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The Bill of Fare — pricing

Premium HOA software. One flat $29 a month or $299 a year.

Board Automation is $29/month or $299/year (best value; $348/year if paid monthly) for recurring dues, Smart Assistant, email broadcasts, and a community domain with five board emails included. Good Neighbor stays $0 forever for dues, maintenance, documents, and formal elections. No per-unit software fees. Many HOA platforms charge per unit, so costs rise as your community grows.

KindHOA Board Automation

$29/mo or $299/yr

One flat price at every size ($348/yr if paid monthly)

Per-unit pricing

Varies

Many platforms scale with home count

Spreadsheets

$0

+ your sanity

No. 01— The two plans

The Good Neighbor

$0/ forever

Complete permanent platform — no card required.*Card needed to claim your domain and board emails.

  • Unlimited homes on Good Neighbor
  • No per-unit software fee on Good Neighbor
  • Unlimited residents per home
  • Flexible fee passing — four choices for who pays processing
  • Invoice creation, tracking & bulk invoicing
  • Maintenance (1 photo) & ARC (3 files, 5MB each)
  • Violation tracking (up to 10 active)
  • Volunteer board & community events
  • Board-only polls & formal elections
  • Resident directory (CSV import)
  • Community feed (1 photo/post)
  • Messages
  • 5 GB community storage — years of typical HOA documents & photos
  • Document library for bylaws, minutes, and community records
  • Calendar (10 events/month)
  • Announcements (5 per month)
  • Full finance hub — transactions, budgets, bank match (CSV/OFX free; optional Bank Sync), reports preview
  • Public website (free subdomain)
  • Audit logs & email notifications
  • Private Board Discussion on Community Operations requests (home improvements, maintenance, violations)
Best value

Board Automation

$299/ year
$29/ month

Automation, AI, email broadcasts, and higher limits. Every new HOA starts with a free Board Automation trial, no card required.*Card needed to claim your domain and board emails.

  • Everything in Good Neighbor, plus —
  • Lower platform fees: 1% cards, 0.8% ACH (vs 1.2% / 1%)
  • 24/7 AI assistant — chat with your documents
  • Custom forms that reach the right people
  • ARC official decision letters homeowners can keep
  • Automated late-fee calculation
  • Recurring dues schedule (auto-invoice)
  • Email broadcasts to your entire community
  • Community + board polls and voting
  • Vendor bid management & portal
  • Unlimited violations + treasurer report PDF/HTML/print + 1120-H worksheets for your CPA
  • Directory & audit-log CSV exports
  • 25 GB community storage — room for thousands of typical HOA documents & years of photos
  • Expand storage anytime (+25 GB for $5/month)
  • Feed: 10 photos/post
  • Messages: attachments
  • ARC: 5 photos + 5 documents
  • Maintenance: 10 photos per request
  • Calendar & announcements: unlimited
  • Amenity reservations — courts, clubhouse, pool, gazebo, with blackouts and a paper schedule
  • Community domain included (managed or bring-your-own)
  • 5 board email addresses included
  • Official Committee Home — standing committees, board reports, secretary pull into Meetings (Board Automation, and right now only some communities have it)
  • Priority email support

Board Automation: $299/year (save $49 vs paying monthly) versus paying $29/month ($348/year). Same plan either way.

Every online payment carries bothStripe processing and KindHOA's platform fee — see the fee stack below. Stripe Connect account costs (active account, payouts, verification) are billed by Stripe to your dues deposit account, not as separate KindHOA invoices.

Paper checks are always free to process manually.

Board Automation starts as a free trial. No card required.*Card needed to claim your domain and board emails. Good Neighbor stays free forever after that. *Your free trial needs no card. To pick your domain and board emails, add a card first. Nothing is charged until the trial ends.

Finance hub included

Dues ledgers, budgets, bank match, and treasurer previews ship on Good Neighbor at $0 — not a separate treasurer SKU.

Board Automation adds recurring dues, late fees, PDF/HTML treasurer packs, and 1120-H worksheets for your CPA. See what is in the finance hub — and what is not — on our treasurer guide.

No. 01b— What the subscription covers

Good Neighbor and Board Automation are software subscriptions. Online payments always carry bothStripe processing and KindHOA's platform fee — plus whatever you choose for fee passing.

