Rentari.ai vs Magic Door.
MagicDoor and Rentari are both AI-first property platforms, so the real question isn't whether there's AI, it's how much of it you're expected to trust unsupervised. MagicDoor leans toward automation: its AI "Magic Score" ranks applicants on income, rental history and background, and it prices at $2.50 per active lease per month, free up to 10 leases (as of 2026, verify on their site). Rentari's AI operator, Mozart, instead prepares each screening, lease, renewal, late-rent notice and maintenance triage for your one-click approval, then logs every draft beside that approval as an audit trail, human-in-the-loop by design and backed by 50-state statute watch plus FCRA-safe screening. If you want AI that speeds you up without handing the compliance-sensitive calls to a black box, that governance is the difference between the two.
MagicDoor pricing and features are drawn from its public pricing and product pages and third-party listings (G2, Capterra, GetApp), as of 2026, verify current terms on magicdoor.com. MagicDoor is a trademark of its respective owner; Rentari is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by MagicDoor.
Last updated July 2026. Pricing and features verified against each vendor's public information.
The short answer
Both free to start. Different ceilings on what "free" includes.
Pick Rentari.ai if you
- Every AI action is human-approved and logged: Mozart drafts each screening, lease, renewal and late-rent notice and triages maintenance for your one-click sign-off, then stores the draft beside your approval as an audit trail, not silent automation.
- Compliance is built in, not bolted on: 50-state lease coverage with automatic statute watch, FCRA-safe screening, symmetric (never increase-biased) advice, and no fair-housing proxies in any scoring.
- Identity verification spans everyone in the deal, tenants, vendors AND owners, not just the applicant being screened.
- Flat, capped pricing: $10/mo for 1-5 units ($8/mo billed annually), then a flat $2 per extra unit up to 200, month-to-month with no minimum and cancel anytime, so a growing portfolio doesn't scale linearly forever.
- A genuinely unlimited free tier for the top of the funnel: list, collect leads, take applications and run tenant screening across unlimited properties and units with no card.
- Extras MagicDoor doesn't advertise: computer-vision damage ID with repair estimates, one-click Schedule E export, and listing syndication to Zillow, Apartments.com and more.
Where Magic Door falls short
- MagicDoor's AI leans toward automation and an algorithmic 'Magic Score' for applicants, with less emphasis on a per-action human-approval audit trail (as of 2026, verify on their site).
- Per-active-lease pricing ($2.50/lease/month) scales linearly and uncapped, so a larger portfolio keeps paying more per door with no ceiling.
- Rent collection carries transaction fees (ACH around $2.49 per transaction, as of 2026), a cost someone absorbs on every rent cycle.
- It's a young platform (public since roughly late 2024), with a shorter operating track record than longer-established tools.
- Compliance framing, 50-state statute watch, symmetric advice, and fair-housing-proxy-free scoring, isn't a headline part of its pitch.
- Verification is centered on tenant screening rather than identity checks that also cover owners and vendors.
Side by side
Public pricing and feature claims. Verify on each vendor's site before you decide.
| Rentari.ai | Magic Door | |
|---|---|---|
| Target user | Landlords and property managers of all sizes, scaling as you grow, AI-augmented. | Independent landlords, generous unit cap, price-first. |
| Free tier | Yes Unlimited properties and units, screening + applications included. | Yes — up to 10 leases, no card |
| Paid tier | Prime $10/mo for 1-5 units ($8/mo annual), then a flat $2 per extra unit up to 200. | $2.50 / active lease / mo (free up to 10 leases) — as of 2026 |
| How is the product funded? | Subscription revenue from Prime + Concierge tiers. | Tenant-side fees (screening, payment convenience) + premium add-ons. |
| AI co-pilot that prepares decisions | Yes | Yes — automation + algorithmic 'Magic Score' applicant scoring |
| 50-state lease coverage with statute watch | Built in. Automatic statute watch. | Lease templates. Manual updates. |
| Tenant screening | FCRA-safe pass-through. No markup. | Available. Paid by applicant. |
| Online rent collection | Included. Landlord keeps 100% of rent on ACH. | Included. Tenant convenience fees apply. |
| Vendor portal (W-9, 1099) | Built in. | Not offered. (Maintenance tickets only.) |
| Identity verification | Tenants, vendors, AND owners. | Tenant screening only. |
| AI maintenance triage | Handles 80 to 100% end-to-end. | Maintenance ticket capture. Triage manual. |
| Accounting depth | Schedule E export, monthly P&L narrative, anomaly detection, depreciation and mortgage tracking, real equity and returns (cap rate, DSCR), a tax-position estimate, full ledger. | Basic income/expense tracking + Schedule E export. |
| Audit trail of AI decisions | Every AI draft logged beside your final approval. | Not applicable. |
| Visual damage ID | Yes | Not offered. |
| Listing syndication | Zillow, Apartments.com, and more. | Magic Door listings + partner network. |
| Setup time | Under 5 minutes. | 5 to 10 minutes. |
Disclaimer: This post highlights certain features on each platform. This does not mean the other platforms do not have those features. Please do your own research before making any conclusions.
