A research comparison, not a performance verdict. The records below retain original plan conditions, metric dates, and source limitations. Choose the platform that demonstrates your required workflow under a documented quote.
AppFolio
AppFolio · Est. 2006
Professional residential and mixed-portfolio property managers
Professional managementWeb + mobile ecosystem
Entry pricingCustom quotePlan, modules & portfolio determine price
OwnershipPublic companyPublic company
Rent Manager
London Computer Systems · Est. 1987
Professional managers needing configurable operations across varied rental portfolios
Professional managementWeb + mobile ecosystem
Entry pricingCustom quotePlan, modules & portfolio determine price
OwnershipPrivate groupPrivate
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AppFolio and Rent Manager should be evaluated against the same portfolio brief and representative operating scenarios. The original research records their product categories, customer descriptions, plan boundaries, and app-role caveats rather than assigning unsupported feature-performance scores.
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Side-by-side source data
| Research field | AppFolio | Rent Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Platform overview | ||
| Corporate group | AppFolio | London Computer Systems |
| Product category | Cloud property-management operating system | Configurable property-management software |
| Founded / approximate age | 2006 · approximately 20 yearsCompany founding year Sources S013 | 1987 · approximately 39 yearsLCS business founded 1987; incorporated 1988 Sources S067 |
| Typical customer | Professional residential and mixed-portfolio property managers | Professional managers needing configurable operations across varied rental portfolios |
| Pricing & fees | ||
| Starting subscription | Custom quotePlan, modules & portfolio determine price · Quote-based Core, Plus and Max plans Sources S019 | Custom quotePlan, modules & portfolio determine price · Quote-based Basic, Plus and Premium packages Sources S070 |
| Plans & billing basis | Current dollar rates not publicly posted; Core, Plus and Max require a sales quote | Current dollar rates not publicly verified; Basic, Plus and Premium require quote |
| Minimums & commitments | Core has a 50-unit minimum and a minimum-spend condition; current dollar minimum not disclosed Sources S019 | Confirm minimums in a written quote Sources S070 |
| Screening charges | No universal screening fee verified Sources S019 | No universal screening fee verified Sources S070 |
| Payment fees | Payments, screening and other value-added services may have separate fees; obtain written quote | Payment, text, phone, website and other services can have separate fees |
| Setup & contracts | Implementation, modules and contract terms require quote review | Mobile/automation inclusions differ by tier; verify migration, user and integration scope |
| Apps & access | ||
| Website / web application | Website: Yes · Web app: Yes | Website: Yes · Web app: Yes |
| iOS app names | AppFolio Property Manager; Online Portal by AppFolio | rmAppSuite Pro |
| Android app names | Online Portal by AppFolio (resident app verified) | rmAppSuite Pro |
| Manager mobile access | AppFolio Property Manager native iOS app verified; browser application; separate resident mobile ecosystem | Web/online management environment plus rmAppSuite Pro |
| Resident web access | Online Portal by AppFolio | Tenant Web Access; rmResident mobile ecosystem |
| Important app caveat | Android availability is directly verified for the resident portal; no unsupported claim of full manager-app feature parity. | Overall iOS/Android availability directly verified through operator app; resident-app store parity not separately asserted. |
| Operating scale | ||
| Customers | Exact reported count 22,751Property-management customers · 2026-06-30 Sources S016, S017, S018 | More than 10,000Property-management companies using Rent Manager · 2026-04-07 (also on current about page) Sources S068, S069, S062 |
| Operational properties | Not disclosedNot publicly disclosed / not verified Sources S016, S017, S018 | Not disclosedNot publicly disclosed / not verified Sources S068, S069, S062 |
| Advertising properties | Not disclosedNot verified as a separate numeric population Sources S016, S017, S018 | Not disclosedNot verified as a separate numeric population Sources S068, S069, S062 |
| Active rental listings | Not disclosedNot verified as a separate numeric population Sources S016, S017, S018 | Not disclosedNot verified as a separate numeric population Sources S068, S069, S062 |
| Units | Approximately 9.6MUnits under management on the property-management platform; not tenants · 2026-06-30 Sources S016, S017, S018 | Approximately 5.75MCore software units supplied by vendor to Propexo · 2026-07-01 Sources S068, S069, S062 |
| Leases | Not disclosedNot verified as a separate numeric population Sources S016, S017, S018 | Not disclosedNot verified as a separate numeric population Sources S068, S069, S062 |
| Residents / tenants | Not disclosedNot publicly disclosed / not verified; units are not converted to people Sources S016, S017, S018 | Not disclosedNot publicly disclosed / not verified; units are not converted to people Sources S068, S069, S062 |
| Comparability & overlap | A customer can manage many units. Unit and customer totals are dated June 2026 and do not represent distinct resident people. | Customer and unit dates differ. Units cover multiple rental property types and are not resident-person counts. |
| Value & funding | ||
| Public company / parent cap | $7.38BAppFolio corporate equity, not a separate product valuation · snapshot 2026-09-12 · not live Sources S002 | No public-market snapshotPrivate Sources S068 |
| Historical value reference | Not establishedNo completed numeric historical valuation recorded Sources S002 | Not establishedNo defensible current private valuation verified Sources S068 |
| Disclosed financing | $30MApproximate historical pre-IPO private rounds; secondary reconstruction Undisclosed does not mean zero. Acquisition and IPO proceeds are not automatically venture funding. Sources S014, S015 | Not disclosedNo verified public cumulative VC funding amount; do not infer zero Undisclosed does not mean zero. Acquisition and IPO proceeds are not automatically venture funding. Sources S068 |
| Investors | IGSB; other historical investors not exhaustively verified | Not disclosed / not verified |
| Reported exit target | Not recordedAn exit target is not a completed valuation | Not recordedAn exit target is not a completed valuation |