HOA SOFTWARE PRICING, READ ON NOVEMBER 10, 2026
What HOA software costs a year.
At the prices vendors publish, software for a self-managed association of 50 homes costs between $348 and $1,080 a year, and at 100 homes between $399 and $1,188. The spread is the job more than the quality: a product that keeps the books costs more than one that keeps a website, and every vendor counts size its own way.
Below are 12 products a self-managed board gets recommended, each priced for a year at four sizes. Every figure was read off the vendor's own page, and the link beside it is that page. One of the rows is ours, and it is priced the way the others are.
THE TABLE
A year at the published price, by community size.
Sizes are homes. A cell that says Not published or By quote means the vendor shows no figure for that size, and we do not fill one in.
| Product | What it is for | 25 homes | 50 homes | 100 homes | 200 homes | Free to try | Read at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| governance.center | The governance year | $348 | $348 | $588 | $1,188 | To start, with no card and no trial clock: your community’s page, the planner, your board’s seats and your owner list. | Our pricing |
| PayHOA | The books and the dues | $588 | $708 | $1,188 | $2,028 | A 30-day free trial with no card. No free plan. | Their page |
| EasyHOA | The books and the dues | $588 | $828 | $1,068 | By quote | None stated | Their page |
| ManageCasaBase plan | The books and the dues | $540 | $660 | $1,140 | $1,980 | None stated | Their page |
| RunHOA | The books and the dues | $399 | $399 | $399 | $399 | A 30-day free trial with no card. No free plan. | Their page |
| HOA AllyPremium | The books and the dues | $300 | $600 | $900 | $1,500 | A 3-month free trial with no card. | Their page |
| HOA Start | The books and the dues | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Its FAQ describes a 14-day free trial. | Their page |
| HOA ExpressEngage plan | A community website | $252 | $348 | $492 | $636 | A free plan for up to 50 households, and a 30-day trial of the top plan with no card. | Their page |
| HOA SitesLite plan | A community website | $399 | $399 | $399 | $399 | None stated | Their page |
| TownSqPro plan | A resident portal, usually with a manager | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 | A 30-day trial is described on its larger plans. | Their page |
| Condo Control | A resident portal, usually with a manager | from $810 | By quote | By quote | By quote | None stated | Their page |
| FRONTSTEPS | A resident portal, usually with a manager | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | None stated | No pricing page |
WHAT THE PRICE DOES NOT TELL YOU
These are four different jobs.
The cheapest row is not the best buy if it does the wrong job. Decide which of these is costing your volunteers the most hours, and read that group.
If the job is the money
Buy one of the accounting-first products. They invoice the dues, take the payment online, connect to the bank and keep the ledger. That is the largest group on this page and where most self-managed boards start. We do none of it.
On this page: PayHOA, EasyHOA, ManageCasa, RunHOA, HOA Ally, HOA Start.
If the job is a website the board designs
Buy a website product. They tend to cost less than the accounting products, because a website is less work than the books, and several of the accounting products include one as well.
On this page: HOA Express, HOA Sites.
If a management company runs the community
You will most likely use whatever your manager already runs, and you probably should. These are priced for portfolios, publish the least, and are bought by the management company far more often than by a board.
On this page: TownSq, Condo Control, FRONTSTEPS.
If the job is the meeting, the notice and the record
That is the one row that is ours. Notices with the lead time, meetings, minutes, numbered resolutions, records, the dues register and the election, with a public page for the community and no passwords for owners. It takes no payments and keeps no ledger.
On this page: governance.center.
ROW BY ROW
How each figure was reached, and what it leaves out.
A year here is arithmetic on what the page shows. Nothing is discounted that the vendor does not discount, and nothing is added that the vendor does not charge.
governance.center
The governance year of a self-managed association: notices, meetings, minutes, records, the dues register and elections, with a public page for the community and no passwords for owners.
The yearly fee as published. Read on November 10, 2026.
