent online.

- **Avail** (Free; paid plan $9 per unit/month). Best for: Replacing Baselane outright, free. The free plan includes state-specific leases with e-signing and online rent collection with no unit limit, with tenants paying $2.50 per bank transfer. Unlimited Plus waives that fee at $9 per unit per month.
- **Proppely** (Free with unlimited units. $9.99/month per payments account once you set up online payments, capped at $400). Best for: Keeping Baselane for banking and adding leases beside it. Leases and e-signatures with no monthly limit on the free workspace, on unlimited properties and units, alongside a posted double-entry ledger and owner statements. It does not collect rent online on the free plan, and it is not a bank account: online payments are $9.99 a month per payments account, plus $2.35 flat per ACH payment.
- **Stessa** (Free; Manage $15/month). Best for: Staying closest to Baselane’s bookkeeping-and-banking shape. Essentials is free with bank feeds, a tenant ledger and online rent collection. Lease templates start on Manage at $15/month, which includes one e-signature a month.
- **Innago** (Free; no paid plan). Best for: Free leases and online rent with no subscription at all. Innago is free with no paid plan and collects rent online, with tenants paying a $2 ACH fee unless you absorb it.

## Landlord Studio alternatives

Full page: https://www.proppely.com/landlord-studio-alternatives

- Landlord Studio’s free Go plan covers up to 3 units. Pro is $12/month billed annually and adds a charge for each unit above three, so the bill grows as you buy.
- If you want to stay free and keep online rent collection, Innago, TurboTenant and Avail all do that with no unit cap, with residents paying $2 to $2.50 per bank transfer.
- If you want books, leases and maintenance free with no unit cap and do not mind paying separately for the payment rail, Proppely’s free workspace has no unit limit and its price never moves with unit count.

- **Innago** (Free; no paid plan). Best for: Staying free past 3 units with online rent collection. Free with no paid plan at all, no unit cap, and online rent collection with a $2 tenant ACH fee unless you absorb it.
- **Avail** (Free; paid plan $9 per unit/month). Best for: Free leases with e-signing and rent collection, no unit cap. The free Unlimited plan has no unit limit and includes state-specific leases with e-signing and online rent collection, with tenants paying $2.50 per bank transfer.
- **Proppely** (Free with unlimited units. $9.99/month per payments account once you set up online payments, capped at $400). Best for: Growing past 3 units without the price following the unit count. The free workspace has no unit limit and includes the accounting ledger, owner statements, leases, e-signatures, maintenance and the tenant portal. Online payments are $9.99 a month per payments account, usually one per LLC, capped at $400 — never per unit. It does not collect rent online on the free plan.
- **TurboTenant** (Essentials, starting at $12.42/month billed yearly ($149/year for 1–10 units)). Best for: Finding and screening tenants while staying free. The free plan collects rent online with a $2 renter ACH fee. Paid plans are billed yearly by unit band.
- **RentRedi** ($29.95/month billed monthly, or $12/month billed annually). Best for: One flat price for unlimited units. One subscription covering unlimited units rather than a per-unit charge, which is the other way to stop the bill growing.

