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The product
What is eaven?
Property management software for landlords and property managers in Ontario. An agent runs the day-to-day (rent, repairs, leasing, leases and notices, tenants’ questions) and asks you before anything that matters. Tenants get a portal of their own, and you get a website if you want one.
Who is it for?
Landlords who own their buildings and property managers who run buildings for others, from a handful of homes to thousands. Managing for owners? Owner statements and staff time are among the extras.
Does it work outside Ontario?
Not yet. Ontario’s standard lease, notices and rules are built in, and each province needs its own. Anywhere in Ontario works, not only the city it started in.
Is there an app?
The portals run in the browser on any phone or computer, and can be added to a phone’s home screen like an app. There’s nothing to install from an app store.
Do we need to be technical?
No. Setup is a few calm screens, most of which fill themselves in from your export, and the agent box takes plain words.
Is it in French?
Not yet. It’s on our list.
The agent
Does it do things without asking?
Only the steps you set to Auto. Every step starts on Ask me first: the work is prepared and waits for your yes, with what will happen if you give it. After six approvals you didn’t change, it offers to just do that kind of thing.
What does it always ask about?
Anything legal (notices, leases, the Board’s forms), anything about money, ending a tenancy, deleting a record, and choosing a tenant, which a person decides, as the Human Rights Code expects.
Is it AI?
The agent works from its own rules, and that’s how it starts. The agent box can also use Claude, Anthropic’s language model, so it reads instructions written any way you like. It’s included in your plan with a monthly allowance, and off until an administrator turns it on. Your words are sent with names, emails and phone numbers taken out, and never a tenant’s details. More on how it works
Can we see what it did?
Yes. Everything it did by itself is in the log, with when and why, and each process shows what’s at each step right now.
Rent and money
How do tenants pay?
By Interac e-Transfer to your own address, as most do now. eaven reads the deposit notices in your mailbox and records each payment, with a receipt to the tenant. A bank statement you upload works too.
Can tenants pay by card or pre-authorized debit?
Not yet.
Does eaven hold our money?
Never. Rent goes straight to you. We don’t take a cut, and tenants pay nothing to use their portal.
Does it do our bookkeeping?
It keeps the rent book, deposits, deposit interest and receipts, and checks deposits against QuickBooks Online if you connect it. Your books stay in your accounting software.
Does it run credit checks?
No. Applicants can upload a credit report of their own with their documents.
Leases and notices
Does it serve notices?
It prepares them, filled in and dated, and serves one only after you approve it. Rent increases follow the rules: once in 12 months, at the guideline, with 90 days’ notice.
Does it file at the Landlord and Tenant Board?
No. For rent owing, it prepares a dated summary for your file from 14 days. Nothing is filed or served for you.
Is this legal advice?
No. eaven is software that follows Ontario’s forms and timelines. For advice on your situation, speak to a lawyer or paralegal.
Switching and setup
Which platforms can we switch from?
Any that lets you export your data. AppFolio’s rent roll, BuildingStack’s CSV files and TenantCloud’s archive are tested one by one, and a spreadsheet of your own works too. How switching works
Will our tenants be contacted?
Not until you invite them, building by building, when you’re ready.
How long does setup take?
That depends on your records more than on us. Bring your export to the demo and we’ll tell you what we see.
Your data
Where is it kept?
In Canada, in a copy of the platform that’s yours alone, with its own database, files and backups. Security and privacy
Who can see it?
Your team, as you set it up. Tenants see only their own records, and contractors see one job at a time with no tenant’s details.
What if we leave?
Your data is yours. The rent roll and records export as spreadsheets, and we hand over the rest of what’s yours on request.
Pricing
How much is it?
Three plans, in Canadian dollars before HST: Starter, $49 a month for up to 10 homes; Growth, $3 a home a month (at least $99) for 11 to 150 homes; Portfolio, $2.50 a home a month (at least $400) for 150 homes and more. Every plan has the whole agent. Pricing
Is there a contract or a setup fee?
Neither. You pay month to month, or yearly for two months free.
Is there a free trial?
Yes: 30 days free, with Growth’s limits. Before that, a demo on a practice copy with made-up data, where you can try every part.
See it run on your own buildings.
A 30-minute call with your questions, on a practice copy with made-up data, or on your own export if you’d like.