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AppFolio Alternative

The AppFolio alternative that does the work.

AppFolio is a serious property management platform for residential portfolios. Brahma is the layer on top: AI agents that triage requests, answer tenants and owners, chase arrears and report - across AppFolio, or as the platform that runs the operation.

Keep AppFolio, or consolidate. The coordination comes off your team either way.

Fair note

What AppFolio does well

AppFolio is established, deep, and trusted by large residential managers. Our honest position is that Brahma works over it - not only instead of it.

Deep residential accounting

Rent, ledgers, reconciliation and owner distributions at scale - the reason large managers adopt it.

Tenant and owner portals

Self-serve portals for payments and maintenance requests across a big portfolio.

Reporting for managers

Portfolio-level reporting built for professional property management companies.

The gap

Why teams look for an AppFolio alternative

Nothing above is wrong - it is the ceiling of a system of record. Your team still coordinates: the requests, the vendors, the chase, the replies. That is the layer Brahma takes.

Requests pile up

Maintenance lands by phone, email and portal. Someone has to triage, assign and follow up.

Arrears chase by hand

Reminders, statements and escalations happen when someone remembers - not on schedule.

Reports stitched together

Owner and performance reporting is a monthly ritual rather than a live read.

The alternative

Brahma: the AI layer on top - or the platform instead

Two ways to run it. See the property management platform.

Comms agent

Tenant, owner and applicant messages drafted, routed and - where your rules allow - sent on time.

Maintenance agent

Tickets created, classified, assigned, tracked and escalated across your vendors.

Leasing agent

Leads answered, qualified and booked before they go cold.

Finance follow-up agent

Rent reminders, arrears chasing and reconciliations that actually happen.

Reporting agent

Owner and performance reports produced for you from live data.

Your rulebook

Routine work runs itself; anything outside your rules waits for you.

Side by side

AppFolio vs Brahma

Different halves of the same job. AppFolio is the system of record; Brahma is the layer that does the work.

AppFolio
  • Property management system of record
  • Accounting, ledgers and owner distributions
  • Portals your tenants log into
  • Coordination stays manual
  • Per-unit pricing
→
Brahma
  • AI agents that do the operational work
  • One triage queue across your stack
  • Requests classified and assigned automatically
  • Arrears chased on schedule
  • Priced per agent, unlimited units

Brahma runs on top of AppFolio, or as the platform that runs the operation. See PMS software for the hospitality angle.

Switching

Move without losing your ledger

Your books and history stay yours. Connect, prove the quality, then decide.

Connect

Point Brahma at AppFolio

API where available, read-only where not. AppFolio stays your system of record if you want it to.

Watch

Agents shadow the work

Triage, draft and report alongside your team before you rely on it.

Approve

You keep the sign-off

Routine work runs on your rulebook; anything sensitive waits for your approval.

Decide

Keep AppFolio, or consolidate

Run the layer on top, or run the operation on Brahma. Reversible.

See it running

The workspace, live - a property operation end to end

Brahma running a property operation: one view, agents working the queues, approvals for anything outbound.

Brahma workspace: one view of the whole portfolio
One view

The whole portfolio, one screen

Occupancy, income, arrears and open requests pulled live from the tools you already run.

Brahma workspace: the team of agents
Agents

Agents working the queues

Leasing, maintenance, comms and finance follow-up handled by agents, one triage queue.

Brahma workspace: an agent-drafted reply awaiting approval
Approvals

Drafted replies waiting for you - the rest just runs

Sensitive items wait for your approval; routine work runs on your rulebook.

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FAQ

AppFolio alternative, answered straight

Is Brahma a like-for-like AppFolio replacement?

No. AppFolio is a property management system of record; Brahma is the AI layer that does the work across it. You can run Brahma on top of AppFolio, or as the platform that runs the operation. See AI property management software.

Do I have to leave AppFolio?

No. Brahma connects to AppFolio (and the rest of your stack) and works across it. Your ledger stays in AppFolio if you want it to.

How is Brahma priced compared with per-unit pricing?

Per AI agent, from $249 per agent per month, unlimited properties and units on every plan - so it does not scale against you as the portfolio grows.

What does Brahma take off the team?

Request triage, vendor coordination, tenant and owner comms, arrears chasing on schedule, and reporting from live data.

Is my data safe?

Isolated workspace, least-privilege access, audit logging, GDPR-compliant setup with a DPA - and never used to train models.

Plans

Priced around the outcome, not the hour

One monthly fee, hosting, AI usage and support included, and agents that add on as you grow. Every plan begins the same way - with a free assessment and a free first month - so you see it working before you commit.

Every plan starts here

Free assessment. Free onboarding, migration and setup. Your first month free.

No credit card required. We assess the work, stand the platform up on your own systems, and run the first month alongside your team. You continue only if you are happy with the results and can see a measurable impact on your revenue and your cost - if you cannot see it, say so and walk away.

Free assessmentFree onboardingFree migrationFree setupFirst month freeNo credit card required
Our moat

Unlimited properties, units and rooms

On every plan. Add doors, add rooms, add listings - your Brahma bill does not move.

Starter

AI Go

Free 1 month
then $249/month

One agent, one job, live in weeks. The smallest way to see the platform work on your own data.

  • 1 agent included
  • 2 sub-agents included
  • 200M AI tokens per month
  • 2 data connectors
  • Your branded workspace on the portal
  • Rulebook auto-approvals, with a human queue for exceptions
  • Monthly strategy review
  • 2-week deployment and onboarding
Plus

AI Foundation Plus

$949/month

Heavier operations: more connectors, more agents, priority delivery.

  • 3 agents included
  • 6 sub-agents included
  • 2B AI tokens per month
  • 6 data connectors
  • Priority 2-week deployment
  • Priority support
  • Fortnightly strategy review
Enterprise

Dedicated

Custom

Your own instance, on your own domain or subdomain, with your governance - run by us, reviewed by your team.

  • Dedicated instance on your own domain or subdomain
  • Custom sub-agents
  • Custom connectors and a full security review
  • Your choice of AI models and data regions
  • 99.9% uptime SLA and dedicated support
  • Custom governance, SSO, and audit exports
  • Strategy review on demand

Every plan includes hosting, AI usage, and support, with usage metered per agent and shown live in your portal. Extra agents add on at $249 per agent per month, and extra connectors as fixed builds - far less than the subscription it replaces. Sub-agents are the specialist workers each agent can call on to finish a job. You get the full number before we start.

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