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Yardi alternative and Yardi competitors compared by cost per unit

Letting is a Yardi alternative for residential property managers with 150 to 1,500 units whose tenants already pay by bank transfer. Instead of a per unit rate, an annual agreement and an implementation project, you pay one flat price per size band: $94 a month billed yearly up to 150 units, $224 up to 500 and $399 up to 1,500, with data migration included on Enterprise and no fee on any rent payment.

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Portfolio3 properties, 7 units
  • Carlton Holdings LtdOwner
    • 14 Carlton Rd2 units
      • Apt 2 J. MarshLet
      • Apt 5 A. NovakLet
    • 9 Birch Close1 unit
      • House L. FraserNotice given
  • Elm St PartnersOwner
    • 220 Elm St4 units
      • Apt 1A D. KimLet
      • Apt 2A Vacant

The short answer

Yardi sells three products at three price levels. Breeze costs $1 per unit with a $100 minimum, Breeze Premier $1 per unit with a $400 minimum, both on an annual agreement, and Voyager is quoted individually, reported at $1.50 to $3.00 per unit plus an implementation that often starts around $25,000. Most managers looking for a Yardi alternative are either outgrowing Breeze or holding a Voyager or Premier quote they think is too big for what they need.

If your work is rent roll, matching payments, arrears, repairs, inspections and owner statements, Letting covers it at a fixed price. If you need tenants to pay inside a portal, affordable housing compliance, commercial CAM or REIT reporting, stay with Yardi or pick one of the larger competitors in the table below.

What Yardi and its competitors cost by unit count

Monthly subscription before payment processing, screening and add ons. Yardi Breeze and Breeze Premier rates are from yardibreeze.com/pricing, checked October 2026. Voyager, AppFolio and Rent Manager do not publish prices, so their rows use publicly reported rates; Buildium publishes starting prices that rise with units, plus fees on incoming tenant payments. Get a written quote at your exact unit count before you decide.

Software150 units300 units500 units1,000 unitsOne time fees
Letting, billed yearly $94 $224 $224 $399 None, migration included on Enterprise
Letting, month to month $189 $449 $449 $798 None
Yardi Breeze $150 $300 $500 $1,000 None published, annual agreement
Yardi Breeze Premier $400 $400 $500 $1,000 None published, annual agreement
Yardi Voyager, reported Rarely sold at this size Quoted $750 to $1,500 $1,500 to $3,000 Implementation reported from about $25,000
AppFolio Core, reported About $224 About $447 About $745 About $1,490 Onboarding fee on quote
Rent Manager Basic, reported $200 $300 $500 $1,000 Implementation about 2x monthly
Buildium Growth or Premium From $192, rises with units Rises with units Rises with units Quote Paid onboarding packages

Where Yardi is still the better choice

Yardi Breeze is one of the cheapest full platforms in the US, and we will not pretend otherwise. On yearly billing Breeze costs less than Letting between about 151 and 223 units, where $1 per unit is still under our $224 Portfolio price. Compared month to month, Breeze is cheaper from about 26 to 450 units, because its published rate assumes an annual agreement and ours does not.

Yardi also does things Letting does not do at all. Breeze collects rent online, screens applicants and lists vacancies through RentCafe. Breeze Premier handles affordable housing compliance and associations. Voyager runs commercial leases with CAM recoveries, investment management and portfolios of tens of thousands of units.

  • Tenants pay rent inside a portal with screening and listings: Yardi Breeze, AppFolio or Buildium
  • HUD, LIHTC or tax credit compliance: Yardi Breeze Premier, Voyager or ResMan
  • Commercial leases with CAM reconciliations: Voyager, MRI Software or Rent Manager
  • More than 1,500 units or institutional investor reporting: Voyager, Entrata or RealPage
  • 150 to 1,500 residential units, tenants paying by ACH, Zelle or check, owner statements every month: Letting
Bank export, September4 of 5 matched
02 Sep MARSH J RENT FLAT 2
Apt 2, 14 Carlton Rd
$1,150Matched
03 Sep NOVAK A
Apt 5, 14 Carlton Rd
$600Partial
05 Sep STO REF 7731
Suggested match Unit 15, 48 Mill Lane
$990Confirm
06 Sep BYRNE RENT
Apt 4, 14 Carlton Rd
$1,095Matched
08 Sep FRASER L 9 BIRCH
House, 9 Birch Close
$1,400Matched

