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    Buildium

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ABuildium is a cloud-based property management solution that enables managers of residential and association properties to take complete control of every aspect of their business, including the rent, vacancy and maintenance cycles. Buildium streamlines management of the rent cycle with key features such as tenant and lease tracking, full general ledger accounting, automated rent and late fee reminders and on-demand reports. Additionally, rent collection can be…

    $62

    per month

    Yardi Voyager

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AYardi Voyager provides residential and commercial property management software. Capabilities include integrated accounting, lease renewal workflow, and modules for multi-family, senior, and affordable housing, as well as retail, office and industrial units. The company was founded in 1984 and has 4,000 employees and 35 offices around the world.N/A
    Pricing
    BuildiumYardi Voyager
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $62
    per month
    Growth
    $192
    per month
    Premium
    $400
    per month
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    Offerings
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    BuildiumYardi Voyager
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAll plans include accounting, maintenance, tasks, violations, online portals and resident & board member communications for residents, board members, and owners.—
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    BuildiumYardi Voyager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    BuildiumYardi Voyager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    RealPage
    I'm very happy with the service provided via phone, to me that is the absolute largest draw. I also really appreciate the integrations Buildium offers. I mostly appreciate HappyCo, Petscreening, and Hunter Warfield. None of these are seamless in their communication with Buildium but it's still a vast improvement from having to have separate accounts from Buildium so overall, it is beneficial to our company
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    Yardi
    Yardi Voyager is best suited for users in the multifamily and commercial real estate space, and can be used across a wide range of employee roles, including management, leasing, maintenance, operations, asset management, ownership, and more. On the leasing side, Yardi Voyager is best paired with either Yardi CRM or Yardi CRM IQ (Yardi's newest feature program), as they bring a more robust CRM product that helps with managing prospects and residents. Yardi Voyager houses operations for the majority of integrations across a wide range of industries and vendors, and it comes highly recommended by those industries and vendors when it comes to use of APIs and cross functionality
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    Pros
    RealPage
    • It documents the date and time of all updates and communications, which are essential to the companys records.
    • It allows external clients to communicate and stay in touch with our company, as well as access information.
    • It serves as a large database for all of our customer and client information that is very user-friendly.
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    Yardi
    • The out-of-box reports are comprehensive and dynamic, in that you can drill down into specific data columns to see more detail.
    • The setup of properties is simple and intuitive, and not that different from other multifamily software competitors, which helped with the transition.
    • The residential Manager dashboard hosts a great snapshot of the property management performance of a property in real-time. It is easy to locate current occupancy, leasing activity, and maintenance request data.
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    Cons
    RealPage
    • Hello Sign has been a really rough transition and is not as user friendly as Adobe Sign.
    • Customer service struggles to understand what is going on and you have to hang up and call to get someone else.
    • Owner portal is lacking in my opinion.
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    Yardi
    • In my experience there's a fairly steep learning curve for a new user to be able to navigate the system
    • While there's diverse functionality, many items seem buried in menus or obscure places, particularly the first time you're trying to find them
    • Getting used to the refresh functionality in some parts of the system can be challenging if you're used to a system that automatically updates when new filters are applied
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    Likelihood to Renew
    RealPage
    I have used three property management softwares and know of others who have used additional softwares for managing properties. Buildium seems to be the best of all of them
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    Yardi
    We have invested 5 years of setup, implementation and training on Voyager. It's doing a very good job for us and I feel we've only scratched the surface of its capabilities. Yardi support has been very responsive with very little down time. The training materials are great from Client Central
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    Usability
    RealPage
    Overall, the system is good and getting better; however, different roll outs have caused the system to regress. Their latest bank automation rollout was a disaster and continues to be an issue. Since the upgrade, I have not been able to sync our bank and Buildium (download transactions).
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    Yardi
    Overall it is a reliable and relatively easy product to utilize. No Property Management Software is simple to implement, so a return on investment is delayed and care should be made to ensure that this platform does everything you need for it to do. Experience and knowledge in SQL programming language is helpful, as there are many SQL reports and scripts available to be able to better utilize the software. It takes time to find the ones useful and the ones that resolve hiccups.
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    Support Rating
    RealPage
    I have been able to get through to support immediately and they have been awesome in quickly resolving issues. More importantly, their communication when there is an issue which might take some time to resolve surfaces. Getting updates and resolution are critical.
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    Yardi
    The local office is very knowledgeable, however recently it seems that Yardi has begun to route calls offshore and the knowledge base there does not seem to be as strong as the USA based support centers. All customizations are done by offshore personnel, which presents issues in terms of the language barrier and time zone differences.
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    Implementation Rating
    RealPage
    I cannot rate this since I was not part of that process
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    Yardi
    If you are converting from another system, grouping your properties by subsidy type seemed to help us. We were able to focus on a half dozen properties at a time, rather than the entire portfolio.
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    Alternatives Considered
    RealPage
    Appfolio is my favorite software, and they are constantly making improvements. Buildium is great if you don’t have a ton of property but is not as manageable for advanced accounting and resident information tracking. There are workarounds, but they do need to work on their ease of use for owners.
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    Yardi
    Citrix and Argus are property management tools that each fill a function. Citrix is used to track real time payments, while Argus is used for modeling and cash flow analysis. Yardi combines many of the features between the two. Though it is more difficult to use, fully integrating Yardi into a company could save time and money and standardize many of the finance operations of Real Estate asset management firms.
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    Return on Investment
    RealPage
    • Buildium absolutely saves time. Having all of our management systems in one place is almost beyond a value at this point because it’s the basic requirement of running an effective property management company.
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    Yardi
    • Streamlined our business
    • Ease of use
    • Plugin in updates are a pain point. I think when Yardi has updates that they should have vetted it and that us the client shouldn't have to test thousands of plugins to see what is different. Just leaving the information on client central for the end user to look at, at their leisure is in my opinion not the best way to handle, you should send out updated white papers to the SPOCS to let them know what changes are coming.
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