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BoomTown vs Rent Manager

BoomTown logo

BoomTown

Real Estate

All the Tools, Technology, and Teams for Real Estate Success

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Rent Manager logo

Rent Manager

Real Estate

Property management for mixed portfolios, with on-premises deployment and built-in telephony

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: BoomTown pricing across its four tiers (Launch, Core, Grow, Advance) is not published; the site directs buyers to request a demo or call sales instead of listing a figure for any tier; Rent Manager the interface is dense and dated relative to newer cloud products, so onboarding site staff takes longer and training costs are real.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BoomTown and Rent Manager actually diverge.

Attributes where BoomTown and Rent Manager differ
AttributeBoomTownRent Manager
PlatformsWebWeb, Windows, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Real Estate).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in BoomTown

Nothing recorded that Rent Manager does not also cover.

Only in Rent Manager

  • Mixed portfolio support
  • On-premises or hosted
  • rmVoIP telephony
  • Report writer
  • Open API
  • Owner portals

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

BoomTown

  • Real estate lead pipeline development and managementnot Rent Manager
  • Agent growth through pipeline consistency and opportunity capitalizationnot Rent Manager
  • Broker operations and market management at scalenot Rent Manager
  • Predictive analytics to identify high-value real estate prospectsnot Rent Manager
  • Mobile CRM adoption for on-the-go business management by agentsnot Rent Manager

Rent Manager

  • A regional operator with apartments, retail and self-storage that wants one general ledger across all of themnot BoomTown
  • An organisation whose data policy or insurer requires tenant and financial data to stay on its own serversnot BoomTown
  • A management company running an in-house call centre that wants calls attached to tenant recordsnot BoomTown
  • A third-party manager that needs owner statements and distributions without a bolt-on accounting productnot BoomTown

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

BoomTown

  • Pricing across its four tiers (Launch, Core, Grow, Advance) is not published; the site directs buyers to request a demo or call sales instead of listing a figure for any tier

Rent Manager

  • The interface is dense and dated relative to newer cloud products, so onboarding site staff takes longer and training costs are real.
  • Pricing is quoted with monthly minimums, which makes portfolios under roughly 100 units poor value compared with published per-unit competitors.
  • Useful reporting depends on someone learning the report writer, and firms that never assign that role end up exporting to spreadsheets anyway.
  • Mobile applications lag the desktop experience, so field staff get a narrower feature set than office users.
  • The partner and integration ecosystem is smaller than Yardi or RealPage, so specialist proptech tools more often need custom API work than an off-the-shelf connector.

Pricing, plan by plan

BoomTown

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the BoomTown review.

Rent Manager

On request
  • Rent Manager$undefined/year
    • Quoted on unit count with monthly minimums
    • Express, Basic and Professional tiers gate modules such as API access and work orders
    • On-premises licensing priced differently from the hosted service

Which should you pick?

Choose BoomTown if

Nothing in the data separates BoomTown from Rent Manager on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

BoomTown review

Choose Rent Manager if

  • You need mixed portfolio support.
  • You work on Web, Windows, iOS, Android.
  • You also want on-premises or hosted.
Rent Manager review

Questions people ask

Is BoomTown or Rent Manager better?
Neither clearly leads. BoomTown starts at On request and Rent Manager at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, BoomTown or Rent Manager?
BoomTown starts at On request and Rent Manager at On request.
Does BoomTown or Rent Manager run on more platforms?
BoomTown runs on Web. Rent Manager runs on Web, Windows, iOS, Android.
What is BoomTown best used for?
BoomTown is most often used for real estate lead pipeline development and management, agent growth through pipeline consistency and opportunity capitalization, broker operations and market management at scale, predictive analytics to identify high-value real estate prospects. Of those, real estate lead pipeline development and management and agent growth through pipeline consistency and opportunity capitalization are not what Rent Manager is typically brought in for.
What can BoomTown do that Rent Manager cannot?
Rent Manager covers Mixed portfolio support, On-premises or hosted, rmVoIP telephony, Report writer.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

BoomTown: What does Boomtown cost?

Boomtown offers four service tiers, Launch, Core, Grow, and Advance, that scale with business size from solo agents to enterprise brokers. Specific pricing is not publicly listed; contact sales at (843) 300-3300 or request a demo.

Source
Rent Manager: Can Rent Manager be self-hosted?

Yes. It is one of the few current systems still offered for installation on customer servers as well as hosted.

Rent Manager: Does it handle commercial leases?

Yes, including CAM reconciliation and commercial lease terms, which is why mixed portfolios choose it.

Rent Manager: Who owns the company?

London Computer Systems, privately held and founder-led since 1987, not a private-equity roll-up.

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