- Priced by members on the roster, counted here as one a home. Every band gets every room.
- It takes no payments and keeps no ledger: dues are recorded as they arrive.
- Above 1,000 members we quote on your roster. Call (512) 222-8191.
PayHOA
Dues collection, accounting, communications, a website, requests, violations and voting in one plan, priced by the number of units.
Twelve months at the monthly price, billed yearly. Read on November 10, 2026.
- Paying month to month costs more: $54 a month for 1 to 25 units.
- Above 500 units it is $0.55 a unit a month.
- Its pricing page says an AI assistant is on by default, free for 3 months and then $24.50 a month more on the smallest band, and that it can be turned off.
EasyHOA
Accounting, dues billing and online payments, owner email and text, documents, requests, violations, voting and a community website for volunteer boards.
Twelve months at the monthly price. Read on November 10, 2026.
- Billed month to month. Above 150 units the page asks you to get in touch.
- No free plan or trial is stated; the page offers a demo.
ManageCasa
Accounting, dues collection, owner portals, voting and request tracking for associations and management companies.
Twelve months at the monthly price, billed yearly. Read on November 10, 2026.
- This is its Base plan. Its Growth and Premium plans cost more at every size.
- A community website is included only in Premium, and is a separately billed add-on on the other two.
- No free plan or trial is stated; the page offers a demo.
RunHOA
A directory, accounting and budgeting, dues collection, email and text, requests and violations, documents, voting and a website builder at one fixed annual price.
The yearly fee as published. Read on November 10, 2026.
- One plan with every feature, for any number of units.
HOA Ally
A private, invitation-only site for a small association: documents, assessments tracked and collected online, news, polls and email to owners.
Twelve months at the monthly price. Read on November 10, 2026.
- Priced per home: $1 a home a month, and $0.50 for each home over 50.
- Its help center lists a smaller plan at $20 a year with tight limits.
HOA Start
A community website builder with resident dashboards, online payments, communications, voting, violations, architectural requests and a boardroom for meetings.
No price published. Read on November 10, 2026.
- No price is shown. The page says the price depends on the number of homes and the level of support, and asks for your name, email and phone number before it quotes.
- Plans are billed annually.
HOA Express
A website builder for HOAs: documents, calendars and community pages on every plan, and blast email and text, online payments, forms and surveys on the top plan.
Twelve months at the monthly price, billed yearly. Read on November 10, 2026.
- This is its Engage plan, the one with payments and blast email. Its Inform plan is cheaper: $15 a month billed yearly for up to 25 households.
- Its free plan: Up to 50 households. Advertisements at the bottom of the site, which its help page says are powered by Google Ads and are shown only on the free plan. A temporary address ending .communitysite.com. An address of your own needs a paid plan.
HOA Sites
A website built, hosted and kept up for the association on its own domain, with mass email and text, online dues, accounting and document tools.
The yearly fee as published. Read on November 10, 2026.
- This is its Lite plan, at any size. Pro is $799 a year and Plus+ is $1,399 a year.
- No free plan and no trial; the page offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
TownSq
A mobile and web app for community operations: announcements, requests, documents, amenity reservations and payments, with accounting and portfolio tools for management companies.
Twelve months at the monthly price. Read on November 10, 2026.
- This is its Pro plan for up to 300 units. Advanced is $145 a month at the same size.
- Digital voting is an add-on: $250 for each voting event, plus a $25 one-time setup fee.
Condo Control
Accounting, operations, resident services, payments and governance for condos, HOAs and property management companies, with a resident portal and app.
Twelve months at the one starting price published. Read on November 10, 2026.
- Only a starting price is published: $67.50 a month for a self-managed community under 50 units. Everything else is by quote.
FRONTSTEPS
A set of products sold mainly to community management companies: back-office accounting, a homeowner portal and app, payments and gate security.
No price published. Read on November 10, 2026.
