RentalAnalytics estimates a long-term rent from public HUD and Census files and names the file on the page. AirDNA publishes short-term rental market metrics and a revenue calculator called Rentalizer. Prices below are the ones on AirDNA's pricing page on 2026-10-09.
| Topic | RentalAnalytics | AirDNA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Calculators are free, with no account. LandlordIQ free tier is 60 requests per hour per IP. The paid API tier is 10,000 requests per day per key. | Free is $0. Market Research shows $34 per month, billed $400 annually, with $126 per month crossed out. The toggle reads Annual (Save 73%). Adapt Dynamic Pricing shows $20 per month per listing. Property Manager shows Let's Talk. |
| Free access | Six calculators are live and free, with no account: rent, cap rate, cash flow, DSCR, amortization, and short-term versus long-term rent. | Free is labeled free forever. The card lists a limited Rentalizer, limited market insights, and browsing for-sale properties. The pricing FAQ says that includes market insights for 120,000+ markets worldwide, with no trial clock. Adapt Dynamic Pricing lists a 30-day free trial. The FAQ says paid plans do not have a separate time-limited trial. |
| What the analysis covers | Long-term rent from HUD FY2026 50th-percentile rents scaled onto ZIP Fair Market Rent or Small Area FMR, aged with BLS CPI Shelter. Census ACS 2024 5-year B25031 is the second anchor. Fair Market Rent stays the 40th-percentile voucher figure. | Market Research lists everything in Free, plus a customizable Rentalizer, historical market insights, comparable sets, future demand data, property performance, top markets and properties, and 5 Rentalizer agent reports. Adapt lists an AI revenue copilot, prices that adjust, connections to existing tools, and performance tracking. Property Manager lists lead identification, competitor benchmarks, performance proof, new-market expansion, review and policy tracking, revenue forecasts, and 25 Rentalizer agent reports. |
| Data sources | HUD Fair Market Rents, HUD 50th-percentile rents, Census ACS, and BLS CPI Shelter. Methodology page date: 2026-08-28. | The help center says data is collected from Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, with Airbnb and Vrbo gathered since 2015 and Booking.com since 2019. Booking.com was added to the platform in June 2026. The article says public pages are scraped every day, and that reservation data shared by hosts and managers at 100,000+ properties is used as a quality-control layer. The pricing FAQ says every plan, including Free, includes global coverage of 15 million+ active listings across 120,000+ markets. |
| Update cadence | HUD files update annually. BLS CPI Shelter updates monthly. ACS 5-year tables update annually. The data sources page lists each series. | The help center says AirDNA Rates and comp sets update daily, occupancy, ADR, and revenue update weekly, and Rentalizer plus individual listing information update monthly. |
Landlords who want a long-term rent, cap rate, or cash flow from public HUD and Census files. Start with the rent estimator, then the cap rate calculator or the cash flow analyzer.
Short-term rental hosts and managers who want market metrics and Rentalizer. The pricing FAQ describes the Free plan for a first look at markets and basic tools. It describes Research, the plan shown on the card as Market Research, for investors and hosts who want top markets and revenue potential. Property Manager is the card for operators with 6+ properties. Adapt Dynamic Pricing is the card for hosts who want listing-level rate changes, priced per listing.
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The pricing page shows a Free plan at $0, labeled free forever. The card lists a limited Rentalizer (revenue calculator), limited market insights, and browsing for-sale properties. The pricing FAQ says the Free plan includes market insights for 120,000+ markets worldwide and has no trial clock.
The Market Research card shows $34 per month, billed $400 annually, with $126 per month crossed out, and a Great Value badge. The billing toggle is labeled Annual (Save 73%). Adapt Dynamic Pricing shows $20 per month per listing and a 30-day free trial. Property Manager shows Let's Talk. The pricing FAQ says paid subscriptions are available monthly or annually, and that Property Manager plans for portfolios of 6+ properties are custom-priced.
AirDNA's help center says data is collected from Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. Airbnb and Vrbo data has been gathered since 2015, and Booking.com data since 2019, with Booking.com added to the platform in June 2026. The article says public pages on those sites are scraped every day, and that hosts and property managers from 100,000+ properties share reservation data used as a quality-control layer.
A help-center article says AirDNA Rates and comp sets update daily, occupancy, ADR, and revenue update weekly, and the Rentalizer tool and individual listing information update monthly.