ApplyConnect vs Ayillo Tenant Screening

ApplyConnect is a web service for landlords, real estate agents, property managers, and rental applicants to share tenant-screening reports. A report includes an Experian credit report with VantageScore, a nationwide criminal background check, a sex offender search, and nationwide eviction history. The applicant initiates release and consents to sharing with a landlord or agent; ApplyConnect says the credit inquiry is soft and does not affect the applicant's score. Renters can share a purchased report with up to three properties within 30 days, and the company says reports are processed within seconds after payment. Landlords and agents can use an online rental application at no additional cost, along with listed tools such as online rent collection, automated decision notifications, free state notices, and property advertising links. With the property ZIP code, SAFE Screen checks local restrictions and masks criminal or eviction records restricted for use. ApplyConnect says it does not verify employment or prior rental history and can currently process only applicants with a valid U.S. Social Security number. Operator tools are free; renter reports cost $39.95 once.

Ayillo Tenant Screening is a screening workflow within property-management software for landlords and property managers. Before applications open, each property must publish screening criteria that include a credit floor, income multiple and criminal-history policy. Checks can cover credit reports and scores, eviction and civil-judgment history, criminal history where allowed, income verification and prior landlord references. Ayillo says criminal screening follows jurisdictional rules, including ban-the-box requirements. If a report contributes to a denial, the system prepares an adverse-action notice naming the screening company and explaining the applicant's dispute rights. The landlord or property manager who ran the check can see the underlying report; applicants receive a summary decision and, if adverse, the notice. Screening connects with applications, lease generation, e-signatures and renewals. The Core workspace costs $49 a month, billed monthly per workspace, and includes the first 5 units. New professional workspaces receive a 30-day free trial, which requires a payment card to start.