Rentvine vs Buildium pricing at 50 to 1,000 units, with and without AI

Rentvine vs Buildium pricing comes down to the rate Rentvine gives you. Rentvine sells one plan at $1.50 to $2.50 per unit a month with a 30-unit minimum and AI included. Buildium sells three plans from its calculator: Growth is $252 at 100 units and $301 at 200, Premium is $400 and $531. At $2.50 Rentvine costs about the same as Buildium Growth at 100 doors and more above that. At $1.50 it matches Growth at 200 doors and beats Growth with the AI add-on at every size from there up.

Rentvine figures were read on 2 October 2026 from rentvine.com/pricing, the Rentvine FAQ and its comparison pages. Buildium subscription totals come from Buildium's pricing calculator on monthly billing, read on 30 September 2026, and the Lumina AI Workforce rates from Buildium's add-on calculator, read on 1 October 2026. All from a United States connection, in US dollars, before taxes, onboarding and transaction fees.

Rentvine vs Buildium pricing at a glance

The two companies price in opposite ways. Rentvine has no tiers and charges by the active unit. Buildium has three tiers and a calculator that returns one monthly total for your unit count, so its per-unit rate falls as you grow.

For the full breakdown of each vendor on its own, see our Rentvine pricing per unit page and our Buildium pricing per unit breakdown.

Rentvine vs Buildium cost per month at 50 to 1,000 units

This is the comparison every review site skips, because Rentvine does not run a calculator and Buildium does. We multiplied each portfolio size by both Rentvine rates and set the result beside Buildium's own calculator totals for the same door count.

Rentvine's columns leave out the monthly platform fee because Rentvine does not publish it. Some review sites put Rentvine's minimum at $199 a month. We could not find that figure on any Rentvine page, but if your quote includes it, it only changes the small end of the table: it stops mattering at 80 units on the $2.50 rate.

Three things stand out. At 100 units Rentvine at $2.50 and Buildium Growth are $2 apart. At 200 units Rentvine at $1.50 and Buildium Growth are $1 apart. And from 200 units up, Rentvine at $2.50 sits just under Buildium Premium, by 11 to 16 cents per unit, which matters because Premium is the Buildium plan that includes all of its AI.

Which is cheaper once you add AI

The plans are not like for like until you count AI. Rentvine includes its AI Suite in the one plan. Buildium sells Lumina AI Workforce as an add-on on Growth, and the add-on works out to about 25 percent of the Growth subscription up to 200 units, 20 percent from there to just under 1,000, and 15 percent at 1,000. We traced that in our Buildium Lumina AI Workforce pricing article.

With AI counted, Rentvine at $2.50 is cheaper than Buildium Growth plus AI Workforce at 100 units and more expensive from 200 up. Rentvine at $1.50 is cheaper at every size in the table. So the question that decides it is not which vendor is cheaper. It is which Rentvine rate you will actually be quoted at your door count.

What each plan's AI actually does

Rentvine's AI is aimed at your staff. The AI Assistant runs reports, posts fees and completes tasks when someone asks by voice or text. Fixie, its maintenance agent, takes a request at 11pm, asks follow-up questions, writes a diagnostic summary and contacts the right vendor. The MCP server lets your team query live Rentvine data from Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot.

Buildium's Lumina AI Workforce is a set of five agents for maintenance, leasing, accounting, resident experience and business operations. The prospect-facing pieces, Prospect Voice and Chat, Call Hub, Tour Scheduling and the Prospect Pipeline, are listed on Premium only, which starts at $400 a month.

Neither one gives a Growth-sized manager an AI that answers the renter who texts at 9pm asking whether the two-bedroom is still available. On Rentvine, inquiries arrive with your syndicated listings and your team replies, and showings book through Tenant Turner, ShowMojo or Rently. On Buildium, that means moving to Premium.

Is Rentvine cheaper than Buildium for a small portfolio?

