Zonetail
- Company typePublic
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersToronto, Canada
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
Zonetail firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Zonetail
- Legal name
- Zonetail Inc.
- Website
- https://zonetail.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Zonetail industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Property Management Software
- SIC
- Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Geofencing, Proximity & Location-Based Engagement Platforms (BPAMANAJ)
Keywords
Where Zonetail is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Toronto
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices3 records
Markets served
Zonetail business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Marketplace Advertising & Commissions: Local and national businesses pay to advertise on the Zonetail marketplace, which is embedded in the resident mobile app. Revenue is generated through display advertising fees and transactional commissions on marketplace purchases made by residents. The platform targets high-rise residents as a captive, engaged audience for advertisers.
- Payment Processing: Zonetail generates revenue from residents paying their monthly rent and condo maintenance dues through its platform via integration with Fortis and Yardi. The company earns approximately $1.00 for every $1,000 spent on rent payments and condo dues from participating property management clients. This is a transaction-based revenue stream.
- Rent Reporting Subscription: Tenants pay a C$8.95 monthly program fee to have their rent payment data reported to Equifax Canada for credit building. This fee can be reduced or offset using FUTR Tokens earned for securely sharing data. Revenue is shared between Zonetail and its partner FUTR under their strategic partnership.
- White-Label / Embedded Platform Licensing: Zonetail provides its platform to property management software companies (Yardi, Shiftsuite, MRI Software) who embed or white-label the platform for their PMC clients. Revenue derived from licensing arrangements with these PMS providers and their PMC clients.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Monthly | Rent Reporting Program: C$8.95 per month per tenant |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Payment Processing: ~$1.00 per $1,000 in rent transactions |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
Zonetail product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Zonetail is a mobile-first residential engagement platform that connects high-rise condo and apartment residents with their property managers and local neighborhood. The platform integrates with leading property management software providers (Yardi Voyager, MRI Software, Shiftsuite) to deliver resident communication, maintenance request tracking, amenity booking, payment processing, a local business marketplace, and AI-powered rent reporting through a single mobile application for multi-family residential and condominium buildings.
Product overview
Zonetail is a mobile platform and market network for high-rise residential buildings, consisting of a core resident-facing mobile app paired with a property manager portal, supplemented by a marketplace connecting residents to local businesses, payment processing capabilities, and an AI-powered rent reporting program. The platform integrates with leading property management software providers (Yardi, MRI Software, Shiftsuite) to deliver seamless resident engagement services. The 'Zonetail Home' platform and the AI-Powered Rent Reporting Program (with partner FUTR Corporation) represent recent additions expanding the company's service offerings beyond core communication and into financial services.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Zonetail Home: A new mobile residential platform launched following the completion of Yardi Voyager integration, enabling service to thousands of condominium and apartment buildings across North America.
Products and services
- Zonetail Resident App Mobile application for high-rise condo and apartment residents providing real-time access to building services including service request creation, property manager communication, push notifications, community news, activity feeds, and amenity booking such as elevator and visitor parking reservations. It also embeds the Zonetail Marketplace and MealMe product ordering for local food, groceries, and retail.
- Zonetail Property Manager Platform Property management interface enabling managers to communicate with residents, manage service requests, share community updates, and streamline operations for multi-family residential and condominiums. Used by large PMCs in Canada and the U.S. representing hundreds of thousands of units.
- Zonetail Marketplace Local business marketplace connecting high-rise residents to neighborhood stores, services, restaurants, grocery, entertainment, health and beauty, home services, and retail offerings. Provides targeted marketing access to engaged high-rise residents for national, regional, and local businesses with a revenue-sharing model on bookings and embedded commerce (MealMe).
- Zonetail Home Mobile residential platform built on the completed Yardi Voyager integration, enabling Zonetail to service thousands of condominium and apartment buildings representing millions of homes across North America. Forms the foundation for Zonetail's entry into the U.S. rental apartments vertical.
- AI-Powered Rent Reporting Program Subscription program at C$8.95/month per tenant that reports verified monthly rent payments to Equifax Canada to help renters build credit. Powered by FUTR's AI Agent platform; participants can offset fees with FUTR Tokens earned for securely sharing their data. Revenue is shared between Zonetail and FUTR.
- Payment Processing for Rent and Condo Dues Payment processing service integrated with Fortis and Yardi that allows residents to pay monthly rent and condo maintenance dues through the Zonetail platform. Zonetail earns approximately $1.00 for every $1,000 spent on rent and condo dues from participating PMC clients. Revenue is shared with Fortis.
Quantifiable outcome
- 1731% increase in property portfolio since start of 2023 following two large PMC signings
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Zonetail
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Zonetail technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration7 records
AI capability2 records
Feature6 records
Zonetail partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.
- The FUTR CorporationcoreStrategic partnership to launch Canada's first AI-powered rent-reporting program in October 2025. Powered by FUTR's AI Agent platform, the program enables renters to build credit by having verified rent payments reported to Equifax Canada. Participants pay C$8.95/month and can earn FUTR Tokens as rewards. Phase One launched across 12,000 rental units in Q4 2025, with expansion to 70,000+ units planned by early 2026.
- YardicoreIntegration with Yardi Voyager, North America's largest property management software, completed in July 2025. The integration enables Zonetail to service thousands of condo and apartment buildings representing millions of homes across North America. Zonetail is also an accredited payment processing vendor with Yardi. This was described by Zonetail as its most significant milestone in its history, marking the beginning of its U.S. launch and entry into the rental apartments vertical.
- Equifax CanadacoreReporting agreement with Equifax Canada enables property management companies to submit rent payment data to Equifax on behalf of tenants to help consumers build their credit scores. The solution is available to multi-family PMCs and their tenants across Canada and the U.S. This agreement paved the way for the more comprehensive AI-powered rent reporting program with FUTR.