Why landlords leave Magic Door for Rentari.ai
MagicDoor gets you in with a free landlord tier. Here is what running a real portfolio on it actually costs you:
- Per-lease pricing that never stops climbing. At $2.50 per active lease per month with no ceiling, the bill grows with every door you add — a larger portfolio just keeps paying more per unit, where Rentari.ai caps at a flat $2 per extra unit up to 200.
- Your tenants pay to pay rent. Rent collection carries transaction fees (ACH around $2.49 per payment as of 2026) that someone absorbs on every cycle. On Rentari.ai the landlord keeps 100% of rent on ACH.
- Automation without the audit trail. MagicDoor leans on an algorithmic "Magic Score" and unsupervised automation, with no per-action human-approval log. Rentari.ai drafts every screening, lease, renewal, and notice for your one-click approval and stores each draft beside that approval — the record that defends the decision later.
- Thin once you scale past listings. No real vendor portal with W-9 and 1099 tracking, no 50-state statute watch, no identity verification on vendors or owners, no visual damage ID, and no AI maintenance triage with dispatch — all included on Rentari.ai.
- A short track record. MagicDoor has only been public since roughly late 2024, a fraction of the operating history behind the tools it competes with.
The free tier is real. But per-lease pricing that never caps, rent fees your tenants absorb every cycle, and the missing vendor, compliance, and audit layers are what you inherit the moment you run an actual portfolio on it.
Where Rentari.ai wins
- AI prepares every call. Screening, lease, renewal, late-rent notice, maintenance triage. You approve. The audit trail defends.
- 50-state lease coverage built in. Automatic statute watch. State-specific addenda.
- Real vendor portal. W-9 collection, 1099 tracking, job acceptance, photo proof of work.
- Identity verification on three sides. Tenants, vendors, AND owners.
- AI maintenance triage with vendor dispatch. Handles 80 to 100% of tickets end-to-end.
- Visual damage ID. Computer-vision repair estimates from photos.
- Landlord keeps 100% of rent. No tenant convenience fees on ACH.
Pricing snapshot
List-rate pricing as of 2026.
- Free Forever: Unlimited properties and units, with tenant screening + applications included.
- Prime monthly: $10/mo for 1-5 units, then a flat $2 per extra unit up to 200.
- Prime annual: $8/mo equivalent for 1-5 units, then a flat $1.60 per extra unit (up to 200).
- 200+ units: custom Enterprise quote.
- Concierge: from $200/mo.
- Landlord side: Free. Generous unit cap on the free tier.
- Tenant screening: Paid by applicant.
- Tenant payment convenience fees: Charged to tenant.
- Premium add-ons: Priced individually.
FAQ
The questions landlords actually ask.
I'm on Magic Door already. Should I switch?
Both Magic Door and Rentari.ai have free tiers. What's the difference?
How does Magic Door make money if it's free?
Can I import my data from Magic Door?
Does Magic Door have an AI co-pilot like Rentari.ai?
Is the AI safe for legal stuff like leases and adverse-action notices?
Try Rentari.ai free. See for yourself.
Free Forever covers unlimited properties and units with tenant screening and applications included. No card required. Run it in parallel with Magic Door and decide.