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Yardi Breeze

Summary

Yardi Breeze is Yardi's cloud property management platform for small and mid-sized operators across residential, commercial, affordable, self storage, HOA/condo and manufactured housing portfolios. Breeze Premier adds corporate accounting, online lease execution, CRM and invoice approval on the same platform.

From
$100 a monthbilled monthly
Open source
No
Best for
Small to mid-sized property managers who need built-in real-estate accounting

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Price on its site
From $100 a monthFrom its pricing page

Yardi Breeze price and terms

Terms

Free to start
PartlyPartlyNo standing free plan
The terms in full

Cancelling on or before day 30 of the one-year initial term means no software charge, but screening and other transactional charges incurred are still owed. No card-free signup: a credit card is required at registration.

Sign up without sales
PartlySome plans

Where these prices come from

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What we checked on Yardi Breeze

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Cost for 25 units a month

$100 a month on Breeze (Residential) for 25 units. every rental unit counts, vacant or let, unless the vendor states it bills occupied units only Charged per 1 units: 25 × $0 (rent payment by bank transfer).

$100 minimum per month based on annual agreement

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Cost for 5 units a month

$100 a month on Breeze (Residential) for 5 units. every rental unit counts, vacant or let, unless the vendor states it bills occupied units only Charged per 1 units: 5 × $0 (rent payment by bank transfer).

On the page: Residential pricing panel, Breeze column

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Cost for 50 units a month

$100 a month on Breeze (Residential) for 50 units. every rental unit counts, vacant or let, unless the vendor states it bills occupied units only Charged per 1 units: 50 × $0 (rent payment by bank transfer).

On the page: Residential pricing panel, Breeze column

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

What the price is based on

Billing is per rental unit per month with a portfolio-wide monthly minimum, so a small landlord pays the minimum rather than the unit count.

$1 per unit per month based on annual agreement $100 minimum per month based on annual agreement

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Rent payment fees

Bank transfer rent payments are $0.00 when Yardi is the primary processor and cards are enabled, otherwise $0.95; credit cards cost 2.95% and card service fees default to the tenant.

ACH: $0.00 (subject to the qualifications below) ... Credit cards: Mastercard, Visa, Discover, AMEX: 2.95%

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What it costs for 25 unitsPartly

What your tenants can be charged

Screening is $18 or $25 per screen and bank transfer rent is free, but the application fee a tenant actually pays is set by the operator, so the first-year total is not fully published.

Application fee | Set by the operator

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Minimum units or minimum fee

No minimum unit count, but a monthly minimum applies in full to small portfolios: $100 residential, $200 commercial, $400 for Breeze Premier.

There is no minimum number of units that you must manage. However, there is a minimum monthly charge of $100 per month for residential portfolios and…

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What it costs for 25 unitsNo

Unit caps

Plans do not cap units; billing simply follows the units managed each month, with an optional upgrade path to Premier or Voyager for more advanced needs.

While Breeze is designed to grow with you, there is an easy upgrade path to Breeze Premier or the powerful Yardi Voyager platform and all its…

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What it costs for 25 unitsNo

Promotion and regular price

none: the published $1 per unit and $100 minimum are the standing rates on an annual agreement, though Premier's $1 residential rate requires bundling screening and insurance on a 12-month contract.

Breeze Premier for residential is also $1 per unit per month with a $400 monthly minimum. This deal only applies if you bundle Breeze Premier with…

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What it costs for 25 unitsNo

Setup or onboarding fee

The vendor states there are no setup, onboarding, training or data-conversion charges, and nothing is paid up front to begin using Breeze.

There are no setup charges. You pay nothing up front to begin using Yardi Breeze.

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Finding a tenantYes

Listing your vacancy

Vacant units post to listing sites through included ILS posting, and RentCafe.com is the only site the vendor names; other 'popular listing sites' are not enumerated.

Showcase available units on popular listing sites, including RentCafe.com

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Finding a tenantYes

Online applications

Applicants apply online through a RentCafe listing and the screening runs from that application once the fee is paid; the application fee amount is set by the landlord, not Yardi.

When a prospect applies through your RentCafe listing and pays the application fee, the screening runs from that application.

