Buildium publishes three plans: Essential from $62 a month, Growth from $192 and Premium from $400, as listed on its pricing page in August 2026. Those are floors. Every published price is a floor (each plan reads "starting at"), and the per-transaction fees on rent payments, screening and eSignatures move the real bill further than the plan choice does.
What does Buildium cost per month?
Those prices are for residential portfolios, and Buildium's pricing page prints "starting at" above every one. Its FAQ routes anyone over 5,000 units, or anyone managing community associations, to a phone number for a quote (877-396-7876). Whatever lifts a plan above its floor is not published on the page, so the only way to learn your exact rate is to ask.
| Plan | Published floor | eSignature | Incoming EFT | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | $62/month | $5 per document | $2.35 per transaction | Ticket support |
| Growth | $192/month | $1 per document | $1.35 per transaction | Live phone support |
| Premium | $400/month | Included | Free 12 months, then $0.60 | Priority support included |
What do the higher plans add?
Essential covers basic accounting, maintenance and leasing, standard and bulk reporting, and Buildium's AI assistant. Growth adds customization, reporting automation, enhanced tenant screening, business analytics and a live phone line to support. Premium adds the Open API, property inspections at no extra charge, unlimited eSignatures, and 100 free business bank account setups where Essential charges $99 for each one.
One condition is easy to miss when you budget. Buildium's FAQ says every new Growth or Premium customer must buy its onboarding service, which imports existing data and builds a training plan. The page does not publish what onboarding costs, so carry it as an open number in your first-year total.
What actually drives your Buildium bill?
Rent collection, usually. Take 200 doors paying once a month by incoming EFT. On Essential, at $2.35 a transaction, that is $470 a month, or $5,640 a year, against a $62 subscription floor. On Growth, at $1.35, the same 200 payments cost $270 a month. On Premium the first twelve months are free, then $0.60 makes it $120. Buildium publishes the fee per transaction and not who absorbs it, so put that question on the sales call.
The rest of the meter, from the same page:
- Tenant screening at $17 a report, $20 enhanced on Growth and Premium, or $35 when the applicant pays.
- Credit card payments at 2.99% per transaction; outgoing EFT at $0.99.
- Bank account setup at $99 per business account, with ten included on Growth and a hundred on Premium.
- Property inspections on Essential at a $99 setup plus $40 to $95 a month. Included on Growth and Premium, then $0.40 a unit on Growth after three years.
- 1099 e-filing at $50 a batch plus $4.50 a form; remote check printing at $30 setup plus $1.50 a check; renters insurance from $12 a month.
Stacked fees are how a $62 plan becomes a four-figure quarter, the same pattern behind leasing software's hidden fees.
What is not included in a Buildium plan?
Leasing conversations. The plans handle listings, applications, screening, signatures and the books, and the 14-day trial lets you test that half on sample data first. What no subscription buys is somebody answering a rental inquiry at 9pm on a Sunday, chasing the lead that arrived while you were at a showing, or checking a prospect's ID before they reach a vacant unit.
Who answers the 9pm call?
LetHub does, in about 30 seconds, by text, chat or phone, around the clock, with an AI voice agent that takes the call itself. Showings book themselves, and access is gated by bank-level ID verification, using smart lockboxes or offline locks whose static codes are rotated after use. Leasing runs in LetHub's own system, which syncs with Buildium and syncs back to most major property management software. Our walkthrough of self-showings alongside Buildium shows the flow, and you can see it run on your own listings.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Buildium cost?
From $62 a month on Essential, $192 on Growth and $400 on Premium, as published in August 2026. Each figure is a starting price, and what stands between the floor and your quote is not on the pricing page. Portfolios above 5,000 units and community associations are quoted by phone.
Does Buildium charge per unit?
Buildium publishes no per-unit plan rate: every plan reads "starting at", the page asks for your unit count, and the schedule above those floors is not published, so larger portfolios get their number from sales. One per-unit figure is published: property inspections at $0.40 a unit on Growth after three years. Everything else is priced per plan or per transaction.
Is there a Buildium free trial?
Yes. Buildium publishes a 14-day trial with no credit card required, running on sample data rather than your own portfolio, and you can convert to any of the three plans from it. Growth and Premium customers then have to buy onboarding, which the pricing page does not price.
Why is my Buildium bill higher than the plan price?
Transactions, in most cases. Incoming EFT costs $2.35 per payment on Essential and $1.35 on Growth, so 200 monthly rent payments run $470 or $270 before any add-on. Screening is $17 to $35 a report, eSignatures $5 or $1 a document, and each business bank account setup is $99.
