| PrivateLets | Buildium | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | One landlord, their own properties | Property management companies handling accounting across many client portfolios |
| Pricing model | $89/month flat, one plan | Typically priced per unit, scales with portfolio size |
| Your account | Your own running copy of the app | A seat on a shared multi-tenant platform |
| Getting started | Sign up, get your instance running | Often an onboarding or sales process |
Buildium is a full property management platform, and like most tools in that category it's priced and built around per-unit scale: more doors, more cost, more features aimed at management companies handling owners' portfolios.
A self-managing landlord with a handful of units is paying for a lot of structure they'll never use. Owner portals for owners you don't have. Reporting built for accounting across dozens of client portfolios instead of your own five units.
PrivateLets skips that structure entirely. It's the same job — track properties, tenants, rent, and maintenance — without the layer of software built for a business model that isn't yours.