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Anonymous
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2018
I love that I can contact my HOA on my time.
Finding time to contact my HOA while they are open and I am not at work can be difficult, that is why i love being able to communicate through the portal. I also never have to worry about missing anything since I can just check online.
CONSI do not have anything negative to say about the site other than it took a little bit of time for our account to get set up. Otherwise, I love everything.
Carlos
Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2021
Dependable, Scalable, Consolidates, basis for our recent success!
We have been in the business for nearly 30 years, in that time we have seen many offerings in the marketplace. We moved to Pilera from another product that was considered the leader in our industry for years. We moved away due to constant glitches with our old provider's product and the lack of support to rectify them. Our expectations with Pilera have been exceeded. Our business has grown at a pace we have not experienced ever. A great amount of this success is due to Pilera. We use Jenark as our financial platform and Pilera integrates with it seamlessly and many other financial platforms. We have not experienced any significant technical issues with our integration. Our office now runs all our resident interface and communications through Pilera. The resident portals have been a big hit with our residents. I can't tell you how happy our Boards are with our reporting capabilities. What we really appreciate from a business perspective is the level of support and the constant improvement culture Pilera exhibits. They don't rest on their laurels. They continue to improve on their offerings.
PROSWe can document every interaction with our residents. It has built-in ticketing/tracking abilities. We can customize who we send communications to. from an individual to the entire community. It gives us the ability to know if the messages are received and opened. Provides us with the ability to provide a Document repository for every community. The ability to provide a Resident Portal to every homeowner or tenant. The product support is exceptional!
CONSSet up takes a bit of getting used to. In the beginning, the flexibility the product offers can delay finding the best level of efficiency.
Reasons for switching to Pilera Software
We moved away due to constant glitches with our old provider's product and the lack of support to rectify them. Their support was nonexistent.
Vendor Response
Hi Carlos, Thank you so much for sharing your experience using Pilera - we really appreciate it! We're happy to learn that you've seen a lot of growth at your company with Pilera and that your Board members and residents love it! Thanks again!
Replied August 2021
Judy
Real Estate, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed August 2021
On the fence
Pilera had been implemented by the time i started working here. i was trained to basically use the software to email residents for communication. In regard to that function it has worked great.
PROSI do like that the software itself is very easy to use. Functionality is great for very basic things. Granted I probably haven't used all of the features that are available and that is something i need to explore further.
CONSWe use the email feature the most. and the lack of customization is frustrating at times. For example the residents dislike the borders of the emails but that is something we cannot change. I do appreciate that the development team is taking our feedback and making pilera more functional.
Vendor Response
Hi Judy, thank you for reviewing Pilera and sharing your experience with our development team! We're always happy to hear about what our clients like and what could be improved. Our customer support team has been in touch with you and will continue to work with you to improve your Pilera experience.
Replied August 2021
Gorokhovsky
Management Consulting, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2024
Wonderful product for HOA member database.
Ease of use. It is very easy to get started, learn the product and use daily.
CONSAny software can be better, but nothing specific that I would list here.
Sarah
Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2021
19 months live with Pilera Property Management
Unit owners being to self-help. A lot of them do online work orders and print their own forms (ie: application to sell or lease, covenant to run) to submit when needed.
PROSPilera is very willing to listen and make adjustments to the software if they see the value and how it help all of their clients. This is what they promised me before the change and they in my opinion made changes I have asked about and others that I have appreciated. This is why I value Pilera and recommend them to all Associations.
CONSThe time it takes the programmers to adjust the software. When we asked if they could make the contacts searchable it took over a month. But I know this was not something every Association would want. Pelican Cove uses the contact information for gate entry so making it searchable helps when Lowes comes in for a delivery and does not know the unit number they are going to.
Reason for choosing Pilera Software
Their promise to listen to the needs of the Association.
Reasons for switching to Pilera Software
Unit owners had difficulties with seeing work orders, their accounting status, and communication via phone/test was too costly.
Vendor Response
Hi Sarah, It was great seeing you at the CAI Annual Conference last week! Thank you for sharing your experience using Pilera, we appreciate it a lot! The contact search is a great suggestion that many of our clients are finding beneficial. We run our releases on a monthly schedule which might explain the time it took to roll out this new feature. Thanks again for your feedback!
