Top Software for Managing Rental Applications

TurboTenant gives landlords a Free plan at $0 a month with no fees or contracts. The Free plan covers listing and marketing, screening applicants, collecting rent online, and maintenance requests. Essentials costs $12.42 a month and adds lease signing online and faster rent collection.

• Pro costs $16.58 a month and adds income verification, fraud detection, and tax-ready reports.
• The application flow is the core of the Free plan.
• Applicants complete an online rental application, and the platform runs credit, criminal, and eviction checks.
• The screening fee is $45 on one renter pricing table and $55 on another, so check the plan that applies to your account before you tell an applicant w

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Avail offers an Unlimited plan at $0 per unit for unlimited units, and an Unlimited Plus plan at $9 per unit per month. The free plan includes listing on 19 sites, application and screening reports, state-specific leases with digital signing, online rent collection, maintenance tracking, and a tenant portal. Unlimited Plus adds FastPay next-day deposits, waived bank transfer fees, custom application questions, and a branded property website.

• Screening uses TransUnion credit reports and background checks, with nationwide criminal history and prior eviction reports.
• The cost can be covered by the tenant, which is the most common arrangement, or by the landlord, and it varies by location and report bundle.
• Tenants cover $2.50 per bank transfer on the free plan, and card payments carry a 3.5 percent fee on both plans.

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Innago is free for landlords, with no monthly fee, no setup fee, and no contract. Its pricing page lists one free tier that covers listings, applications, screening, digital leases, rent collection, maintenance, accounting, and tenant communication, with unlimited units. There are no higher tiers to buy, so every landlord gets the same feature set.

• The cost moves to applicants and tenants in specific places.
• Screening costs $30 to $35 per applicant by default, and the applicant covers that fee.
• Income verification adds $10 to the screening fee.
• A bank transfer costs $2 per transaction, and a credit or debit card payment costs 2.99 percent, with the landlord able to absorb either fee.

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RentRedi charges one flat rate for every feature, with three billing terms. The monthly plan costs $29.95 a month, the 6-month plan costs $20 a month, and the annual plan costs $12 a month billed annually, saving $215.40 a year against monthly billing. Every term includes unlimited properties, tenants, and teammates, plus rent collection, accounting, screening, listings, messaging, maintenance, and support.

• Screening is an extra cost that the applicant covers.
• A standard screening report with credit, criminal, and eviction checks costs $39.99, and screening with income verification costs $49.99.
• Credit reporting costs $5.99 a month.
• RentRedi does not offer a free trial, and you are charged when you subscribe, but every plan includes a 30-day money-back guarantee.

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TenantCloud prices by lease count rather than unit count. Starter costs $25 a month, or $15 a month billed annually at $180 a year, and covers up to 10 leases, with 1 GB of storage. Growth costs $35 a month, or $29.17 a month billed annually, and covers up to 30 leases, with 10 GB of storage.

• Pro costs $60 a month, or $50 a month billed annually, and covers up to 60 leases, with 25 GB of storage.
• Business starts at $100 a month with custom lease limits.
• The application tools include listings, syndication, online applications, and full tenant screenings, with the screening fee covered by the applicant.
• Starter includes online rent payments, maintenance, listings, and e-signatures.

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Buildium now lists three plans on its pricing page. Essential starts at $65 a month and includes basic accounting, maintenance, and leasing, basic communications with an AI assistant, and standard and bulk reporting. Growth starts at $202 a month and adds more customization, enhanced tenant screening, lower-cost e-signatures and bank transfers, and business analytics.

• Premium starts at $420 a month and adds free inspections, free e-signatures, first-year free incoming bank transfers, and Open API access.
• Application tools include listing syndication, prospect and applicant management, custom prospect forms, and rental history verification.
• Screening costs $17 when the landlord covers it, or $35 when the applicant covers it, and enhanced screening on Growth and Premium costs $20.
• E-signatures cost $5 per document on Essential, $1 on Growth, and are included on Premium.

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DoorLoop replaced its old Starter, Pro, and Premium plans with three per-unit plans. DoorLoop One starts at $2.50 per unit per month, with rates as low as $1.50 per unit above 100 units, and includes accounting, leasing, maintenance, payments, showings, owner and tenant portals, a company website, one business number, and an AI Assistant. DoorLoop Connect starts at $4.00 per unit per month and adds a Receptionist Agent that answers tenant texts, calls, and portal messages, plus free incoming bank transfers.

• DoorLoop Multiply starts at $5.00 per unit per month and adds a Maintenance Ops Agent and a Lease Renewal Agent.
• Applications run through a custom link for each property, with screening that covers criminal, credit, and eviction reports at $35 per report.
• Listing syndication covers Zillow, Dwellsy, Trulia, and HotPads.
• Annual billing costs less per unit than monthly billing, and existing customers can keep their current plans and pricing.

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AppFolio lists three plans for residential portfolios. Core starts at $1.49 per unit per month, Plus starts at $3.20 per unit per month, and Max starts at $5.00 per unit per month. Core has a 50-unit minimum and a minimum spend that AppFolio does not publish in dollars, so a 50-unit portfolio costs $74.50 a month at the Core starting rate before that minimum applies.

• Plus adds affordable and student housing tools, advanced budgeting, custom fields, and more accounting automation.
• Max adds a Leasing CRM, Leasing Signals, broader accounting automation, and a dedicated customer success manager.
• The application and leasing flow sits inside a wider platform that covers accounting, maintenance, communication, and resident tools.
• Every plan includes an AI assistant and messaging tools, while Max adds the broadest automation package and read and write API access.

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