# Stessa Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Stessa the right Real Estate Property Management solution for you? Explore 104 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/181042/Stessa/reviews --- Stessa 4.5 (104) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/181042/Stessa/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Stessa Ease of use 4.5 Customer Service 4.3 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews PC Pedro C TreasurerReal Estate, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Stessa has simplified our lives and freed us up to focus on scaling our business.“ September 2, 2024 AH Anna H OwnerReal Estate, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I contacted customer support and only received links to articles and videos, which did not address my specific situation.“ January 3, 2026 PT Patti T ownerReal Estate, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Scanning receipts is a great option on the mobile app. “ June 10, 2025 AH Anna H OwnerReal Estate, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Not user-friendly for a single short-term rental property.“ January 3, 2026 PC Pedro C TreasurerReal Estate, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “We love Stessa. When we started we relied on multiple and confusion Spreadsheets.“ September 2, 2024 NH Nicholas H OwnerReal Estate, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The major issue I have with Stessa is when Stessa downloads your transactions from the bank it will remove some automatically. “ December 21, 2023 WR Walter R Real Estate BrokerReal Estate, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I like the high interest that they paid on the balance that they hold (Pro version)“ May 29, 2025 TA Todd A OwnerReal Estate, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “This is after you have spent hours and hours of wasted time entering your data. “ March 7, 2025 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 104 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Rick K. Owner Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Stessa is Quicken for Real Estate" July 6, 2021 5.0 I absolutely adore Stessa and tell everyone about it. I'm probably their biggest fan though I'm a small time investor. It is literally the single best accounting app I've ever used and better then working with a CPA or accountant. It's made my life significantly more simple around tax time and for that I am eternally grateful. Pros The auto import from my connected accounts including bank and credit card accounts. It also is the biggest help with my taxes that I could ever dream of. Every year I just print out the tax report for each property and my tax guy barely has to ask me any questions. Cons To be totally honest there is nothing I don't like. I will say I haven't tried their mobile app in over a year because it used to be pretty weak but I hear it's been updated and very nice now. Review Source BC Betty C. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Stessa - the answer to tracking rents and expenses" June 29, 2025 5.0 I use Stessa to keep track of all of my real estate expenses. It’s easy to use and even has reports that are highly customizable. Pros It’s specific for landlords so I don’t have to manipulate it to fit the standard needs of a landlord to track money that comes in and out. Cons I would like to see the ability to separate an expense among several properties from the app on my phone. Currently you have to access it by logging in from a computer. Switched from [QuickBooks Online Advanced](https://www.capterra.com/p/189398/QuickBooks-Online/) Quickbooks is complicated and expensive. It does more than I need and isn’t specific to what I need for property management. Review Source AH Anna H. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Not Friendly for Self-Managed Short-Term Rentals " January 3, 2026 1.0 I have used QuickBooks Online my entire life and wanted to try something different for managing our single short-term rental property. Unfortunately, the software was not intuitive and became confusing, especially when it came to allocations. There is no clear way to track personal funds invested as a loan to the company, which is a major drawback. I contacted customer support and only received links to articles and videos, which did not address my specific situation. Scheduling a phone call was not practical—the first available appointment was five weeks out. If you are used to proper double-entry accounting, I recommend sticking with QuickBooks. Also, do not pay annually—the subscription refund policy is terrible, and you will not receive a prorated refund. Pros I was hoping it would be user-friendly for my one self-managed short-term rental property, but it did not meet my expectations. Cons Horrible customer support—even with a Pro subscription. No refunds on subscriptions. Not user-friendly for a single short-term rental property. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Solid program" April 20, 2026 5.0 Stessa is a very useful tool for financials. It is affordable, easy to learn/navigate and is helpful prepping for tax time. Pros I am able to track financials for multiple types of properties in one place and print reports for my accountant. Cons After importing transactions, sometimes transactions may be missing or duplicated which makes additional work. Review Source AL Alex L. