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HOA Express is a popular HOA website builder with a genuine free tier (up to 50 households). KindHOA is a better fit when you need online dues, ARC, maintenance, and formal elections on a $0/month subscription — not just a public site. HOA Express Engage adds dues from about $21/month; KindHOA Good Neighbor includes dues without a paid software tier.
HOA Express earns strong reviews as a simple community website. It is not a full operations platform on the free tier — boards that outgrow static pages often add a second tool for money and workflows. KindHOA combines public pages and board operations in one place.
Last updated June 28, 2026. Reviewed by KindHOA against HOA Express pricing.
Free tier available
Both have real free plans
Free tier online dues
HOA Express Engage plan required
Paid tier (online dues)
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Formal elections
ARC / maintenance workflows
HOA Express is website-first
Email blasts
KindHOA email-all on $29/mo tier
Mobile apps + push
HOA accounting / ledger
Not HOA Express's focus
KindHOA fits boards that have graduated from 'website only' to collecting dues, running elections, tracking ARC and maintenance, and notifying residents via mobile apps — with a free Good Neighbor tier that includes online dues (fees apply) and formal elections.
Stay on HOA Express free if you only need a bulletin-board website under 50 homes. Consider KindHOA when residents ask for online dues, architectural requests, or election ballots — workflows HOA Express does not run on the free plan. See all HOA software comparisons or start on Good Neighbor ($0).
KindHOA is a strong HOA Express alternative when you need more than a community website: free Good Neighbor includes dues collection, ARC workflows, maintenance tickets, documents, and formal elections — not just pages and file folders. HOA Express remains excellent for a free website (up to 50 households) or low-cost Engage plans when you mainly need branded sites and email blasts.
Yes. HOA Express offers a permanent free tier for up to 50 households with website pages, document storage, email blasts, calendar, and resident directory (source: hoa-express.com/pricing). Online dues collection requires a paid Engage plan (from about $21/month). KindHOA includes Stripe dues on the free Good Neighbor tier.
Only on paid Engage-tier plans (from about $21/month on HOA Express pricing, 2026). The free HOA Express tier does not include payment processing. KindHOA supports online dues on the $0/month Good Neighbor plan (Stripe Connect; platform + processor fees apply).
Yes. KindHOA includes public community pages plus a secure resident portal, ARC, maintenance, and board tools in one platform — so boards paying for HOA Express Engage primarily for payments often consolidate on KindHOA Good Neighbor at $0/month subscription.
