AirDNA pricing in 2026: every plan, and which one your clients actually need

The four plans at a glance

AirDNA runs four plans in 2026: a permanent free tier, Research at $34/month billed annually ($125 month-to-month), Host at $50/month billed annually ($150 month-to-month), and a custom-priced Property Manager plan for portfolios of six or more. For an agent advising investor clients, Research is the right answer in almost every case — it carries the full Rentalizer, unlimited searches, historical data, and comp sets. What follows is the plan-by-plan math, including the one pricing quirk that catches people. VaultSTR may earn a commission from partner links on this page; that never changes what we recommend.

Prices verified against AirDNA's published pricing, August 2026. Several review sites still list a plan structure AirDNA discontinued — check the source date before quoting a number to a client.

The annual-versus-monthly quirk

The gap between billing options is unusually wide. Research costs $400 for a year paid up front — or $1,500 for the same year paid monthly. That's a 3.7x difference, not the 20-30% discount most software offers.

The practical read: month-to-month only makes sense for a single deal sprint — one client, one market, one closing. If you advise investor clients more than twice a year, annual Research pays for itself against a single month-to-month cycle plus one more deal.

What each plan gets you

Free. Limited Rentalizer access and topline market insights. Enough to check whether a market is worth a real look. Not enough to underwrite anything — projections without comp control aren't defensible.

Research ($34/mo annual). The agent plan. Full customizable Rentalizer, unlimited searches, historical market data, comparable sets, and forward demand signals. This is everything the "which market, which property" conversation requires. What it lacks — rate calendars, benchmarking — is operator tooling your client doesn't need until after closing.

Host ($50/mo annual). Everything in Research plus performance benchmarking, competitor rate calendars, and a bundled property management software (Uplisting, up to three listings). The bundle is real value for a client who self-manages after closing — worth mentioning in your post-close handoff — but it adds nothing to the buy decision.

Property Manager (custom). Lead identification, portfolio benchmarking, and market expansion tooling. Relevant if you run a management arm alongside your brokerage; otherwise skip.

Which plan to recommend

• You, the agent: Research, billed annually. It's the cheapest credibility upgrade available — $400/year for data your competing agents are quoting secondhand.
• Your client, pre-purchase: none. They don't need a subscription; they need your branded pro forma built on your subscription. An investor buying one property has no use for unlimited searches.
• Your client, post-close and self-managing: Host, if they want benchmarking and the bundled PMS. Otherwise the free tier plus a dedicated dynamic pricing tool covers it for less.
• A team or brokerage: one Research seat per advising agent beats one shared login — comp sets and saved searches are where the time savings live.

What AirDNA pricing doesn't cover

Two gaps matter at underwriting time. AirDNA doesn't do regulatory diligence — a market that pencils beautifully can be two zoning votes from a rental ban, and no plan tier flags that; our STR regulations guides cover that layer. And its property-level projections need a haircut before they reach a client; independent testing puts Rentalizer estimates 15-30% off actuals. Both gaps are covered in our full AirDNA review and Rentalizer accuracy breakdown.

Bottom line

$34 a month, billed annually, buys the data layer of an institutional-grade advisory practice. Pay annual, keep the subscription on your side of the relationship, and put the savings toward the underwriting layer AirDNA doesn't provide — starting with a second opinion from the free VaultSTR Airbnb revenue calculator. This is not financial advice. Underwrite every deal on its own numbers.