Included in $0 / $29 software

  • Good Neighbor software — $0/month forever, no card
  • Board Automation software — $299/year (or $29/month = $348/year if paid monthly)
  • 60-day Board Automation trial for every new HOA — no card*Card needed to claim your domain and board emails.
  • No per-unit software fee
  • Online dues, invoices, bulk invoicing (Good Neighbor)
  • Recurring dues + automated late fees (Board Automation)
  • Finance hub — transactions, budgets, CSV/OFX bank match (free forever)
  • Treasurer report previews on Good Neighbor; PDF/HTML/print + 1120-H worksheets for your CPA on Board Automation
  • 5 GB storage (Good Neighbor) / 25 GB (Board Automation)
  • Formal elections, maintenance, ARC, violations, resident portal, documents

Not included — paid separately

  • —Bank Sync (optional) — $9/month or $89/year; 2 linked accounts included; +$4/month per extra account (max 8 live). CSV/OFX import stays free on every plan. Card only; no Bank Sync trial.
  • —Physical mail postage — Good Neighbor: $3.99 First-Class / $12.99 Certified / $17.99 Certified+RR; Board Automation: 8% off; card only
  • —Mail Credits — $79.99 for 25 prepaid First-Class letters (optional; card only)
  • —Essentials add-ons — one community web address and five board emails included with Board Automation; extra web address $29.99/yr (Board Automation only); DNS Hosting $29.99/yr (Board Automation only)
  • —Busy Board — $14.99/month per +5,000 board-mail sends (stackable)
  • —Extra board email addresses: available in the app if you need more than 5.
  • —Extra Storage — +25 GB for $5/month (any plan)

Online payment fee stack (per transaction)

Stripe processing — cards

Good Neighbor
2.9% + 30¢ per payment
Board Automation
2.9% + 30¢ per payment

Stripe processing — ACH

Good Neighbor
0.8% (max $5 per payment)
Board Automation
0.8% (max $5 per payment)

KindHOA platform fee — cards

Good Neighbor
1.2%
Board Automation
1.0%

KindHOA platform fee — ACH

Good Neighbor
1.0% (max $8)
Board Automation
0.8% (max $5)

Manual / check payments

Good Neighbor
No KindHOA platform fee
Board Automation
No KindHOA platform fee

Fee passing — your board chooses:

  • HOA absorbs all fees (Stripe + KindHOA platform)
  • HOA passes Stripe processing to the resident; HOA absorbs the KindHOA platform fee
  • HOA passes all fees to the resident — HOA keeps 100% of collected dues
  • Card fees to resident; HOA covers bank (ACH) — residents pay Stripe on cards; ACH stays at the invoice amount

1120-H worksheets on Board Automation are for your CPA to file the return. KindHOA does not file taxes, e-file 1099s, or file Form 990.

No. 02— A counter-intuitive thing

Wait — the paid plan actually saves you money?

It sounds backwards, but it’s true. The lower platform fees on Board Automation save your HOA more than the $29/month subscription (or $299/year). Here’s the maths — plain and simple.

Free plan fees

1.2% cards

1.0% bank

Board Automation

1.0% cards

0.8% bank

You save

0.2%

on every payment

So what does 0.2% actually look like for your community?

Small community

75 homes · $200/mo

Annual online collections

$180,000

Fees on free plan$1,872
Fees on paid plan$1,512
Fee savings-$360
Subscription+$348

Net result, per year

Save $12

Upgrade pays for itself

Mid-size community

150 homes · $200/mo

Annual online collections

$360,000

Fees on free plan$3,744
Fees on paid plan$3,024
Fee savings-$720
Subscription+$348

Net result, per year

Save $372

You save $372 every year

Large community

250 homes · $250/mo

Annual online collections

$750,000

Fees on free plan$7,800
Fees on paid plan$6,300
Fee savings-$1,500
Subscription+$348

Net result, per year

Save $1,152

You save $1,152 every year

The bottom line — if your community collects $15,000 or more per month online, the paid plan saves money.

That’s as few as 60 homes at $250/month or 75 homes at $200/month. The bigger your community, the more you save — and you get every premium feature on top.

Plus, you unlock all of these along the way

24/7 AI assistant for your documents
Official Committee Home — standing committees, Ready for secretary, pull into Meetings (Board Automation, and right now only some communities have it)
Custom forms, rules, and outside reports
ARC official decision letters homeowners can keep
Automatic late-fee calculation
Recurring billing on autopilot
Email broadcasts to the whole community
Physical mail postage 8% off + AI drafts
Treasurer reports + 1120-H worksheets for your CPA
Vendor bid management portal
Community-wide polls and voting
Unlimited active violations
CSV exports for neighbors and audit logs
Priority email support
No. 03— Compare in detail

Monthly price

The Good Neighbor
$0
Board Automation
$29

Residents

The Good Neighbor
Unlimited
Board Automation
Unlimited

Platform fee — cards

The Good Neighbor
1.2%
Board Automation
1%

Platform fee — ACH

The Good Neighbor
1% (max $8)
Board Automation
0.8% (max $5)

Fee handling options

The Good Neighbor
4 flexible choices
Board Automation
4 flexible choices

Community file storage

The Good Neighbor
5 GB — years of typical HOA docs & photos
Board Automation
25 GB — thousands of typical docs · expand +25 GB / $5/month

