Pricing
Property management software is cheap because you still do the work. Traditional management charges an expensive base fee before any work gets done, then answers when someone is free while units sit empty and late rent piles up. Rentonomy is the property manager, priced like software.
What traditional management really costs
Traditional managers charge an average of 8.49% of collected rent every month, before a single call is answered or a repair is booked. It is the biggest line on the bill, and it pays for staffing whether or not your property gets any attention that month.
Base management fee for this building, per year
Leasing and repairs cost money with any manager. The base fee is where Rentonomy is different.
Example: one 100-unit building at $1,500 monthly rent and full occupancy. Traditional base fee uses the 8.49% average recurring management fee from the iPropertyManagement survey of 722 branches across 80 metros (last updated 2022). Base management fees only; leasing and repair costs are separate on every model.
What slow response really costs
A manager stretched across hundreds of doors answers when someone is free. That delay costs more than any line item: units sit empty while leads go cold, and late rent turns into an eviction instead of a conversation.
$49per unit, per vacant day
At $1,500 rent, each vacant day costs about $49. Shave just seven vacant days off each of 40 turnovers in a 100-unit building and that is $14K a year.
With RentonomyPenny answers prospects in minutes, day or night, and books the tour herself.
7×more likely to qualify a lead
Businesses that respond to an inquiry within an hour are nearly seven times as likely to qualify the lead as those that wait longer, and more than 60 times as likely as those that wait a day.
With RentonomyNo prospect waits until someone is back at a desk. Every inquiry gets a real answer from the unit record.
$3,500average cost of an eviction
The average eviction costs a landlord about $3,500, and most of that is rent lost while the case drags on. Most late rent is a conversation long before it is a court date.
With RentonomyPenny starts your collections sequence the moment rent is late: reminders, payment options, follow-up, and a clean notice record if it escalates.
Vacancy cost assumes $1,500 monthly rent; the seven-day example is illustrative. Lead response: Oldroyd, McElheran, and Elkington, “The Short Life of Online Sales Leads,” Harvard Business Review (2011), an audit of 2,241 US companies across industries. Eviction cost: TransUnion SmartMove.
Two plans
The software. You do the work.
$0per unit per month
Start freeEverything you need to self-manage in one place
Move to Autonomous whenever you are ready.
The AI property manager. Rentonomy does the work.
$50per unit per month
Request accessEverything in Free, plus
No percentage of rent. Repairs priced per job, approved by you.
How repairs are priced
Penny triages every request before anyone is dispatched, and plenty end with a guided fix that costs nothing. When a job needs someone, Rentonomy quotes one total price based on the work, and nothing is scheduled until you approve it. The approved price includes Rentonomy’s coordination margin over the provider’s cost, so there is nothing added afterward.
A tripped breaker, a jammed disposal, a reset thermostat. Penny walks the resident through it.
Simple, safe work that never needed a licensed shop, at a generalist’s price.
Reserved for the jobs that genuinely require a license. Licensed professionals perform all regulated work.
The comparison
| Compared on | Property management software | Traditional property manager | Rentonomy Autonomous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | |||
| Base fee | Partial: Low subscription, paid for with your time | Weak: About 8.49% of rent, charged before any work | Strong: Flat per unit, about 61% below the average manager |
| Repair pricing | Weak: You find and negotiate every job | Partial: Markup added to the invoice afterward | Strong: One total price you approve before dispatch |
| Speed | |||
| Prospect response | Weak: Whenever you see the message | Partial: When a leasing agent is free | Strong: Within minutes, day or night |
| After-hours requests | Weak: You take the call | Partial: On-call line, depends on staffing | Strong: Answered around the clock |
| Late rent | Partial: Automated reminders, then you follow up | Partial: Depends on the manager’s workload | Strong: Collections sequence starts the day rent is late |
| The work | |||
| Who does it | Weak: You, or staff you hire | Partial: Staff shared across hundreds of doors | Strong: Penny, with vetted local professionals |
| Repair triage | Weak: You diagnose it | Partial: Varies by manager | Strong: Every request, before anyone is sent |
| Proof it’s done | Weak: You go and check | Partial: The manager’s report | Strong: Evidence, cost, and resident confirmation on one record |
| Control | |||
| Your rules and approvals | Strong: Full control, because you do everything | Weak: The manager’s process | Strong: Your policy, enforced on every workflow |
| Scales without headcount | Weak: No, more doors means more of your time | Weak: No, more doors means more staff | Strong: Yes |
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