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DIRECT PMS VS MRI SOFTWARE

Switching from MRI Software to Direct PMS

MRI Software is commercial and institutional property management software. Direct PMS covers the same ground, plus the business lines MRI Software-class tools were never built for — leasing, sales, caretaking and fit-outs on the same registry, ledger and calendar.

MRI Software is an independent product and this page isn't affiliated with or reviewed by them. Comparisons below describe how Direct PMS is built, not an audited feature-by-feature breakdown of MRI Software's current product — features and pricing change, so verify specifics on MRI Software's own site before deciding.

How MRI Software prices

MRI Software publishes no pricing anywhere on its site — like Yardi, every path leads to a demo request and a sales quote, with no public tiers or figures.

Checked 8 August 2026 — MRI Software →

At a glance

Direct PMS compared with MRI Software, as of 8 August 2026
Direct PMSMRI Software
Lease accounting, plus the operational sideDeposits, arrears and SLA-tracked work orders sit in the same registry as the accounting.MRI is strong at lease accounting — the maintenance SLA an on-site team needs, or a fit-out quoted to an incoming tenant, typically runs in a separate system alongside it.
Weeks, not a sales-and-implementation cyclePer-unit pricing and a migration your team reviews before go-live.MRI publishes no pricing anywhere on its site — every path leads to a demo request and a custom quote.
One ledger for the whole propertyA fit-out invoice and a lease's deposit post to the same books.MRI's strength is lease accounting — work ordered outside the lease itself isn't naturally part of the same ledger.
Published pricingFree to 2 properties, then from $50/month plus a per-property fee. Every figure is on the pricing page.MRI Software publishes no pricing anywhere on its site — like Yardi, every path leads to a demo request and a sales quote, with no public tiers or figures.
MRI Software details checked 8 August 2026 against their own published pricing.

Where Direct PMS is different

Lease accounting, plus the operational side
WITH DIRECT

Deposits, arrears and SLA-tracked work orders sit in the same registry as the accounting.

MRI SOFTWARE-CLASS TOOLS

MRI is strong at lease accounting — the maintenance SLA an on-site team needs, or a fit-out quoted to an incoming tenant, typically runs in a separate system alongside it.

Weeks, not a sales-and-implementation cycle
WITH DIRECT

Per-unit pricing and a migration your team reviews before go-live.

MRI SOFTWARE-CLASS TOOLS

MRI publishes no pricing anywhere on its site — every path leads to a demo request and a custom quote.

One ledger for the whole property
WITH DIRECT

A fit-out invoice and a lease's deposit post to the same books.

MRI SOFTWARE-CLASS TOOLS

MRI's strength is lease accounting — work ordered outside the lease itself isn't naturally part of the same ledger.

The honest objection

"MRI already handles our lease accounting — that's the hard part."

Lease accounting at that scale is genuinely hard, and MRI is built for it. What it isn't built for is running the operational side at the same time — a maintenance SLA an on-site team can see, or a fit-out quoted to an incoming tenant — without a second system alongside the accounting platform.

Switching from MRI Software

MRI's structured exports map into Direct PMS the same way any enterprise migration does — your team hands over the data shape, we do the mapping and you review it before go-live.

What you get that MRI Software doesn't cover

Direct PMS runs every business line on one registry — you only subscribe to the modules you use.

Leasing

Leases with deposits held on the ledger, monthly invoicing, arrears aging in the rent-roll matrix, notice and end-of-term flows that release the space automatically.

Caretaking

Work orders with priority and SLA, asset registers for plant and equipment, site staff attendance with vendor billing.

Property Sales

Dispositions and strata resales with commissions posting straight to the books.

Fitouts

Fit-out packages for incoming tenants — quote, approve, invoice.

Short Term Rentals

Auditoriums, event spaces and flexible suites can sell by the day.

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