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HOA Start

Website-first HOA suite for volunteer boards with dues, portal, and tiered annual plans from $39/mo.

Boards and CAMs Flat tier by size 1–1,000 units Some bookkeeping; confirm fund separation

HOA Start is a cloud HOA platform built around a community website + member portal, then wrapped with the ops tools volunteer boards actually need: directories, dues and online payments, documents, email and text blasts, voting and surveys, and light financial reporting. The vendor positions the product for self-managed associations first, while also offering a Multi-Site Manager for property managers and master associations that oversee more than one community from one screen.

Pricing is packaged as three annually billed feature tiers with published starting prices: Professional from $39/mo, Premium from $49/mo, and White-Glove from $149/mo. The same pricing page is clear that you are charged by the number of homes and must Request Pricing for the exact annual fee for your size. Stripe handles online dues (with a pass-through fee option), text allotments are finite on the base plans, and optional print/stuff/mail starts at $1.80 per letter. That means the sticker “from $39” is a floor, not a guaranteed all-in bill — model processing fees, text overages, and whether you need Premium enforcement features before you vote.

Feature depth is real once you map it to the right tier. Professional covers the website builder, member accounts, payments, accounting/budgeting, documents, email/text, newsfeed, voting, and related portal basics. Premium is where many boards will actually land if they need violation tracking, ARC/work-order tickets, amenity reservations, event registration, committee planner, sub-admin roles, and Boardroom. White-Glove adds concierge design, hands-off setup, and managed rollout for communities that want the vendor to stand up the site. On the books side, the vendor describes real-time P&L and balance sheet reports, a customizable chart of accounts, bank reconciliation, and budgeting — useful treasurer-desk tools, not a claim of professional fund-accounting / reserve-compliance depth.

Who it is for: a self-managed SFH, condo, or townhome board that cares about a resident-facing website and portal as much as dues collection, especially if Premium’s enforcement and amenity tools match how you operate. Multi-association managers should look at Multi-Site Manager and ask for portfolio pricing. Who should keep looking: boards that need a published unit-band price they can approve without a sales quote, associations whose CPA requires fund accounting as the primary buy reason, or communities that want every enforcement feature on the cheapest plan — start with self-managed boards and accounting / reserve, and compare day-to-day fit and pricing transparency against PayHOA, AffordableHOA, and RunHOA.

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Best for

Volunteer boards (and some multi-site managers) that want a polished community website plus dues, communications, and ops tools in one login — and are willing to request a home-count quote rather than pick a published unit band.

Pricing notes

Published feature packages billed annually — Professional starts at $39/mo, Premium at $49/mo, White-Glove at $149/mo. Final price scales by number of homes (Request Pricing). Stripe payment processing is separate, with an option to pass processor fees to members. Text alerts include plan allotments (1,000 on Professional / 3,000 on Premium) with extra bundles at $25 per 1,000. Optional print/stuff/mail starts at $1.80 per letter. Free trial with no credit card or contract required. Verify current terms on their pricing page.