Side by side
| Rentmark | Stessa | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $19.99/mo or $199.90/yr, flat | Free tier; $12–$28/mo annually for paid tiers |
| Automatic bank feeds | Bank connection for matching rent payments | Yes, core to the product |
| Portfolio & asset performance reporting | Rental yield and net position per property | Deeper — budgeting, pro-forma, advanced reports |
| State-aware lease generator | Included, unlimited, deposit rules per state | Legal forms library on paid tiers |
| E-signatures | Unlimited, included | Metered: 1/mo on Manage, 7/mo on Pro |
| Move-in / move-out inspections | Room-by-room, photos, tenant co-fills | Not a core feature |
| Itemized deposit settlement with state deadline | Generated at move-out | Not offered |
| Tenant portal with maintenance threads | Included | Maintenance tracking on paid tiers |
| Built for | Running the tenancy | Tracking the investment |
What Stessa costs
Stessa publishes a free Essentials tier (unlimited properties, bank feeds, basic reports, rent collection, screening), a Manage tier at $12/month billed annually or $15 monthly, and a Pro tier at $28/month annually or $35 monthly. E-signatures are metered on the paid tiers — one a month on Manage, seven on Pro.
Read from their own pricing page on 10 August 2026. Prices change — check theirs before you decide, and tell us if this page has gone stale.
Rentmark, for comparison, is $19.99 a month or $199.90 a year — one plan, every feature, unlimited properties, no per-document or per-account fees. The full pricing page lists exactly what is free and what the subscription turns on.
When Stessa is the better choice
Genuinely, and we would rather you read this before subscribing than after:
- Your main problem is the books, not the tenancy — you want bank feeds, Schedule E and portfolio performance
- You hold property you do not operate day to day, or a manager handles the tenants
- Budgeting and pro-forma modelling matter more to you than move-out documentation
When Rentmark is the better choice
- You are the one signing the lease, chasing the rent and inspecting the unit
- You need the lease itself generated with your state's deposit cap and deadline on it
- You want move-in and move-out documented with photos and co-signed by the tenant
- You send more than one document a month for signature
What switching actually involves
The part people expect to be painful is free: you can create a Rentmark account and enter every property, unit, tenant and lease you have without paying anything. Nothing is metered at that stage, so you can rebuild your portfolio in full, look at it, and decide afterwards.
The subscription starts when you want Rentmark to do things — generate the monthly rent schedule, issue receipts, chase late payments, open the tenant portal, run inspections and keep the accounts. Export is always available as CSV, in both directions of the decision.