Best AI Leasing Agent (2026): 5 Options Compared
Rental leads don’t wait. A prospect who texts about a two-bedroom at 10pm and hears nothing will have a showing booked somewhere else by breakfast. An AI leasing agent answers every inquiry, by call, text or email, asks your screening questions and books the showing.
The quick answer: Carly is the best AI leasing agent for property managers who want every prospect handled by the same rules on every channel. It answers leasing calls, texts and emails around the clock, in English or Spanish, asks the same questions of every prospect, books showings on your leasing agent’s calendar and sends the confirmation from your business number. The same line handles maintenance calls after hours. For large multifamily portfolios with an enterprise budget, EliseAI is the category leader.
US list prices from each vendor’s own pricing page, checked October 18, 2026.
AI leasing agents compared
| AI leasing agent | Built for | Channels | Books showings | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carly | Property managers of any size | Calls, texts, email | On your team’s Google or Outlook calendars | Free Zapier-style workflows; AI agents from $35/mo |
| EliseAI | Large multifamily portfolios | Voice, text, email, chat | Yes, plus AI-guided tours | Quoted |
| Zuma | Multifamily communities | Voice, text, email | On the onsite team’s calendar | Quoted, per unit per month |
| Tenant Turner | Single-family and small multifamily | Phone, text, email | Yes, including self-showings | From $1.17/unit/mo on annual plans |
| Leasey.AI | Small and mid-size PMs | AI lead replies; phone agent on top plan | Yes | From $299/mo |
1. Carly
Carly runs your leasing line and your team inbox in one place. It follows your rules exactly: write your screening criteria and booking rules once, in plain English, and Carly applies them the same way to every prospect, which is also what fair housing asks of you.
- Answers every inquiry. Calls, texts and emails, 24/7 or only when your team doesn’t pick up. It detects Spanish and answers in Spanish.
- Asks your questions, in order. Move-in date, unit size, pets, occupants and whatever your written criteria say, the same for everyone.
- Books the showing on the leasing agent’s real Google or Outlook calendar, round robin, with a confirmation and a reminder text from your number.
- Calls web leads in a minute. A prospect who fills out your listing form gets a call within about a minute, and a text and email if they miss it.
- Handles maintenance too. After-hours maintenance calls get triaged by your rules, and the on-call tech gets a text the moment an emergency call ends. See property management answering service.
- One team inbox. Every call, transcript, voicemail, text and email on each prospect’s timeline, plus Carly’s built-in CRM.
- Connects to your software. Carly connects to thousands of apps, including Buildium and AppFolio.
- Run it from ChatGPT or Claude. With the Carly connector, your AI chat can text a prospect, call an applicant back, or build the leasing agent for you (how it works).
An application link or a note to the owner after the showing runs as a free Zapier-style workflow.
- Best for: property managers who want one AI handling leasing calls, texts and email, plus maintenance after hours.
- Pricing: Free Zapier-style workflows; AI agents from $35/month.
- Setup: Copy one prompt into ChatGPT or Claude, grab a number, and you’re live.
Carly business setup prompt
Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude or any AI. It walks you through the rest.
Help me connect Carly Teams so I can work with my organization's business texts, phone calls, voicemail and voice/text agents from this chat. I'll add it to you myself: tell me exactly what to click for the app you are, one step at a time, and wait for me to confirm before moving on. If a step doesn't match what I see, ask me what's on my screen. If you can do the setup yourself (Claude Code, Codex, Muse, Grok Bot), go ahead, and ask me for any key in your secure credential prompt, never in the chat. Don't tell me it's connected until list_phone_lines works, and if I have several teams, ask which to use. Before sending a text or making a call, confirm the team, recipient and message or task with me. The steps are below.
# Connect Carly Teams to an AI app
> Carly Teams works a team's business phone lines through the team's AI agents: business texts, phone calls, voicemail, the voice and text agents, and the team's CRM.