Why property managers look for a Yardi alternative

The reasons are nearly always the same three. First, the price grows with every door. A company that adds 200 units in a year adds $200 to $600 a month to its software bill on Breeze or Voyager, and nothing about the month end work changed. Second, the contract. Breeze and Premier run on annual agreements, and Voyager deals are usually multi year with the discount tied to the term. Third, the implementation. Voyager is a project with consultants, a chart of accounts rebuild and months of parallel running, and smaller teams find themselves paying for modules they never switch on.

Property manager comparing two software price quotes at a desk with a laptop

The other group are managers who started on Breeze, grew past 300 units and were told the next step is Premier or Voyager. For a residential company whose tenants pay by bank transfer, that step adds a $400 floor or an enterprise project to solve problems they do not have.

What Letting replaces in a Yardi setup

Letting covers the part of property management that eats the month for a residential manager. Units, tenants and leases build the rent roll automatically. You import the bank export as CSV from any US bank and each payment matches to a tenant ledger, including part payments, one transfer covering two months and payments from a housing authority. Anything that does not match waits in a short review list.

Detail on each part is on rent roll software, property management accounting software and property inspection software.

  • Rent roll by property, owner or office, with paid, part paid and unpaid status
  • Arrears aged 1 to 30, 31 to 60 and 60+ days, with reminder and late fee rules
  • Maintenance requests with photos, contractor assignment and cost per unit
  • Room by room move-in and move-out inspections on a phone, compared side by side
  • Owner statements as PDF and CSV, emailed on the day you choose, with your management fee deducted
  • Branches, audit log and scheduled report packs on Portfolio; SSO, API and an uptime SLA on Enterprise
September rent roll5 units
UnitDueReceivedStatus
Apt 2, 14 Carlton Rd$1,150$1,150Paid
Apt 4, 14 Carlton Rd$1,095$1,095Paid
Apt 5, 14 Carlton Rd$1,050$600Partial
Unit 12, 48 Mill Lane$980$0Late
Unit 15, 48 Mill Lane$990$990Unmatched

What Letting does not do

Be clear on this before you cancel anything. Letting does not process rent payments, so there is no tenant portal for card or ACH payments; tenants keep paying into your own bank account. It does not screen applicants, syndicate listings or run a resident app. It does not keep a full general ledger with payables and 1099s; your accountant gets income and expense exports that import into QuickBooks, Xero or the ledger you already use. If any of those is the reason you bought Yardi, keep it or move to AppFolio or Buildium instead.

A year on Yardi against a year on Letting

Take a residential company with 420 units for 35 owners, two offices, tenants paying by ACH and a bookkeeper on QuickBooks. On Yardi Breeze that is $5,040 a year on an annual agreement. On Breeze Premier it is the same $5,040, since 420 units clear the $400 floor. A Voyager quote at the reported $1.50 to $3.00 per unit lands at $7,560 to $15,120 a year before an implementation reported from about $25,000. On Letting Portfolio billed yearly it is $2,688 for the year, with branches, unlimited staff, inspections and owner statements included.

Two property managers reviewing owner statements at a shared desk in a bright office

At 1,000 units the gap widens. Breeze is $12,000 a year, Voyager is reported at $18,000 to $36,000 plus implementation, and Letting Enterprise is $4,788 with SSO, API and migration by an onboarding manager.

Yardi competitors and who each one suits

Yardi's real competitors split by size. For small and mid sized residential managers the alternatives are AppFolio, Buildium, Rent Manager, DoorLoop and Rentvine. For enterprise operators they are Entrata, RealPage, MRI Software and ResMan. Each wins a different buyer.

