Buildium

About Buildium

Buildium is a cloud-based property management software that provides a simple and affordable cloud property management software to enable managers of residential and association properties to take complete control of every aspect of their business, including rent, vacancy, and maintenance cycles.

Buildium provides property managers and real estate agents features for accounting, business operations, lease management, and benefits management. For residential property owners, Buildium can be used to manage rental operations, carry out tenant screening, communicate with tenants, renew contracts, manage electronic leases, and more. From the tenant portal residents can submit a maintenance request, make an online payment, and view updates or messages from landlords.

Other features of the Buildium platform include property accounting management, document storage, property inspection management, renters insurance tracking, rental application management, and more. It can be used by those who manage commercial rentals, associations, student housing, or affordable housing.

Pricing starting from:

US$55.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Key benefits of Buildium

Fill vacancies faster and find better tenants
Collect rent and fees online and on time
Track property and company financials side-by-side
Simplify maintenance and operations
Improve communication with tenants and owners
Grow your portfolio and revenue

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Markets

Canada, United States

Supported Languages

English

Pricing starting from:

US$55.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Features

Total features of Buildium: 90

  • API
  • Accounting Integration
  • Accounting Software
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Background Screening
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Client Portal
  • Commercial Leases
  • Commercial Property Management Software
  • Committee Management
  • Communication Management
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management Software
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Credit Check
  • Customer Database
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Management Software
  • Document Storage
  • Dues Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Templates
  • Event Management Software
  • Expense Tracking
  • Fee Collection
  • File Management
  • Financial Management Software
  • Financial Reporting Software
  • General Ledger
  • Guest Tracking
  • HOA Violation Enforcement
  • Housekeeping Management
  • Inspection Management
  • Insurance Management
  • Late Fee Calculation
  • Lead Management Software
  • Lease Management Software
  • Lease Origination
  • Lease Tracking
  • Maintenance Management Software
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Member Communication
  • Member Communities
  • Member Database
  • Member Directory
  • Member Portal
  • Membership Management Software
  • Mobile Access
  • Occupancy Management
  • Online Payments
  • Owner Portal
  • Parking Management Software
  • Payment Processing Software
  • Portfolio Management
  • Property Database
  • Real Time Notifications
  • Real Time Reporting
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Rent Tracking
  • Rental Property Management Software
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Residential Leases
  • Residential Properties
  • SMS Messaging
  • Self Service Portal
  • Task Management Software
  • Tax Management Software
  • Template Management
  • Tenant Management
  • Tenant Portal
  • Tenant Screening
  • Tenant Tracking
  • Third Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • User Management
  • Vacancy Management
  • Vehicle Management
  • Vendor Management Software
  • Visitor Management Software
  • Website Integration
  • Work Order Management

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.5 /5
(1,996)
Value for Money
4.4/5
Features
4.3/5
Ease of Use
4.3/5
Customer Support Software
4.5/5

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Aaron
Overall rating
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best property management software for the price

Reviewed on 2022-06-29

Reporting is important and Buildium lets you know who owes how much and what bills need to be paid....

Reporting is important and Buildium lets you know who owes how much and what bills need to be paid. It simplifies the bookkeeping aspect and gives accurate accounting if used properly. Really enjoy having a dashboard with all critical information at my fingertips.

Pros

Buildium is packed with features to streamline property management and cashflow. There is no better way to accept tenant payments and pay vendors online with the click of a few buttons. Once we got our tenants and vendors using the payment portal, we drastically reduced time spent on processing paper bills and checks. There are so many ways to automate tasks and save time.

Cons

I'm hoping that the developers add the "Duplicate Invoice" feature in the Bills module. This would save a lot of time when entering several bills at once. Setup is difficult but key to make the software work for you.

Alternatives Considered

Propertyware, QuickBooks Online Advanced and DoorLoop

Reasons for Choosing Buildium

More features and better software for managing 50-100 properties.

