Platuni vs Rent Manager
A property manager with 40 units opens Rent Manager's pricing page and finds three bundles named Basic, Plus and Premium, three Get Quote buttons and not a single number. That missing number, and what sits behind it, is where this comparison starts.
Choose Platuni if
Where the product looks mature
- You want a price you can read before talking to anyone: USD $0.99 or CAD $1.39 per unit per month on Starter, with no monthly minimum.
- You want to try the product first. Platuni gives 30 days of Growth with no card, and Rent Manager lists a free demo only.
- You need your city's or province's rules and deadlines tracked for Canadian or US rentals.
Choose Rent Manager if
Where the product looks mature
- You run the books for a large portfolio and want cash and accrual accounting together, AP/AR and electronic bank reconciliation.
- You want more than 450 pre-defined reports and a Report Writer for your own.
- You need 1099s generated and electronically filed from inside the software.
Fit check
Which one fits your portfolio?
Four questions. Your answer highlights the rows below that matter to you.
Based on your answers
Strong fit: Platuni
Rent Manager publishes no prices on its website (Get Quote only). Third-party sites report ~$1/unit on Basic with a $200/mo minimum.
- PlatuniRent Manager publishes no price and asks for a quote, while Platuni Starter would cost USD $49.50 for 50 units with no minimum.
- PlatuniLandlords who manage their own rentals can start on Platuni Starter at a published per-unit price and a 30-day trial. Rent Manager offers a quote and a free demo.
- PlatuniPlatuni Growth tracks rules and deadlines by jurisdiction for Canada and the US. Rent Manager's pages list no rules or deadlines tracker.
What you'd give up with Platuni: trust accounting and 1099 forms (neither is listed), Rent Manager's library of more than 450 reports, its range of AI tools and its 200 integrated providers.
Platuni
Starter: USD $39.60/mo
Growth: USD $59.60/mo
Rent Manager
Quote only
Third-party sites report ~$1.00/unit with a $200/mo minimum (not confirmed by Rent Manager)
Rent Manager publishes no prices on its site. Reported estimates come from third-party review sites, not Rent Manager.
Side by side
Feature by feature
Each row answers one buyer question, with the vendor's own page as the source.
| What you need | PlatuniGrowth plan unless noted | Rent ManagerBundle noted where it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
Price before a sales call Can I know what I'll pay today? | Starter USD $0.99, Growth USD $1.49 per unit per month (CAD $1.39 and $1.99). Source: platuni.com/pricing | Three bundles with Get Quote buttons and no numbers. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
Minimums and limits Is there a monthly minimum or unit cap? | No minimum on Starter. Growth minimum USD $59 or CAD $79. Enterprise is custom-quoted. Source: platuni.com/pricing | Third-party sites report a minimum of about $200 a month, which Rent Manager does not publish. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
| Getting started | ||
Free trial Can I try the software before paying? | •Included 30 days of Growth, no card. No free plan. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Not listed Not listed. Free demo offered. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
Setup and onboarding What does getting set up involve? | •Included No standard setup fee. Enterprise implementation is quoted. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Not listed A customer quote on its pricing page calls the training reasonably priced. No fee is shown. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
| Payments | ||
Online rent payments Can tenants pay online? | •Included Card and bank, Canada and US, at Stripe's rates with no Platuni markup. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Partial Credit card and check payments online through Zego's ePay integration. No fee shown. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
| Leasing | ||
Tenant screening Can I screen applicants inside the tool? | •Per-use fee Charged per report, price not published. Landlord pays by default. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Partial Resident Screening is listed with no detail or price. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
E-signed leases Can I sign leases digitally? | •Included Free and unlimited. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Included Unlimited eSignatures on every bundle. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
Listings and leads Can I push vacancies to listing sites? | •Included A listings workspace with a lead inbox. The rental sites listings reach are not named. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Included Unit and property data can be pushed to major listing sites. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
| Shared living | ||
Per-room leases Can I lease by the room and split bills? | •Included Growth and Enterprise, plus roommate matching and rent split on the student housing page. | •Not listed Not listed on Rent Manager's public pages. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
| Accounting | ||
Accounting and reports What accounting capabilities are included? | •Included Reconciliation and custom reports on Growth and Enterprise. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Included Cash and accrual together, AP and AR, electronic bank reconciliation. Source: rentmanager.com/accounting |
