Rentalize vs Acquaint: A Modern Cloud Alternative for Irish Agents
Acquaint is a long established Irish agency CRM for sales and lettings admin. Rentalize covers lettings and client accounting, then adds online rent collection, a tenant portal on every plan and a landlord portal from Growth, and an AI colleague, on a native cloud platform with nothing to install. Rentalize does not run a residential sales pipeline.
Same agency admin. A modern platform around it.
Acquaint keeps sales, lettings and client accounts in one established CRM. Rentalize covers the lettings and client accounting side, then connects it to the rest of the job: collecting the rent online, running maintenance, landlord and tenant portals, and an AI colleague, on native cloud technology with nothing to install. If residential sales are a big part of your agency, Acquaint covers them and Rentalize does not.
Pick Acquaint if
You want a long established Irish agency CRM for sales and lettings admin at a low headline per user price, residential sales are a big part of your business, and you value its Daft and MyHome portal feed, Ireland based phone support, optional bookkeeping service and Acquaint Academy training.
Pick Rentalize if
You want lettings and client accounting on a native cloud platform, plus online rent collection, a tenant portal on every plan and a landlord portal from Growth, an AI colleague, security with ISO 27001 certification in progress, Irish social and affordable housing schemes, and one system across Ireland and the UK.
How far each platform takes you
Both platforms cover the deal itself. The difference is the operations that follow it: collecting the rent, portals and an AI colleague.
Match Acquaint, Then Do The Rest of The Job
Acquaint keeps the records. Rentalize keeps the records and runs the lettings business around them, on native cloud technology.
Collect the rent online
Tenants pay by card or PayPal in the tenant portal on every plan. On Growth and above Rentalize Pay adds GoCardless direct debit, and Open Banking reconciliation is on Professional and above, with payments posted to the tenant ledger.
Native cloud, nothing to install
Rentalize runs in the browser on any device, with no install and no local database. Acquaint offers Acquaint Online and Anywhere; ask Acquaint how its system is deployed and accessed for your team.
Talia, your AI colleague
Talia drafts tenant and landlord messages, answers questions from your live portfolio data and creates tasks, and in Safe mode, the default, confirms before any change. Ask any platform you compare whether its AI works on your live data and asks before it acts.
Any device, in the browser
Rentalize runs in the browser on any device. Tenants can also use the Rentalize app, on Google Play now, with the iPhone app coming soon. Ask any platform you compare what it covers for landlords and tenants on a phone.
Landlord and tenant portals included
The tenant portal is part of every Rentalize plan and the landlord portal is included from Growth upwards, so statements, approvals and issue reports flow both ways without phone tag.
Security built for audit
ISO 27001 certification in progress, controls aligned with ISO 27018 and 27701 guidance, data stored in the EU and two factor authentication. Acquaint states data is held on Microsoft Azure.
Rentalize vs Acquaint: Estate and Letting Agent Software Compared
Based on publicly available information from both vendors as of July 2026. The first block is the core agency CRM work Acquaint is known for, where Rentalize matches it. The second block is the modern platform Rentalize adds around it.
| Capability | Rentalize | Acquaint |
|---|---|---|
| Core agency CRM, where Acquaint is established and Rentalize matches | ||
| Residential sales pipeline | Not offered: Rentalize runs lettings, from enquiry to keys | |
| Lettings and tenancy management | ||
| Applicant and contact management (CRM) | ||
| Client accounting and client money | Growth and above | |
| Landlord and owner statements | Owner statements on Growth and above | |
| Diary, reminders and tasks | Tasks on every plan, shared calendar on Growth and above | |
| Document management | ||
| Email marketing and mailshots | Templates Letter and lease templates on Growth and above; no mailshot campaigns | Via Mailchimp |
| The modern platform Rentalize adds around it | ||
| Native cloud, nothing to install | Ask Acquaint | |
| Online rent collection (card, PayPal and direct debit) | Card and PayPal on every plan, direct debit from Growth | Ask Acquaint |
| Automatic bank reconciliation | Open Banking reconciliation on Professional and above | Ask Acquaint |
| Mobile access | Browser, any device | Ask Acquaint |
| AI colleague (Talia) | Ask Acquaint | |
| Maintenance and contractor workflow | Ask Acquaint | |
| Landlord and tenant portals | Tenant portal on every plan, landlord portal from Growth | Ask Acquaint |
| ISO 27001 certification | In progress | Azure hosted |
| Two factor authentication | Ask Acquaint | |
| Social and affordable housing schemes (HAP, affordable purchase) | HAP tenancies; affordable purchase on Rentalize Select; cost rental on the roadmap | Ask Acquaint |
| Ireland and UK rules in one platform | Separate UK product | |
Sources: acquaint.ie and acquaintcrm.co.uk. Where we have not confirmed what Acquaint offers, the cell says to ask Acquaint. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will update this page.
Acquaint Pricing vs Rentalize Pricing
Acquaint publishes a low headline price per user. Rentalize publishes its plan prices too, from 199 euro (169 pounds) a month, with rent collection, portals and AI included rather than bolted on.
Acquaint
Per user monthly subscription, ex VAT, rolling contract
- From 49 euro per month for the first user
- 43 euro per month for each additional user
- Rolling month to month, no minimum contract, no setup fee
- Hosted on Microsoft Azure
- Optional bookkeeping service and Daft / MyHome portal feed
Rentalize
Published monthly plans, portals included
- One platform for lettings, accounting, rent collection and maintenance
- Online rent collection: card and PayPal on every plan, GoCardless direct debit from Growth
- Tenant portal on every plan, landlord portal from Growth
- Published Rentalize Core pricing: 199, 695 and 2,450 euro a month (169, 599 and 2,099 pounds in the UK), with Enterprise priced to your portfolio
- Migration support from Acquaint and spreadsheets
Agents who want an established Irish CRM
Acquaint has served Irish estate and letting agents for years, with residential and commercial sales, lettings and client accounting in one CRM, a Daft and MyHome portal feed, an optional bookkeeping service and Acquaint Academy training. If you want a familiar system at a low headline per user price and your rent collection sits elsewhere, Acquaint covers the core agency admin.
Agents who want one modern system end to end
Rentalize is built for PSRA licensed agents in Ireland and letting agents in the UK who want lettings and accounting plus everything around it in one record. Client money accounts on Growth and above, plus online rent collection, maintenance, applications, portals and an AI colleague, on native cloud technology with ISO 27001 certification in progress.
Common Questions About Choosing Between Rentalize and Acquaint
Is Rentalize an alternative to Acquaint?
Does Rentalize do the sales and lettings work Acquaint does?
Can I collect rent through Rentalize?
Is Rentalize cloud based, and is Acquaint?
How does pricing compare?
Can I migrate from Acquaint to Rentalize?
Does Rentalize work in the UK as well?
See The Rent Run, a Landlord Statement and the AI Colleague
Book a 45 minute demo on your own data. We will walk through sales and lettings, client money, the rent run, maintenance and a landlord statement, for Ireland and the UK.