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Finding a tenantYes

Tenant screening

Screening is ScreeningWorks Pro (owned by RentGrow) in the US at $18 per screen for Premium, with credit, civil, rental history and criminal searches; Canada uses Equifax and Certn data.

ScreeningWorks Pro for Breeze- Premium includes: Credit Report with risk score, SSN Fraud ... Price per screen: $18.00

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Income verification

Income and employment verification is a paid screening add-on through The Work Number and Nova, priced at $25 per screen in the Premium Plus package and offered as a Breeze Premier add-on.

The Work Number (real-time verification of current income and employment) ... Price per screen: $25.00

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Leases and rentPartly

Leases signed online

Leases can be executed online with e-signatures through RentCafe, but online lease execution and state-based lease documents are flagged as add-ons carrying additional fees.

Execute leases online with state-based lease documents and addenda

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Leases and rentPartly

State-specific leases

State-based lease documents and addenda are offered as a Premier add-on with additional fees; the vendor does not say who drafted or reviewed them, and Canada gets provincial versions.

State-based lease documents* *Additional fees apply

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Leases and rentYes

Rent collected online

Residents pay from the portal or app by bank transfer, debit or credit card, with walk-in cash as a fallback; the vendor does not publish how long funds take to reach the landlord's bank.

Accept debit, credit card and ACH payments from their tenant portal or app

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Leases and rentYes

Autopay and reminders

Recurring autopay is optional and residents keep one-time payments, and the vendor tells clients to enable automated payment reminders in Breeze to lift on-time collection.

Autopay is entirely optional. Residents can make one-time manual payments each month through the resident portal with full control over the date and…

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Leases and rentYes

Late fees

Recurring rent and fee postings are automated and Breeze has a late fee function that pulls tenants and figures, though the vendor does not publish how the posting date is scheduled.

Automate recurring rent and fee postings

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Leases and rentYes

Security deposits

Deposits are handled as client funds in escrow and trust accounts maintained per property, with cash balances monitored by property and owner to avoid commingling.

Maintain escrow and trust accounts for all properties

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Leases and rentYes

Rent paid in cash

Walk-in cash payments are included via PayNearMe at over 24,000 retail locations including Walgreens, Walmart and 7-Eleven; the vendor does not publish the per-payment retail fee.

Retail cash payment services like PayNearMe allow residents to pay rent in cash at over 24,000 locations including Walgreens, Walmart, 7-Eleven.

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Leases and rentYes

Rent receipts

Each online payment produces an automatic email confirmation to the resident plus a permanent record in the RentCafe resident portal they can retrieve themselves.

Every online payment generates an automatic email confirmation and a permanent digital record in the resident portal.

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Leases and rentPartly

Rent reported to credit bureaus

Clients may opt to release resident payment data to Experian's RentBureau under separate terms, and RentCafe Flexible Rent is pitched as credit-building; no fee or payer is published.

Data Release to RentBureau. If you choose to release data to RentBureau, a division of Experian Data Corp. (RentBureau), additional terms of use (the…

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MaintenanceYes

Maintenance requests

Residents submit requests online and staff track history, add photos and videos from a phone, assign work and monitor completion through to linked vendor invoices.

Receive online maintenance requests from residents ... Add photos and videos using a smartphone or tablet

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MaintenanceYes

Work orders to contractors

Work can be assigned to vendors or employees with vendor invoices linked back to the order, and vendors are paid by check or EFT from accounts payable.

Attach supporting documents and assign tasks to vendors or employees ... Monitor work order completion and link vendor invoices

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MaintenanceYes

Move-in and move-out inspections

Move-in and move-out inspections are recorded on a phone or tablet with pass/fail per area, notes and photos, and maintenance requests can be raised from the inspection screen.

You can mark different rooms and areas as “Passed” or “Failed,” add notes and attach photos.

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The booksYes

Income and expenses by property

Income and expenses are tracked by property with payables, receivables and a general ledger, and financial statements drill down to transaction-level detail for an accountant.

Generate financial statements and click into transaction-level details

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The booksYes

A bank account per property

Accounting is segregated per property and owner with escrow and trust accounts maintained for all properties, and the vendor states there are no hidden licensing charges for them.