Trust accounting Can I run trust accounting for owners? | •Not listed Not listed on Platuni's public pages. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Partial Not described on its product pages. Its own certification guide covers a trust bank account for owner funds. Source: info.rentmanager.com/hubfs/PDFs/RentManagerCertificationFBMStudyGuide.pdf |
1099 forms Can it generate and e-file 1099s? | •Not listed Not listed on Platuni's public pages. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Included Vendor and owner 1099s, with electronic filing supported. Source: rentmanager.com/accounting |
QuickBooks Does it integrate with QuickBooks? | •Not listed Not available on Platuni. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Not listed Integrations with more than 200 providers are listed as an add-on. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
| Owners | ||
Owner portal Can owners log in and view reserves and distributions? | •Included Growth and Enterprise. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Included Owner Web Access on every bundle. Source: rentmanager.com/owners |
| Accounting | ||
Reporting How many built-in and custom reports are available? | •Included Custom reports on Growth and Enterprise. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Included More than 450 pre-defined reports, a Report Writer and scheduled report batches. Source: rentmanager.com/reporting |
| Compliance | ||
Local rules and deadlines Will it track city or province rules and deadlines? | •Included Growth and Enterprise, Canada and US. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Not listed Not listed on Rent Manager's pages. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
| Platform | ||
AI What built-in AI tools are offered? | •Included Compliance assistant on Growth and Enterprise. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Included Call summaries, writing assistant, AR/AP, voicemail and banking insights, report analysis and script builder, by bundle. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
Open API Can my developer build integrations? | •Partial By contract on Growth and Enterprise. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Partial An API is mentioned. The bundle that includes it is not stated. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
Mobile app Is there a mobile app? | •Included iOS and Android. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Included Tenant app on Basic, rmAppSuite Pro field app on Plus. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
| Operations | ||
Support What support channels are included? | •Included 24/7 in-app help, staffed weekdays 9am to 6pm local time. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Included Live support on every bundle, a dedicated customer success team on Premium. Source: rentmanager.com/pricing |
| Coverage | ||
Canada Does it work for Canadian rentals? | •Included Canada and US. Source: platuni.com/pricing | •Not listed Its pages name no country, and Capterra Canada lists the United States. |
The trade-offs
Where each one comes out ahead
Where Rent Manager is the stronger pick
Rent Manager is built for managers who need depth. It runs cash and accrual accounting side by side, generates and electronically files 1099s, ships more than 450 reports and gives owners a portal for reserves, balances and distributions. Its AI tools stretch across the bundles, and its list of 200 integrated providers is long. Premium adds a dedicated customer success team.
If you run a large portfolio and your team lives in the accounting and reporting screens, that depth may be worth a quote.
Where Platuni is the stronger pick
Platuni lets you read the price and start a trial before anyone calls you. Starter has no minimum, so a landlord with 40 doors pays USD $39.60 a month, and Growth adds reconciliation, custom reports, an owner portal and rules and deadlines tracked by jurisdiction for Canada and the US. Rent Manager's pages list no rules tracker and name no country.
The trade-offs are clear. Platuni lists no trust accounting and no 1099 forms, has no QuickBooks integration, and has no 450-report library. A manager whose month-end depends on those should start with Rent Manager.
Questions
Common questions
Rent Manager publishes no price. Its pricing page shows Basic, Plus and Premium with Get Quote buttons. Third-party sites report about $1.00 per unit on Basic with a $200 monthly minimum, but Rent Manager does not confirm that.
No trial is listed. The site offers a free demo.
Rent Manager's product pages do not describe trust accounting. Its own certification guide for fee-based management covers a trust bank account for owner funds. Ask Rent Manager for a demo of the feature. Platuni does not list trust accounting.
Yes. Its accounting page says you can generate vendor and owner 1099s and that Rent Manager supports electronic filing. Platuni lists no 1099 forms.
Rent Manager's pages name no country. Capterra Canada lists the United States as its available country. Platuni supports screening, rent payments and compliance in Canada and the US.
Platuni publishes its prices and Rent Manager does not, so a direct comparison needs a quote. On the third-party reports of a $200 monthly minimum, a portfolio under about 130 units would likely pay less on either Platuni plan. The plans hold different features.
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