Feed history

The Good Neighbor
Unlimited (within storage)
Board Automation
Unlimited (within storage)

Messages history

The Good Neighbor
Unlimited (within storage)
Board Automation
Unlimited (within storage)

Inbox replies

The Good Neighbor
2 per conversation
Board Automation
Unlimited

Feed: photos per post

The Good Neighbor
1
Board Automation
10

Feed: posts per hour

The Good Neighbor
2
Board Automation
10

Calendar events / month

The Good Neighbor
10
Board Automation
Unlimited

Amenity & facility reservations

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
Courts, clubhouse, blackouts, book for a neighbor

Announcements / month

The Good Neighbor
5
Board Automation
Unlimited

Violations

The Good Neighbor
10 active
Board Automation
Unlimited

Physical mailings

The Good Neighbor
Pay per letter
Board Automation
8% off + AI draft

Volunteer board

The Good Neighbor
YesYes
Board Automation
YesYes

Polls & voting

The Good Neighbor
Board only
Board Automation
Community + board

ARC attachments

The Good Neighbor
3 files
Board Automation
5 photos + 5 docs

Maintenance photos

The Good Neighbor
1 per request
Board Automation
10 per request

Treasurer reports

The Good Neighbor
In-app generation
Board Automation
Print + PDF + HTML + 1120-H worksheets for your CPA

Directory CSV export

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes

Audit log exports

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes

Vendor bid management

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes

Meetings (agendas, minutes & decks)

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
Yes — right now only some communities have it

Official Committee Home

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
Yes — right now only some communities have it

Board Discussion (private ops threads)

The Good Neighbor
Home improvements, maintenance, violations
Board Automation
Same + vendor bids

Custom forms, rules & outside reports

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes

ARC official decision letters

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes

AI assistant (document chat)

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes

Snap receipts / scan records (phone)

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
Board Automation — right now only some communities have it

Late-fee automation

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes

Email broadcasts

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes

Recurring billing

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes

Bulk invoicing

The Good Neighbor
YesYes
Board Automation
YesYes

Community web address

The Good Neighbor
Free KindHOA subdomain
Board Automation
Custom domain included (managed or bring-your-own)

Board email addresses

The Good Neighbor
Not included (Good Neighbor uses in-app messaging)
Board Automation
5 board emails included with Board Automation, more available as an add-on ($9.99/year per +5).

Priority support

The Good Neighbor
NoNo
Board Automation
YesYes
No. 04— Against the competition

Per-unit pricing is a tax on growth.

We don’t charge more because your community is more successful. Annual subscription cost for a 100-home community, based on publicly available data as of March 2026.

Good Neighbor ($0)
$0/yrFree
KindHOA Paid
$348/yr
Buildium
$744/yr· Essential plan
PayHOA
$1,188/yr
Condo Control
$1,620/yr· 50+ units
AppFolio
$3,360/yr· $280 minimum
HOALife
$3,588/yr· All-in plan
Effortless HOA
$3,600/yr· $3/home Starter (100 homes)

PayHOA charges $99/mo for 100 units.

KindHOA gives you the same core features — payments, ARC, maintenance, website — for $0 or $29. That's up to $840/year back in your HOA budget.

Buildium charges $192/mo for AI & automation.

KindHOA's Board Automation includes AI, late-fee automation, recurring billing, and email broadcasts — for $29/mo. $163 saved every month.

No per-unit pricing. Ever.

Whether you have 50 or 500 homes, KindHOA is always $0 or $29. A 500-unit community on PayHOA pays $275/mo — that's 9.5× more.

Good Neighbor stays $0 forever.

Most competitors offer a free trial, then lock you in. KindHOA's Good Neighbor plan is a complete permanent platform — invoicing, payments, violations, feed, and push. Every new HOA also starts with a free 60-day Board Automation trial, no card required.*Card needed to claim your domain and board emails. *Your free trial needs no card. To pick your domain and board emails, add a card first. Nothing is charged until the trial ends.

No. 05— Common pricing questions

It's supported by a small platform fee on online payments — 1.2% for cards and 1% for ACH (capped at $8) — plus standard Stripe processing. Upgrading to Board Automation lowers your platform fee to 1% / 0.8% (capped at $5). We only earn when you're successfully collecting dues.

Every online payment carries Stripe processing (2.9% + 30¢ for cards, 0.8% capped at $5 for ACH) plus the KindHOA platform fee. On Good Neighbor: 1.2% cards, 1% ACH. On Board Automation: 1% cards, 0.8% ACH. For most communities, the subscription pays for itself in lower fees alone.

Stripe bills Connect infrastructure (active account, payouts, bank verification) directly to your dues deposit account balance — not as separate KindHOA invoices. That is separate from the KindHOA platform fee on each online payment and from Stripe's per-transaction processing on resident payments.