Under about 40 units, Buildium is usually the cheaper bill. Essential costs $62 a month at 20 units and $80 at 40 on monthly billing, and it has no unit minimum. Rentvine charges a 30-unit minimum, so a 20-door manager pays for 30 units, $45 to $75 a month, and then adds a platform fee Rentvine does not price and a one-time setup fee. Rentvine also says plainly that it is built for professional property management companies, not individual landlords.

Is Rentvine cheaper than Buildium at 500 units?

Only at the lower rate. Buildium Growth is $722 a month at 500 units and Premium is $1,311. Rentvine is $750 at $1.50 or $1,250 at $2.50. If you need Buildium's AI, Growth plus AI Workforce is $866.48, and Rentvine at $1.50 undercuts it by $116 a month. At $2.50, Rentvine lands $61 under Premium and $384 over Growth plus AI.

Setup, migration and the fees outside the subscription

Rentvine's one-time setup fee covers full-service data migration, a dedicated onboarding specialist and a financial analyst, and Rentvine states 45 days from signed agreement to fully running. It does not print the amount. During a migration like that, the step that holds up go-live is usually the opening balances, and it pays to reconcile the trust bank account against the statement before the cutover date so both systems start from the same number.

Buildium charges outgoing EFT at $0.99 per payment and prices some services by plan, such as property inspections, which carry a $99 setup and a monthly fee on Essential. Rentvine's comparison page says Buildium charges $1 per unit for API access and that Rentvine includes its open API. That is Rentvine's claim about a competitor, so confirm it with Buildium before you count it.

How to get a fair quote from both

Ask Rentvine for four numbers in writing: the per-unit rate at your current count, the count where it drops, the monthly platform fee and the setup fee. Ask Buildium for the plan total at your count, the AI Workforce add-on if you stay on Growth, and onboarding. Then compare them on the same table above, at the size you expect to be in a year, not just today.

If you are deciding between three or four systems, our DoorLoop vs Buildium pricing comparison and the AppFolio pricing per unit page use the same method, so the numbers line up.

Adding AI replies to prospects without changing plans

Whichever system you pick, the gap is the same: the first reply to a new rental lead. A renter who messages five listings on a Saturday tours the two that answered first. You can fill that gap without moving to Buildium Premium or adding showing software to Rentvine. A leasing chatbot that sits beside your property management system handles it.

MessageAgent does that for $199 a month flat on Growth, or $159 billed yearly, with no per-unit fee. It replies in seconds on SMS, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, web chat and email, answers the questions about rent, deposit and pets, asks about move-in date and budget, books the showing on your calendar and hands the conversation to your team when a person should take over. See how it works as an AI leasing agent, or compare the MessageAgent plans.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Rentvine cost compared to Buildium?

Rentvine costs $1.50 to $2.50 per unit a month on its own pages, with a 30-unit minimum and an unpriced platform fee. Buildium Growth costs $192 at 50 units, $252 at 100, $301 at 200 and $722 at 500 on monthly billing. At 100 units, Rentvine at $2.50 and Buildium Growth are within $2 of each other.

Does Rentvine or Buildium include AI?

Rentvine includes its AI Assistant, the Fixie maintenance agent and an MCP connection in its single plan. Buildium includes Buildium Assistant and Write with Lumina on every plan, sells Lumina AI Workforce as an add-on on Essential and Growth, and includes it on Premium. Buildium's prospect voice and chat is Premium only.

Which is better for a growing property management company, Rentvine or Buildium?

Rentvine suits a company that wants every feature, the open API and AI without tier upgrades and that can negotiate toward the $1.50 rate. Buildium suits a company under about 200 units that wants a published total today and a trial before it signs. Price both at the door count you expect in a year.

Does Buildium have a minimum number of units?

No. Buildium prices from its calculator with no unit minimum, starting at $62 a month on Essential, which covers up to 40 units. Rentvine starts new accounts at a 30-unit minimum according to its FAQ, plus a monthly platform fee.

Can I switch from Buildium to Rentvine?

Yes. Rentvine sells a one-time setup fee that covers full-service data migration, a dedicated onboarding specialist and a financial analyst, and it states 45 days from signed agreement to fully onboarded. Get the setup fee amount in writing, and plan the cutover around a month end so trust balances carry over cleanly.