Replied August 2021
Elizabeth
Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
Practical & User-Friendly Software
Management is lovely, professional, and responsive. Very pleasant working relationship and I genuinely like these people.
PROSPilera is extremely user-friendly, both for the management company and for the clients. We particularly like how aesthetically pleasing the interface and communications appear, and how it can be used to reverse 911 for any urgent notices needed.
CONSI wish for more font choices, and I don't care for the new library - prefer the legacy version.
Reasons for switching to Pilera Software
The interfacing was more flexible and had more options at the time. I understand SenEarthCo has added more to their software to make it competitive against firms like Pilera.
Vendor Response
Hi Elizabeth, thank you for reviewing Pilera! We're always happy to hear about what our clients like and what could be improved, as that helps us to develop new features for our client base. We'll send your feedback about the font choices and the document library back to our development team. Thanks again!
Replied April 2021
Mark
Facilities Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2022
good program and service
Experience has been good We use lot numbers for our homes as tracking for certain information and when we asked tech support on how we could make this work the person in the Tech Department worked with us and he came up with a way to solve it
PROSable to send out blast emails to residents from office or home for planned emails able to set a time for them to go out easy to use and maintain information on residents
CONSI found nothing wrong with the software it does whats we need
Reason for choosing Pilera Software
we met with a neighboring HOA who had the system and liked what we saw and what was available
Michael
Real Estate, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2023
Excellent platform for HOA management with outstanding tech support.
Positive!
PROSTech support is amazing. We never had to struggle with any issues as the tech support was always available for us. We like a lot that Pilera supports ELECTRONIC BOARD ELECTION process. After updating our HOA bylaws we conduct Board of Trustees elections with an electronic option via Pilera (and their 3rd party provider). Already had 2 annual elections, and in the most recent about 80% of homeowners voted electronically via Pilera with the rest voting by paper. Electronic elections improved the legal compliance of the process and reduced our costs.
CONSThe website template can perhaps be a bit more contemporary, and so is the document management.
Reason for choosing Pilera Software
Given that the portal contains personal information of homeowners, we were looking for a company that conducts their cloud management and all dev-ops in the USA. Surprisingly, that left only a few on the table. And very few vendors offer legally compliant electronic elections option.
Reasons for switching to Pilera Software
Electronic elections was the main driver. The second driver was to combine the HOA website with the homeowner portal, reducing the need to maintain a website as a separate system.
Vendor Response
Hi Michael, Thanks for sharing your review! We're thrilled to hear about your experience with our customer support & electronic voting tool! We've sent your feedback about the website templates and documents to our product development team. Best Regards, Pilera Client Success Team
Replied August 2023
Theresa
Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2023
Love this platform!
We have worked with the design team to create just the right amount of platform to suit our needs. We can add on features at any time. They are always very available for any issues and requests.
PROSIntegration with accounting software to provide a portal and base for our homeowners
CONSNothing. We continue to love all the features we take part in and are always happy to see what else they launch.
Reason for choosing Pilera Software
This was the only product we viewed and loved it at first site.
Vendor Response
Hi Theresa, Thanks for sharing your review! We're so happy to know that you're enjoying the Pilera platform! Best Regards, Pilera Client Success Team
Replied August 2023
Emily
Real Estate, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2023
Great Database Manager
Overall, Pilera is a great database manager. The communication tools are easy to use, and the document library is easy to manage.
PROSOne of the best features Pilera has to offer would be the search function. To be able to search for names across all of the HOAs we manage is a time-saving function we utilize daily. Also, integrating and syncing with our accounting software is extremely helpful as well.
CONSIf there was one aspect I dislike, I would prefer the resident database appear immediately after selecting the HOA instead of being directed to the dashboard.
Sierra
Accounting, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2021
Easy to use software and outstanding customer service
I personally enjoy using Pilera. I think it is simple to use on both sides of the spectrum. I especially like it to track tasks. I love being able to re-assign tickets to other employees. I love that there is a history that we can reference when someone calls in about an issue. I love that we have the Knowledge base and how simple that is to use. I think the Document Library is an amazing tool to provide to our clients. I enjoy the idea of having the options to create calendars and to utilize a directory. I love the simplicity of sending out multiple or single welcome messaged and how easy it is to make administrative changes. Overall, I believe that this software was well designed and provides a great tool for management companies as well as residents. There are so many wonderful features and products that can just what a property management company, an HOA Board, or resident is looking for to get tasks done or look up information.
