Best Student Housing Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Housing.Cloud is ranked #1 of 28 as of 3 October 2026, ahead of Room Choice and SpaceBasic. The best-ranked option with a free plan is SpaceBasic. The lowest first paid tier on this page is PropertyBoss at $1.25/mo.
Managing student housing involves assigning beds and coordinating the services residents use. The ranked entries cover bed assignments, bed capacity, and bed-space leasing, as well as maintenance workflows, resident communications, resident portals, and roommate matching. You can also compare free-plan availability and paid-from pricing. Housing.Cloud and Room Choice appear first, followed by SpaceBasic and Platuni Maintenance. Consider which parts of housing operations your team needs software to support, from occupancy decisions to maintenance and resident-facing communication, then use the listed capabilities to assess fit.
28 student housing software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Bed-space leasing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Housing.Cloud | 8.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 2 | Room Choice | 7.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $15/mo | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 3 | SpaceBasic | 7.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | — | View |
| 4 |  Platuni Maintenance | 7.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $1.39/mo | Yes | — | — | View |
| 5 | RealPage Student | 6.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 6 | StarRez | 6.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 7 | Yardi Voyager | 6.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 8 | Entrata | 6.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 9 |  Stayqa | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | ₹999/mo | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 10 |  Yorlet | 6.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 11 | Bidrento Student Housing | 6.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | Yes | View |
| 12 | Social Home | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | £39/mo | No | — | Yes | View |
| 13 |  Lettivo | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | Yes | View |
| 14 | Bedspace Manager | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $15/mo | No | 15 /mo | Yes | View |
| 15 |  Tera | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 16 |  StayManager | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 17 |  DormHearth | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 18 |  Haventria | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 19 |  Booking Ninjas Student Housing | 5.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | 400 /mo | Yes | View |
| 20 |  Revela | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | — | View |
| 21 |  PropertyBoss | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $1.25/mo | No | — | — | View |
| 22 | Ayillo Tenant Screening | 5.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $49/mo | No | 49 /mo | — | View |
| 23 |  StudentAccomOS | 5.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 24 | RMS Cloud | 5.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | — | — | View |
| 25 |  Digzio | 5.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
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Numbered spots on this list can be sponsored. They are labelled, and the editorial order and scores never change for payment.
Questions about this list
Which student housing software is ranked first on Inferse?
Housing.Cloud is ranked #1 of 28 with a score of 8.5. Room Choice is second and SpaceBasic third.
How many of these have a free plan?
2 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, PropertyBoss has the lowest first paid tier we found: $1.25/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.