Community management shouldn't require enterprise software.
Enterprise platforms are built for property managers with hundreds of properties. Aldea is built for community leaders who want simple, organized communication — without the complexity or the price tag.
Most community management software wasn't built for your community.
Too Complex
Enterprise platforms require training, onboarding, and a dedicated admin. Features designed for portfolios of hundreds of properties overwhelm small communities.
Opaque Pricing
Most enterprise HOA platforms (Buildium, AppFolio, TownSq) don't publish community-association pricing. You book a sales call just to see what it costs — and then pay per-home fees that scale with your community.
Wrong Focus
Built for property managers, not community leaders. Packed with features you don't need — accounting suites, tenant screening, lease management — while missing what you do.
What makes Aldea different
A digital handbook no one else offers
Most platforms dump your community documents into flat file folders. Aldea gives you a structured, searchable handbook with categories your organization defines — policies, amenities, rules, maintenance procedures — always organized, always up-to-date.
Enterprise Platforms
Generic document storage — flat folders of PDFs and files. No categorization, no search, no structure.
Aldea
Structured digital handbook with flexible, admin-defined categories. Full-text search, file attachments, and entries that your residents can actually find.
Explore the handbookPricing you can actually see
Enterprise HOA platforms gate pricing behind a sales call. Aldea publishes every tier. Flat $49/mo for up to 150 members, every feature on every plan, no setup fee, no cancellation fee, 14-day free trial with no credit card.
Enterprise Platforms
Buildium, AppFolio, and TownSq require a sales call for HOA pricing. No published numbers. Per-home fees that scale with community size.
Aldea
From $49/mo, published on /pricing. No per-home fees, no add-ons gated behind higher tiers, no sales call. Start your free trial instantly.
See full pricingYour community, your address
Every Aldea community gets its own branded subdomain — a professional, memorable web address. Not a shared login page. Not a generic dashboard. Your community's own digital home.
Enterprise Platforms
Shared app URL. Log in, select your community from a dropdown. No community identity.
Aldea
Each community gets a branded subdomain: maplewood.aldeahq.com. A professional home on the web that members can bookmark and share.
Built for community leaders, not property managers
Enterprise platforms are designed for management companies handling hundreds of properties. Aldea is designed for the HOA board member, the condo administrator, the neighborhood leader. Clean, intuitive, ready in 15 minutes.
Enterprise Platforms
Designed for property management companies. Complex onboarding, training required, features for portfolios of hundreds of properties.
Aldea
Designed for the people who actually run communities. Setup in 15 minutes. No training needed. Focus on what matters — communication, organization, and community.
Aldea Pay: dues collection that respects your time
Other platforms make integrated payments a premium tier, a paid add-on, or a referral to a third-party processor. Aldea Pay is included in every plan. One-time payment requests, recurring subscriptions with autopay, automated overdue reminders, admin-issued refunds, and a full audit trail — at a transparent 1–1.5% on top of Stripe, USD and CAD natively.
Enterprise Platforms
Payments gated behind higher tiers, an add-on, or a separate processor. Per-transaction fees often hidden until checkout, and advertised prices frequently exclude the processing tier that actually moves money.
Aldea
Included in every plan. 1–1.5% transparent platform fee on top of standard Stripe passthrough. Autopay, automated reminders, full and partial refunds, and Stripe Connect payouts directly to your community’s bank.
How HOA boards use itThe pricing difference
| Platform | Starting At | Per-Unit Fees |
|---|---|---|
| PayHOA | $99/mo (51–100 homes, annual) | $2.45 per ACH + 3.5% card |
| TownSq | Sales call required | Not published |
| Buildium | Sales call required | Not published |
| AppFolio | Sales call required | Not published |
Aldea HQFrom $49/moFlat-rate, 1–1.5% Aldea Pay + Stripe passthrough. | ||
Competitor pricing captured 2026-04-20 from public pricing pages. Buildium, AppFolio, and TownSq do not publish HOA pricing — figures marked “sales call required” reflect their actual public posture. Verify on competitor sites before deciding.
Everything your community needs.
Nothing it doesn't.
Community News
Share updates, events, and announcements.
Digital Handbook
Organize your rules and policies.
Support Tickets
Track every request to resolution.
Smart Notifications
Keep everyone informed automatically.
Role-Based Access
Admin, staff, and member permissions.
Your Subdomain
Your own branded community URL.
Built for Communities Like Yours
Aldea works for any community that needs organized communication and simple management.
Ready to simplify your community management?
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