Housing.Cloud vs RealPage Student

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.

RealPage Student is a platform for student housing operators to manage property operations, revenue, and renter engagement. Its workflows include preleasing, roommate matching, bed or unit assignments, accounts receivable, forecasting, and reporting. OneSite Student supports leasing by bed or by unit. Student Facilities Management covers service requests, inspections, photos, damage assessments, and keyless unit entry; a Mobile Facilities App is available for iOS and Android. Student Asset Optimization provides bed-level prelease percentages, forecasts, and KPIs alongside market analytics and business intelligence. Through RealPage Student Living, students can manage online payments, utility billing, renewals, amenity reservations, package tracking, guest access, and communications. SimpleBills lets roommates split shared utility bills while receiving one monthly bill for utilities. RealPage Exchange offers an integration marketplace with standardized APIs across RealPage products. Support resources serve property management companies, residents, and vendors, while a login-required Trust Dashboard provides system status information. The suite is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Pricing is on request.