- ApartmentLove Inc.secondaryPartnership to offer Zonetail users access to short-term vacation rental listings on OwnerDirect.com (owned by ApartmentLove). Zonetail users gain access to approximately 3,000,000 vacation rental listings in 100+ countries. Revenue is shared on bookings made through the Zonetail platform. Partnership driven by survey showing 78% of Zonetail users desired travel deals.
- FortiscorePayment processing integration completed with Fortis, a leading payment processing and technology company with operations across the U.S. and Canada. The integration enables residents to pay monthly rent and condo maintenance dues through the Zonetail platform. Zonetail expects to generate approximately $1.00 for every $1,000 spent on rent payments from participating PMC clients.
- MealMe, Inc.secondaryEmbedded commerce integration enabling Zonetail users to order over 300 million products from over 1 million local restaurants, grocery stores, and retailers directly within the Zonetail app, with pickup or sub-hour delivery options. The partnership is expected to significantly enhance transactional revenue for Zonetail.
- MRI SoftwarecoreIntegration and strategic partnership agreement signed September 2022. Zonetail became a member of the MRI Partner Connect program. The white-label agreement provides MRI clients with access to Zonetail's residential mobile platform. MRI's portfolio includes nearly 90% of the top 50 apartment managers and all top 10 property managers on the 2022 NMHC 50 list, with potential access to 20.1 million units.
- ShiftsuitecoreIntegration partner for property management software. Along with Yardi and MRI Software, Shiftsuite accounts for an estimated 50 million households across North America. Partnership enables Zonetail to service additional PMC clients using the Shiftsuite platform.
- AAHOA (American Hotel & Lodging Association)minorPartnership with the largest association of hotels in the world, representing approximately 35,000 hotels and 65% of the U.S. hotel market. Zonetail previously had a hotel vertical and expects to relaunch it when market conditions in the hotel industry rebound after COVID.
- ThumbtacksecondaryHome and concierge services partner integrated into the Zonetail marketplace, enabling residents to access professional services through the app. Revenue generated through transactional referrals.
- Osgoode PropertiessecondaryOne of eastern Canada's largest residential rental apartment owners/managers with approximately 10,000 units across Ottawa, Gatineau, Kingston, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Atlanta, Sarasota, and Tampa Bay. Zonetail marketplace launched within Osgoode's existing Yardi RENTCafe mobile app across 29 locations and 5,000+ units in October 2022.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Zonetail competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Buildium: Property management software owned by RealPage targeting small-to-mid-market residential landlords. Provides resident portals, maintenance tracking, and payment processing — directly overlapping with Zonetail's resident engagement feature set.
- Entrata: Property management platform serving large multifamily operators with resident portals, payments, and communications. Comparable in targeting enterprise PMCs with resident engagement software at scale.
- AppFolio: Public property management software platform serving residential and commercial landlords. While broader in scope, AppFolio offers resident communication, maintenance, and payment features that overlap with Zonetail's core platform and compete for PMC software budgets.
- RealPage: Large property management software suite including resident payment, communication, and engagement modules. Competes with Zonetail as an incumbent PMS vendor that could choose to expand native resident experience features that displace third-party offerings.
Emerging players
- EliseAI: AI-driven leasing and resident communication automation platform for multifamily operators. Comparable to Zonetail's AI-powered rent reporting initiative, with overlapping enterprise PMC customer base and resident engagement focus.
- DoorLoop: Cloud property management software with resident portal, payments, and maintenance features. Targets small-to-mid PMCs with a similar bundled resident engagement value proposition as Zonetail.
Direct peers
- RentRedi: Tenant and landlord platform providing rent payments, credit building via rent reporting, and communication tools. Closely comparable to Zonetail's combined payments + rent reporting offering for smaller landlords and renters.
- PayLease (now part of Yardi): Payment processing platform for property managers, now integrated into Yardi's payment suite. Directly comparable to Zonetail's Fortis-powered payment processing revenue stream for rent and condo dues.
- Apartment List: Apartment marketplace and renter services platform reaching high-intent renters. Comparable in operating a marketplace monetization model adjacent to residential leasing, although more focused on lead generation than in-resident engagement.
- Funnel Leasing: Renter experience platform focused on resident engagement, communication, and payments for multifamily operators. Direct competitor to Zonetail with similar go-to-market into enterprise PMCs.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Zonetail leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
Zonetail funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds5 records
Investors1 record
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Zonetail M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Zonetail
What does Zonetail do?
Zonetail is a mobile-first residential engagement platform that connects high-rise condo and apartment residents with their property managers and local neighborhood. The platform integrates with leading property management software providers (Yardi Voyager, MRI Software, Shiftsuite) to deliver resident communication, maintenance request tracking, amenity booking, payment processing, a local business marketplace, and AI-powered rent reporting through a single mobile application for multi-family residential and condominium buildings.
Is Zonetail a public or private company?
Zonetail is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was Zonetail founded?
Zonetail was founded in 2015. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Zonetail based?
Zonetail is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, in the North America region.
How does Zonetail make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Marketplace Advertising & Commissions are the primary driver. The others are payment Processing, rent Reporting Subscription and white-Label / Embedded Platform Licensing.
Who are Zonetail's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Buildium, Entrata, AppFolio and RealPage. Emerging players are EliseAI and DoorLoop. Direct peers are RentRedi, PayLease (now part of Yardi), Apartment List and Funnel Leasing.
Does Zonetail have an API?
No public API is recorded for Zonetail.
What industry is Zonetail in?
Zonetail's product category is Property Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAMANAJ, Geofencing, Proximity & Location-Based Engagement Platforms. Its SIC code is 6531.