RentalAnalytics estimates a long-term rent from public HUD and Census files and names the source on the result. RentCast looks up a property rent from nearby rental listings and tracks a portfolio. Prices below are the ones on RentCast's public pages on 2026-10-09.
| Topic | RentalAnalytics | RentCast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Calculators are free, with no account. LandlordIQ free tier is 60 requests per hour per IP, with no key. The paid API tier is 10,000 requests per day per key, requested at api@rentalanalytics.com. | Free is $0. Pro is $12 per month billed annually, or $19 per month. The API lists Developer $0 (50 requests), Foundation $74 (1,000), Growth $199 (5,000), and Scale $449 (25,000) per month. |
| Free access | Calculators are live and free, with no account: rent, cap rate, cash flow, DSCR, amortization, short-term versus long-term rent, rent growth, vacancy, lease renewal, operating expenses, and market summary. | Free includes nationwide rent prices, 5 nearby rental comps, 5 portfolio properties, and rent alerts and market updates. Custom comps criteria, rental market insights, historical rent trends, custom PDF branding, and sending updates to other people are on Pro. Pro has a 14-day trial. The API Developer plan includes 50 calls a month. |
| Rent figure | HUD FY2026 50th-percentile rent scaled onto ZIP Fair Market Rent or Small Area FMR, then aged with BLS CPI Shelter. Census ACS 2024 5-year B25031 is the second anchor. Fair Market Rent stays the labeled 40th-percentile voucher figure. Methodology page date: 2026-08-28. | The homepage says each rent estimate is calculated from similar nearby rental listings, and that a rent range and the comps used are shown with the estimate. Pro shows up to 20 nearby rental comps. The homepage also lists market statistics and historical rent trends for most US zip codes. |
| Data sources | HUD Fair Market Rents, HUD 50th-percentile rents, Census ACS B25031, and BLS CPI Shelter. Secondary series used in labeled estimates are named on the data sources page. | Rent estimates use nearby rental listings, per the homepage FAQ. The API FAQ says property and listing records come from public records, tax assessors, and online directories, and that RentCast processes over 500,000 updates daily. The API page lists 150+ million property records and market trends for 38,000+ zip codes. |
| Also on the product | Gross rent yield and rent-to-income from Census tables, 100 metro dashboards, and educational tax worksheets. | Portfolio tracking, rent alerts, market-update email, PDF reports, and a Zapier integration are described on the pricing page. Pro adds custom PDF branding. |
Landlords pricing a long-term lease, or screening a purchase, who want the rent tied to a HUD fiscal-year file and a Census table. Take the estimate into the cap rate calculator or the cash flow analyzer. The methodology page records the formula and the 2026-08-28 update.
Investors and property managers who want an address-level rent from nearby listings, a comp set, and alerts when it may be time to change a rent. RentCast's homepage describes that job, and the pricing page is the fit for a portfolio larger than the free limit. Teams building an application can use the property and rental data API, which the API page prices separately from the Pro software plan.
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RentCast's pricing page lists a Free plan at $0, free forever: nationwide rent prices, 5 nearby rental comps, 5 properties in a portfolio, and rent alerts and market updates. The same card marks custom comps criteria, rental market insights, historical rent trends, custom PDF report branding, and sending updates to other people as excluded from Free.
The pricing page lists Pro at $12 per month, billed annually, and at $19 per month. Pro includes 20 nearby rental comps and 50+ properties in a portfolio, plus the features the Free card excludes. The page says you can try Pro free for 14 days. A banner on the page offers 15% off Pro for a limited time. The card prices above are the prices printed on the plan cards.
The API page lists Developer at $0 with 50 requests per month, Foundation at $74 per month with 1,000 requests, Growth at $199 per month with 5,000 requests, and Scale at $449 per month with 25,000 requests. Additional requests are $0.20, $0.06, $0.03, and $0.015 on those plans. Each plan lists 150+ million property records.
RentCast's homepage says each rent estimate is calculated from similar nearby rental listings. RentalAnalytics uses HUD FY2026 50th-percentile rents scaled onto ZIP Fair Market Rent or Small Area FMR, aged with BLS CPI Shelter, with Census ACS 2024 5-year B25031 as a second anchor. HUD Fair Market Rent stays the labeled 40th-percentile voucher figure.