Rental finance tracking comparison
How Stessa compares to Revun for landlords who need more than a ledger
The short version
Stessa is a US-focused rental finance and property tracking platform built for real estate investors, particularly those managing single-family rentals, small multifamily portfolios, and short-term rentals. It earns strong marks for automated bookkeeping, real-time financial dashboards, and a generous free tier that has made it popular with self-managing landlords. Where Stessa concentrates on the money side of landlord life, Revun is an all-in-one platform covering communications, tenant screening, accounting, and AI automation in a single subscription with flat per-door pricing that scales from one unit to thousands, across both the US and Canada.
Feature by feature
| Capability | Revun | Stessa |
|---|---|---|
US + Canada compliance | Province and state rules, tax forms, and privacy frameworks built in. | US-built; Canadian landlords can use the interface but provincial compliance, Canadian banking rails, and CAD-native screening are not supported. |
All-in-one, no paid add-ons | Leasing, payments, maintenance, comms, and accounting in one price. | Strong on finance tracking and rent collection; lacks native communications, VoIP, and advanced maintenance management without third-party tools. |
Native email, SMS, VoIP, video | Every conversation logs to the unit. No third-party phone system. | No built-in email, SMS, VoIP, or video. Landlords must handle tenant communication in separate apps. |
Tenant screening included | Credit, identity, income, and references inside the leasing pipeline. | Tenant screening is available via RentPrep/TransUnion partnership; basic reports included but income verification and premium add-ons carry extra per-report fees. |
AI automation | AI drafts replies, summarizes threads, and triages maintenance. | Some smart categorization and financial automation; no AI-driven workflow automation for communications, maintenance triage, or lease renewal. |
Per-unit pricing, no minimums | Flat per-door. No unit floor, no monthly minimum to start. | Published pricing starts around $28 per month (annual) for the Pro plan; pricing is feature-gated rather than per-door, which suits small portfolios but adds friction at scale. |
Built-in property accounting | Trust accounting and owner statements native, not an integration. | Stessa's core strength: automated bookkeeping, bank-feed categorization, investor-grade reports, and a property-linked banking product are all built in. |
Free tier for small owners | Free for 1-2 units with the full core workflow. | Free plan covers core financial tracking, online rent collection, and basic rental applications for unlimited properties. |
Comparison reflects published product capabilities and positioning. Verify current details with each vendor.
Why operators switch
Stessa's core features, including its banking product and tenant screening powered by RentPrep and TransUnion, are built around US compliance, US financial rails, and US-specific lease templates. Canadian landlords can access the interface and use some features, but provincial tenancy law compliance, Canadian banking integrations, and Canada-specific screening are not built in. Revun is designed from the ground up for both markets, with compliance support, currency handling, and screening networks that work across all 50 states and all 10 provinces.
Stessa does not include a native communication layer. Landlords who need to contact tenants must switch to a separate email client, SMS app, or phone system, creating gaps in the paper trail and adding tool overhead. Revun bundles email, SMS, VoIP calling, and video into the same platform where leases, maintenance requests, and rent ledgers live. Every conversation is logged against the tenant record automatically.
Stessa surfaces financial data well but does not apply AI to automate the property management workflow itself. Revun's AI layer handles tasks like late-payment nudges, maintenance triage, lease renewal prompts, and applicant follow-up without manual scheduling. For landlords who want their software to act, not just account, Revun's automation layer is a material upgrade over Stessa's reporting-first model.
A fair look
Pricing
Stessa's published pricing starts around $28 per month on an annual plan for the Pro tier, with a free plan available for landlords who need core bookkeeping and rent collection without advanced features. Pricing is structured by feature tier rather than per door, so costs do not scale linearly with portfolio size. Always verify current pricing at stessa.com before making a purchasing decision.
Revun is the better choice for landlords and property managers who need a single platform to handle communications, screening, leasing, maintenance, accounting, and AI-driven automation across US and Canadian properties, particularly those who are scaling beyond a handful of units and do not want to stitch together multiple tools to cover the full management lifecycle.
Stessa is a strong fit for US-based real estate investors who want sophisticated rental finance tracking and investor-grade reporting without paying for a full property management suite. It is especially well suited to passive investors with small to mid-size portfolios who already have a communication workflow and simply need their numbers organized for tax season and portfolio decisions.
Switching is handled
Exporting your data from Stessa is straightforward: download your transaction history, income statements, and tenant ledgers as CSV files from the Reports section, and export any lease documents you have stored. Revun's onboarding team maps your transaction categories to Revun's chart of accounts during setup, imports your tenant and property records, and replicates your rent collection schedule so the first collection cycle runs without a gap. Most landlords complete the switch in under a week.
FAQ
Yes, particularly if you want more than finance tracking. Stessa excels at bookkeeping and investor reporting. Revun covers the same accounting ground and adds native email, SMS, VoIP, video, AI automation, and tenant screening in one flat-rate subscription, so you can manage the full landlord workflow without switching between apps.
Stessa's interface is accessible to Canadian users, but the platform is US-built. Its banking product, tenant screening network, and lease templates are designed for US landlords. Canadian-specific compliance, provincial tenancy law guidance, and CAD banking integrations are not natively supported. Revun is built for both the US and Canada from the ground up.
Yes. Stessa lets you export transaction history, reports, and documents as CSV and PDF files. Revun's onboarding process imports your property and tenant records, maps your historical categories, and carries over your rent collection setup. Most landlords complete the migration in under a week with no gap in rent collection.
Stessa's published pricing starts around $28 per month (billed annually) for the Pro plan, with a free tier for basic use. Revun uses flat per-door pricing with no unit minimums and a free tier for landlords with one or two units. As a portfolio grows, Revun's per-door model tends to offer more predictable scaling costs compared to a feature-gated tier that may require an upgrade regardless of portfolio size.
One platform for leasing, payments, maintenance, communications, and accounting across the US and Canada.
