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Revela

Summary

Revela is a property management platform for management companies that runs leasing, maintenance, banking and reporting on one general ledger. Its built-in AI agent drafts messages, routes work orders and flags accounting anomalies across the portfolio.

Price
Price on request
Open source
No
Best for
Property management companies that have outgrown simple platforms

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Revela price and terms

Terms

Sign up without sales
NoNo

Where these prices come from

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What we checked on Revela

YesPartlyNo

Finding a tenantYes

Online applications

Applicants apply online in the same platform that executes the lease, and application fees post to the management company's books; what the application costs the applicant is nowhere published.

Application fees and leasing commissions stay on the management company's books.

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Finding a tenantPartly

Tenant screening

Screening is listed as a capability of the tenant portal and applications module, but Revela never names the consumer reporting agency behind it, which reports are sold, or who pays for them.

Screening and insurance

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Leases and rentYes

Leases signed online

The lease is executed inside Revela in the same place applications and showings are handled, and every charge on it posts to the ledger; the vendor does not describe its template library.

Revela handles applications and showings while also executing the lease and posting every line item to accounting.

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Leases and rentYes

Rent collected online

Tenant payments run through the platform and the Terms describe Revela collecting from a tenant's payment account on specified dates; how fast the money reaches the landlord's bank is not published.

On dates your organization specifies (“Payment Dates”), we will collect from your Payment Account the amount of money that you specify that you want…

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Leases and rentYes

Autopay and reminders

The Terms describe preauthorized transfers collected on specified payment dates, which is scheduled autopay; the platform also fires automated notifications on payment status changes, though before-due reminders are not described.

Revela also supports automated notifications triggered by events like work order completion or payment status changes.

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Leases and rentYes

Security deposits

Deposits are collected through the leasing workflow and held in a dedicated trust account tracked apart from operating funds, so the deposit liability stays visible in the books.

Security deposits land in a dedicated trust account, tracked separately from operating funds.

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MaintenanceYes

Maintenance requests

Tenants submit requests with descriptions, photos and access preferences through the tenant portal, and the job stays connected to vendor, property and ledger until the invoice is paid.

Tenants can easily submit maintenance requests through the Revela Tenant Portal, including descriptions, photos, and permission access preferences.

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MaintenanceYes

Work orders to contractors

Work orders route to a matched vendor, the vendor submits its invoice in a portal, the invoice passes an approval chain into a payables batch, and payment goes out from Revela.

Yes. You can send payments to vendors and owners directly from your Revela accounts.

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MaintenanceYes

Move-in and move-out inspections

Move-in, move-out, annual and custom inspections are scheduled, assigned and tracked in-platform with custom templates and attached photos; sharing the report with the tenant is not described.

Yes. Revela makes it easy to schedule, assign, and track inspections—whether it's move-in, move-out, annual, or custom. You can create custom…

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The booksYes

Income and expenses by property

Accounting is the core of the product: income and expenses are kept per property and entity with configurable charts of accounts, and over a hundred reports run off the live general ledger.

Revela lets you configure your chart of accounts at both the property and entity level, so your finances reflect how your business actually runs.

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The booksYes

Bank sync

Revela automatically matches transactions and reconciles bank accounts without spreadsheets, and transactions in its embedded accounts land natively; external bank feed providers are not named.

Let Revela automatically match transactions, flag anomalies, and close books faster - no spreadsheets, or manual work required

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The booksYes

Bank accounts from the vendor

Revela opens embedded bank accounts inside the platform through Thread Bank, issues Visa debit cards and moves money between those accounts, rather than only processing payments.

Revela’s integrated banking streamlines your entire financial workflow. Open accounts, send payments, and reconcile transactions—all without leaving…

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The booksYes

1099s

Vendor records including W-9s are stored in the platform and the vendor says 1099s are generated in bulk rather than manually at year end; owner 1099s are not mentioned.

Generate 1099 in bulk instead of manually

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Managing for other ownersYes

Owner portal and statements

Owners get their own portal with permission-based, real-time access to reports, and owner statements and branded packets generate from the same ledger without manual compilation.

Owners get access to their own reporting suite within their owner portal.

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Managing for other ownersYes

Trust accounting

Trust accounting is described as foundational, sitting beside general ledger accounting with automated reconciliations and the compliance controls managers must keep for audits.

Yes. Trust accounting is foundational in Revela. We make it easy to stay compliant, deliver accurate monthly financials, and provide owner-ready…

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Managing for other ownersYes

Management fees

Management fees, leasing income and maintenance revenue roll into a management income statement, and owner disbursements run as a workflow the vendor says takes under an hour.

owners can see management fees, leasing income, maintenance revenue, and operating expenses in a single management income statement

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Managing for other ownersYes

Team users

Staff hold distinct roles in the approval chain, with property manager, finance specialist and controller reviewing invoices separately; what each seat costs is never published.

Revela supports multi-tiered invoice approval workflows where a property manager, finance specialist, and/or controller can review an invoice before…

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Your tenantsYes

Tenant app

Residents use branded portals or mobile apps to submit requests with photos and urgency, and the same tenant portal carries payments and communications with the management team.

Residents and staff submit requests through branded portals or mobile apps, with photos, notes, and urgency levels.

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Your tenantsYes

Renters insurance

Renters insurance is built into the leasing workflow through an Assurant partnership with in-platform enrollment and reminders, removing the collection of proof-of-coverage documents.

Partnering with Assurant, Revela automates renters insurance from lease to move-out—helping to drive higher compliance and lower risk without the…

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Your tenantsYes

AI features

In the vendor's words the AI creates and routes work orders, matches vendors, drafts owner and tenant messages, audits listing quality and scans the books for anomalies and unrecovered expenses.

Type what needs fixing and AI creates the work order, routes it to the right vendor, and sends the confirmation.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpNo

Sign up without a sales call

There is no sign-up path at all: every call to action books a live demo, and the vendor's own sequence is a fifteen-minute call, a custom demo and then a pricing proposal.

Schedule a 15-minute call to share your workflow and reporting requirements.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Support

A support phone number and email address are published, and the vendor claims hands-on US-based support rather than ticket queues; service hours are not stated anywhere.

Revela will provide customer support for your Dwolla account activity, and can be reached at revela.co, support@revela.co, or 855-738-3521.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpPartly

Getting your data out

Every report is exportable to Excel or PDF and an open API gives direct access to the data, but the vendor documents no bulk export of tenants, leases and ledgers as a leaving process.

Every report is also exportable to Excel or PDF for easy sharing, formatting, or auditing.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

United States

The Site is solely directed to individuals residing in the United States.

On the page: Section 21) Jurisdictional Issues, paragraph a

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Property types

The vendor builds for single-family, multifamily and student housing, says it runs several asset classes from one ledger, and names a customer running medical office assets too.

Revela handles multiple asset classes and property types in one platform, while maintaining configurability down to the entity level.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Still sold

live and selling to new customers: the site books demos, names current customers, and the vendor says clients manage more than 300,000 units on the platform today.

Our clients manage a total number of 300,000+ units on Revela

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