Bedspace Manager vs Housing.Cloud

Bedspace Manager is a property-management platform for operators of bedspaces, PGs, hostels, staff housing, labour camps, and co-living properties. It tracks occupancy, leases, and balances down to individual beds, alongside properties and units. Billing supports either calendar months or custom 30-day periods from move-in, with automatic proration; recurring invoices can be timed for arrears, current, or advance billing. The system creates branded PDF invoices and sends them through WhatsApp without requiring a tenant app. WhatsApp also supports reminders and maintenance intake, and the Emma AI assistant can categorize maintenance messages, detect duplicates, and hand off uncertain cases. Role-based access and an audit trail support financial controls; invoices and transactions are voided or adjusted rather than deleted. The platform runs on web, Android, and iOS. It supports monthly rentals only, not daily bookings, holiday lets, or fixed-term commercial leases. Plans are billed monthly: Starter is $15 a month for 30 active leases, Growth is $45 a month for 90, Elite is $105 a month for 210, and Teams is $245 a month for unlimited active leases. Each account starts with a 14-day trial requiring no credit card.

Housing.Cloud is a cloud-based student housing platform for colleges, universities, and their housing teams. It handles applications, room assignments, room selection, billing, communications, reporting, check-in, and resident self-service. Students can use the portal on desktop, tablet, or smartphone without installing an app. Roommate Finder uses habits, requirements, preferences, and profile filters, while visual floor plans show real-time room availability. Resident requests become trackable tasks assigned to staff and linked to student profiles; residents can follow status in the portal. The platform connects with Ellucian Banner, Ellucian Colleague, PeopleSoft, and Workday, plus access-control, facilities, and payment systems. SIS data can move by SFTP, direct database connection, or API, with SAML and OAuth authentication. A no-code report builder creates, shares, and schedules reports. Housing.Cloud says it is SOC 2 compliant, encrypts data in transit and at rest, stores student data in US data centers, and runs on AWS with up to 14 days of point-in-time recovery. Pricing is available on request.