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Leaving Buildium? Here is the honest comparison.
Buildium starts at $62 a month, but e-signatures cost $5 a document and every incoming ACH rent payment costs $2.35 on that plan. PropManager is a flat $59 with both included.
Built for independent landlords with 1 to 50 units. Every number below is read from Buildium's own published pricing, and we tell you who should stay.
Buildium vs PropManager, side by side
| Buildium | PropManager | |
|---|---|---|
| Advertised price | $62/mo and up1 | $59/mo flat |
| Billing | Monthly1 | Month to month, cancel anytime |
| E-signatures | $5 per document on Essential, free on Premium1 | Unlimited, included |
| Online rent (ACH) | $2.35 per ACH payment on Essential1 | $0, we absorb the processor fee |
| Setup / onboarding | $99 per business bank account1 | None. Free migration included |
1 Buildium figures as published on https://www.buildium.com/pricing/, verified 2026-07-24.
Verify current pricing on the vendor's site before deciding.
The fine print, from their own pages
- E-signatures cost $5 per document on the Essential plan, and $1 per document on Growth. They are only included on the $400/mo Premium plan. src
- Incoming ACH rent payments cost $2.35 per transaction on Essential and $1.35 on Growth. src
- Setting up a business bank account costs $99 on the Essential plan. src
Your true cost, itemized
Not the sticker price. The bill at your size with what you actually use. Every number is read from Buildium's own pricing page.
Assumes about 2 signature requests a month and one incoming ACH payment per occupied unit per month. Screening is per applicant, so it never changes the monthly total. These per-payment fees are paid by you or passed to your resident; either way, PropManager's are $0.
Buildium · Essential at 10 units
- Essential plan starting at$62
- E-signatures $5 per document × 2$10
- Online rent collection $2.35 per payment × 10 (paid by you or your resident)$23.5
PropManager
- PropManager plan (flat) everything included$59
- E-signatures unlimited, includedincluded
- Online rent (ACH) we absorb the processor feeincluded
$36.5/mostays in your pocket at 10 units. About $438 a year.
At 10 units with what you use, Buildium's Essential plan works out to about $95.5/mo. PropManager is a flat $59, a difference of about $36.5/mo.
Buildium · Essential at 25 units
- Essential plan starting at$62
- E-signatures $5 per document × 2$10
- Online rent collection $2.35 per payment × 25 (paid by you or your resident)$58.75
PropManager
- PropManager plan (flat) everything included$59
- E-signatures unlimited, includedincluded
- Online rent (ACH) we absorb the processor feeincluded
$71.75/mostays in your pocket at 25 units. About $861 a year.
At 25 units with what you use, Buildium's Essential plan works out to about $130.75/mo. PropManager is a flat $59, a difference of about $71.75/mo.
Buildium · Essential at 50 units
- Essential plan starting at$62
- E-signatures $5 per document × 2$10
- Online rent collection $2.35 per payment × 50 (paid by you or your resident)$117.5
PropManager
- PropManager plan (flat) everything included$59
- E-signatures unlimited, includedincluded
- Online rent (ACH) we absorb the processor feeincluded
$130.5/mostays in your pocket at 50 units. About $1,566 a year.
At 50 units with what you use, Buildium's Essential plan works out to about $189.5/mo. PropManager is a flat $59, a difference of about $130.5/mo.
Like your number? Start free and see it in your own account. Or hand us the switch: 15 minutes of your time and we do the rest, free.
Get started or have us migrate you, freeThis is what you get after the free migration
Your own portfolio, live in PropManager: properties, tenants, leases, and ledger history, checked against your old books down to the penny.
The real product, not a mockup. Bank transactions arrive matched to tenants and properties; you confirm with one click.
What PropManager doesn't have yet
The honest gaps against Buildium. If any of these is a dealbreaker, Buildium may be the better fit.
- Built-in tenant screening (Buildium bundles it; PropManager does not offer screening yet).
- Community-association / HOA accounting.
- The breadth of third-party integrations a large management company may rely on.
Who should stay on Buildium
Buildium is a strong fit for professional managers and larger portfolios. It positions its plans by growth stage and offers community-association support and a sales line for portfolios over 5,000 units. If you manage other owners' properties or want that scale of built-in modules, Buildium earns its price.
The people doing your migration
Benjamin Sussman
Co-founder. Chicago landlord. Former Buildium customer.
"I ran our family's rentals on Buildium for years. Every renewal the price went up and the software didn't. My brother's a software engineer, so we built the tool we actually wanted. Now I move other landlords off Buildium myself, personally, for free."
Switching is our job, not yours
- Free done-for-you migration. A $500 job, our treat. You send an export; we do everything else.
- Run both in parallel. Keep your current tool for a month. We refresh the import before you cut over.
- Exit guarantee. Leave anytime and we export everything back out for you, free. Your data is never hostage.
- $59/mo flat, locked for life. We migrate and onboard every landlord ourselves, so we only take a handful of new portfolios each month.
Rather skip the call? Email your Buildium export (or screenshots of your rent roll) to jacob@property-mgmt.net and we send back a tour of your own portfolio within 48 hours.
Fair questions
Do you need my Buildium password?
No. The migration runs off a standard Buildium export, a spreadsheet of properties, tenants, leases, and ledger entries. Nothing in it can touch money.
Will my tenants notice anything during the switch?
No. You keep Buildium running in parallel until you cut over on the 1st. When you switch, we invite your tenants and send the announcement for you.
Is the migration really free?
Yes. We move your whole portfolio for you, a job we would otherwise charge about $500 for. If you do not continue, you keep the checked export and we delete our copy.
Do you need my bank login or account numbers?
No, and you should hang up on anyone who asks. The migration runs entirely off your Buildium export, a spreadsheet of properties, tenants, leases, and ledger entries. If you later want live bank feeds, you connect your bank yourself, inside your own account, through Plaid, the same service your bank's own app uses. We never see your credentials.
Will rent collection break mid-month?
No. Cutover happens on the 1st. Until then you run Buildium in parallel and nothing changes for your tenants.
Who is PropManager not for?
Third-party property managers who manage other owners' properties (trust accounting). PropManager is built for landlords who own what they manage, from 1 to 50 units.