PROSI love that the software is not complicated. It is very user friendly. I love that it provides a "go-to" place for our residents to keep up with the community and their accounts. I also love that Pilera offers great customer service that is professional, reliable, and provides resolution when I have an issue.
CONSMy main complaints with Pilera would be the Unassigned folder. I believe this feature allows for the opportunity for issues or correspondence to slip through the cracks. Sometimes figuring out warnings can be challenging. I have had complaints from investors about using Pilera because they have multiple names as Owners and can't link all their accounts in a login. Also, I have had complaints from people that they can get an actual statement from Pilera for lenders when they need it. The transaction history is not always acceptable by lenders.
Reason for choosing Pilera Software
I was not involved with this discussion/decision.
Jessica
Management Consulting, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2022
User friendly
Easy to use very responsive representative for your company was always available and willing to assist returned email and call backs
CONSThe community website was not very easy to maneuver sometimes with photos uploading I’ve had difficulty if it’s the main photo or not.
Reasons for switching to Pilera Software
Not user friendly
Vendor Response
Hi Jessica, Thanks for sharing your experience using Pilera! We're always happy to hear about the user-friendliness of the software and our support team! We've sent your feedback about the website photos to our development team. Best Regards, Pilera Client Success Team
Replied December 2022
Nick
Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2022
Pilera Review for property Management
Pilera has been influential in helping me become more acclimated to my job as a property manager. It allows me easy access to reaching out to residents, as well as tracking the history of communication between management and homeowners. I would absolutely recommend this software to any and all property management firms.
PROSAs a new Assistant Property manager, Pilera has made it very easy to contact residents at the various properties I work with, as well as tracking history of Work Orders and requests submitted from residents.
CONSThe resources Tab can be a bit clunky at times. The difference between the "Legacy" and "New" tabs within the resoyrces tab can be confusing to understand for new users.
Vendor Response
Hi Nick, Thanks for sharing your experience and recommending us! We've sent your feedback about the resources tab to our development team. Best Regards, Pilera Client Success Team
Replied December 2022
Jamie
Real Estate, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2022
Use of Pilera
It's an easy to use system. I very much appreciate the support provided by [SENSITIVE CONTENT]. We called about some concerns, received options on how to best get the results we were wanting, news about upcoming enhancements, and just generally a wonderful outlook. Very positive!
PROSWhat I like most is the access to customer support. It's quick, user friendly, and we can schedule actual training time.
CONSWe were made aware of several options that I feel we were not given enough information about at the start of our Pilera partnership. Would like to have more of a "roll out" of upcoming changes, events, etc.
Vendor Response
Hi Jamie, Thanks for sharing your experience with using Pilera! We always appreciate hearing about our customer support team and the user-friendliness of the product! We have sent your feedback about the rollout process to our team. Best Regards, Pilera Client Success Team
Replied December 2022
Tawny
Accounting, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2020
Easy to Use Product with Great Customer Service!
I love working with Pilera for its functionality and especially appreciate [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] for all their help. They are always super fast to respond to questions. They have been extremely nice and a pleasure to work with.
PROSThe software is easy to use and navigate through which makes it simple to explain to clients. Pilera is also always making improvements and adding more features making it better every year.
CONSThe software is great! I would love for them to add a feature to allow for violation letter templates and disbtribution, otherwise, it has everything we need.
Vendor Response
Thank you Tawny for your review on our software and customer support team! We are always thrilled to hear feedback from our clients and that helps us to develop new features and improvements to our product. We will send your feedback on the violations back to our development team.
Replied March 2020
Robert
Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2021
Condo Association communication
Communications with owners
PROSIntegrates with TOPS, easy to edit website,
CONSUntil recently lack of recuing events in calendar, thanks for adding. Would like to see the ability to pull custom reports accessing all fields in the data base.
Reason for choosing Pilera Software
features, ease of use, we bought after the improved calendar was added which had stopped us earlier.
Reasons for switching to Pilera Software
We were allowed to build a test site and see how it worked. We found out after the fact on the prior app
Vendor Response
Hi Robert, thank you for reviewing Pilera and sharing your experience with the website feature! We're always happy to hear about what our clients like and what could be improved, as that helps us in developing new features. We'll send your feedback about the custom reports to our development team. Thanks again!
