# Best AI Leasing Assistants According to AI > September 2026 edition: which ai leasing assistants vendors ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI name when a property manager asks, ranked by mention Canonical: https://webpossible.com/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/ Source: https://webpossible.com/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/ Format: Markdown version for AI agents. The canonical HTML page is at the source URL above. Last verified: 2026-09-03 --- AI Shortlist Index · September 2026 · preview edition · Prompt Set v1.0 # Best AI Leasing Assistants According to AI Automated agents that answer prospect inquiries by text, email, chat, and phone, qualify the lead, schedule tours, and follow up until the prospect applies or goes quiet. They plug into the leasing CRM and the property management system so the office sees every conversation. Buyers judge them on response time, lead-to-tour conversion, how they hand off to a human, and what they get wrong. ## Editorial read By Ryan York · September 2026 edition · 25 runs · 25 prompts Twenty-five prompts, one run each, captured from the ChatGPT app in early October 2026. EliseAI was named in every run, Funnel in 87%, Knock in 58% and BetterBot in 57%. Only 11 vendors were named at all. This is the most settled shortlist in the edition. One run per prompt; read it as a first reading. ## Ranking AI Leasing Assistants, September 2026. Mention rate = share of runs that named the vendor, averaged over the 1 engine that answered this edition. Rank by mention rate. Consistency = share of prompt×engine cells where all runs agreed; shown as – with fewer than two runs. Movement vs the prior edition; – when there is none. Green means named. | # | Vendor | Mention rate | Engines | Consistency | Move | Trend | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [EliseAI](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/eliseai/) | 100% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 2 | [Funnel](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/funnel/) | 87% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 3 | [Knock](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/knock/) | 58% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 4 | [BetterBot](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/betterbot/) | 57% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 5 | [Hyly.AI](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/hyly-ai/) | 28% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 6 | [Frontdesk](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/frontdesk/) | 28% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 7 | [Respage](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/respage/) | 28% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 8 | [Zuma](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/zuma/) | 24% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 9 | [PERQ](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/perq/) | 16% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 10 | [Quext](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/quext/) | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | 11 | [Rently Smart Home](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/rently/) | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – | | – | [Anyone Home](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/anyone-home/) | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – | Every vendor in the category database is listed, named or not. A vendor that is absent from every answer is still a row, because absence is the finding. [Add or correct a vendor](/ai-shortlist-index/policy/). ## Engines Engines in this edition. Mention rates are averaged over the engines shown. | Engine | Status | Model | Runs | Note | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ChatGPT | ran | gpt-5-6-thinking | 25 | | ## Source map, top 5 The five domains cited most often across 186 citations in this category. Full list: the source map. | # | Domain | Type | Citations | Engines | Supports | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | eliseai.com | vendor site | 31 | ChatGPT | EliseAI, Funnel | | 2 | funnelleasing.com | vendor site | 22 | ChatGPT | EliseAI, Funnel | | 3 | betterbot.com | vendor site | 18 | ChatGPT | BetterBot | | 4 | entrata.com | other | 16 | ChatGPT | – | | 5 | support.meetelise.com | other | 16 | ChatGPT | EliseAI | [See all twenty domains and URLs in the AI leasing assistants source map](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/sources/). ## Prompts this edition Prompt Set v1.0, frozen for the edition. A vendor named in a prompt's own text is not credited for that prompt. The full set across categories: [prompt library](/ai-shortlist-index/prompt-library/). - ail-best-01What's the best AI leasing assistant for a multifamily operator with about 3,000 units? - ail-best-02Which companies make AI leasing agents that answer prospect texts, emails, and calls and book tours for apartment communities? Give me a shortlist. - ail-best-03I'm the marketing director for 8,000 garden-style units on Yardi. Which AI leasing assistants should we evaluate to cover leads after hours? - ail-best-04We have a 320-unit lease-up opening in the spring and a two-person leasing team. Which AI leasing tools do developers use to handle the volume during lease-up? - ail-best-05Which AI leasing assistants are multifamily property management companies actually using right now, and what do they use them for? - ail-best-06We manage 1,500 apartment units and want to centralize leasing so one team covers every property. Which AI leasing assistants work well for a centralized leasing model? - ail-best-07Who are the top AI leasing assistant vendors for multifamily, and which one fits a 25,000-unit operator that cares most about lead-to-tour conversion? - ail-alt-01What are the alternatives to EliseAI for an AI leasing assistant at a multifamily company? · seeded: eliseai (not credited) - ail-alt-02We're on Funnel and the AI side isn't doing enough for us. What other AI leasing assistants do multifamily operators use with or instead of Funnel? · seeded: funnel (not credited) - ail-alt-03What are the alternatives to Knock's AI leasing agent for a multifamily operator that isn't on RealPage? · seeded: knock (not credited) - ail-alt-04Entrata's built-in AI leasing assistant isn't answering the way we want. What standalone AI leasing agents do property managers layer on top of their PMS instead? - ail-alt-05Is there an alternative to BetterBot for an AI agent that answers leasing inquiries and books tours for apartment communities? · seeded: betterbot (not credited) - ail-seg-01We operate 40,000 multifamily units across a dozen markets. Which AI leasing assistants are built for institutional operators with centralized marketing? - ail-seg-02We run student housing where the parents call as much as the students and everything lands between March and August. Which AI leasing assistants work for student housing? - ail-seg-03We manage about 600 apartment units in smaller buildings with three leasing agents total. Is an AI leasing assistant worth it at our size, and which ones work with smaller operators? - ail-seg-04Which AI leasing assistants work for affordable housing communities where prospects ask about income limits, waitlists, and vouchers? - ail-int-01Which AI leasing assistants integrate with Yardi Voyager and RentCafe so pricing and availability are always current? - ail-int-02Which AI leasing assistants integrate with Entrata? - ail-int-03Which AI leasing agents integrate with RealPage OneSite for a multifamily portfolio? - ail-prob-01Nobody answers the leasing phone after six and most of our inquiries come in after work. How do apartment operators cover leads after hours, and which companies do it? - ail-prob-02Our leasing agents follow up once and then the prospect goes quiet and falls through the cracks. What tools do multifamily operators use to keep following up until the prospect tours or applies? - ail-prob-03Our chatbot quoted a prospect last month's pricing on a unit that was already leased. Which AI leasing assistants pull live pricing and availability from the property management system? - ail-prob-04I'm worried about an AI bot mishandling an ESA or accessibility question and creating a fair housing complaint. Which AI leasing assistants hand those conversations to a human, and how? - ail-cmp-01EliseAI vs Funnel for AI leasing: which is better for a multifamily operator with about 5,000 units? · seeded: eliseai, funnel (not credited) - ail-cmp-02EliseAI vs BetterBot for answering prospect inquiries and booking tours: which should a multifamily operator choose? · seeded: eliseai, betterbot (not credited) ## Elsewhere in the Index - [Tenant Screening](/ai-shortlist-index/tenant-screening/) - [Rent Payments](/ai-shortlist-index/rent-payments/) - [Security Deposit Alternatives](/ai-shortlist-index/security-deposit-alternatives/) - [All twenty categories](/ai-shortlist-index/), grouped on the Index hub - [The buyer's guide: AI Leasing Assistants for property managers](/property-management-software/ai-leasing-assistants/) - [How the Index is measured](/ai-shortlist-index/methodology/) - [This category in the September 2026 snapshot](/ai-shortlist-index/ai-leasing-assistants/2026-09/) · [the whole edition](/ai-shortlist-index/2026-09/) Part of [the AI Shortlist Index](/ai-shortlist-index/). 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