Migration comparison
Tenant Office vs Buildium: a practical Buildium alternative
Compare the work, price, and data path before you switch from Buildium. Tenant Office is $149 per organization per month as of 2026-10-20, with migration handled through reviewed exports and assisted import.
Published 2026-10-19 · Updated 2026-10-20
Which is better, Tenant Office or Buildium?
It depends on your priority. Buildium is a full property-management suite with a long track record, and if you rely on that breadth its plans deliver it. Tenant Office is narrower by design: one organization-wide ledger with immutable entries, evidence-enforced work-order closeout, and a ranked attention queue. If those controls are the problem you are buying for, the switch follows the documented export path; if you need Buildium-wide feature coverage today, staying is the honest answer.
At a glance
| Buyer question | Tenant Office | Buildium |
|---|---|---|
| Core portfolio and leasing records | Generic importers | Export and assisted mapping |
| Opening balances and owner terms | Structured import surfaces | Scope and tie-out required |
| Custom fields and documents | Review destination | Preserve exceptions |
| Migration method | Reviewed transform, preview, and import | Export format varies by platform |
Pricing and migration difficulty
Tenant Office
$149 / org / month
One published organization price, as of 2026-10-20. Migration scope and assisted work are agreed separately.
Buildium
See current vendor pricing
Open Buildium pricing. Pricing and packaging can change; this page was last updated 2026-10-20.
Migration difficulty
Easy
A planning label for the documented export path, not a promise of a fixed timeline.
How to get your data out of Buildium
If your plan includes Open API access, use a server-side, read-only paginated pull with a stable sort and recorded counts. Otherwise use Buildium reports or CSV exports. The Buildium migration playbook covers scope, transforms, exceptions, and tie-outs.
Buildium documents paginated REST API access for customers with Open API access and report or CSV exports for customers without that access. Source: Buildium documentation (read 2026-10-18)
The Tenant Office path
- Agree the records, dates, counts, and financial scope.
- Keep raw exports immutable and transform a copy with source identifiers.
- Preview, reconcile counts and exceptions, then apply the matching generic importer with assisted review.
Questions about switching
Does Tenant Office have a Buildium importer?
Tenant Office has generic importers and a Buildium migration playbook, not a claimed Buildium-API-specific importer. A reviewed transform maps the export into the existing import surfaces.
Is Buildium API access available on every plan?
The migration playbook says to confirm the plan first. Customers without Open API access use the applicable report or CSV exports instead.
Ready to map the move from Buildium?
Bring your export questions and target scope. We can walk through the records, exceptions, and review points before any import is applied.
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