Software Answers

What Software Answers does

Software Answers, Inc. is a privately held vertical SaaS company that builds Property Management Systems (PMS) purpose-built for long-term stay accommodation providers, including corporate housing operators, serviced apartment operators, relocation and insurance housing providers, and adjacent verticals such as healthcare, government, oil & gas, and disaster response housing. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company operates a dual-track product portfolio: Oscar (Oscar Orion), an enterprise-grade platform for mature, multi-market operators requiring compliance, revenue protection, and embedded financial discipline; and CodeOne, a modern automation-first SaaS platform for growing operators seeking cleaner workflows and trusted accounting integrations. The technology integrates operational workflows (reservations, stay management, field operations) with financial accounting (contract billing, sub-ledgers, audit-ready financials, multi-entity support) in a unified backbone, augmented by modules including OscarPay (payment processing), Connected Field Operations, API & Data Access, and the recently launched OscarAI support assistant.

The business operates on subscription-based licensing with annual billing and quote-based pricing delivered through a consultative enterprise field sales motion and an inside sales channel. There is no self-serve or reseller distribution; all customer relationships begin with sales engagement to assess platform fit between Oscar and CodeOne. Software Answers is owned by Banyan Software, a private equity acquirer, following its 2025 acquisition that also brought Coded, Inc. (CodeOne) into the portfolio. In April 2026 the company extended into the UK and Europe via the res:harmonics acquisition. Its customer base includes Marriott ExecuStay, BridgeStreet Worldwide, National Corporate Housing, Skyline Worldwide, and Milford Management, and the company claims its software is used by a majority of U.S. corporate housing providers. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the company is actively shipping major platform releases on roughly a monthly cadence across both product lines.

Name

Software Answers

Legal name

Software Answers, Inc.

Website

https://softwareanswers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Software Answers is a vertical SaaS company providing purpose-built Property Management Systems (Oscar and CodeOne) for long-term stay accommodation providers, including corporate housing and serviced apartment operators, with integrated operations, billing, and financial workflows on a subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Property Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Property Management Systems (PMS) (THALACAA)

Keywords

• Property management software
• Corporate housing software
• Long-term stay PMS
• Serviced apartment platforms
• Enterprise accommodation SaaS

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. PMS Software Licenses (Subscription): Software Answers generates revenue primarily through subscription-based PMS software licensing for their Oscar and CodeOne platforms. The company offers two distinct product tiers targeting different operational maturity levels, with pricing based on platform selection and implementation scope.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Software Answers develops and licenses Property Management System (PMS) software purpose-built for long-term stay accommodation providers. Its dual-platform portfolio—Oscar (Oscar Orion) for enterprise-grade, multi-market operators and CodeOne for modern, automation-first workflows—unifies reservations, leases, contract billing, payments, field operations, and accounting in a single vertical-specific system for corporate housing, serviced apartments, relocation housing, insurance housing, healthcare housing, oil-and-gas housing, and disaster-response housing providers.

Product overview

Software Answers offers a dual-track PMS portfolio purpose-built for long-term stay accommodation providers including corporate housing and serviced apartments. The core products are Oscar (Oscar Orion) — an enterprise-grade platform for multi-market operators requiring embedded financial controls, compliance, and audit-ready accounting — and CodeOne — an automation-first modern SaaS platform for growing operators seeking cleaner workflows and trusted accounting integrations. A portfolio of modules extends both platforms including OscarPay (payment processing), Connected Field Operations (housekeeping, inspections, maintenance tasks), API & Data Access, and integrations with Microsoft Entra ID SSO, Foxit Esignature, QuickBooks, NetSuite, SiteMinder, Rental Guardian, and other third-party tools. OscarAI provides AI-powered in-workflow support via a knowledge retrieval assistant.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Oscar (also known as Oscar Orion): Enterprise-grade Property Management System for mature, multi-market long-term stay operators requiring compliance, revenue protection, and embedded financial discipline.
• CodeOne
• OscarAI
• OscarPay

Products and services

• Oscar (Oscar Orion) Enterprise-grade Property Management System designed for mature, multi-market long-term stay operators (corporate housing, serviced apartments, relocation/insurance housing) requiring compliance, revenue protection, contract billing, multi-entity accounting, and audit-ready financials. Embeds financial controls and supports master leases, prorated stays, extensions, and rebillable expenses.
• CodeOne Modern, automation-first cloud SaaS Property Management System for long-term stay accommodation providers who have outgrown spreadsheets and lightweight tools. Delivers faster workflows, trusted financials, and clean accounting integration with QuickBooks and NetSuite.
• OscarAI AI-powered in-workflow assistants delivering faster decisions and fewer errors, including the Oscar Support Assistant that uses knowledge retrieval to answer user questions and submit support tickets directly within the platform.
• OscarPay Integrated payment processing module for Oscar accepting cards, ACH, and international payments; payments post automatically to accounts receivable, deposits, and the general ledger, eliminating external gateways and manual reconciliation.
• Connected Field Operations Field-operations module coordinating arrivals, departures, inspections, turns, and vendor task scheduling tied to the reservation lifecycle for housekeeping, maintenance, and inspection workflows.
• API & Data Access Public REST API connectivity for both Oscar Orion and CodeOne enabling modern integration across systems and data flows, supporting custom integrations, data exports, and connectivity to third-party tools.

