Published 2026-09-28 · 11 min read

RentRedi vs TurboTenant (2026): The $9.95 All-in Plan vs the Free Giant

RentRedi and TurboTenant both claim to run your rental business cheaply, but they sit on opposite sides of the oldest pricing argument in landlord software: flat subscription vs. free-with-transaction-fees. RentRedi charges a low flat monthly price and includes nearly everything. TurboTenant charges you nothing and makes its money on applicant-paid fees plus an optional paid plan. Here's where each dollar goes — and which model actually wins at your portfolio size.

The short answer

Choose RentRedi if you want one predictable bill and hate fee-by-fee nickel-and-diming: the ~$9.95/month flat price covers rent collection, listing syndication, maintenance, and tenant screening add-ons without a premium upsell tier.

Choose TurboTenant if you want to pay $0 out of pocket and your vacancies are your biggest cost center: the free plan syndicates listings to 28+ sites, the Rentometer-powered pricing tools are genuinely useful, and most operating costs land on tenants or applicants instead of you.

The one-line version: RentRedi is the better management platform for landlords who self-manage as a business; TurboTenant is the better marketing funnel for landlords whose problem is filling units. The realistic math below shows exactly where the breakeven sits.

Head-to-head comparison table

Pricing math: where the breakeven actually is

Let's stop comparing feature lists and do the arithmetic, because these two price themselves so differently that the winner changes with portfolio size.

RentRedi at ~$9.95/month costs you $119.40/year in software bills. No per-payment ACH surprises, no per-lease charges, no paid tier to grow into. Everything — rent collection, syndication, maintenance, lease templates — sits behind that one flat number.

TurboTenant Free costs you $0 in software bills. The fees live elsewhere: tenants pay $2 per ACH payment, applicants pay $45–$55 per screening, and each state-specific lease costs ~$59 to generate. Upgrade to Premium at $149/year and the ACH fee is waived, leases become unlimited, and screening fees drop.

The realistic math for a 1-unit landlord:

• RentRedi: $119.40/year, everything included.
• TurboTenant Free: $0 out of pocket. 12 ACH payments × $2 (tenant-paid) = $24 charged to your tenant, not you. One vacancy: one screening (~$50, applicant-paid), one lease (~$59, your cost). Total to you: ~$59/year.

At one unit, TurboTenant Free wins by ~$60/year unless you burn through leases.

The realistic math for a 5-unit landlord with one turnover a year:

• RentRedi: $119.40/year flat, leases and accounting included.
• TurboTenant Free: $0 in software; 60 ACH payments × $2 = $120 tenant-paid; one screening ~$50 (applicant-paid); one lease ~$59. Total to you: ~$59/year — but no accounting tools and every additional lease costs $59. Two turnovers and you're at ~$118 to RentRedi's $119.40.
• TurboTenant Premium: $149/year, unlimited leases, waived ACH, accounting-lite on Pro only.

Breakeven rule of thumb: if you turn over more than one unit per year, or you want accounting and leases without per-document charges, RentRedi's flat price stops costing more than TurboTenant Free around 3–5 units. Below that, TurboTenant Free is the cheapest functioning rental platform in the market. For a full look at free options, see our best free property management software roundup.

Screening face-off

RentRedi offers full credit, background, and eviction screening with reports that run roughly in the $25–$35 per applicant range, paid by the applicant. Reports are FCRA-compliant, delivered fast, and — importantly — the landlord never handles a Social Security number. Screening is integrated into the listing and application flow, so a lead from a syndicated listing can apply and screen in one funnel.

TurboTenant screens through Rent Butter at $45–$55 per applicant, applicant-paid. The reports are thorough and the brand recognition is high — applicants and landlords both know the name. Premium lowers the fee and adds income verification and custom screening questions.

Winner: RentRedi on price, TurboTenant on brand polish. In practice the reports serve the same function for independent landlords: credit score, criminal background, eviction history, delivered without you touching sensitive data. The ~$15–$20 per-applicant gap only matters if you screen a lot — five screenings a year saves applicants roughly $75–$100 total, which matters less to you than it does to them. For a deeper dive into what makes a good screener, read our tenant screening services comparison.

Rent collection face-off

RentRedi includes ACH rent collection in the flat price — autopay, automatic reminders, late fees, partial-payment controls, and a tenant portal where renters can pay and log maintenance. Because collection is baked into the subscription, there's no decision to make about who pays a per-transaction fee. That simplicity is the platform's whole pitch.

TurboTenant runs ACH at $2 per payment (tenant-paid on the free plan, waived on Premium) and cards at 3.49%. The collection toolkit is strong: autopay, payment reminders, automatic late fees, rent receipts, offline payment recording, and rent reporting to credit bureaus. On the free plan you pay nothing; your tenants pay the $2.

Winner: depends on who's counting. From the landlord's wallet, TurboTenant Free wins — $0 vs. $119.40/year. From a tenant-relationship view, RentRedi wins — renters aren't charged $2 every month for the privilege of paying you. At 5 units over a year, TurboTenant Free's tenant-paid ACH fees total $120 across your renters; RentRedi shifts that $120 onto you as a subscription. Neither is wrong — it's just who absorbs it. Compare more options in our rent collection software ranking.

Listings and leases

Listings. TurboTenant is the stronger marketing machine: one listing syndicates to 28+ sites with Rentometer-powered rent estimates, lead capture, and in-platform messaging that reads like a professional management operation. RentRedi syndicates to the major sites too, and its mobile-first listing flow is excellent — but the reach and presentation don't quite match TurboTenant's funnel. If filling vacancies is your bottleneck, TurboTenant wins this round clearly.

Leases. RentRedi includes state-specific lease templates with e-signing in the flat price — no per-lease charge, ever. TurboTenant has a bigger template library (50+ state-specific forms) but charges ~$59 per lease on the free plan; unlimited leases require Premium at $149/year. If you sign multiple leases a year, RentRedi's included leases are one of its strongest arguments. For standalone legal documents beyond platform templates, see our roundup of the best online lease agreements for landlords.

Accounting and day-to-day management

RentRedi ships with real income/expense tracking and financial reports at the base price — enough to run a small portfolio's books and hand your CPA something coherent at tax time. Maintenance ticketing with a tenant portal is included, and the mobile app is genuinely good — RentRedi was built mobile-first, and it shows.

TurboTenant Free has almost no accounting. Full rental accounting lives on the Pro plan, which is priced by unit count and gets expensive as you grow (up to $999/year at 61+ units). For accounting at any tier, most landlords on TurboTenant pair it with a dedicated tool — see our best landlord accounting software guide.

Winner: RentRedi, clearly. If your goal is one platform that handles management and money, RentRedi at $9.95/month beats TurboTenant Pro at several times the price.

The portfolio-size verdict

Here's the honest pick chart, by portfolio size:

The bottom line: TurboTenant is free and brilliant at finding you tenants. RentRedi is cheap and complete at managing them afterward. Most independent landlords would be well served by either — the deciding question is whether you want to pay with a subscription (RentRedi) or with per-transaction friction (TurboTenant). Read our full TurboTenant review and RentRedi review for the deeper feature walkthroughs.

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