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Alternatives to Hemlane
20 real estate tools sit alongside Hemlane in this directory. Below is what separates each from Hemlane on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Hemlane starts at
- On request
Why people look past Hemlane
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Hemlane entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Hemlane carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 20 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.
Property management software designed with you in mind
- Can be used without paying; Hemlane cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $62/month, where Hemlane does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per property per month plus a per unit charge.
Low-cost property management aimed at self-managing landlords rather than third-party managers
- Sold on a Per month by unit count model rather than Per property per month plus a per unit charge.
- 4 tiers to Hemlane's 3.
Cloud property management with double entry accounting, priced per unit above a monthly minimum
- Sold on a Per unit per month with a monthly minimum model rather than Per property per month plus a per unit charge.
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; Hemlane cannot.
- Sold on a Free core marketplace; paid PRO subscriptions and separate Intelligence data product model rather than Per property per month plus a per unit charge.
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; Hemlane cannot.
- Sold on a Free to search; paid tiers for listing advertisers model rather than Per property per month plus a per unit charge.
Commercial real estate data subscription with strict per-seat licensing, sold on multi-year contracts and enforced through active anti-piracy litigation against password sharing
- Sold on a quote model rather than Per property per month plus a per unit charge.
- 1 tier to Hemlane's 3.
Every Hemlane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlane (this page) | On request | Per property per month plus a per unit charge | 3 | |
| BuildiumThe right product once you manage property for other owners and need trust accounting | Free, then $62/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Hemlane |
| TenantCloudCheaper for a self-managing landlord who does not need any on-the-ground service | On request | Per month by unit count | 4 | vs Hemlane |
| DoorLoopFull double entry accounting and portals if you want software depth rather than a human layer | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 3 | vs Hemlane |
| CREXi | Free | Free core marketplace; paid PRO subscriptions and separate Intelligence data product | 3 | vs Hemlane |
| LoopNet | Free | Free to search; paid tiers for listing advertisers | 3 | vs Hemlane |
| CoStar | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| VTS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| Reonomy | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| BoldTrail | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| Placester | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| Zillow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| ARGUS Enterprise | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| Rentec Direct | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 2 | vs Hemlane |
| Sell.Do | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| MRI Software | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| Yardi Voyager | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| Entrata | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| Rent Manager | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hemlane |
| Propertyware | On request | Per unit per month with a monthly minimum | 3 | vs Hemlane |
| RealPage | On request | Quote | - | vs Hemlane |
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 Hemlane badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Hemlane is most often brought in for a landlord who has moved to another state and needs someone licensed to show the unit and meet contractors, an owner of two or three units who wants leasing handled without paying a full manager a percentage of rent, a property that is hard to fill and needs in-person showings rather than self-guided access, someone who wants to keep control of tenant selection and pricing while outsourcing only the physical work. 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 Hemlane is broadly right and the question is cost, the Hemlane 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.
Hemlane runs on web, ios, android. 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 Hemlane alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Hemlane?
- 20 other real estate tools are listed in this directory, led by Buildium, TenantCloud, DoorLoop, CREXi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Hemlane?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Buildium, CREXi, LoopNet.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Hemlane?
- 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 Hemlane?
- Hemlane is most often brought in for a landlord who has moved to another state and needs someone licensed to show the unit and meet contractors, an owner of two or three units who wants leasing handled without paying a full manager a percentage of rent, a property that is hard to fill and needs in-person showings rather than self-guided access, someone who wants to keep control of tenant selection and pricing while outsourcing only the physical work. 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 Hemlane?
- 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 Hemlane 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 Hemlane against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Hemlane 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, 20 tools beside Hemlane. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.