Condo Manager vs HOA Messenger

Condo Manager provides accounting, management, and communication software for condominium and homeowner associations. The product combines a resident portal with online dues collection, violation tracking, maintenance requests, association accounting, and document storage. It tracks records for owners, tenants, board members, and vendors, and includes integrated account management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and financial reporting. Reports can be standard or custom, with real-time data access. Work orders sync across the portal and app, can support unlimited quote or bid requests, and can link to related invoices. Banking options include lockbox services, ACH and checks, NACHA upload files, MICR scanners, and electronic dues and vendor payments. The maker says the software is compatible with all financial institutions and supports ACH and lockbox functions with a bank of the customer’s choice. It is available on the web, Android, and iOS, with an API and mobile apps. The maker states it can manage unlimited units and corporations. Pricing is on request, and a free trial is offered without a stated duration.

HOA Messenger is software for homeowners-association administration, with tools for resident communication, dues, documents, maintenance and accounting. Managers can send messages individually or by broadcast through push notifications, SMS or email; residents can pay by credit card or ACH bank transfer. Managers can issue vendor work orders and receive updates as jobs are accepted, scheduled and completed. The service stores HOA documents for private resident access and provides a mobile portal and a mobile app for violation tracking. Its Mail feature lets an HOA submit a PDF for printing and mailing through USPS and track the request. The Free plan costs nothing and remains available indefinitely, with unlimited HOAs and residents, co-manager access and 90-day visibility. Premium adds double-entry accounting, budgeting, financial reports, vendor bill pay and a web resident portal; its 30-day trial requires a credit card. Listed prices are $25 a month for Premium, $399 a month for Admin, and $319 a year for Admin Plan.