Sahab Key: the RentRedi alternative for growing landlords
RentRedi is a flat-subscription landlord app, and for a handful of units it is genuinely cheap. Sahab Key is built for the portfolio that becomes an operation: every building keeps its own books and its own payout account, the books balance to the cent, and your owners and team each get a place of their own.
- $2 a unit a month
- $50 a month minimum
- No setup fees
- No free trial, no contract
Who each product is really for
The honest answer is that RentRedi and Sahab Key are aimed at different jobs, and the right pick follows from how much operation you run.
RentRedi is a landlord app on a flat subscription: unlimited properties, tenants, and teammates for one price, with mobile apps for both the landlord and the tenant. As of August 2026 its published pricing is $29.95 a month billed monthly, $20 a month billed every six months, or $12 a month billed annually. Rent collection by ACH, card, or cash, autopay and reminders, automatic late fees, listings, messaging, and maintenance requests are in the base subscription, and tenant screening is offered as a tenant-paid report. If you self-manage a few doors from your phone, that package is hard to beat on price.
Sahab Key is built for the landlord or small manager whose portfolio is turning into an operation. Each building keeps its own books and connects its own Stripe payout account, so one building's money never mixes with another's. The books are exact double-entry and balance to the cent. Section 8 subsidy payments track separately from tenant rent, owners and investors get a portal with per-building payouts, and your team works under roles instead of a shared login. Every new workspace is reviewed before it opens, usually within one business day. It is two dollars a unit a month, and the fifty-dollar minimum covers your first twenty-five units.
Pricing, side by side
Both companies publish their prices, which is rarer than it should be in this market. Sahab Key's full price is on the pricing page: two dollars per unit per month, a fifty-dollar monthly minimum that covers the first twenty-five units, and flat monthly add-ons if you want them. Forty units is eighty dollars a month. One hundred units is two hundred. No setup fees, no contract, and the bill follows your portfolio up or down.
RentRedi's subscription is flat no matter how many units you have. As of August 2026, rentredi.com lists $29.95 a month billed monthly, $20 a month billed every six months, or $12 a month billed annually. The subscription is not the whole picture, though. Full double-entry accounting comes from the REI Hub add-on, billed on top by portfolio size at $25 to $99 a month. Tenants pay a $1.00 convenience fee on every bank payment and 3.1% plus $0.30 on every card payment, debit cards included, unless the landlord chooses to cover those fees. Premium maintenance coordination is priced by contacting RentRedi. Cheap to start is real; the add-ons are where the two products trade places as you grow.
Sahab Key and RentRedi, feature by feature
Only features Sahab Key genuinely offers are listed. Competitor details reflect RentRedi's published information as of August 2026.
| Sahab Key | RentRedi | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing published online | Included | Included |
| Price model | $2 per unit a month | Flat subscription: $29.95 monthly, $20 a month billed every six months, or $12 a month billed annually |
| Monthly minimum | $50, covers first 25 units | None; the flat subscription covers unlimited units |
| Setup fees | None | Not published |
| Online rent collection (ACH and card) | Included | Included, plus cash payments |
| Fee on debit card rent payments | None. Debit and prepaid cards are never charged a fee. | Same as credit: 3.1% plus $0.30 per payment, paid by the tenant (per help.rentredi.com, August 2026) |
| Bank transfer (ACH) fee | Exact processing fee shown to the tenant at checkout by default; the manager can absorb it | $1.00 per payment, paid by the tenant unless the landlord covers it (per help.rentredi.com, August 2026) |
| Tenant portal with autopay | Included | Included |
| Maintenance tracking with tenant photos | Included | Included; 24/7 premium maintenance coordination is priced by contacting RentRedi |
| Double-entry accounting, balanced to the cent | Included | Income and expense tracking included; full accounting is the REI Hub add-on, $25 to $99 a month by unit count |
| Each building keeps its own books and payout account | Included | Unlimited payment account connections; per-building bookkeeping is not listed (rentredi.com, August 2026) |
| Owner and investor portal with per-building payouts | Included | Not listed on rentredi.com as of August 2026 |
| Team roles | Included | Unlimited teammates included |
| Section 8 housing authority payment tracking | Included | Recorded by hand, with the subsidy set up as a second tenant on the unit (per help.rentredi.com, August 2026) |
| Online rental applications | Add-on, $29 a month, as intake, application fee, and manager review. Sahab Key does not offer tenant screening. | Included, with tenant-paid screening reports at $39.99, or $49.99 with income verification |
| AI on your own portfolio data | Add-on, $49 a month | Not listed on rentredi.com as of August 2026 |
RentRedi pricing and plan details are drawn from rentredi.com and its help center at help.rentredi.com as of August 2026: a flat subscription of $29.95 a month billed monthly, $20 a month billed every six months, or $12 a month billed annually with unlimited units; tenant-paid convenience fees of $1.00 per ACH payment and 3.1% plus $0.30 per card payment, debit included; tenant-paid screening at $39.99, or $49.99 with income verification; and REI Hub accounting from $25 to $99 a month by unit count. Sahab Key add-ons are flat monthly prices: AI Insights $49, lease e-signature $15, online rental applications $29, texting $15, and AI and API access $49.
RentRedi is a trademark of its respective owner. Sahab Key is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by RentRedi.
The subscription is the small number.
What decides the fit is how much operation you need around it.
What this means as the portfolio grows
Put real numbers on it. RentRedi's figures below use its cheapest billing, $12 a month billed annually, plus the REI Hub accounting tier for that unit count, both per rentredi.com and help.rentredi.com as of August 2026.
- 8 units RentRedi alone is cheaper here: $12 a month on annual billing. $50 a month
- 15 units, books that balance RentRedi plus REI Hub accounting is $71 a month. $50 a month
- 40 units, books that balance RentRedi plus REI Hub accounting is $111 a month. $80 a month
At eight units, if the app is all you need, take the cheaper bill; that is the honest read. The trade happens when the books start to matter. Sahab Key's price already includes exact double-entry accounting for every building, payout accounts that keep each building's money separate, Section 8 tracking, an owner and investor portal, and team roles, and it grows two dollars at a time.
If you are early, read the plain-English breakdown for small portfolios. When the operation is the point, the pricing page shows every number Sahab Key charges.
When RentRedi is the better choice
Credibility matters more than a clean sweep. There are real cases where RentRedi is the right call, and we would rather you pick well.
A few doors on the tightest budget
At a handful of self-managed units, RentRedi's flat subscription is genuinely cheap, $12 a month billed annually as of August 2026, and it covers rent collection, autopay, late fees, listings, and maintenance requests. If price is the whole decision at that size, RentRedi wins it.
Screening and phone-first management
RentRedi ships mobile apps for both the landlord and the tenant, and offers tenant-paid screening reports. Sahab Key does not offer tenant screening at all, so if screening inside the same tool matters to you, RentRedi is the better fit.
Switching to Sahab Key
Getting started is quick, not a project plan. You add your buildings, units, leases, and tenants in the app, connect a Stripe payout account for each building, which is required before your tenants can pay, and invite your tenants. They can pay online the same day, turn on autopay, and report maintenance with a photo. Every new workspace is reviewed before it opens, usually within one business day. There is no data-import project and no onboarding fee, and if you get stuck, a person answers your email.
There is no free trial and no contract. You start when you are ready, the price follows your portfolio, and you can cancel anytime. When you want the full breakdown, the pricing page shows every number, including the add-ons.
Run your rentals on Sahab Key
Two dollars a unit a month, published pricing, and the whole operation included. Start with your first building.