MCP server: https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp (streamable HTTP, OAuth)
## Setup
Carly Teams isn't in any plugin or connector directory yet, so it's added as a custom connection by URL.
1. Add Carly Teams:
- ChatGPT: open https://chatgpt.com/plugins, click Add, and choose Create MCP App (not Create plugin or Upload plugin archive). If Create MCP App isn't on the menu, turn on Developer mode first in Settings > Security and login. Name it "Carly Teams" with the description "Work with my team's business texts, calls, voicemail and voice/text agents," paste https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp as the server URL, choose OAuth, create it, and sign in. Then in the message box open the + menu, choose Developer mode, and pick Carly Teams. No plugin needs to be built, packaged or uploaded.
- Claude (claude.ai, Claude Desktop, or Cowork): Customize > Connectors > Add custom connector, name it Carly Teams, paste https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp, and sign in.
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http --scope user carly-teams https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp`, then /mcp, pick carly-teams, and authenticate.
- Codex: `codex mcp add carly-teams --url https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp`, then `codex mcp login carly-teams`.
- Cursor: add {"mcpServers": {"carly-teams": {"url": "https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp"}}} to ~/.cursor/mcp.json, then sign in to carly-teams from Customize.
- Muse: a custom connector to https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp with a Carly API key as its bearer token. The key comes from carlyassistant.com/integrations (Advanced > API Keys > Create a new key, with Owner set to the team and all scopes selected) and goes in Muse's connector settings, not in a chat message.
- Grok: grok.com/connectors > New Connector > Custom, paste https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp, and sign in.
- Grok Bot: a custom remote MCP server named carly-teams at https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp. Approve it and sign in.
- Perplexity: Plugins in the sidebar (or Customize > Connectors), then Add custom > Connector > Add MCP connector. Choose Remote, name it Carly Teams, paste https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp, pick OAuth, check the box and click Add, then click the Carly Teams card to sign in.
- Anything else: a remote MCP server (streamable HTTP) named carly-teams at https://carlyassistant.com/team/mcp. It signs in with OAuth.
Sign in with the Carly account that belongs to the organization.
2. Once it's added, the Carly Teams tools show up in the chat, including list_phone_lines. If they don't, turn Carly Teams on for the chat or start a new chat.
3. To check it worked, call list_phone_lines: it returns the teams and phone lines the account can reach. A team with no phone line yet can get one with find_numbers (optionally by area code) and get_number, which may return a checkout link to finish.
4. Something to try first: "Review our missed calls and voicemail and help me reply to customers." Carly Teams also reads and answers business texts, has the team's agent make calls, and edits the voice and text agents. Texts and calls go out at once from the agent's number and can't be taken back. Team permissions apply.
## Email, calendars and workflows
Email, calendars, files, booking pages and workflows are the regular Carly connector, added separately. It's listed in ChatGPT's plugin directory (https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a67a26316b88191860222f918d4ec54) and Claude's connector directory (https://claude.ai/directory/carly), and connects anywhere else at https://carlyassistant.com/mcp/. Its setup is https://carlyassistant.com/mcp.txt.2. EliseAI
EliseAI is the best-funded name in AI leasing, having raised $350 million at a $4 billion valuation. Its LeasingAI and VoiceAI answer prospects around the clock, with voice in seven languages and written replies in 51, plus AI-guided tours.
- Best for: large multifamily operators with an enterprise budget.
- Pricing: quoted; EliseAI doesn’t publish prices.
- Limitations: built and priced for big portfolios, not a few hundred scattered doors.
3. Zuma
Zuma’s AI leasing agent, Kelsey, handles every lead and books tours on the onsite team’s calendar, with voice AI included and daily tour summaries.
- Best for: multifamily communities on Yardi and similar systems.
- Pricing: per unit per month on 30-day terms, quoted.
- Limitations: multifamily-first; check fit for single-family portfolios.
4. Tenant Turner
Tenant Turner responds to every rental inquiry by phone, email or text with your messaging and open showing times, and supports self-showings.
