Landlord Studio vs Prism by Building Engines

Landlord Studio is property management software for independent landlords, covering rental listings, tenant screening, rent collection, accounting, tax reporting, and maintenance. Landlords can create listings and syndicate them to Zillow, Zumper, Trulia, Padmapper, Dwellsy, and HotPads. Online rent collection includes tenant autopay, reminders, late fees, receipts, and automated income tracking. For bookkeeping, the service tracks rental income and expenses, scans receipts, imports bank transactions, and provides a financial dashboard. More than 15 reports are available, including profit and loss and Schedule E reports. Tenants can submit maintenance requests through a portal, while landlords track and prioritize the resulting tasks. The free Go plan is limited to three units, one user, and 10 documents. Pro costs $12 a month billed annually, and Pro Plus costs $28 a month billed annually; both include three units. Bank feeds use Plaid, require Pro, and are available in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Pro and Pro Plus include a one-way Xero transaction sync. The service is available on Android, iOS, and web.

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.