Who Buildium is for
Buildium (a RealPage company) is the long-standing mid-market residential platform, sold in Essential / Growth / Premium tiers with a large menu of paid add-ons.
Buildium covers the mid-market well and prices transparently at the plan level — but many of the pieces you'll actually use (inspections, eSignature, screening, lower EFT rates) sit behind tier upgrades or per-item fees. Ayillo folds those into modules you can see and price yourself.
Buildium (a RealPage company) is the long-standing mid-market residential platform, sold in Essential / Growth / Premium tiers with a large menu of paid add-ons.
Published as Essential from $62/month, Growth from $192/month, Premium from $400/month, with pricing scaling by unit count. Add-on fees include eSignature ($5/doc on Essential, $1 on Growth), tenant screening ($17–$35), incoming EFT ($2.35 on Essential down to $0.60 on Premium) and a $99 bank-account setup fee.
**Choose Buildium:** Your team already runs on Buildium, you manage associations, and continuity matters more than modernizing the operator experience.
**Choose Ayillo:** You'd rather buy modules you can see priced, keep transaction fees predictable, and give residents an app with a real community layer.
Buildium exports rent roll, tenants, leases, GL and vendor lists. Ayillo imports those directly and keeps a reversible export so you're never locked in.
Ayillo also ships reverse migration: a full export of your data in the same shape you gave us, any time. Easy to leave is part of the product.
Ayillo wrote this comparison, and we say so plainly. Every pricing figure comes from the vendor's own published page on the review date, marked as an estimate where the vendor quotes privately. We link to each source so you can check it yourself.
Estimated monthly software cost. Buildium figures come from their published pricing page; Ayillo figures are computed from our public price list — no quote, no minimum, no setup fee.
| Portfolio | Buildium | Ayillo |
|---|---|---|
| 25 units | from ~$62/mo (Essential) | $89/mo |
| 100 units | from ~$192/mo (Growth) | $219/mo |
| 250 units | from ~$400/mo (Premium) | $439/mo |
Estimates only, reviewed 2026-08-15. Vendor pricing changes — confirm on their site before deciding. Ayillo add-on modules are priced separately and shown on /plans.
| Capability | Buildium | Ayillo |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing (no quote required) | Yes — plan pricing published | Yes — full calculator on /plans |
| Monthly minimum | Plan floor: $62/mo | None beyond the $49 workspace |
| Onboarding / setup fee | Onboarding required on Growth/Premium | None |
| Accounting & GL | Full accounting, 1099s, bank reconciliation | Double-entry GL, owner statements, payouts |
| Online rent, autopay, late fees | Included; EFT fees vary by tier | Included |
| Maintenance & vendor portal | Work orders, inspections (paid on Essential) | Work orders, vendor company portal, bids, invoices |
| Resident app experience | Resident Center — rent, requests, insurance | AyiLiving — rent, repairs, lease, documents, community board |
| Resident-to-resident community board | No | Yes — in-app only, building-scoped |
| Commercial / CAM leases | Association + commercial support | Commercial terms, CAM reconciliation, deal desk |
| Listings marketplace + syndication | Listing syndication network | Native Ayillo marketplace + syndication partners |
| Property websites | Website included | AyiSites included as a module |
| Screening | Screening $17–$35 per report | Optional partner, or keep your own provider |
| Broadcast notices with cost controls | Bulk announcements, no spend ceiling published | Budgets, reach ceiling, approval chain, audit trail |
| Migration in and out | Paid onboarding import; CSV export out | Guided import + reverse migration export, no lock-in |
Compiled from Buildium's public site on 2026-08-15. Written by Ayillo — verify anything that decides your purchase.
General information only, not legal, financial, or tax advice. Confirm current rules with a licensed professional in your jurisdiction.
For some teams, yes. Your team already runs on Buildium, you manage associations, and continuity matters more than modernizing the operator experience. If that's not you, Ayillo is likely the better fit: You'd rather buy modules you can see priced, keep transaction fees predictable, and give residents an app with a real community layer.
Ayillo is $49/month including 5 units, then per-unit pricing that steps down with volume — $89/mo at 25 units, $219/mo at 100 and $439/mo at 250. No minimum, no setup fee, full calculator on the plans page.
Buildium exports rent roll, tenants, leases, GL and vendor lists. Ayillo imports those directly and keeps a reversible export so you're never locked in.
Last reviewed 2026-08-15 against published vendor pricing pages. Software pricing changes; verify before purchase.
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