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Stessa is improving! " August 28, 2025 5.0 Overall I really like Stessa. I utilize it for my accounting and my CPA loves the spreadsheet style reports that I generate for him at year end Pros I love that you can connect your bank account and credit card(s) to Stessa which makes accounting so much easier when you manage multiple properties. Cons That they do not offer more property management tools for investors such as e-payments, a tenant portal, abilities for tenants to communicate via the app Alternatives considered [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/) Reason for choosing Stessa Ease of use, practicality, and price for the product. Review Source WR Walter R. Real Estate Broker Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Stessa is very good software, especially for a free product." May 29, 2025 5.0 I would use it again if they paid the high interest on properties owned by a trust. It's well designed, I never had any problems, it was easy to transfer the balance to my bank account. Pros It is well designed and works well. I like the high interest that they paid on the balance that they hold (Pro version) Cons After using the software for a year, I was informed that they could not pay the high interest rates on properties owned by a trust. Alternatives considered [Innago](https://www.capterra.com/p/166893/Innago/) Reason for choosing Stessa They paid a high interest rate on the balance. Switched from [Buildium](https://www.capterra.com/p/47428/Buildium-Property-Management-Software/) Lower cost, Lower cost, Lower cost and Lower cost. Review Source SS Seelan S. Director Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good product for beginners " April 2, 2025 5.0 In general, I am happy about it and it still needs some improvements compared to other apps available in the market Pros In general its very user friendly and easy to check on things Cons When we do the monthly rent entry, every month we need to enter it manually, wish recurring income like rent should be filled in a column, which would make things easier, when you do this or quite a few properties Alternatives considered [Zillow Rental Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/209701/Zillow-Rental-Manager/)[AppFolio Property Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/92228/AppFolio-Property-Manager/)[Rent Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/2732/Rent-Manager/) Reason for choosing Stessa No, It was referred by a friend, and started using it based on his recommendation Review Source Andi M. Manager Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Do not purchase this product" March 4, 2024 1.0 This was one of the most disappointing uses of money and time I have ever been through. They really dropped the ball. Pros I had high hopes from the promises of the pro account level, but have been left with zero support and no options to cancel for any pro-rated money. This is a step up from a scam and I regret ever using this product, much less giving them money. Cons The lack of customer support, even on the pro level, is everything here. If anyone had been available to help me work out kinks, I could have stayed a potential customer and had a decent experience. But the frustration of needing help, stalling on payments/setup, and then being left alone after spending hundreds of dollars, is beyond infuriating. Switched from [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/) I thought this would be a better product, but I was so wrong. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Stessa Support is non-existent" January 26, 2024 4.0 terrible.. I want my money back but no one will respond since day 1 Pros ease of use, ease of setup Cons support Switched from [QuickBooks Desktop](https://www.capterra.com/p/212058/QuickBooks-Desktop-Pro/) QB broke after an upgrade and Intuit will not fix it... Review Source DG Daniel G. Investor Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Really helpful for portfolio analysis and organization" May 22, 2019 5.0 This has helped me categorize and organize without me having to "reinvent the wheel" trying to set up a spreadsheet in line with the tax code. Pros This software takes all the input and then collates it and calculates it giving you an analysis of individual properties as well as the portfolio in general. It helps me as a newer investor to categorize my transactions which I suspect will be very helpful when it comes to tax season. I like the mileage tab as well as I was bad about recording my mileage and this tab serves as a reminder for me. I'm very excited to see how helpful and effective the software is when it comes to tax time! Cons So far I have no complaints at all about this software. Alternatives considered [Quicken](https://www.capterra.com/p/151854/Quicken/) Reason for choosing Stessa I have used both Stessa and Quicken for comparison for the last 6 months. I'll be dropping my Quicken subscription when the time for renewal comes. Stessa is more intuitive, easier and convenient Review Source PT Patti T. owner Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "THE app you need to track your investment property finances" June 10, 2025 5.0 Stessa makes accounting easy and allow us to provide the data our accountant needs for tax preparation with just a few clicks. Pros Intuitive and easy to use. Scanning receipts is a great option on the mobile app. Syncing the app with our bank account and associated credit card is a great time saver and ensures we do not overlook any expenses or income. Cons The length of time it takes for Stessa to analyze a scanned receipt. Honestly, it isn't that slow considering the data