Head to head · 4 tools

AppFolio vs Ghost vs Shopify vs Squarespace

Starting price

—

Starting price

$18/month

Starting price

$29

Starting price

$16/month

Attribute	AppFolio	Ghost	Shopify	Squarespace
Category	Real Estate & Property	Content & Writing	E-commerce & Commerce	Website Builders & CMS
Pricing	Paid	Free tier	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$18/month	$29	$16/month
Free tier	No	Yes	No	No
Free trial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Deployment	—	Cloud	—	Cloud
API available	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Unknown
Platforms	—	—	ios, android	—
Certifications	2	—	1	—
Integrations	—	8	4	—
Company	Founded 2006	—	Founded 2006	Founded 2003
Feature attributes
Sso Saml	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown
Rbac	— Unknown	— Unknown	✓ Yes	— Unknown
Mobile App	— Unknown	— Unknown	Ios And Android	— Unknown
Webhooks	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown
Data Export	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown
Tenant Portal	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown
Online Rent Payment	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown
Maintenance Requests	✓ Yes	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown
Accounting Included	✓ Yes	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown
Property Type	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown
Hosted Storefront	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown	— Unknown
Multichannel Selling	— Unknown	— Unknown	✓ Yes	— Unknown
Inventory Management	— Unknown	— Unknown	✓ Yes	— Unknown
Transaction Fees	— Unknown	— Unknown	✓ Yes	— Unknown
App Marketplace	— Unknown	— Unknown	✓ Yes	— Unknown

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Unknown values show as “Unknown”/“—”. Nothing is inferred — see each tool page for sources.