## Published prices (checked September 15, 2026)

| Software | Free plan | Lowest paid plan | Unit limits | ACH rent fee | Card rent fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proppely | Yes. Free workspace, $0/month. Online payments (rent collection, vendor payments, screening) are not included. | $9.99/month per payments account, once you set up online payments | None, free or paid | $2.35 flat, paid by the resident by default; you can absorb it | 3.5% + 30¢, U.S. Visa and Mastercard, optional per business and subject to approval | [Proppely pricing](https://www.proppely.com/pricing) |
| TurboTenant | Yes. Free plan, $0/month, includes online rent collection. | Essentials, starting at $12.42/month billed yearly ($149/year for 1–10 units) | None on the free plan; paid plans priced by unit count | $2 on the free plan, paid by the renter | 3.49%, paid by the renter | [TurboTenant pricing](https://www.turbotenant.com/pricing/) |
| Innago | Yes. Free, with no paid plan. Includes online rent collection. | No paid plan | None | $2, paid by the tenant unless the landlord absorbs it | 2.99% | [Innago pricing](https://innago.com/pricing/), [Innago FAQ](https://innago.com/faq/), [Innago expense reporting](https://innago.com/expense-reporting/) |
| Avail | Yes. Unlimited plan, $0/unit, includes online rent collection and state-specific leases with e-signing. | Unlimited Plus, $9 per unit per month | None | $2.50 per transfer on the free plan, paid by the tenant; $0 on Unlimited Plus | 3.5% | [Avail pricing](https://www.avail.com/pricing) |
| Baselane | Yes. Core plan, $0/month, includes a transaction ledger, bookkeeping by entity and online rent collection. | Smart, $20/month on an annual plan | None stated | $2–$5 per its fee table; waived for deposits into a Baselane account | 3.49%, paid by the tenant | [Baselane pricing](https://www.baselane.com/pricing), [Baselane lease agreements help](https://support.baselane.com/hc/en-us/articles/35743092323227-How-to-Create-Upload-and-E-Sign-Lease-Agreements-on-Baselane) |
| Stessa | Yes. Essentials, free, includes bank feeds, a tenant ledger, maintenance tracking and online rent collection. | Manage, $15/month billed monthly or $12/month billed annually | Unlimited properties on all plans | $2 to an external bank, paid by the tenant; $0 into a Stessa account | 3% | [Stessa pricing](https://www.stessa.com/pricing/), [Stessa fee FAQ](https://support.stessa.com/en/articles/12092570-stessa-rent-payment-convenience-fee-faqs) |
| Landlord Studio | Yes. Go plan, free for up to 3 units, includes online rent collection. | Pro, $12/month billed annually, with a per-unit charge above 3 units | 3 units on the free plan | $2.50 per transaction, paid by the landlord by default, per its help center | 3.49%, paid by the tenant, per its help center | [Landlord Studio pricing](https://www.landlordstudio.com/pricing), [Landlord Studio rent collection FAQ](https://help.landlordstudio.com/en/articles/4770520-online-rent-collection-faqs), [Landlord Studio card payments (help center)](https://help.landlordstudio.com/en/articles/11392037-how-to-set-up-online-rent-collection-stripe) |
| TenantCloud | No. 14-day trial. | Starter, $15/month billed yearly | Unlimited properties and units; Starter allows 10 leases | $1.95 on Starter, paid by the tenant | 3.5% + $0.30 | [TenantCloud pricing](https://www.tenantcloud.com/pricing), [TenantCloud card fee](https://support.tenantcloud.com/en/articles/11931789-how-can-i-pay-rent-with-a-credit-or-debit-card) |
| RentRedi | No. 30-day money-back guarantee. | $29.95/month billed monthly, or $12/month billed annually | Unlimited properties, tenants and teammates | $1.00, charged to the tenant by default | 3.1% + $0.30 | [RentRedi pricing](https://rentredi.com/pricing/), [RentRedi convenience fees](https://help.rentredi.com/en/articles/4474091-convenience-fees-for-rent-payments) |
| DoorLoop | No. | Starter, $69/month billed yearly or $99/month billed monthly, plus an onboarding fee based on portfolio size | Starter: up to 10 units | $2.49 on Starter, charged to the tenant | 3.25%, paid by the tenant | [DoorLoop pricing](https://www.doorloop.com/pricing) |
| Buildium | No. 14-day trial. | Essential, starting at $62/month | Not stated | $2.35 per incoming EFT on Essential | 2.99% on every plan | [Buildium pricing](https://www.buildium.com/pricing/) |
| AppFolio | No. | Not shown on its plan cards. Quote required; minimum spend applies. | 50-unit minimum on Core | Not published | Not published | [AppFolio pricing](https://www.appfolio.com/pricing) |
| Rentec Direct | No. Two-week trial. | Starter, $25/month flat | Starter: up to 10 properties and tenants | $2.00 on Starter | 3.50% on Starter | [Rentec Direct pricing](https://www.rentecdirect.com/pricing), [Rentec Direct pricing transparency](https://www.rentecdirect.com/pricing-transparency) |

Vendors change pricing. The linked vendor page is the authority, not this table.