RealPage Commercial - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 09, 2022

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RealPage Commercial vs. Alternatives in 2023

RealPage Commercial competes with other property management systems like ResMan, AppFolio, and Buildium. We will compare these Property Management systems in some specific aspects below.

• Functionality: RealPage Commercial offers features like Property management and accounting, Lease Administration, Area Maintenance, Tenant Portal, etc. When compared to its alternatives, Buildium and RealPage Commercial share similar features like accounting, leasing, community association management, etc. ResMan offers similar features like accounting, reporting, property maintenance, lead management, etc. AppFolio offers features like Communication & services and staffing & training (which is lacking in RealPage Commercial) and offers every feature in RealPage. AppFolio does not offer Tenant Portal.
• Customers/Industries: RealPage Commercial targets clients in specialties like accounting and professional services groups, property management companies, owners, property managers, real estate agents, developers, REITs, and general partners. When compared to its alternatives, AppFolio targets clients and property managers in a residential, community association, and commercial. ResMan targets clients in specialties like Property management & accounting and property marketing and maintenance. Buildium targets Property managers with portfolios in community associations, student housing, and residential properties.
• Cost: Industry experts cost-rated this property management software as 2.3/5 (where 1-2 is low-cost and 4-5 is high-cost), which means it is low-cost property management software amongst its alternatives. The license cost for RealPage Commercial starts at $10/month per 10,000 ft2. Buildium starts with the Essential plan at $50/month. AppFolio starts with a Core plan at $1.40 per unit/per month (with a minimum monthly fee of $280). The license cost information for ResMan is unavailable. RealPage does not offer a free trial, but Buildium and AppFolio offer a free trial.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: RealPage commercial and its alternatives are cloud-based.
• Popularity: RealPage commercial (1998) is a private company traded on the NASDAQ with the RP symbol. Builduim (2004) is privately held. AppFolio (2004) is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under APPF. ResMan (2000) is privately held.
• Scalability: RealPage commercial can scale Property managers with portfolios in office and retail asset to industrial asset. AppFolio can accommodate and scale with Property managers with unique portfolios, no matter their market or size, compared to its alternatives.
• Support: RealPage commercial and its alternatives share similar support channels like email/help desk, phone support, and Chat. All the alternatives except RealPage offer FAQs/forums. None of the property management systems offers a 24/7 live rep support channel.