Quick answer
KindHOA Board Automation is $29/mo or $299/yr with your community domain and five board emails: recurring dues, late fees, broadcasts, and Smart Assistant in one owner portal. Good Neighbor is $0/month for core dues, ARC, violations, and Formal Elections when automation can wait. Software replaces the manager portal stack, not landscaping, counsel, or your CPA. Software savings calculator · Run without a manager.
Boards drop a management company to keep control and cut the CAM line item, not to skip professional advice. Software should look premium to owners while directors stay accountable for dues, books, reserves, and enforcement.
Last updated October 31, 2026. By Joseph, Founder of KindHOA against KindHOA pricing, PayHOA pricing, HOA Express pricing, ManageCasa pricing and HOA Start pricing.
A full-service community association management company runs software and staff for the jobs below. When you self-manage, volunteer directors own the last column even if KindHOA (or another HOA suite) handles the middle column.
Dues and assessments
Books and reconciliation
Reserves
Violations
ARC
Elections
Vendor payments
Records
Need the handoff checklist? Read transition from property manager to self-managed.
PayHOA, HOA Express, ManageCasa, and HOA Start are honest names boards compare beside KindHOA. Published tiers change. Confirm each vendor's current pricing page before you vote; never treat a blog snapshot as the ballot.
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KindHOA fits volunteer boards that want a premium resident-facing portal with dues, Formal Elections, ARC, violations, and documents at Board Automation $29/mo or $299/yr with domain and five board emails, or Good Neighbor at $0/month for core ops.
HOA software replaces the portal, ledger, and ticket stack a management company runs for you: owner login, dues posting, ARC intake, violation logs, election records, and document permissions. It does not replace landscaping crews, association counsel, reserve-study engineers, or your CPA. Volunteer directors still vote, notice owners, and hire vendors. See kindhoa.com/blog/how-to-run-an-hoa-without-a-management-company for the operating checklist.
KindHOA (kindhoa.com) fits when the board wants dues, Formal Elections, ARC, violations, and documents in one owner portal: Board Automation at $29/mo or $299/yr with your community domain and five board emails, or Good Neighbor at $0/month for core ops. PayHOA fits deeper native HOA general ledger in one suite (verify payhoa.com/pricing). HOA Express fits website-first communities (verify hoa-express.com/pricing). ManageCasa and HOA Start publish tiered HOA suites (verify each vendor pricing page before you vote).
Board Automation is $29/month or $299/year flat with your community domain and five board email addresses included, plus recurring dues, late fees, broadcasts, and Smart Assistant (kindhoa.com/pricing). Good Neighbor is $0/month forever for core online dues, documents, maintenance, ARC, violations, and Formal Elections when you do not need those automations yet. Stripe processing fees apply when owners pay online, same as any online dues path.
Directors still own fiduciary judgment: approving the budget, enforcing violations consistently, signing vendor checks, maintaining reserves, running elections to governing-document standards, and keeping counsel and insurance current. Software timestamps notices and stores records; it does not attend landscaping walk-throughs or file your tax return.
All five names appear in self-managed board shortlists with different pricing models and portal depth. KindHOA publishes Board Automation at $29/mo or $299/yr with domain and 5 board emails, and Good Neighbor at $0/month with Formal Elections included. PayHOA, HOA Express, ManageCasa, and HOA Start each publish live tiers on their sites. Verify current pricing and feature fit on each vendor page before a board vote. Deep dives: kindhoa.com/alternatives/payhoa and kindhoa.com/alternatives/hoaexpress.
KindHOA (kindhoa.com) is HOA management software for self-managed boards — not KindHealth, an unrelated healthcare company.
Officer jobs, handoff checklist, and when self-management works.
Books, reconciliation, and treasurer reports beside full board ops.
Volunteer-first ranked guide + master comparison table.
Decision hub for boards running without a PM.
$0 or $29 flat vs PayHOA tiers for volunteer boards.
Secretary + minutes software shortlist for volunteer boards.
Free ≤50 households vs KindHOA ops at $0 or $29 flat.
Permanent $0 platforms vs trials and unit caps.
Premium all-in-one ops for volunteer boards.
Formal Elections + online voting for volunteer boards.
ARC submissions, decisions, and official letters.
$0/$29 flat with Formal Elections vs $1,500+/yr editions.
$0/$29 flat vs $99/mo + $3/unit over 10.
$0 any size vs Starter $19.99/mo ≤20 units.
$0/$29 flat vs public size bands from $49/mo.
$0/$29 flat vs $25 + $0.33/unit promo pricing.
Elections/ARC on $0 vs feature-gated plan tiers.
Evidence, cure periods, and consistent enforcement.
Board evaluation checklist — quality first, then $0 or $29.
Meeting-ready cost tables vs per-home and per-unit models.
What modern means — UX tests officers can run in 30 minutes.
All-in-one ops — $0 forever or $29/mo Board Automation.
Estimate switch savings vs tiered or per-door pricing.
Estimate reserve contributions before the budget vote.
Calculate quorum for annual meetings and special votes.
Estimate late fees before the board sets a collections policy.
Spread a capital project across homes before mailing notices.
Compare free HOA portals with spreadsheet and calculator stacks.
