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Alternatives to Follow Up Boss
24 real estate tools sit alongside Follow Up Boss in this directory. Below is what separates each from Follow Up Boss 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
- 1
- Follow Up Boss starts at
- $69/month
Why people look past Follow Up Boss
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Follow Up Boss entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Follow Up Boss 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.
Run your entire residential portfolio on a single, modern platform
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
All the Tools, Technology, and Teams for Real Estate Success
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
Property management software designed with you in mind
- Can be used without paying; Follow Up Boss cannot.
- Starts $7 a month cheaper, at $62/month.
Boost Your Business with Just One Tool
Priced and rated the same as Follow Up Boss on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
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; Follow Up Boss cannot.
- Sold on a Free core marketplace; paid PRO subscriptions and separate Intelligence data product model rather than subscription.
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; Follow Up Boss cannot.
- Sold on a Free to search; paid tiers for listing advertisers model rather than subscription.
Every Follow Up Boss 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow Up Boss (this page) | $69/month | Subscription | 3 | |
| AppFolioRun your entire residential portfolio on a single, modern platform | On request | Quote | - | vs Follow Up Boss |
| BoomTownAll the Tools, Technology, and Teams for Real Estate Success | On request | Quote | - | vs Follow Up Boss |
| BuildiumProperty management software designed with you in mind | Free, then $62/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| ChimeBoost Your Business with Just One Tool | On request | Subscription | - | vs Follow Up Boss |
| CREXi | Free | Free core marketplace; paid PRO subscriptions and separate Intelligence data product | 3 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| LoopNet | Free | Free to search; paid tiers for listing advertisers | 3 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| CoStar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| VTS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Reonomy | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| BoldTrail | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Placester | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Zillow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| ARGUS Enterprise | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Rentec Direct | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 2 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Hemlane | On request | Per property per month plus a per unit charge | 3 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Sell.Do | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| MRI Software | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Yardi Voyager | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Entrata | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Rent Manager | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| DoorLoop | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 3 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| TenantCloud | On request | Per month by unit count | 4 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| Propertyware | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 3 | vs Follow Up Boss |
| RealPage | On request | Quote | - | vs Follow Up Boss |
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 Follow Up Boss badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Follow Up Boss (1)
Entry price under Follow Up Boss's $69/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Buildium , Free, then $62/month
What you would be giving up
Follow Up Boss is most often brought in for distributing leads automatically across real estate agents, automating follow-up sequences from first contact through closing, coordinating team calling, texting, and email from one crm, tracking lead source performance and agent activity in real-time. 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 Follow Up Boss is broadly right and the question is cost, the Follow Up Boss 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.
Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Follow Up Boss?
- 24 other real estate tools are listed in this directory, led by AppFolio, BoomTown, Buildium, Chime. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Follow Up Boss?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Buildium, CREXi, LoopNet.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Follow Up Boss?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Follow Up Boss's $69/month: Buildium at Free, then $62/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Follow Up Boss?
- 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 Follow Up Boss?
- Follow Up Boss is most often brought in for distributing leads automatically across real estate agents, automating follow-up sequences from first contact through closing, coordinating team calling, texting, and email from one crm, tracking lead source performance and agent activity in real-time. 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 Follow Up Boss?
- 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 Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.