RentRedi is the paid app in a category full of free ones, and most reviews of it skip past that. This one starts there: what a landlord actually pays on each billing term, what tenants and applicants pay on top, how fast rent arrives, and the pattern in what landlords and tenants post about it. Figures come from RentRedi's pricing page and help center, and the review patterns from Trustpilot and the vendor's own replies there. We sell rental listings, not rent collection, so we have no stake in which rent app you pick.
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The short verdict
RentRedi is a good buy for a self-managing landlord with a handful to a few dozen doors who will commit to the annual term. At $144 a year for unlimited units it is one of the cheapest paid apps, and it charges tenants the lowest bank-transfer fee of the common rent apps, $1 a payment. It is a poor buy month to month, where the same plan costs $359.40 a year, and it is not built for anyone managing property for other owners.
How much does RentRedi cost?
RentRedi costs $12 a month billed annually ($144 a year), $20 a month billed every six months ($240 a year), or $29.95 billed monthly ($359.40 a year). It is one plan with every feature and unlimited properties, units and tenants on all three terms. There is no free plan; instead there is a 30-day money-back guarantee.
| Billing term | Shown as | Charged | Cost of a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $12 a month | $144 once a year | $144 |
| Six months | $20 a month | $120 every six months | $240 |
| Monthly | $29.95 a month | Every month | $359.40 |
The headline number is real, but it is the annual term paid up front. A landlord who wants to try the app for a few months pays two and a half times the rate, and at that price three of the four apps in the comparison below cost less for a year. Optional extras sit outside the plan: rent reporting to the credit bureaus at $5.99 a month, and an REI Hub accounting add-on that is priced by unit count and billed monthly on top of the subscription. The full schedule, term by term, is on our RentRedi pricing page.
Does RentRedi charge tenants?
Yes, when they pay rent or apply. A rent payment by bank transfer costs the tenant $1, and a card payment costs 3.1% plus $0.30. An application with credit, criminal and eviction reports costs the applicant $39.99, or $49.99 with income verification. The landlord can switch the payment fees to their own account in settings.
| Fee | Amount | Who pays by default |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord subscription | $144 to $359.40 a year | Landlord |
| Rent by ACH bank transfer | $1 per payment | Tenant (landlord can absorb it) |
| Rent by credit or debit card | 3.1% + $0.30 per payment | Tenant (landlord can absorb it) |
| Application with screening | $39.99, or $49.99 with income verification | Applicant |
| Rent reporting (optional) | $5.99 a month | Landlord or tenant |
On $1,800 of rent paid by bank transfer, the tenant pays $12 a year. The same tenant paying by card pays $56.10 a month, about $673 a year, which is more than four years of the landlord's subscription. That is why most RentRedi landlords either absorb the $1 ACH fee (it costs them $12 a unit a year) or switch card payments off.
RentRedi against Stessa, TurboTenant and Innago
The four apps a small landlord shortlists most often split into two models: pay the vendor and your tenants pay less, or pay nothing and your tenants pay more.
| RentRedi | Stessa Manage | TurboTenant Pro | Innago | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landlord pays a year | $144 (annual term) | $144 (annual term) | $199 (1 to 10 units) | $0 |
| Tenant bank payment | $1 | $2, or $0 into a Stessa account | $0 | $2 |
| Tenant card payment | 3.1% + $0.30 | 3% | 3.49% | 2.99% |
| Applicant screening | $39.99 | $29 to $49 | $45 to $55 | $30 to $35 |
| Units included | Unlimited | Unlimited | Up to 10 at that price | Unlimited |
RentRedi and Stessa Manage cost the landlord the same $144, and the difference is what each is best at. Stessa is bookkeeping first, with a Schedule E report and bank feeds, and charges tenants $2 unless rent lands in its own cash account; our Stessa pricing page has all three plans and the tenant fees, and the Stessa review covers what its users praise and complain about. RentRedi is leasing and rent first, with half the tenant ACH fee. TurboTenant Pro waives the ACH fee entirely but costs more and prices by unit band, which the TurboTenant pricing page lays out. Innago is free with tenant-paid fees, reviewed in our Innago review. TenantCloud costs more at $180 a year for ten leases and charges tenants $1.95 per bank payment, but it grows into inspections and an owner portal; our TenantCloud review covers the lease caps on each plan.
