Yardi PAYplus vs Host Core
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yardi PAYplus
Streamline invoice approval for property management. Quickly review, approve, and manage invoices with detailed information and image viewing. Requires an existing PAYplus account and company implementation.
- Quick invoice approval
- View invoice images
- Search and filter invoices
- View invoice details and allocations
- Email invoice details and images
- AirPrint invoice images
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The Yardi PAYplus app enables you to quickly approve invoices. You can also view/email/air print invoice images and view invoice fields from the app. PAYplus is a web-based invoice coding and approval system specifically designed for the property management industry. Your company must be implemented to use PAYplus and you must have an existing PAYplus account to use this app. Yardi PAYplus App Feature List - View a list of statuses that are currently assigned to invoices, similar to the dashboard - View the total number of invoices currently assigned to each listed status - Search for invoices and filter the search results by instance, vendor, building, invoice date, due date or Pay ID - Quickly approve invoices (see below) - View invoice images - Magnify an image to better view information printed or written on it - Email invoice details and its image - Air Print invoice images with iOS 4.2 and greater - View some invoice fields including: description, status, period date, invoice date, due date, vendor, building, PAY ID, and invoice amount - View Invoice allocations - View the approval history for an invoice (includes user IDs of users who made previous status changes) APPROVING AN INVOICE The Yardi PAYplus app enables you to approve an invoice by assigning the next appropriate workflow status to it. The primary status displays in bold and all available optional statuses (based on the assigned workflow) are available for selection. NOTE To use the PAYplus app and to assign the next status to an invoice, appropriate information must be entered in all of the required fields on the Invoice screen in the PAYplus system (i.e., the current invoice status must be a validated status). ABOUT THE YARDI PAYPLUS SYSTEM PAYplus is an invoice coding and approval system specifically designed for the property management industry. Invoices can be mailed to PO boxes (which are scanned by a Processing Center) or a user can email PDF files containing scanned invoices or directly upload PDF files into the system. PAYplus integrates with major property management accounting systems such as Voyager and CTI.
Host Core
This business platform streamlines property management and tenant experience. It allows for online submission and approval of work requests, with optional features for access control, concierge services, and visitor management.
- Online work request submission
- Work request approval
- Access control integration
- Concierge services
- Visitor management
- Food and beverage services
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Host Core – CBRE’s exclusive digital management and tenant experience platform powered by VTS. This agile app makes life easier for Property Management teams and Tenant Admins, with Host Core features that facilitate work requests to be made and approved online. Enhanced functionality can be enabled on the platform (Host Building) to include Access Control, Concierge Services, Visitor Management and Food and Beverage to connect occupiers to their spaces and provide insight to strengthen asset management, engagement and satisfaction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Yardi PAYplus at 75% against Host Core's 0%. Yardi PAYplus also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). Host Core's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Host Core holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Yardi PAYplus's written reviews are positive against 0% of Host Core's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Yardi PAYplus ships an update every 3 months, Host Core fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yardi PAYplus | Host Core |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 320 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yardi Systems, Inc. | CBRE, Inc. |
Customer experience
Yardi PAYplus
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In-app purchases
Yardi PAYplus
No in-app purchases
Host Core
No in-app purchases
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