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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.
- Maintenance visits coordinate themselves: Rentari gets the tenant and the vendor to confirm a window, chases whichever side goes quiet, reminds both the day before in the property's own local time, and lets either side move the appointment, which lands back on your board with the reason attached.
- Flat, published pricing: $10/mo for 1-5 units ($8/mo billed annually), then a flat $2 per extra unit with no cap, 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: collect leads, take applications and run tenant screening across unlimited properties and units with no card.
- An extra MagicDoor doesn't advertise: computer-vision damage ID with repair estimates read straight from tenant photos.
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 | Rentari $120 a year for up to 10 units, Portfolio $279 a year to 50 units, and Scale $8 per unit a year above that, with no unit cap. Annual only. | $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. No statute watch advertised. |
| Tenant screening | FCRA-safe pass-through. No markup. | Available. Paid by applicant. |
| Online rent collection | Included. No Rentari.ai markup on rent. Tenants can pay without creating an account, straight from the reminder, so a missing portal login never stalls a payment. | Included. Tenant convenience fees apply. |
| Vendor portal (W-9, 1099) | Built in. W-9 collection, 1099 tracking, job acceptance, photo proof of work. | Vendor portal with 1099 statements. |
| Identity verification | Tenants, vendors, AND owners. | Tenant screening. Verification of vendors and owners not advertised. |
| AI maintenance triage | AI-triaged, with vendor dispatch you approve. Routine tickets run intake to invoice. | AI maintenance runbooks and work order management. |
| 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 advertised. |
| 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.
The catch
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, with volume discounts above 200 and no unit cap.
- A platform fee on every rent payment. Rent collection carries transaction fees (ACH around $2.49 per payment as of 2026) that someone absorbs on every cycle. Rentari.ai adds nothing on top: the Stripe ACH fee is split 50/50 and capped at $5.
- Automation without the audit trail. MagicDoor leans on an algorithmic "Magic Score" and automation, with less emphasis on a per-action human-approval log (as of 2026, verify on their site). 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.
- The compliance layer is not part of the pitch. We could not find a 50-state statute watch, identity verification covering vendors and owners, or computer-vision damage ID advertised on MagicDoor's public pages or in its third-party listings (as of 2026, verify on their site). All three are 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 a compliance and audit layer that was never part of the pitch are what you inherit the moment you run an actual portfolio on it.
Where we win
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. AI triage takes a routine ticket from intake to vendor dispatch to invoice, with your approval at each money step.
- Visual damage ID. Computer-vision repair estimates from photos.
- No Rentari.ai markup on rent. The Stripe ACH fee is split 50/50, nothing added.
Pricing snapshot
List-rate pricing as of 2026.
Rentari.ai
From $0
- Free Forever: Unlimited properties and units, with listings, leads, applications, tenant screening, maintenance and one active lease included.
- Paid, billed once a year: Rentari $120 a year for up to 10 units, Portfolio $279 a year to 50 units, and Scale $8 per unit a year above that, with no unit cap.
- Included on every paid plan: unlimited leases, unlimited e-signature sends, accounting data and export, and Mozart, the AI operator.
- 200+ units: automatic volume discounts, no unit cap.
- Concierge: from $200/mo.
Magic Door
$0 (landlord)
- 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.
Public pricing on magicdoor.com. Funded by tenant-side fees.
FAQ
The questions landlords actually ask.
I'm on Magic Door already. Should I switch?
Switch if you want an AI co-pilot that drafts every screening, lease, renewal, and rent notice for one-click approval, each logged beside that approval, plus 50-state lease coverage with automatic statute watch, identity verification that covers vendors and owners as well as tenants, and computer-vision damage ID. Both platforms run a vendor portal with 1099 tracking; the compliance and audit layer is where they diverge.
Both Magic Door and Rentari.ai have free tiers. What's the difference?
Different ceilings. MagicDoor's free tier is capped at 10 leases with rent collection, applications, and basic accounting. Rentari.ai's Free Forever covers unlimited properties and units with tenant screening and applications included, plus AI helpers, vendor portal, identity verification on three sides, AI maintenance triage, statute watch, and visual damage ID. Lease creation and Stripe rent collection unlock on Prime. Rentari.ai's free tier is both broader and deeper per unit.
How does Magic Door make money if it's free?
Like most free-for-landlord platforms, Magic Door is funded by tenant-side fees (screening, payment convenience, renters insurance) and optional premium add-ons. Rentari.ai's screening is FCRA-safe pass-through with no platform markup, and there is no markup on rent either.
Can I import my data from Magic Door?
Yes. Properties, units, tenants, leases, and rent ledgers can be migrated via CSV. Concierge migration (an add-on) handles the import for you. Magic Door supports data export from the landlord dashboard.
Does Magic Door have an AI co-pilot like Rentari.ai?
Both do. MagicDoor ships an algorithmic Magic Score for applicants, AI maintenance runbooks, and automation across matching and reminders. The difference is the shape of it: Rentari.ai's AI prepares the actual decision on screening, lease addenda, renewals and late-rent notices, surfaces a one-click Approve / Decline card, and logs every draft beside your answer. We could not find an equivalent per-action human-approval log advertised on MagicDoor (as of 2026, verify on their site).
Is the AI safe for legal stuff like leases and adverse-action notices?
The AI never sends anything on your behalf. It prepares the draft, runs the FCRA-safe workflow, and surfaces the proposal in your inbox with a one-click Approve / Decline card. Every draft is logged beside your final answer in the audit trail. Nothing financial or legal commits without your explicit approval.
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.