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DoorLoop
Cloud property management with double entry accounting, priced per unit above a monthly minimum
As of 31 August 2026, DoorLoop's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. A property management platform covering residential, commercial, HOA and student housing, with full accounting, tenant and owner portals and built-in rent collection. Softwr lists it under Real Estate. DoorLoop is available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What DoorLoop does
DoorLoop is a browser-based property management system built around a double entry general ledger. It handles trust and operating accounts, owner draws and statements, 1099 preparation, listing syndication to the rental portals, online applications and screening, e-signature, maintenance requests and work orders, and rent collection through its own payments rail. Tenants and owners each get a portal, and the mobile applications cover the field side of maintenance and inspections. The part that changes the arithmetic is the pricing structure. Like most of this market, DoorLoop charges per unit per month but enforces a monthly minimum, so the effective cost per unit for a small portfolio is several times the headline rate. Alongside the subscription, payment processing is a second revenue line for the vendor: card payments carry a percentage fee, ACH terms vary by plan, and the spread on money moving through the platform is part of the business model rather than a convenience feature. That is why rent collection is pushed hard during onboarding. First term pricing is also heavily discounted, so renewal is a step up rather than a flat line. The buyers are third-party managers with roughly fifty to a few thousand units, and larger self-managing landlords replacing spreadsheets or an ageing desktop system. The trade-off sits at both ends. Below the minimum unit count you are subsidising a plan you do not fill, and at the top end the commercial side is thin: CAM reconciliation, percentage rent and complex escalation schedules are not at the level a mixed or institutional portfolio needs.
What people use it for
- A third-party manager with 100 to 500 residential units moving off spreadsheets and a desktop accounting package
- A landlord who self-manages several small multifamily buildings and wants owners, tenants and the ledger in one place
- A manager who needs trust accounting that survives a state audit without maintaining a separate bookkeeping system
- An operator consolidating rent collection onto one rail so that arrears reporting is accurate on the day rather than a week later
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about DoorLoop.
- Pricing is per unit against a monthly minimum, so a 20 unit portfolio pays the same as one two or three times the size and the real cost per unit lands far above the advertised figure.
- Payment processing margin is part of how the vendor earns, so the subscription understates total cost: card fees are usually passed to residents, ACH terms differ by plan, and the spread is not negotiable at small volumes.
- First term pricing is discounted aggressively, which means the renewal quote is materially higher than the number that won the deal, and the deeper discounts are attached to multi-year commitments.
- Commercial lease administration is shallow: CAM reconciliation, percentage rent and complex escalation schedules are not handled at the level a mixed commercial and residential portfolio requires.
- The vendor is younger than Buildium, AppFolio or Yardi, so the third-party integration catalogue and the pool of consultants who can migrate legacy data are both much smaller.
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of DoorLoop
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AppFolio: Better once the portfolio is large enough to absorb a high monthly minimum, with stronger leasing automation
- DoorLoopvsRent Manager
Rent Manager: More configurable and much stronger on mixed commercial and residential portfolios
Pricing
What DoorLoop costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Starter
On request
- Charged per unit against a monthly minimum
- Accounting, rent collection and tenant portal
- Standard reporting
- Support during business hours
Pro
On request
- Charged per unit against a higher monthly minimum
- Owner portal and owner statements
- QuickBooks sync
- Custom fields and saved reports
Premium
On request
- Charged per unit against the highest monthly minimum
- Dedicated onboarding and priority support
- API access
- Advanced reporting
Capabilities
Features
Double entry accounting
Trust and operating ledgers, owner draws, statements and 1099 preparation
Tenant and owner portals
Separate logins for rent payment, documents, statements and maintenance requests
Rent collection
ACH and card payments taken in the portal, with automatic posting to the ledger
Listing syndication
Vacancies pushed to the major rental portals with applications routed back in
Maintenance and work orders
Requests from tenants converted into assigned jobs with vendor tracking and photos
Tenant screening
Credit, criminal and eviction reports ordered inside the application workflow
E-signature
Leases and renewals sent and countersigned without a separate signing subscription
Reporting
Standard owner, portfolio and tax reports with saved filters
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
What does it actually cost for a 20 unit portfolio?
You pay the monthly minimum, not 20 times the per unit rate, so the effective cost per unit is several times the headline. Ask for the minimum in writing before you discuss the per unit figure.
Does DoorLoop handle trust accounting?
Yes. The ledger is double entry with separate trust and operating accounts, owner draws and statements, which is what state licensing audits look for.
Who pays the card fee on rent?
Normally the resident. ACH pricing varies by plan and by negotiated volume, and processing is where a meaningful share of the vendor revenue comes from.
Is it suitable for commercial property?
For simple commercial leases yes. For CAM reconciliation, percentage rent or institutional reporting you want Yardi or MRI instead.
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