CHS Online vs HOA Simplify

CHS Online is cloud-based accounting and management software for cooperative housing societies and resident welfare associations. Society billing can use flat area, parking, tenant charges, recurring cycles, or metered gas and water readings. Accounting tools include ledgers, bank and cash books, journals, debit and credit notes, and bank reconciliation. Member records can cover membership types, shares, parking, tenant documents, powers of attorney, caretakers, loans and liens. Administration tools cover committee roles, fixed assets, document uploads, facility bookings and service provider details. Users can send member broadcasts, circulars, reminders, complaints and requests through email and SMS. Reports include trial balances, balance sheets, income and expenditure, receipts and payments, and outstanding balances by member or wing. Cloud-stored data is accessible online from a computer or mobile device; the mobile application is described as being for members. The service is provided by Four Rays Management Pvt. Ltd., established in 2015. The Trial plan costs nothing for 14 days with limited functionality. Premium costs ₹8 a month per flat, with quarterly subscription payment; Professional costs ₹350 a month, also paid quarterly. GST and online transaction or convenience charges apply to paid plans.

HOA Simplify provides a workspace for HOA dues, documents, votes and maintenance requests for boards, managers and residents. Its AI Smart Accounting can produce financial reports and budget alerts from natural-language questions, and record expenses, payments and journal entries through chat. Election tools include quorum tracking, proxy and ranked-choice voting, anonymous results and an election archive. Residents can pay dues, view documents, submit maintenance requests, vote and book amenities through a portal that can be installed as a PWA on mobile devices. Property managers get cross-HOA reporting, reusable dues templates, bulk resident imports and a portfolio activity feed. AI Smart Import accepts CSV files from Buildium, AppFolio, PayHOA or spreadsheets, maps columns automatically, and supports preview and rollback. Stripe payments and QuickBooks Online sync are listed as built in; Slack, Google Calendar, Zapier, DocuSign, Plaid and Twilio are marked coming soon. Community, Association and Standard plans list unit limits of 50, 125 and 200; Premium lists unlimited units. Platform transaction fees apply in addition to Stripe fees.