Avail Review: Pricing, Pros, Cons & Alternatives

Overview

Avail is a landlord platform based in Austin, Texas, whose site carries a copyright from 2011^[25]. It offers two plans: Unlimited, free for any number of units, and Unlimited Plus at US$9 per unit per month^[25].

The free plan includes listing syndication to 19 sites including Zumper, PadMapper, Realtor.com and ApartmentList, rental applications and screening, lease building, rent collection, maintenance tracking with photo uploads, income and expense tracking and messaging^[25]. Unlimited Plus adds faster FastPay rent deposits, waived ACH charges for tenants, custom application questions and lease clauses, and other customisation^[25]. Screening is usually paid by tenants, and on the free plan tenants pay US$2.50 per bank transfer^[25]. Avail is aimed at owners managing their own rentals rather than at professional managers. Limitations: there is no trust accounting, owner reporting or multi-user company structure of the kind property management firms need, and at US$9 per unit the premium plan becomes expensive relative to per-unit mid-market software for larger portfolios.