# Smart Home for Multifamily: AI Shortlist Index, October 2026

> The October 2026 record of smart home platforms in the AI Shortlist Index: every vendor as measured. This page does not change.

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AI Shortlist Index · October 2026 snapshot · Prompt Set v1.0

# Smart Home for Multifamily: AI Shortlist Index, October 2026

The smart home for multifamily ranking as the October 2026 edition measured it: 50 runs across 25 prompts. The [live category page](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/) carries the current edition; this one does not change.

## Editorial read

Fifty runs, one per prompt on each engine: ChatGPT through the OpenAI API (gpt-6-luna) on 30 October 2026, Claude through the Anthropic API on 31 October. SmartRent was named in 83% of runs, Rently Smart Home in 63% and iApartments in 56%. smartrent.com was the most-cited domain, with 35 citations. One run per prompt per engine; read it as a first reading.

## Ranking

Smart Home for Multifamily, October 2026 snapshot. 50 runs from 2 engines. Mention rate = share of runs that named the vendor. Green means named.
| # | Vendor | Mention rate | Engines | Consistency | Move | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [SmartRent](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/smartrent/) | 83% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 2 | [Rently Smart Home](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/rently/) | 63% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 6 | – |
| 3 | [iApartments](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/iapartments/) | 56% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 4 | [Quext](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/quext/) | 50% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 1 | – |
| 5 | [PointCentral](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/pointcentral/) | 48% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 3 | – |
| 6 | [DOOR](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/door/) | 34% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 5 | – |
| 7 | [Ambient](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/ambient/) | 26% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 6 | – |
| 8 | [Brilliant](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/brilliant/) | 24% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 9 | – |
| 9 | [ButterflyMX](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/butterflymx/) | 24% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 5 | – |
| 10 | [Homebase](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/homebase/) | 22% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 2 | – |
| 11 | [RemoteLock](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/remotelock/) | 16% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 2 | – |
| 12 | [Brivo](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/brivo/) | 14% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 5 | – |
| 13 | [igloohome](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/igloohome/) | 10% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 14 | [Salto](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/salto/) | 8% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 8 | – |
| 15 | [ElevateOS](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/elevateos/) | 6% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 16 | [ProdataKey (PDK)](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/prodatakey/) | 6% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 17 | [dormakaba](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/dormakaba/) | 4% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 7 | – |
| 18 | [Swiftlane](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/swiftlane/) | 4% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 19 | [LiftMaster myQ Community](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/liftmaster-myq-community/) | 4% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 20 | [Gatewise](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/gatewise/) | 4% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 21 | [Avigilon Alta](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/avigilon-alta/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 2 | – |
| 22 | [Kastle Systems](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/kastle/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 8 | – |
| 23 | [EliseAI](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/eliseai/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 24 | [Livly](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/livly/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 6 | – |
| 25 | [Zentra](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/zentra/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 10 | – |

## Engines

Engines in this edition. Mention rates are averaged over the engines shown.
| Engine | Status | Model | Runs | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | ran | gpt-6-luna | 25 |  |
| Claude | ran | claude-haiku-5-5 | 25 |  |

Part of [the October 2026 edition](/ai-shortlist-index/2026-10/) of [the AI Shortlist Index](/ai-shortlist-index/). All editions: [archive](/ai-shortlist-index/archive/).

Last verified 2026-09-03