Monitor cash balances by property and owner to avoid commingling of funds

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The booksYes

1099s

1099 preparation and e-filing are built into the accounting module on the standard Breeze plan, alongside vendor and owner payment tracking.

Prepare and e-file 1099s in record time

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Managing for other ownersYes

Owner portal and statements

Owners receive customizable report packets and pro rata statements delivered by email or a secure owner portal, with owner payments calculated against stipulated reserves.

Share owner reports via email or secure portal

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Managing for other ownersYes

Trust accounting

Escrow and trust accounts are maintained per property with segregated income and expense tracking, in-platform reconciliation that flags discrepancies, and role-based controls.

Breeze allows you to reconcile transactions directly within the platform. The system flags discrepancies and helps ensure that your records match…

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Managing for other ownersYes

Management fees

A standard management fee tool sets a percentage or flat rate per property to calculate commissions and create payables, and owner payments are calculated with reserves retained.

This feature lets you set up a percentage or flat rate per property to quickly calculate your commissions and create payables for your management…

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Managing for other ownersYes

Team users

Staff log in with their own permissions, including property-level and maintenance-staff restrictions and menu-level security on Premier; pricing is per unit, with no published per-user fee.

Limit data access for maintenance staff and/or at the property level

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Your tenantsYes

Tenant app

Residents get the RentCafe portal and app to apply, pay rent and submit maintenance requests, with the portal included in the monthly cost.

RentCafe includes a resident portal that lets residents apply, make online rent payments* and submit maintenance requests.

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Renters insurance

Renters insurance is an optional add-on with additional fees; the landlord can require integrated or third-party cover and residents enrol through the leasing workflow.

Reduce risk by requiring integrated or third-party renters insurance

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AI features

AI appears as paid add-ons and bundled services: RentCafe Chat IQ answers prospects on pricing and availability for Premier, while SentiLink fraud detection is free inside screening.

RentCafe Chat IQ is a powerful AI tool with natural language processing that automatically responds to prospect questions with real-time information…

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Trying it, starting and getting helpNo

Free plan or trial

There is no free plan: the cheapest route is Breeze at $1 per unit per month with a $100 monthly minimum, and the only no-cost window is cancelling inside the first 30 days.

If you cancel on or before the 30th day of your Initial Term (the “Trial Period”), you will not be charged for your use of the Software, but you will…

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Sign up without a sales call

Breeze can be bought online through a registration form that emails you a private database, but Breeze Premier must be set up by calling or emailing the sales team.

Call (800) 866-1144 or email us today to set up Breeze Premier to meet your unique needs.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Contract and cancelling

The licence runs a one-year initial term that auto-renews annually, with a 30-day cancellation window; cancelling requires a phone call or written notice, not an online switch.

You have agreed to an Initial Term (and subsequent Terms) of one-year. ... If you continue to use the Software beyond the Initial Term, a new…

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Support

Unlimited live chat runs Monday to Friday 7am-7pm Central with email after hours, plus 8 free phone-support hours on Breeze (16 on Premier) and $120 per hour thereafter.

Our support staff is here to help you with any questions you might have, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central Time*. After hours, you can…

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Getting your data out

Client data remains the client's and can be copied and exported at any time through standard functionality and reports, but access and data end immediately at the term's close.

Subject to the TOU, you may copy, delete, and export this data at any time using the standard user functionality and reports available within the…

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Canada

Sold for US rentals with US dollar payment processing, and separately for Canada through yardibreeze.ca, where screening runs on Equifax and Certn data

Breeze is available for residential and commercial properties in the U.S.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Property types

The vendor sells it for residential, commercial, affordable, self storage, HOA/condo and manufactured housing portfolios, while the licence excludes short-term and vacation rentals.

Our refreshingly simple platform puts you in charge of marketing and managing your entire portfolio, with support for residential, commercial,…

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Still sold

live: Yardi sells it to new customers today, with online registration for Breeze, a 2026-dated product site and current releases and events published this year.

Get access to our refreshingly simple software in just a few steps! Complete the fields below, and we'll email you a login for your own private…

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