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Rentalize vs Yardi
Yardi is one of the largest real estate software companies in the world, running enterprise portfolios for names like CBRE, Greystar and Colliers through the Voyager, Investment, RentCafe and Elevate suites. Rentalize is built for Irish and UK residential and social housing, with the statutory schemes and regulators wired in rather than configured.
VERDICT
Which one is right for you?
Rentalize wins for...
Choose Rentalize if your portfolio is Irish or UK residential, social or affordable housing, you need HAP, RAS, Cost Rental, Part V, differential rent and RTB filing to work out of the box, and you want to be live in weeks on a published price.
Yardi wins for...
Choose Yardi if you are a large international investor or asset manager who needs investment accounting, fund and asset performance reporting across many countries and asset classes, and you have the budget and internal team for an enterprise implementation.
SIDE BY SIDE
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Capability | Rentalize | Yardi |
|---|---|---|
| Irish statutory schemes (HAP, RAS, Cost Rental, Part V) | Native, with eligibility engines and scheme reporting | Not supported; would need custom configuration |
| Council differential rent | All 31 local authority schemes calculated natively | Not supported |
| RTB registration and notices | Built in, including RPZ maximum rent and rent review notices | Not supported |
| Investment and fund accounting | Portfolio and scheme reporting, not fund accounting | Deep: a dedicated Investment Suite |
| Asset classes covered | Residential, social and affordable housing, student, mixed use | Residential, student, office, industrial and logistics, retail |
| Client money to Irish SI 199 | Built in with audit ready reporting | General trust accounting, not SI 199 specific |
| Resident experience | Tenant and landlord portals plus native apps, included | RentCafe Suite, licensed separately |
| AI | Talia AI colleague across the platform | AI features across the suites, enterprise tiering |
| Time to go live | Weeks, with migration from spreadsheets and legacy tools | Enterprise implementation, typically months |
| Pricing transparency | Published plans and a free pricing calculator | No published pricing; enterprise quote |
| Best fit portfolio size | 1 property to enterprise housing bodies | Large and very large portfolios |
| Geographic focus | Ireland and the UK | Global, US headquartered |
FAQ
Common questions
For Irish and UK residential, social and affordable housing, yes, and usually a better fit. Yardi is enterprise real estate software built for large international portfolios and investment reporting. Rentalize is built around the Irish and UK regulatory regimes, so HAP, RAS, Cost Rental, Part V, council differential rent, RTB filing and the Renters Rights Act work on day one instead of being configured. For a global fund needing investment accounting across many countries, Yardi remains the stronger platform.
Not natively. Yardi's UK and Ireland site lists residential, student, office, industrial and logistics and retail as the sectors it serves, and does not offer Irish scheme administration. Yardi does have affordable housing compliance products in the United States for programmes such as HUD and LIHTC, but those are US programmes and do not map to HAP, RAS, Cost Rental, Part V or the 31 local authority differential rent schemes. Rentalize calculates all of those natively.
Yardi is an enterprise implementation, normally measured in months, with professional services, configuration and training. Rentalize is designed to go live in weeks, with migration from spreadsheets, legacy Irish tools and other platforms, and the Irish schemes preconfigured. One Irish local authority went live and processed 4,600 applications in a single week.
Yardi does not publish pricing and quotes on enterprise terms, generally with separate licensing for suites such as RentCafe. Rentalize publishes its plans and offers a free pricing calculator, with landlord and tenant portals and native mobile apps included rather than licensed separately. For Irish and UK portfolios below true enterprise scale, Rentalize is normally materially cheaper.
Yes for Irish and UK housing. Rentalize is live with a local authority customer at 500+ units and handled 4,600 applications in one week, and the Enterprise tier adds student accommodation and full API access. What Rentalize does not attempt is Yardi's global multi country investment and fund accounting.
Yes. Rentalize migrates properties, units, tenancies, contacts, balances and documents out of Yardi Voyager exports, and will map your chart of accounts and scheme codes before go live. Ask for a migration scope and timeline.
Ready to switch to Rentalize?
Book a 30-minute demo on your own portfolio data. We will show you how Rentalize handles the workflows you currently run on Yardi.