Stripe payments on TenantCloud started charging $1.5 per ACH

[Bocondo Williams]

I have been using Tenantcloud to manage my 40+ units and so far I was satisfied from the features they provide for $144 per year. But recently they switched their payment provider from Dwalla to Stripe and Stripe started charging $1.50 for each ACH deposit for rent collection. This amount add up pretty quickly. Most of the units I owned have room partners so they pay rent by their own individual bank ACH. On top of that TenantCloud treats every lease add on (parking fee, pet fee, late fee etc.) as new ACH deposit. So now this month only we paid more than $200 in ACH fee only, which was $0 for last 2 years I have been using TenantCloud. So we paid $144 total for TenantCloud subscription in 2022 and now we are paying $144 plus $200+ per month in 2023, that's a significant jump. To make matter worse the ACH deposits are even slower than Dwalla, it can take anywhere from 4 days to 7 days now.

TenantCloud was good till now, with this $200+ ACH fee and delayed payment, I need some better software out there. Can anyone confirm if Buildium, AppFolio or other big one also charges per ACH? And what's their turnaround for ACH deposit?

[Calvin Thomas]

Quote from @Bocondo Williams:

I have been using Tenantcloud to manage my 40+ units and so far I was satisfied from the features they provide for $144 per year. But recently they switched their payment provider from Dwalla to Stripe and Stripe started charging $1.50 for each ACH deposit for rent collection. This amount add up pretty quickly. Most of the units I owned have room partners so they pay rent by their own individual bank ACH. On top of that TenantCloud treats every lease add on (parking fee, pet fee, late fee etc.) as new ACH deposit. So now this month only we paid more than $200 in ACH fee only, which was $0 for last 2 years I have been using TenantCloud. So we paid $144 total for TenantCloud subscription in 2022 and now we are paying $144 plus $200+ per month in 2023, that's a significant jump. To make matter worse the ACH deposits are even slower than Dwalla, it can take anywhere from 4 days to 7 days now.

TenantCloud was good till now, with this $200+ ACH fee and delayed payment, I need some better software out there. Can anyone confirm if Buildium, AppFolio or other big one also charges per ACH? And what's their turnaround for ACH deposit?

Yea, the slowness of Stripe and the fees are adding up for us too. We were big fans of TenantCloud, but it might be time to switch. We've added Zelle as a payment option as tenants were very upset in regard to the new fees. I cannot see this ending well for TenantCloud. We have 75+ doors, so we're not going to absorb those fees. Buildium and Appfolio seem more expensive, but I have setup calls with account managers with both. I understand they need to increase fees, but their fees are now higher than others and their payment time is so much slower with stripe...