- Best for: single-family and small multifamily managers who want showing automation.
- Pricing: Pro from $1.17 a unit a month on annual plans; Ultra, which adds live leasing call-center agents, from $2.43 a unit.
- Limitations: a leasing tool only, so maintenance calls and the rest of the inbox live elsewhere.
5. Leasey.AI
Leasey.AI bundles listing syndication, showing scheduling, AI lead responses, screening and lease e-signing, with an AI phone agent on its top plan.
- Best for: small and mid-size managers replacing several leasing tools with one.
- Pricing: Starter from $299 a month; all modules, including the AI phone agent, from $499 a month. 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Limitations: the phone agent is only on the top plan.
What 200 doors pays for AI leasing
For a manager with 200 units on list prices: Tenant Turner Pro is about $234 a month, Ultra about $486; Leasey.AI is $299 to $499; EliseAI and Zuma are quoted. Carly: Free Zapier-style workflows; AI agents from $35/month.
The bigger number is the one you don’t see: every day a unit sits empty costs a day of rent. A prospect answered in a minute instead of the next morning is the cheapest vacancy fix you have.
Fair housing: what to check in any AI leasing agent
An AI leasing agent talks to more prospects than any person on your team, so it has to be consistent:
- Same questions for everyone. Write your screening criteria down and have the agent ask them of every prospect, in the same order.
- No steering. The agent should describe units and availability, never suggest who a unit is “right for.”
- Keep the record. Transcripts of every conversation protect you if a decision is ever questioned. Carly keeps every call and text on the prospect’s timeline.
This isn’t legal advice; have your criteria reviewed against the Fair Housing Act and your state and local rules.
How to pick an AI leasing agent
- A few hundred doors, mixed single-family and small buildings: you want leasing and maintenance on one line. Go with Carly.
- Showing automation with self-tours: Tenant Turner.
- One tool for syndication, showings and screening: Leasey.AI.
- Large multifamily with an enterprise budget: EliseAI or Zuma.
For the wider toolset, see best AI tools for property managers and best AI tools for landlords.
FAQ
What is an AI leasing agent?
Software that answers rental inquiries by phone, text and email, asks screening questions and books showings, at any hour. Carly does it on your business number and also handles after-hours maintenance calls.
What is the best AI leasing assistant for a small property manager?
Carly, for managers who want leasing calls, texts and emails plus maintenance triage on one line. Tenant Turner is a strong pick if self-showings are the main need.
How much does an AI leasing agent cost?
Tenant Turner starts at $1.17 a unit a month, Leasey.AI at $299 a month, and EliseAI and Zuma are quoted. Carly: Free Zapier-style workflows; AI agents from $35/month.
Can an AI leasing agent book showings?
Yes. Carly books showings on your leasing agent’s Google or Outlook calendar while the prospect is on the phone or in the text thread, and sends the confirmation and reminder from your number.
Does it work with AppFolio or Buildium?
Carly connects to Buildium with your own API key and to AppFolio with Plus or Max API credentials, so new leads and showings can land in your property management software.
Can an AI leasing agent answer in Spanish?
Carly detects when a prospect speaks Spanish and answers in Spanish. EliseAI offers voice in seven languages.
How long does setup take?
Minutes. Copy one prompt into ChatGPT or Claude, grab a number in the chat, and you’re live.
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See what people say
"Before Carly, I relied on a Calendly link, but the whole process felt impersonal and not very professional. Carly changed that by handling all the back-and-forth, so I'm no longer stuck in endless email threads trying to line up schedules.
Now Carly reaches out to candidates, shares my real-time availability, lets them pick a slot, then sends a Zoom link and drops it straight into my calendar. She sends reminders to both of us before each call, which has significantly reduced no-shows and last-minute confusion.
On top of scheduling, Carly acts like a full executive assistant, sending me my schedule the night before so I can prepare for each call. It reminds me of the old x.ai assistant, but Carly is noticeably smarter, faster, and better suited to my healthcare recruitment business."
