Buildium is a full property management system with a published price and a free trial, and it supports commercial properties alongside residential ones. Cornerhold is built only for commercial leases, with CAM, tax and insurance recoveries at its center. Here is how they compare. Checked October 23, 2026, from public pages linked at the foot of the page.
The questions a commercial owner or manager asks, answered for both. "Not listed" means the company's public pages we read don't mention it, not that the product can't do it.
YesPools for CAM, tax, insurance and more; estimates, monthly billing and year-end statements with a backup package.
PartlyBulk charges split evenly, by square footage or by percentage, from a budget (help article, April 2024).[3]
YesEach tenant reconciled under its own lease, every line traced to its invoice and lease clause.
PartlyCompare the CAM budget with actual expenses, then post bulk credits or charges (help article, April 2024).[3]
YesThree kinds of caps, base years and expense stops, gross-up, exclusions and admin fees, set per lease.
Not listedNot described in its commercial help article.[3]
YesSeparate tax and insurance pools, billed monthly and reconciled with CAM.
PartlyRecurring charges, moved to a liability account by journal entry (help article, April 2024).[3]
YesEach rent step is read from the lease, with its page, and becomes the rent schedule.
PartlyPercentage increases aren't calculated automatically (help article, April 2024).[3]
YesOn every plan: two AI readers draft 73 fields, each answer shows its page and quote, and you approve.
YesAn assistant that answers with links to your records, and bills drafted from PDFs or photos.
YesLumina AI: bill scan, writing help and agents, with every feature on Premium.[4]
YesChatGPT, Claude and Grok, read only, on Owner Plus and up.
NoNot yet. Payments are recorded in the books.
YesePay, with per-payment fees by plan.[1]
NoA leasing pipeline only; no eSignature, screening or listings.
YesIncluded or priced per use, by plan.[1]
NoThe iPhone app isn't on the App Store yet; the website works on a phone.
YesPer suite, on every self-serve plan; Enterprise by quote.
YesA calculator by unit count; onboarding on Growth and Premium is extra.[1]
YesOwner and Owner Plus start with 14 days free, without a card.
Yes14 days.[1]
Monthly list prices in US dollars, billed monthly, as of October 23, 2026, from each company's public pages. One suite counts as one unit. Taxes, payment fees and add-ons are extra where they apply.
An owner with three buildings
Cornerhold
25 suites included; 3 staff seats. Billed yearly: $249 a month.
Buildium
The 21 to 40 unit price. Prepaid yearly: $867 a year.[1]
Up to 50 units, plus required onboarding (not published). Prepaid yearly: $2,076 a year.[1]
The starting price, plus required onboarding. Prepaid yearly: $4,334 a year.[1]
An owner-operator with a bookkeeper
Cornerhold
$299 for 25 suites + 75 x $6; 3 staff seats. Billed yearly: $624 a month.
100 suites included; 10 staff seats. Billed yearly: $749 a month.
Buildium
A firm managing for owners, about 15 staff
Cornerhold
400 suites included; unlimited staff seats. Billed yearly: $2,083 a month.
Buildium
Buildium's calculator shows $192 a month on Growth for up to 50 units and $602 at 400. Compare the three sizes above.[1]
Buildium takes rent online through ePay and offers eSignature, tenant screening and listings. Cornerhold does none of these yet.[1]
Buildium's manager app and its Resident Center app are on the App Store. Cornerhold's iPhone app isn't released yet.[6][7]
Buildium's Premium plan includes an open API. Cornerhold has no public API.[1][5]
If most of your units are residential or association units, with a few commercial spaces, Buildium covers all of them in one system. Cornerhold is built for commercial leases only.[1][2]
Buildium's help article describes the year-end CAM reconciliation as comparing the CAM budget with actual expenses and posting bulk credits or charges. Cornerhold reconciles each tenant under its own lease, with caps, base years and expense stops, gross-up, exclusions and admin fees, and traces every line to its invoice.[3]
The same article handles tax and insurance pass-throughs with recurring charges and journal entries. Cornerhold bills them from separate pools and reconciles them with CAM.[3]
Cornerhold reads each lease with two AI readers on every plan and shows the page and quote for each term; its rent steps become the rent schedule. Buildium's article says it doesn't calculate percentage rent increases automatically.[3]
Yes. The importer reads any spreadsheet, so rent rolls and ledgers in a spreadsheet come in, along with QuickBooks exports, lease PDFs, bills and bank files. It shows what it found before anything is saved.
It was last published in April 2024, and Buildium may have changed how it handles CAM since. It's linked in the sources below so you can check it, and we'll correct this page if it changed.
Yes. Cornerhold launched in October 2026, so it has no long customer track record or public reviews yet. Owner and Owner Plus start with 14 days free, without a card, so you can try it on your own leases before you decide.
The iPhone app is built but isn't on the App Store yet. Until it is, the website works on a phone.
Owners and admins can export the whole organization at any time: every record as JSON and CSV, every stored file, and a README that explains each table. It works on every plan, even when the account is read-only.
buildium.com, checked October 23, 2026
buildium.com, checked October 23, 2026
help.buildium.com, checked October 23, 2026
buildium.com, checked October 23, 2026
buildium.com, checked October 23, 2026
apps.apple.com, checked October 23, 2026
apps.apple.com, checked October 23, 2026
Facts about other products come from their public pages on the dates shown; tell us if something changed.
Cornerhold isn't affiliated with Buildium. Its name is used only to say which product is compared. Cornerhold's own facts come from our pricing page and help center.
Owner and Owner Plus start with 14 days free, without a card. Bring a rent roll, QuickBooks files or lease PDFs, and you can set up your portfolio in about ten minutes. For a large portfolio, or if you want our team to move you in, ask about Enterprise.