- No price appears on any page read. Visitors are sent to request a demo.
WHO WROTE THIS
A vendor did. Read it that way.
governance.center is from the team behind vote.direct.
governance.center publishes this comparison and sells one of the products in it, so read it as a vendor making its case rather than as independent research. Every competitor fact on this page was read off that company's own public pages, the page says which page each one came from and on what day, and where a competitor is the better buy this page says so and says why.
Competitors change their pricing and their features without notice, and these are re-read every quarter. If you work at one of these companies, or you are a customer who finds something here that is out of date or wrong, email hello@vote.direct and it will be corrected.
These prices are read again by February 10, 2027, and sooner when a vendor tells us one has changed.
QUESTIONS BOARDS ASK
The questions behind the table.
How much does HOA software cost for a small self-managed HOA?
At the prices vendors publish, software for a self-managed association of 50 homes costs between $348 and $1,080 a year, and at 100 homes between $399 and $1,188. The spread is the job more than the quality: a product that keeps the books costs more than one that keeps a website, and every vendor counts size its own way. Of the 12 products on this page, 9 publish a price a 50-home community can read without a sales call. Every figure was read off the vendor's own page on November 10, 2026.
Is there free HOA software?
HOA Express publishes a free plan. Up to 50 households. Advertisements at the bottom of the site, which its help page says are powered by Google Ads and are shown only on the free plan. A temporary address ending .communitysite.com. An address of your own needs a paid plan. governance.center starts free without a plan. To start, with no card and no trial clock: your community’s page, the planner, your board’s seats and your owner list. PayHOA, RunHOA, HOA Ally, HOA Start, HOA Express and TownSq offer a free trial of the paid product.
Which HOA software vendors do not publish a price?
HOA Start and FRONTSTEPS showed no price on any page read on November 10, 2026. Condo Control publishes one starting price and quotes the rest. That is not a criticism of the product. It does mean a treasurer cannot put the number in front of the board without giving a salesperson a phone number first.
What does PayHOA cost?
PayHOA publishes one plan priced by units. Billed yearly, a year comes to $588 for 1 to 25 units, $708 for 26 to 50, $1,188 for 51 to 100 and $2,028 for 151 to 200. Paying month to month costs more: $54 a month for 1 to 25 units. A 30-day free trial with no card. No free plan.
What does governance.center cost, and why is it on its own list?
From $348 a year for a community of up to 50 members, which is $29 a month. Every band gets every module. A year is $348 for up to 50 members and $588 for up to 100. It is on the list because we publish this page and it is one of the things a self-managed board can buy. It is priced here the way every other row is, and the section above the table says what it does not do: it takes no payments and keeps no ledger.
Which HOA software includes a website?
HOA Express and HOA Sites are website products first. PayHOA, EasyHOA, RunHOA and HOA Start include a website with their paid plan, and ManageCasa includes one in its top plan. Every community gets one public page, free, at its own address on governance.center: what is coming up, up to 5 documents, who sits on the board and how to reach it. It is one page that keeps itself current from the board office, not a site builder: there are no extra pages or layouts to design, and your own domain name is not available yet.
How were these prices gathered, and how old are they?
Each vendor's own pricing page was opened on November 10, 2026 and read as a visitor sees it, with each size and billing switch tried. A figure that was not visible on the page is not here, and nothing was taken from a review site or a directory. A year is arithmetic: twelve times the monthly figure the page shows, or the yearly fee where the page states one. Vendors change prices without notice, so open the link beside each row before you put a number in front of your board.
IF THE GOVERNANCE YEAR IS THE JOB
Start with the part that costs nothing.
To start, with no card and no trial clock: your community’s page, the planner, your board’s seats and your owner list. The rest of the office is the yearly price in the first row.
Looking at one product in particular? Every comparison we have written is at the alternatives page, and the category is mapped at HOA management software. The free page is shown, with an example, at free HOA website.