We compare them unit by unit in Rent Manager vs Yardi, AppFolio vs Yardi Breeze and our Yardi pricing breakdown.

  • AppFolio: one app for leasing, payments and accounting, reported at about $1.49 per unit with a 50 unit minimum
  • Buildium: published plans from $62 a month that rise with units, fees on incoming tenant payments
  • Rent Manager: deep reporting for mixed residential and commercial, reported $1 to $2.25 per unit with a $200 to $450 minimum plus implementation
  • Entrata and RealPage: large multifamily operators with leasing, revenue management and resident apps
  • MRI Software: commercial and mixed use portfolios, quoted individually
  • Letting: residential managers whose tenants pay by bank, one flat price per size band

Moving off Yardi without a gap in the books

Run the switch at a month end. Export properties, units, tenants, leases, owners and open balances from Yardi as CSV or Excel, then import them into Letting and set opening balances per tenant and per owner. Import one month of bank transactions, check every match against the rent roll you closed in Yardi, and send the first owner statements from Letting only when both agree. On Enterprise a dedicated onboarding manager does the import for you, office by office. Keep Yardi read only until your annual agreement ends, so the history stays available.

The full steps are on how it works.

  • Export units, tenants, leases and owners from Yardi
  • Import into Letting and set opening balances
  • Reconcile one month of bank CSV against the closed Yardi month
  • Send owner statements from Letting, then let the Yardi agreement lapse
Property manager's desk by a window with a laptop, a key box and a lease folder

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The homepage demo imports a bank export into a sample portfolio, matches payments to tenants, ages arrears and builds owner statements in your browser. No account and no sales call.

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Flat prices instead of per unit billing

Landlord $59 per month up to 25 units, Agency $189 up to 150, Portfolio $449 up to 500 and Enterprise $798 up to 1,500. Yearly billing halves every plan: $29, $94, $224 and $399 a month. No unit minimum, no implementation fee and no fee on rent payments. Compare plans on property management software pricing.

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The best alternative to Yardi depends on which Yardi product you are leaving. Breeze users who want payments in one app usually move to AppFolio or Buildium. Voyager users with large or commercial portfolios look at Entrata, RealPage or MRI Software. Residential managers with 150 to 1,500 units whose tenants pay by bank pick Letting for its flat price.

Yardi's main competitors are AppFolio, Buildium, Rent Manager, Entrata, RealPage, MRI Software, ResMan, DoorLoop and Rentvine. AppFolio, Buildium, Rent Manager and DoorLoop compete with Yardi Breeze for small and mid sized managers. Entrata, RealPage, MRI and ResMan compete with Yardi Voyager for large multifamily, commercial and affordable housing operators.

Yes, at most sizes. Yardi Breeze is $1 per unit with a $100 minimum on an annual agreement, so 500 units cost $500 a month. Letting costs $224 a month billed yearly for up to 500 units and $399 for up to 1,500. Breeze stays cheaper between about 151 and 223 units on yearly billing, and from 26 units if you compare month to month.

Yardi Breeze costs $1 per unit per month for residential properties with a $100 minimum and $2 per unit for commercial with a $200 minimum. Breeze Premier is $1 per unit with a $400 minimum, or $3 for affordable housing. Yardi Voyager is quoted individually and is reported at $1.50 to $3.00 per unit plus implementation.

Yardi Breeze is generally considered easy to learn, and Yardi lists no training fees for it. Yardi Voyager has a steep learning curve because it covers almost every function of a large operator, which is why companies budget for consultants, training and certification. Smaller residential teams often find they use a fraction of Voyager's modules.

Yardi Breeze and Breeze Premier run on annual agreements, and Voyager contracts are usually multi year, so early cancellation depends on the terms you signed. Most managers switch at the end of the term: they move to the new system a month or two before renewal, keep Yardi read only for history and let the agreement lapse.

One price, no implementation project

Import your units, leases and a bank export, and your rent roll, arrears and owner statements are ready the same day. From $94 a month billed yearly, flat up to 1,500 units on Enterprise.

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