Quantifiable outcome

• Integration of operations and financials eliminates manual reconciliation work
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability2 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• res:harmonicscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2026European expansion partnership bringing res:harmonics into the Software Answers portfolio. Announced April 7, 2026, strengthening the company's presence in the European market for long-stay accommodation providers.
• Microsoft Entra IDcoreTechnology or IntegrationSingle Sign-On (SSO) integration enabling users to authenticate using Microsoft credentials. Improved sign-on/sign-off experience with ability to select preferred account during login.
• OktacoreTechnology or IntegrationSSO integration added to CodeOne, allowing users to securely log in using Okta credentials for smoother and more secure onboarding experience.
• QuickBookscoreTechnology or IntegrationAccounting integration with QuickBooks, commonly used with CodeOne for environments requiring trusted financial system integration. QBO Class mapping for vendor refunds.
• NetSuitecoreTechnology or IntegrationAccounting integration with NetSuite for enterprise customers requiring comprehensive ERP capabilities. Improved timeout handling for more reliable payment processing.
• SiteMindercoreTechnology or IntegrationChannel manager integration enabling property distribution through SiteMinder's network. Part of broader connectivity strategy for reservation and inventory management.
• RightSignature / EchoSigncoreTechnology or IntegrationE-signature integration enabling document signing directly within the PMS workflow. Supports automated document generation and email delivery.
• Foxit E-signaturecoreTechnology or IntegrationAlternative e-signature solution integrated with Oscar modules for document signing workflows.
• EasyPay / NumberscoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing integration for card transactions. Improved authorization and session token handling for more reliable credit card processing.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ResMan: ResMan provides property management and accounting software for multifamily and corporate-housing operators, including features similar to Oscar's contract billing and sub-ledger accounting. ResMan competes head-to-head with Software Answers for mid-market and enterprise corporate-housing customers.
• Yardi Systems: Yardi is a long-standing real-estate and property-management software suite that explicitly serves corporate housing, multifamily, and serviced-apartment operators with PMS, billing, and accounting workflows. It is the most direct large-scale competitor to Software Answers' Oscar and CodeOne products in the long-stay accommodation vertical.
• RoomKey PMS: RoomKey is a property management system used by vacation-rental and corporate-housing operators across North America to handle reservations, guest management, and accounting. It overlaps with CodeOne specifically as a modern cloud PMS for operators moving off spreadsheets and legacy tools.

Broad incumbents

• Hostaway: Hostaway is a vacation-rental and serviced-apartment management platform with channel manager, PMS, and accounting integrations. It overlaps with Software Answers in the long-stay and corporate-housing categories while serving a broader alternative-accommodation customer base.
• MRI Software: MRI Software provides real-estate and property-management software across multifamily, corporate housing, and serviced apartments, including financial and lease management modules. It is a broad incumbent in the adjacent enterprise real-estate software category that can move deeper into Software Answers' niche.
• Oracle OPERA Cloud: Oracle's OPERA Cloud is a dominant enterprise PMS in hotels and large hospitality groups, with functionality increasingly relevant to serviced apartments and extended-stay segments. As a global incumbent with deep accounting and CRM capabilities, it represents a scale threat at the high end of Oscar's market.
• Mews: Mews is a leading cloud-native hospitality PMS that has expanded from hotels into serviced apartments and extended-stay properties. It competes for the same operators Software Answers targets but addresses a broader hospitality customer base with a less long-stay-specialized feature set.
• Guesty: Guesty is a property-management platform focused on short-term rentals and alternative accommodations, increasingly serving serviced apartments and corporate-housing operators. It competes for the same mid-market customers as CodeOne with a broader hospitality feature set.
• Cloudbeds: Cloudbeds is a hospitality-management platform serving hotels, hostels, and alternative accommodations globally. As serviced apartments and corporate housing increasingly cross over with short-term rental, Cloudbeds represents a broad-incumbent threat with greater scale and marketing reach.

Emerging players

• Track Software: Track Software provides vacation-rental and short-term-rental management software with some exposure to corporate-housing operators. It is a smaller, more narrowly focused player that intersects with Software Answers on a subset of long-stay and short-stay workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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