it analyzes... it's more of an indication about my lack of patience. Review Source MC Mario C. President Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Stessa is just fantastic" September 20, 2024 5.0 Our experience has been fantastic and we have the premium account so we can generate the data for our accountant Pros It is just the best Real Estate Management Program out there Cons No Cons for us The program does everything we need Review Source JL Joel L. Managing Member Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Value & Tracking Tool" July 13, 2023 5.0 With Stessa I can store all the financial, insurance and legal documents. I can enter and save and categorize every income and expense. I have a database of information that I can pull from or print. I have all the financial and business metric reports that I would ever need by various time periods. I love Stessa. Pros I like that I can store data, numbers, documents etc in a one stop shop. Cons It needs some expansion of categories and sub categories to cover common line items that it presently doesn't cover. Review Source MG Matthias G. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to use Real Estate Accounting Software" July 6, 2023 5.0 Love the software and you get a lot for a free program. There are items that can be improved but overall really happy with what Stessa is offering to their customers. Pros Free software that is very easy to use and set up. Running reports is a breeze and makes tax time extremely easy to manage as well. Cons The dashboard can be a little confusing since it considered capital expenditures in your cash flow. If you perform a roof replacement as part of your investment, it shows the average cash flow in a negative for a long time which can be misleading. Obviously, this is offset by a higher value of the property but I would like to see a feature to exclude extraordinary items in the cash flow analysis to see the property's sole operating performance. Lastly, the syncing of bank transactions can be up to a day delayed until they show up in the software. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "New Free Tier is Insulting and A Joke... Horrible Decision" February 6, 2023 5.0 Pros I used to love Stessa.. And the new Pro features would be great - if they didn't charge $20 per month and downgrade the features of the Free tier...Extremely disappointed in Stessa whom I've been with for years. Will be switching as soon as I decide who the best free option is Cons Horrible value at the new Pro Tier.. And the Free features have been stripped to basically not helpful. Very disappointed Reason for choosing Stessa It used to be free.. I will be switching to Baselane now Review Source BD Benjamin D. HMFIC Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great Product " October 16, 2019 4.0 I purchased a group of 8 properties as my first investment deal. One loan, one insurance bill, multiple taxes in escrow complicated the property setup and accounting. This was easy to address with the software and when I asked for help on the "help me" message board, I got a complete, useful answer the next day. A few more questions and support called me "to chat" and were happy to do a WebEx type session to see what I was doing and offered tools and techniques that were very helpful. It was not long that I was doing all of the imports, and reporting on my own and felt confident that I was doing it right (or at least not wrong). Pros There is nothing to install as it is in the cloud. Setup the first few properties was a easy and quick. Back filling data was relatively easy and they could pull data from my bank even with two factor authentication, and could get the data from my property managers software which is little more than a zip file with receipts and PDF owner report. Cons I found that I have some duplicate items from different data sources that I set aside in a "For Audit" bucket (like a company entity). So while this gets ignored by the real company buckets it is included in the 'all companies reports". Reason for choosing Stessa It was easy to add data and update. Mistakes were easy to 'correct' and I had confidence that I could recover from doing something stupid reasonably easily. I got from data entry to actionable intelligence in two sessions. (total of about 6 hours). I had sketched out the 'perfect software' and all of the key features were included 'right out of the box', or cloud as it were. Review Source Janea B. Real Estate Investor Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Perfect for Investors just getting started" December 14, 2019 5.0 I just bought my second property. I’ve been tracking transactions on my first property for about a year and half now with Stessa. I’m in the process of setting up my second investment property now. It’s super easy for a beginner. The last thing I need to be worrying about is how to navigate accounting software. I need one place to store and track all the transactions on my real estate property. I know I can access them anytime and run a quick report for my accountant at the end of the year. It’s su0per easy to use this platform as a way to analyze whether or not a property is profitable by running a quick report. Looking forward to growing with Stessa as I add more properties to my portfolio! Pros This is super easy to use and set up. The software walks you through property set up one question at a time. You don’t have to know a lot about accounting or accounting software, but it is evident the software is setting up a structure for you to monitor and track the transactions of your real estate investment(s) and be able to pull financial reports at the end of the year for your accountant. I use it once a month. It takes me less than 5 minutes to enter the transactions and I’m done! Cons There are no options for assigning HOA fees in the “money going out” category. I lump them under the Management fees section. It would be nice to be able to categorize HOA fees in their own world. Review Source AH Aaron H. