DoorLoop alternatives
DoorLoop alternatives, including staying.
Every price on this page was read from the vendor's own pricing page, each entry links its source, and rents.ai is not at the top of the list. That is not modesty. It is what makes the rest of the page usable.
Short answer
DoorLoop Starter is $99/mo, or $69/mo billed annually, and caps at 10 units, with Pro at $149/mo annually. The closest alternatives at management-platform level are Buildium from $62/mo and Rentec Direct at $55/mo for Rentec Pro or $65/mo for Rentec PM with trust accounting. If you own rather than manage, RentRedi at $12/mo billed annually and TenantCloud from $15/mo billed annually cost a fraction of any of them.
First question
Should you actually leave DoorLoop?
Often not. Switching accounting products mid-year costs real hours, so it is worth being specific about what is wrong before reading a list of replacements.
Reasons to stay
- A full general ledger with a chart of accounts, statements and reports, which most cheaper products do not have at all.
- Rent collection across card, ACH, Google Pay and Apple Pay is broader than most competitors.
- 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC filing built in, which is a real annual chore.
Reasons people leave
- The $69/mo Starter plan caps at 10 units, so a small portfolio pays platform pricing and still meets a ceiling.
- Premium carries an onboarding fee based on portfolio size.
- Its pricing page states 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC but does not state a Schedule E report.
- If you own your own units, the owner-reporting surface has no reader.
DoorLoop figures read from doorloop.com/pricing on August 10, 2026. Products change. If a line here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
The field
5 alternatives to DoorLoop.
Ordered by fit for a self-managing landlord with one to ten units, not by what we would prefer you clicked.
1Buildium
From $62/mo
Best for professional managers who need trust-grade accounting.
$62/mo against DoorLoop's $69/mo entry plan. The published feature sets are close, so price and fit decide it rather than any single capability. Worth a look if you are professional managers who need trust-grade accounting.
Verified August 10, 2026 from buildium.com/pricing
2Rentec Direct
$55 to $65/mo
Best for owners and managers who want full accounting with free ACH.
$55/mo against DoorLoop's $69/mo entry plan. The published feature sets are close, so price and fit decide it rather than any single capability. Worth a look if you are owners and managers who want full accounting with free ACH.
Verified August 10, 2026 from rentecdirect.com/pricing
3TenantCloud
$15 to $50/mo
Best for landlords who want leasing and operations on a mid-priced plan.
$15/mo against DoorLoop's $69/mo entry plan. The published feature sets are close, so price and fit decide it rather than any single capability. Worth a look if you are someone who want leasing and operations on a mid-priced plan.
Verified August 10, 2026 from tenantcloud.com/pricing
4rents.ai
$10/mo one property, $18/mo unlimited
Best for landlords whose actual gap is the tax return.
Cheaper than DoorLoop on the entry plan and much narrower. Not a general replacement, and it does less. It is the answer only if the specific thing you want is residential depreciation computed from cost basis on the 27.5-year mid-month schedule, and a per-property Schedule E kept current all year, without a bank login.
Our own product. Listed here at its real position, not at the top.
5AppFolio
No public price; 50-unit minimum
Best for management companies at 50 units and above.
AppFolio publishes no price, so a comparison against DoorLoop starts with a sales call. The published feature sets are close, so price and fit decide it rather than any single capability. Worth a look if you are management companies at 50 units and above.
Verified August 10, 2026 from appfolio.com/pricing
Side by side
DoorLoop and its alternatives, priced.
| Product | Published price | Free plan | Rent collection | Schedule E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DoorLoopverified August 10, 2026 | $69 to $239/mo | no free plan | card, ACH, Google Pay, Apple Pay | 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC are listed; Schedule E is not |
| Buildiumverified August 10, 2026 | From $62/mo | 14-day trial, no card required, then paid | ePay included | tax reports and 1099 filing listed; Schedule E is not |
| Rentec Directverified August 10, 2026 | $55 to $65/mo | two-week free trial, then paid | free ACH; cards 2.95% | 1099 e-filing and tax reports listed; Schedule E is not |
| TenantCloudverified August 10, 2026 | $15 to $50/mo | Starter is the entry plan at $15/mo annually | included on every plan | a 1099-K report is listed on Pro; Schedule E is not |
| rents.ai | $10 to $18/mo | paid only, after a 7-day trial | records rent you receive elsewhere | per-property rollup by year, print view, CSV export |
| AppFolioverified August 10, 2026 | No public price; 50-unit minimum | no free plan; minimum spend and units apply | property accounting and payments | not stated on the pricing page |
How to read this
- Yes / nothe source page states it, in those words
- Partialincluded, with a real condition: a higher plan, or a separate fee
- Not publishedthe pricing page does not say. It is a fact about the source, never a mark against the product
Questions
What people ask before switching.
What is the closest alternative to DoorLoop?
Buildium and Rentec Direct. On published August 2026 pricing, Buildium Essential starts at $62/mo and Rentec Pro is $55/mo with Rentec PM at $65/mo adding trust accounting and owner portals. All three are full property-management platforms with general-ledger accounting, rent collection, screening and syndication.
Is there a cheaper alternative to DoorLoop for under 10 units?
Yes, several, though they are different products. RentRedi is $12/mo billed annually for unlimited properties, TenantCloud starts at $15/mo billed annually, and Stessa, Baselane and Azibo have free plans. None of them offer a general ledger with a chart of accounts, which is the main thing DoorLoop's $69/mo Starter plan buys.
Does DoorLoop produce a Schedule E?
Its pricing page lists 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC forms but does not state a Schedule E report, so this comparison records that as not published rather than as absent. Among the alternatives here, RentRedi states one-click Schedule E generation and rents.ai produces a per-property Schedule E rollup with computed line 18 depreciation.
If the gap is the tax return, look at ours.
If it is anything else on this page, one of the products above is the better answer and you have lost nothing by reading. The public demo opens a fully worked portfolio with no signup and no card.
- Live demo: no signup or card
- No bank connection. Nothing changes for your tenants
- Trial: 7 days, card required, $0 today
- Then $10/mo for one or $18/mo for unlimited
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