Name

dwellingLIVE

Website

https://dwellinglive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Subscriptions: FRONTSTEPS Dwelling is part of a software suite offering for community association management. The product appears to be offered on a subscription basis as indicated by the product structure and login requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

dwellingLIVE operates FRONTSTEPS Dwelling, a visitor management and security solution for residential communities. The product enables tracking and management of visitors, deliveries, and access control, and integrates with the broader FRONTSTEPS suite of HOA management software (Caliber, Manager, Community, Payments, ALLi) to deliver an end-to-end platform for community associations and property management companies.

Product overview

FRONTSTEPS Dwelling is a visitor management and security product within the FRONTSTEPS software suite. The offering is part of a platform-plus-modules architecture that includes FRONTSTEPS ALLi (AI-powered community intelligence), FRONTSTEPS Caliber (back-office management accounting), FRONTSTEPS Community (community association management), FRONTSTEPS Manager (management tools), and FRONTSTEPS Payments (payments and automations). FRONTSTEPS Dwelling specifically focuses on visitor management and security features for residential communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FRONTSTEPS Dwelling A visitor management and security solution for residential communities that enables tracking and management of visitors, deliveries, and access control. Targeted at community associations, HOAs, and property management companies.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AppFolio: AppFolio provides cloud-based property management software, including offerings that serve community associations and HOAs with accounting, communication, and resident management features. It is a direct competitor in the vertical SaaS layer that FRONTSTEPS Dwelling targets, with overlapping buyer personas and broader scale.
• Condo Control: Condo Control Central provides software for condominium and HOA communities, including visitor management, security, and resident communication modules. It is the closest direct peer to FRONTSTEPS Dwelling's visitor management and security focus.
• PayHOA: PayHOA is an HOA management software platform focused on accounting, payments, and resident communication for self-managed and small HOAs. It overlaps with FRONTSTEPS at the community management workflow layer.
• TOPS Software: TOPS [One] is a community association management software platform with accounting, communications, and operations tools. It is a direct peer in the HOA management software vertical.
• Buildium: Buildium offers property and association management software for residential portfolios, including HOA and community association workflows. It is directly comparable as a vertical SaaS platform for community managers and an alternative to the FRONTSTEPS suite.
• CINC Systems: CINC Systems is an HOA and community association management software platform focused exclusively on management companies. It is a direct competitor in the same vertical SaaS niche as FRONTSTEPS, with overlapping buyer personas.
• Vantaca: Vantaca provides HOA and community association management software with an integrated suite of accounting, operations, and resident tools. It competes directly with FRONTSTEPS for community management company contracts.
• SimplifyEm: SimplifyEm offers property and HOA management software, including accounting and tenant/resident workflows. It is comparable as a vertical SaaS provider for community association managers, though generally positioned at smaller communities.

Broad incumbents

• Yardi: Yardi is a large incumbent in property and real estate management software, with HOA and community association offerings as part of a much broader portfolio. It is a broad incumbent comparable in target buyer and end workflows but with significantly greater scale and product breadth.

Emerging players

• ButterflyMX: ButterflyMX provides smartphone-based visitor management and access control for multi-tenant residential buildings, overlapping with FRONTSTEPS Dwelling's core visitor management and security use case. It is an emerging player focused specifically on the access control layer rather than the full HOA back-office suite.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DL_Home

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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