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Palace alternatives

Palace alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses

Palace: From NZ$1.83 per property a month, NZ$200 minimum spend, plus NZ$1,500 implementation.

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What people compare Palace with

Palace charges from NZ$1.83 per property per month with a NZ$200 minimum monthly spend, plus NZ$1,500 for implementation, data conversion quoted separately, all ex GST. Owners start looking elsewhere once the add-on products stack up and the bill keeps climbing with the size of the rent roll rather than the work being done.

Often compared

PropertyMe

Prices from A$1.60 per property per month, or from A$193 including GST for up to 100 properties, plus onboarding. An Australian alternative agencies weigh against Palace on a similar per-property model.

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Console Cloud

Prices from A$49.95 a month. Another Australian property management system agencies compare against Palace and PropertyMe.

Yours to own

Property Management for Claude Code

The open-source residential property management system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Palace data brought across.

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How to choose

How to choose a Palace alternative

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    What the monthly bill is tied to

    Palace and its comparisons charge per property, per month, with a minimum spend, so the bill climbs as your rent roll grows whether or not the work has grown with it. Check whether a switch changes what the meter is measuring.

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    Whether your records stay yours

    Owners, properties, tenancies, the rent ledger and inspection history are yours, even when the screens around them are rented. Ask how easily you can get an export of your own data out, and whether that export costs anything to arrange.

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    Whether it fits your own rules and fields

    Arrears steps, notice periods and healthy homes checks follow specific legislation, and a system built around someone else's screens may not match your process. Ask whether the reports, statements and rules can be changed to match how you actually work.

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    What the switch actually involves

    Moving off any of these systems means exporting owners, properties and tenancies from the reporting module, then importing them into wherever you land next. Ask whether data conversion is included or quoted separately, and whether inspection history and documents carry across too.

The option that fits

Own your property records instead of renting them

Property Management for Claude Code is built around how your agency actually runs, not around a vendor's screens. Enterprise DNA brings your Palace data across, builds your version and runs it for you, for one setup fee then a monthly retainer, with no per-seat plans. There is also a free version an owner can run themselves. Your owners, properties, tenancies, rent ledger, inspections and compliance items sit in a database you own, with reports, letters and statements built in your own colours and words.

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Design your own Palace replacement

Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Palace. Try it here, and we build the real one.

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Build my version

We build it from the open-source base, bring your Palace data across and run it for you.

Questions

Palace alternatives, answered

How is pricing different from Palace's per-property fees? expand_more

Palace charges per property, per month, with a NZ$200 minimum spend, plus implementation and add-on products bought separately. Property Management for Claude Code has no per-seat plans. Enterprise DNA charges one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, so the bill is not tied to how many properties are on your rent roll.

Can I try this before paying for a built version? expand_more

Yes. There is a free version of Property Management for Claude Code that an owner can run themselves, alongside the paid option where Enterprise DNA builds your own version, brings your Palace data across and runs it for you for a setup fee and a monthly retainer.

What happens to my Palace data if I switch? expand_more

Palace exports owners, properties and tenancies from its reporting module. That export imports in one step, with a dry run first showing what would be created and what would be skipped. The paid-to date becomes an opening charge, so arrears figures are right from the first minute. Inspection photographs, stored documents and the trust ledger do not carry across in the free version today.

Does this handle the rules my agency actually works under? expand_more

The arrears process, notices and healthy homes checks are built around specific legislation, each rule citing the section it comes from, so the file matches what a Tenancy Tribunal expects to see. It is a rule book pointed at your data, not legal advice, and Enterprise DNA can adjust it to match your own jurisdiction and process when building your version.

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30 minutes with Sam. Bring what Palace costs you a year and how you run. We show you what your own version looks like, and if it is a fit, we build it and bring your data across.

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