Yardi Breeze starts at $1 per unit but minimums, bundles, and metered phone support stack the real cost. Shuk is $5 per unit flat, zero ACH passthrough.
The 30-second view on which platform fits which landlord.
You manage a mix of residential, commercial, HOA, or self-storage and need full trust accounting plus the Yardi ecosystem.
You want flat predictable pricing, zero ACH passthrough on both sides, and modern UX with no annual lock-in.
Yardi Breeze is the credible SMB tier from a 40-plus year property management vendor with real trust accounting and multi-property-type support. Where Breeze surprises prospects: the $1 per unit Premier rate requires a 12-month bundle with screening and renters insurance, phone support is metered at $120 per hour after 8 free onboarding hours, and the advertised $0 ACH policy has three reversion clauses landlords can trigger unintentionally. If you need multi-property-type trust accounting and the Yardi ecosystem, Breeze fits. If you want flat pricing, modern UX, and predictive product depth on a residential portfolio, Shuk fits.
Pricing, fees, features, and the things landlords ask about most.
Product features that exist on Shuk's platform today and have no equivalent on Avail.
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Landlord pricing, tenant fees, and included features across both platforms.
Breeze
$100 monthly minimum (so 1 to 99 units pay $100/mo flat). Annual agreement, 30-day cancel window. $0 ACH conditional on Yardi being primary processor.
Premier
$1/unit requires 12-month bundle with screening AND renters insurance. $2/unit standalone. $400 monthly minimum, annual billing.
Shuk
No setup fees. No tenant ACH passthrough. No monthly minimums. No annual lock-in. Volume discount at 5+ units.
"Shuk Rentals has helped me receive tenant payments faster than competing platforms. The built-in service provider feature also gives landlords access to reliable, high-quality professionals, making maintenance and repairs easier and more efficient."
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Dan M.
"Shuk allowed me to secure trustworthy tenants more than 60 days prior to lease end date. Tenants searched for my property based on lease dates. For a small property owner, any vacancy is a huge hit, so this feature gave me incredible peace of mind."
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David B.
"Recently started using Shuk and it makes my experience as a renter so smooth and easy! Easy to get set up and super convenient to have access to everything in one place."
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Amanda S.
"I love the lease renewal indicator tool. That is super cool."
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Lori G.
"The Lease Indication Tool is a standout-it helps me predict which tenants are likely to renew, so I can plan ahead, avoid vacancies, and keep providing great places to live. It's smart, intuitive, and makes property management easier and more rewarding than ever!"
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Leule A.
Our founding team includes landlords with 15+ years of experience managing their own properties. Shuk was built to solve the problems we lived every day.
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What landlords typically ask when comparing Shuk to this platform.
Because Breeze's published $1 rate is not what most small landlords actually pay. A $100 monthly minimum on Breeze residential means 1 to 99 units all pay $100 per month flat. A 10-unit landlord pays $100/mo on Breeze ($1,200/yr) versus $50/mo on Shuk ($600/yr). The $1 per unit Breeze Premier rate goes further: it requires a 12-month bundle commitment with Yardi's screening and renters insurance products. Without the bundle, Premier residential is $2 per unit with a $400 monthly minimum. Shuk is $5 per unit flat with no minimums, no bundles, no annual commitment.
Shuk's zero ACH passthrough applies on both sides unconditionally. Yardi's $0 ACH policy has three reversion clauses in their Terms of Use: Yardi must remain your primary payment processor, you must keep credit and debit card payments enabled, and Yardi's default payment buttons must remain functional. If any of those conditions fail, the TOU allows Yardi to reinstate $0.95 per ACH at their sole discretion. Yardi also charges landlords $1.00 per outgoing vendor payment via Bill Pay (or $0.40 via Bill Pay Express). Shuk does not meter either side.
Yardi Breeze includes 8 hours of phone support during onboarding (16 hours for Premier). After that, phone support is metered at $120 per hour, billed in 15-minute increments per the Yardi Breeze Terms of Use. A 1-minute call is billed as $30. Shuk includes live human support on every plan with no metering and no tier paywalls. If your team is small and your time matters, the support model is a real wedge.
RentCafe is Yardi's resident-facing ecosystem: listing site, resident portal, optional corporate marketing websites, optional Chat IQ AI chatbot. RentCafe.com listing syndication is included in Breeze base. Corporate websites and Chat IQ are add-ons priced on request. Shuk has its own resident-facing experience (native iOS, Android, web, in-app messaging, payment, maintenance) plus a year-round Shuk marketplace where listings remain visible even while units are occupied. External syndication to Zillow and similar is on Shuk's roadmap. If RentCafe scale is your acquisition channel, Yardi is hard to match. If you want a modern, focused landlord-tenant relationship product, Shuk fits.
Yardi has been a property management software company since 1984, which is a real signal of brand credibility. The decision is whether their product depth on the SMB tier fits your portfolio better than Shuk's product depth on yours. Yardi Breeze leads on multi-property-type support (residential plus commercial plus HOA plus self-storage), full trust accounting, and RentCafe scale. Shuk leads on flat pricing, zero ACH passthrough, predictive renewal intelligence, two-way reviews, modern UX, and no annual lock-in. For independent residential landlords managing 1 to 100 units, Shuk's product depth fits the specific workflow better. For a multi-property-type PM firm with institutional trust accounting needs, Breeze fits better.
Yardi Breeze offers a free trial after you fill out a contact form. Shuk's path is a booked demo with white-glove onboarding included. The honest framing: if your decision criterion is which platform is cheaper at your unit count, run the Breeze trial and compare against a Shuk demo. If your criterion is product depth on renewals, two-way reviews, and operational consistency, the demo route gets you a clearer picture faster.
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