Hemlane vs Prism by Building Engines

Hemlane is a long-term rental management service with tools for advertising, screening, accounting, rent collection, leases, and maintenance. Its free Starter plan includes rental advertising, applicant and tenant screening, and full rental accounting. Basic adds lease tracking and management, document storage and e-signing, rent collection, late fees, and tenant messaging; Essential adds 24/7 repair coordination, work orders, and state-specific leases. Complete includes those features plus a property management assistant, vetted repair network, and local leasing and turnover network. Basic, Essential, and Complete have 14-day trials. Their listed monthly prices are 30.00 USD, 48.00 USD, and 86.00 USD, respectively, with annual billing able to save up to 20%. Hemlane says it is available in 50 states and its tenant platform supports unlimited users. Owners can connect financial accounts for rental performance and accounting. Rent and late fees go directly to the owner with $0 ACH fees; card transactions carry a 3% fee. Screening costs $40 total, paid by the tenant. Hemlane says it is not a property management firm and cannot decide for owners.

Prism by Building Engines is a commercial real estate operations platform for coordinating building data, workflows, tenants and vendors. It supports work orders, preventive maintenance, inspections, communications and reporting, with tenant features such as visitor access, amenity reservations and engagement tools linked to operational workflows. Work orders can be routed using criteria including issue type, building and team schedules; property teams can see status updates, comments, photos and costs. Prism Mobile supports field work and offline updates, syncing recorded data after a connection returns. Open APIs connect the platform with accounting systems, building systems and other commercial real estate tools. Building Engines describes security measures including encryption, secure authentication and access controls, and says the platform aligns with SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and CCPA requirements. The product serves property managers, engineers, asset managers, tenants and vendors across several property types. Prism is paid software; pricing is available on request and customized for portfolio size and needs. Building Engines was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.