HOA Cloud vs Nestingbird
HOA Cloud
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| Figure | HOA Cloud | Nestingbird |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.75/mo | $20.83/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 10 |
| Spec score · HOA Management Software | 8.9 (#8) | 8.9 (#6) |
| Association accounting | Yes | Yes |
| Document storage | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Headquarters | 627 Cape Coral Parkway West, Suite 202, Cape Coral, FL 33914, USA | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Integrations | The maker lists Stripe for payments and Google Workspace for meetings, and its privacy policy names Vercel, Supabase, SendGrid, Resend, Twilio, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google as service providers. | Autopilot connects to banks through Plaid for automatic transaction imports. |
| Maintenance requests | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile apps | Yes | No |
| Online dues collection | Yes | Yes |
| Payment fees | Online resident dues payments incur standard payment-processing rates plus a $1 per-transaction platform fee. | Community platform fees are 1.2% for cards and 1.0% for ACH, Autopilot fees are 1.0% for cards and 0.8% for ACH, and paper checks are free to process manually. |
| Resident portal | Yes | Yes |
| Security | The privacy policy says data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.3 and at rest with AES-256, with role-based access controls, optional TOTP two-factor authentication, and database row-level security. | The pricing page states that data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2+ and at rest with AES-256, while hosting uses Fly.io with daily backups, automated failover, and round-the-clock monitoring. |
| Paid from | 200 | 25 |
| Support | The maker lists email support at [email protected] and phone support at (855) 525-9989 on its pricing page. | Priority email support is included with Autopilot, and the site lists [email protected] as its contact address. |
| Violation tracking | Yes | Yes |
Plans
HOA Cloud
- Compliance Shield$200 a month
- HOA Cloud Platform$695 a month
- Management Companies$1.75 a month
Nestingbird
- CommunityFree
- Autopilot$25 a month
- Extra video meeting$5, paid once
- Extra resale / seller disclosure$25 a month
- Extra Ask Birdie responses$10, paid once
- Extra resale / seller disclosure$25, paid once
- Autopilot yearly$250 a year
- Physical mail$1.66, paid once
- Extra resale disclosure$25, paid once
- Autopilot annual$250 a year
In their own words
Nestingbird
Nestingbird is web-based HOA software for self-managed boards, covering dues, budgets, meetings, elections, documents, maintenance, violations, and association accounting. Its free Community plan supports unlimited units and residents and includes assessment collection, budgeting, meetings, elections, documents, maintenance, violations, and Building Score. The plan includes 20 Birdie responses, one video meeting, and one resale disclosure, and does not require a credit card. Birdie answers questions about uploaded documents with citations and can generate a self-updating FAQ. Autopilot costs $25 a month and adds automated recurring invoicing and collections, bank transaction imports through Plaid, automated reports, unlimited AI and meeting features, and a pre-filled 1120-H tax-return PDF. Owners can pay dues, set up autopay, access documents, and report issues from phones in a mobile-friendly browser; there are no mobile apps. Card and ACH platform fees vary by plan, while paper checks can be processed manually for free. Stripe handles payment processing, and Plaid bank connections are read-only. Nestingbird was established in Chicago in 2020.