How long does RentRedi take to deposit rent?
RentRedi states that rent payments typically reach the landlord's bank in two to three business days, on every billing term. There is no faster tier to buy. That is quicker than the five to seven business days TurboTenant quotes on its free plan and in line with most paid apps.
Tenants notice the same window from the other side. One recent Trustpilot review praised the ease of use but disliked that money left the tenant's account two to three days before the landlord saw it, and RentRedi's reply confirmed the two to three day standard. If your mortgage is due on the 3rd and rent on the 1st, move one of the dates.
What reviewers praise
RentRedi is rated 4 out of 5 on Trustpilot, labeled "Great", and the positive reviews repeat three things. The first is support: many name the chat agent who fixed their problem, and RentRedi runs its live chat around the clock. The second is automation, especially rent reminders and autopay, so the landlord stops chasing. The third is that tenants find the app easy, which matters more than it sounds, since a rent app only works if every tenant actually uses it.
Landlords also point to the leasing side. RentRedi syndicates listings, including to Zillow, writes listing descriptions with AI, lets you show itemized fees such as pet rent and parking on the Zillow listing, and takes applications with screening built in. For a landlord who fills a unit or two a year, that is the whole leasing workflow in one subscription.
What reviewers complain about
The critical reviews fall into four groups. A long-time landlord wrote that the app "gets worse every year" with more bugs and slower support. Tenants complain about fees and timing: the two to three day processing window, and the lack of a way to pay by paper check. Some tenants complain about daily late-rent notifications, which RentRedi answered is a landlord-side setting, so set your reminder cadence deliberately. And a few one-star reviews are tenants angry at their landlord rather than the software, which is common for rent apps.
One landlord complaint is worth learning from. A September charge vanished, and RentRedi's reply traced it to the "Delete All Future Charges" action, which also clears charges that have already been generated. If you restructure a lease mid-month, check the ledger for the current month before and after.
Is RentRedi legit?
Yes. RentRedi was founded in 2016, is based in New York City, and says it has raised more than $17 million. It has appeared on the Inc. 5000 and HousingWire's Tech100. Its public reviews average 4 out of 5 on Trustpilot, the company answers negative reviews by name with specifics, and the complaints are about bugs, timing and support speed, not missing money.
Who RentRedi fits, and who it does not
It fits a self-managing landlord with three to about fifty doors who will pay once a year. At ten doors $144 works out to $1.20 a door a month, the tenant ACH fee is the lowest on the shortlist, and the leasing tools cover the one or two vacancies a year such a portfolio has. It also fits a landlord whose tenants skew young and phone-first, since the tenant app is the part reviewers like most.
It fits less well a one-door landlord trying it for a season, who will pay the $29.95 monthly rate, and anyone who needs full accounting without an add-on. RentRedi exports payments to a spreadsheet and syncs to QuickBooks Online; if your bookkeeper still runs QuickBooks Desktop, you can turn that spreadsheet export into a QBO file it can import. It is not the tool for a firm managing for other owners, which needs trust accounting and owner statements; the Buildium pricing page covers that end of the market.
One gap is worth naming. RentRedi's syndication sends your listing to the portals, and the inquiries come back as the portals deliver them: a name, a phone number and "is this still available?". That is the part RentPlace is built for. Your listing asks move-in date, income band, occupants, pets and lease length before a message can send, and it is scored out of 100 before it goes live. The RentPlace plans start at $39 a month and sit alongside whichever rent app you choose.
Is RentRedi worth it?
On the annual term, for most small landlords, yes. $144 a year buys unlimited units, the lowest tenant ACH fee among the common rent apps, deposits in two to three business days and 24/7 chat support. Month to month it is hard to justify against free rivals. Set your reminder cadence and card policy on day one, and if the vacancy is the problem this week rather than the ledger, list the unit on RentPlace and let the inquiries arrive already answered.