You choose: (1) the HOA absorbs all fees, (2) the HOA passes Stripe processing to the resident but absorbs the KindHOA platform fee, (3) the HOA passes all fees to the resident — keeping 100% of collected dues, or (4) card fees to the resident while the HOA covers bank — residents pay Stripe on cards; ACH stays at the invoice amount (HOA still pays the KindHOA platform fee on both).

Of course. Most communities start on Good Neighbor ($0 forever, good neighbor is $0/month forever with unlimited homes and no per-unit software fee.) and upgrade when they want automation or lower fees. Your data and settings transfer seamlessly — no migration.

You keep all your data and revert to Good Neighbor ($0 forever). Automated features pause, your platform-fee rate returns to the Good Neighbor level, and you can keep creating invoices manually. If you claimed the included domain, the site returns to your kindhoa.com address, board email is paused, and KindHOA holds the domain until its registered year ends. That included name is one per community for life. Moving it elsewhere is $50.

Yes. Community Operations → Mailings lets the board draft First-Class or Certified letters, pay postage by card, and track delivery. Good Neighbor list prices start at $3.99 (First-Class), $12.99 (Certified), and $17.99 (Certified + Return Receipt). Board Automation gets 8% off postage plus AI letter drafts. Postage is pay-per-letter — not included in the subscription — and ACH is not offered for postage.

Yes on Board Automation. Board Automation is one flat price at every size, with your domain and 5 board email addresses included. Includes your community domain (managed or bring-your-own) and 5 board email addresses. 5 board emails included with Board Automation, more available as an add-on ($9.99/year per +5). Good Neighbor ($0/month) includes a free subdomain; good neighbor is $0/month forever with unlimited homes and no per-unit software fee.

Good Neighbor ($0/month) and Board Automation ($29/month or $299/year, or $29/month = $348/year if paid monthly) cover HOA software. Each online payment carries BOTH Stripe processing (cards 2.9% + 30¢; ACH 0.8% max $5) AND KindHOA's platform fee (Good Neighbor: 1.2% cards / 1.0% ACH max $8; Board Automation: 1.0% / 0.8% max $5; manual checks: no platform fee). Your board chooses fee passing: HOA absorbs all, passes Stripe only, passes all fees, or card fees to resident with HOA covering bank (ACH). Also paid separately: Bank Sync ($9/month or $89/year, 2 accounts, +$4/mo per extra; CSV/OFX free); physical-mail postage; Mail Credits ($79.99 for 25 First-Class letters); Community Email: 5 board emails included with Board Automation, more available as an add-on ($9.99/year per +5). Busy Board (+5,000 sends for $14.99/month); Extra Addresses (+5 aliases for $9.99/year); Extra Storage (+25 GB for $5/month on any plan). Full stack: kindhoa.com/pricing.

No contracts, no commitments. Switch to monthly or cancel anytime. We don't believe in locking communities into long-term agreements.

Yes. Florida HOAs with 100 or more parcels must maintain a password-protected owner portal under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(4)(b). KindHOA Good Neighbor ($0 forever) includes a document library with 5 GB of community storage (years of typical HOA records), resident invites, announcements, and a public community site — boards upload statutory records and issue owner credentials. Confirm your parcel count and document list with association counsel; this is educational guidance, not legal advice.

Yes. Condos with 25 or more units must post required records on a protected owner portal under § 718.111(12)(g), effective Jan 1, 2026. KindHOA supports document uploads, resident portal access, and compliance calendar reminders for the 30-day posting rule. Confirm your unit count and document list with association counsel.

Yes. KindHOA helps Arizona volunteer boards store CC&Rs and bylaws, publish a searchable rules directory, run architectural review, automate assessments, and track desert/monsoon compliance tasks aligned with A.R.S. Title 33, Chapter 16 workflows. Browse city guides at kindhoa.com/compliance/arizona. Educational guidance only — confirm lien and enforcement steps with Arizona counsel.

Yes. KindHOA helps Colorado volunteer boards store declarations and bylaws, publish a searchable rules directory, automate assessments with notice audit trails aligned with HB22-1137 workflows, and document noise-ordinance vs. covenant enforcement. Browse Denver, Westminster, Colorado Springs, and other city guides at kindhoa.com/compliance/colorado. Educational guidance only — confirm lien steps with Colorado counsel.

Yes. KindHOA helps South Carolina volunteer boards publish a homeowners policy / rules directory, run architectural review, automate assessments, and document coastal and Upstate compliance tasks. Browse Greer, Greenwood, Myrtle Beach, Greenville, and other city guides at kindhoa.com/compliance/south-carolina. Educational guidance only — confirm enforcement steps with South Carolina counsel.

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