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Why do everything twices" April 6, 2023 1.0 None.....I think it needs to be redesigned. Pros I like the interface, very easy to use. The reporting is nice. Cons It lacks so many features that you need as a property manager. You have to connect it to bank and credit card accounts to get it to work. So if you have petty cash accounts or anytime up manual transactions that are paid from specific accounts it won't work. Its transaction base which is fine, and you can associate a transaction with a property but you can't associate a transaction with an account, so there is no way to filter by account. If you manually add a transaction you can't associate it with an account. You can't create reoccurring bills or income. You need to have the ability to track different types of accounts and you just can't do that. It lacks a lot of functionality that I think any real estate investor or property manager would need. I think that's from a small investor to a large property manager. You pay for what you get unfortunately and I don't see any value in doing everything twice. Just not worth the time. Review Source RR Rocky R. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use" March 13, 2022 5.0 Pros Stessa is easy to use and keeps me organized. At tax time I am not scrambling to get information to my accountant. Cons No cons, I love this software and it allow me to focus on my business Review Source JB June B. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product" April 24, 2023 5.0 Excellent Pros Ease of use. And great for tracking expenses. Cons Would like to be able to download more credit cards. Review Source MW Maria W. Owner Medical Practice Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Stessa is a must have tool for your REI portfolio" November 23, 2021 5.0 I am very happy in the utilization of this software. Very happy to have found it. Pros This is a incredibly easy to use software to manage your property rentals. The expense categories break down into subcategories so you know exactly where your money is going and why. Everything you need to know or keep track of is at your fingertips in a simple, yet effective format. Cons Thus far, I have no cons. Everything about this software has exceeded expectation. Review Source BR Beckysue R. Owner manager Hospitality Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Stessa is a scam" February 18, 2024 1.0 I hate Stessa so much after a week of only broken links and inability to save tenants. Pros It downloaded super fast. Like there was no data downloading at all Cons Stessa turned out to be a scam! I wish I would not have waisted my time and money. Review Source MB Michael B. NA Biotechnology Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Infinite ROI" May 9, 2019 5.0 Eliminates the need for having a checking account for each investment Pros Fantastically organizes and maintains the ledgers on each of your RE investments. It's Quicken for real estate investors. Eliminates the need for having a checking account for each investment. At tax time, Stessa provides invaluable year-end reports. The ideal location to store relevant lease information - including a digital copy of the lease, move-in/out date, name of tenant, rent, market rent, etc...AND it's free! Cons Would like the ability to link outside banking accounts to get a better estimate of net worth. There's really nothing about the software that I dislike Review Source VR Verified Reviewer RE Investor Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Free Software" January 18, 2022 5.0 Pros Able to integrate loan servicing sites and add transactions and account transactions Cons Webface is a little more intricate then others, lot of places to tweak, I also don't see where to get training on the webface for ease of use Review Source NG Nicole G. Owner Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Stellar Platform with Amazing Customer Service and Great Regular Content" February 14, 2019 5.0 Phenomenal. I've working in management consulting implementing technology systems for years and know what a pain it can be to transition data to a new system - and this experience has been nothing short of awesome. I am thrilled not to be using my Excel pivot table reports or having to manipulate Xero, Wave, QBO, Netsuite, etc. to fit my needs as a real estate investor. Really, incredible strategic move on Stessa's part and we are thrilled end-users. Pros Ease of use, integration with current banking systems, and focus on real estate investors. I was planning to drastically manipulate Quickbooks to make it work like Stessa - Stessa basically eliminated all of that work AND has a gorgeous user interface compared to QBO or my rigid Excel sheets! Cons Some features are still in the works (e.g. they just implemented new functionality to demonstrate sale proceeds from a flip, and are working to integrate to reporting) - but that's it. Really, it is INCREDIBLY simple to use, and any time I've had a question I've gotten a detailed answer within 24 hours. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.