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Alternatives to AppFolio
24 real estate tools sit alongside AppFolio in this directory. Below is what separates each from AppFolio on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- AppFolio starts at
- On request
Why people look past AppFolio
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the AppFolio entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for AppFolio carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 24 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
All the Tools, Technology, and Teams for Real Estate Success
Priced and rated the same as AppFolio on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Property management software designed with you in mind
- Can be used without paying; AppFolio cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $62/month, where AppFolio does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
Boost Your Business with Just One Tool
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
AI that works for you, like you: personalized, painless, productive
- Publishes an entry price of $69/month, where AppFolio does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
Commercial real estate marketplace with a genuinely free core listing tier, monetised through PRO subscriptions for brokers and a separate Intelligence data product
- Can be used without paying; AppFolio cannot.
- Sold on a Free core marketplace; paid PRO subscriptions and separate Intelligence data product model rather than quote.
Commercial property listing marketplace owned by CoStar, where searching is free and the paid product is advertising exposure for brokers
- Can be used without paying; AppFolio cannot.
- Sold on a Free to search; paid tiers for listing advertisers model rather than quote.
Every AppFolio alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AppFolio (this page) | On request | Quote | - | |
| BoomTownAll the Tools, Technology, and Teams for Real Estate Success | On request | Quote | - | vs AppFolio |
| BuildiumProperty management software designed with you in mind | Free, then $62/month | Subscription | 3 | vs AppFolio |
| ChimeBoost Your Business with Just One Tool | On request | Subscription | - | vs AppFolio |
| Follow Up BossAI that works for you, like you: personalized, painless, productive | $69/month | Subscription | 3 | vs AppFolio |
| CREXi | Free | Free core marketplace; paid PRO subscriptions and separate Intelligence data product | 3 | vs AppFolio |
| LoopNet | Free | Free to search; paid tiers for listing advertisers | 3 | vs AppFolio |
| CoStar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| VTS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| Reonomy | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| BoldTrail | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| Placester | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| Zillow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| ARGUS Enterprise | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| Rentec Direct | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 2 | vs AppFolio |
| Hemlane | On request | Per property per month plus a per unit charge | 3 | vs AppFolio |
| Sell.Do | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| MRI Software | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| Yardi Voyager | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| Entrata | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| Rent Manager | On request | Quote | 1 | vs AppFolio |
| DoorLoop | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 3 | vs AppFolio |
| TenantCloud | On request | Per month by unit count | 4 | vs AppFolio |
| Propertyware | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 3 | vs AppFolio |
| RealPage | On request | Quote | - | vs AppFolio |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the AppFolio badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
AppFolio is most often brought in for managing residential portfolio on single platform, centralizing finances and resident communications, automating work order management across properties, supporting multifamily and single-family rentals. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If AppFolio is broadly right and the question is cost, the AppFolio pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Real Estate category lists everything the directory holds, and best real estate tools ranks them.
AppFolio runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about AppFolio alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to AppFolio?
- 24 other real estate tools are listed in this directory, led by BoomTown, Buildium, Chime, Follow Up Boss. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to AppFolio?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Buildium, CREXi, LoopNet.
- Why do people look for an alternative to AppFolio?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from AppFolio?
- AppFolio is most often brought in for managing residential portfolio on single platform, centralizing finances and resident communications, automating work order management across properties, supporting multifamily and single-family rentals. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to AppFolio?
- None of the real estate tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these AppFolio alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Real Estate, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare AppFolio against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against AppFolio covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every real estate tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Real Estate category, 24 tools beside AppFolio. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.