Housing.Cloud vs Social Home

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.

Social Home combines rental search, housing services, and housing operations for landlords, operators, providers, and tenants. Its shared operating record connects property, tenant, rent, repair, compliance, and evidence workflows. Teams can raise and route repairs, assign responsibility, and attach evidence to the work. A mobile workforce app supports visits, photos, notes, urgent updates, and offline inspection evidence. The platform also supports bed-space leasing and assignments, resident communications, maintenance workflows, and a resident portal. Guided templates and file validation are available for importing property, tenant, and tenancy records; migration scope depends on the data and plan. Zapier and third-party integrations are included from Professional upward. New housing providers receive a 30-day Professional trial, though the pages differ on whether a card is required. Starter costs £39 a month and covers 5 properties, 30 rooms, 30 active tenants, one solo account, and 5GB storage. Higher plans increase capacity, seats, and storage, while Enterprise uses custom limits.