Replied August 2021
Carrie
Consumer Services, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed July 2021
Very user friendly
Software is easy to use, aesthetically pleasing, and very user friendly. Customer service/support is always so helpful and quick to respond (Rhonda is our go-to and she is incredible!).
CONSI do wish there was a message archive for owners new to the software to be able to view messages that have been sent to the community prior to their signing up.
Vendor Response
Hi Carrie, thank you for reviewing Pilera and sharing your experience with our software and our customer support team! We're always happy to hear about what our clients like and what could be improved. This helps us to bring new features our clients can benefit from. We'll send your feedback about the owner message archives to our development team. Thanks again!
Replied August 2021
Shawn
Management Consulting, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2021
Pilera Review
The customer service team is incredible at helping you navigate through any issue you may be having with the software. We are able to provide our clients with answers to their Pilera questions thanks to the responsiveness of the customer service team.
CONSI am hoping for more filtering option when it comes to generating resident or address reports on the software.
Vendor Response
Hi Shawn, Thanks for your review and for sharing your experience with our customer support team! Our team has reached out to learn more about the resident/address filtering report options you mentioned in the review.
Replied September 2021
Bob
Real Estate, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2021
Efficiency and Effectivenes
I have used Pilera for over ten years. It has been one of the most reliable elements in my company. The managers and the clients are very happy with it.
PROSAs stated in the title, this product has helped our company become more efficient and more effective in our everyday tasks.
CONSThe changes to the document library were a bit cumbersome initially but we have learned to appreciate them.
Vendor Response
Hi Bob, thanks for sharing your experience using Pilera! We're happy to hear our software product has helped your team and clients increase efficiency! Thanks again!
Replied August 2021
Stephen
Real Estate, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2021
Great Service and Features
The product is easy to use with lots of useful information.
CONSWish it had some additional features. The ability to add graphics to notices would be fantastic.
Vendor Response
Hi Stephen, Thanks for sharing your experience using Pilera. We're happy to share that you can now add graphics to your email messages/announcements! It's a recent enhancement we made to our communications platform. Here's a blog post about it - https://www.pilera.com/2021/04/authorize-net-integration-email-announcement-features.html Best Regards, Pilera Client Success Team
Replied September 2021
Norman
Real Estate, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2021
Condo Management
This has streamlined our historical data and compiled most of our processes into one place.
PROSWork Order tracking and contractor assignment
CONSlack of search features and document library ease of use for residents
Vendor Response
Hi Norman, Thanks for sharing your experience using Pilera. We always appreciate hearing what our clients like about the product and what could be improved. We've sent your feedback on the document library to our development team.
Replied August 2021
Jill
Recreational Facilities and Services, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2023
Pilera Daily User
Overall, it is a great tool for us to get the word out to over 3,000 of our residents. Being able to text and email is a big plus.
PROSCustomer Support is top notch. You put in a ticket, and you hear back quickly. Timing when you send out dailies, is very important.
CONSSometimes getting pictures or graphics to fit.
Vendor Response
Hi Jill, We're thrilled to hear about your experience with our customer support team! Thanks for sharing your review. We've sent your feedback about the graphics to our product development team. Best Regards, Pilera Client Success Team
Replied August 2023
Shauna
Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2021
Wonderful website, easy to use
Pilera support is always available. They offer wonderful support and training tutorials.
PROSVery helpful portal. Easy to communicate with owners and managers, love the maintenanace work order options.
CONSI liked the old document library better than the new one.
Vendor Response
Hi Shauna, Thanks for sharing your experience using Pilera. We always appreciate hearing what our clients like about the product and what could be improved.
Replied September 2021
Ray
Real Estate, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2021
RInconada Hills
I like how easy it is to use and that it is accessible on the web.
CONSI don't like that we can not set households up. Like, set one address and all residents under one account.
Vendor Response
Hi Ray, Thanks for sharing your experience using Pilera, we really appreciate it! Our team has reached out to help address the issue you mentioned in the review.
Replied August 2021
Chris
Management Consulting, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2022
Love Using Pilera
I personally love the ease in which I can find unit owner information, as well as ease in using the support/hel desk.
CONSIf I had to choose a CON for this product, it's that the customization could use a little upgrade.