Switched From

QuickBooks Desktop Pro

Reasons for Switching to Buildium

Price and familiarity with the product.

Response from RealPage

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for your feedback and excellent suggestion about making duplicate bills! Did you know you can submit suggestions like this directly to our developers? If you haven't already, navigate to the "Suggest a feature" option in the Help & Support menu in your Buildium account.

- Charlie

Keenan
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The Best PM Software Solution

Reviewed on 2021-06-07

We have enlarged our client base with Buildium's features thanks to their focus on speed and...

We have enlarged our client base with Buildium's features thanks to their focus on speed and accuracy with payments, reporting, and accounting ease.

Pros

Online payments are a game-changer.
Owner/tenant/HOA access allows each respective person the ability to view important reports and property status in real-time.
The property database is completely searchable from anywhere on the site.

Cons

The task feature is a bit wanting. It's good for what it is, but dedicated project management or to-do list applications work just as well or better in most cases.

Alternatives Considered

AppFolio Property Manager and Yardi Voyager

Reasons for Choosing Buildium

The dedicated property management features

Reasons for Switching to Buildium

It suited our company the most and its HOA features offered what we were looking for.
Barb
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Program for any Property Management Team.

Reviewed on 2023-11-03

Mostly this has been a positive addition to our overall operations and management of all of the...

Mostly this has been a positive addition to our overall operations and management of all of the properties we look after. Residential , Condos, Trailer Parks and Country Residential.

Pros

The ease of loading properties and Tenants as well as owners.

Cons

Options available in Application. There should be a spot for required bedrooms at the beginning so you aren't looking over all applicants for every property.

Response from RealPage

Thanks for your review, Barb. Rental Applications are customizable, so you can create custom fields and mark them as required so all your applicants need to complete them to submit. Check with our customer care team for assistance on how to do this.

- Charlie

Jackie
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Customer service used to be great.

Reviewed on 2022-09-06

While using the mass email function to send owner reports I've had multiple issues with the system...

While using the mass email function to send owner reports I've had multiple issues with the system not recognizing owner email addresses. I've called customer service and emailed and still have no resolution. The first 1 1/2 I was with Buildium were fantastic. Customer service was helpful and always had the right answer. About a year ago something changed and calls to customer service no longer produce results. I'm considering switching to a new program.

Pros

I like the ease of use, little training is needed to make full use of the system.

Cons

The owner portal isn't as easy to use as expected.

Alternatives Considered

AppFolio Property Manager

Reasons for Choosing Buildium

Simplifyem didn't have all the features needed to efficiently run my business. Their customer service hours were 9 am to 5 pm PST, I'm located in Indiana which is EST and means that their customer service hours are 12 pm to 8 pm.

Switched From

SimplifyEm

Reasons for Switching to Buildium

Buildium offered a better price and the features were adequate.

Response from RealPage

Hi Jackie,

Thank you for your review. We are always working to invest in the software and the people that support it. Stay tuned!

- Charlie W

Jason
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support Software
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Satisfied Customer

Reviewed on 2023-10-24

Very little problems. Little by little I'm using more features. It appears that the company keeps...

Very little problems. Little by little I'm using more features. It appears that the company keeps the program up to date and continually tries to improve.

Pros

Helps me be more organized. Program is easy to use. Produces helpful reports.

Cons

Monthly fee, but you get what you pay for.

Response from RealPage

Thanks, Jason. We do indeed work on updating and improving the software to provide a best in the industry experience, and it's so satisfying to see that recognized in your thoughtful review.

- Charlie

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Buildium FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Buildium.

Buildium offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$55.00/month
  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Plans start at just $55/month.

Buildium has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Buildium supports the following languages:

English

Buildium supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Buildium integrates with the following applications:

Dropbox Sign, Forte, Happy Property, PayNearMe, RevSpring, Tenant Turner, Zillow Rental Manager

Buildium offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support, Chat

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