STR Select checked evolve.com directly. Evolve charges 10% of revenue on its Core tier and 15% on Plus, Pro is a custom fee, and there is a one time $250 onboarding fee. Checked 2026-10-11.
Evolve prints its management fee on its own site. This guide reports the three tiers, the onboarding fee, what each plan includes and the terms Evolve leaves unpublished, all checked on evolve.com on 2026-10-11.
Evolve charges 10% of revenue on its Core tier and 15% on Plus. Pro is a "Custom management fee" set by portfolio size. There is a one time $250 onboarding fee, plus $25 for each additional property. Evolve says its fees "only kick in after guests check into your property." Evolve calls its own range "industry-low," a characterization we have not verified. Evolve does not publish who pays for cleaning, how maintenance is billed, whether the percentage applies to gross or net revenue, or a cancellation notice period. Those items are marked "Not published" below rather than estimated.
Source: evolve.com/owner/vacation-rental-management, fetched 2026-10-11. Every figure in the table is the page’s own wording.
| Item | What Evolve publishes |
|---|---|
| Core | 10% management fee |
| Plus | 15% management fee |
| Pro | Custom management fee, based on portfolio size and the number of properties you have with Evolve |
| Onboarding | One time $250, plus $25 per additional property |
| Mid-term rental add-on | $249 per listing per year, for furnished stays of 28 nights or more |
| When the fee applies | "Only kick in after guests check into your property" |
| Gross or net base | Not published |
| Payment processing and platform fees | Not published |
Evolve describes the range as "industry-low management fees starting at 10%." That is Evolve’s characterization, not ours; we have not verified it against other managers.
Plans are cumulative. Plus is everything in Core plus the items below it, and Pro is everything in Plus plus its own items.
Professional photos and a custom listing, promotion across top booking sites, "AI-powered dynamic pricing," 24/7 support, guest booking and communication support, Smart Lock integration, "$5,000 damage protection & $1M liability insurance," and access to a vetted on-the-ground support network.
Increased listing exposure, a Dedicated Performance Advisor, a Premium Support Desk, discounted tax and permit support, damage protection raised to $10,000 with the same $1M liability insurance, savings on decor, supplies and amenities, and a 10% travel discount on evolve.com.
A dedicated booking website, multi-property management tools, and the option to offer co-located units separately or together. The rate depends on how many properties you bring.
Evolve says the one time fee covers a professional photoshoot, listing creation, a revenue management analysis, distribution to booking sites and a dedicated onboarding consultant.
The percentage only means something against your own revenue. These are arithmetic examples using Evolve’s published rates, not forecasts of what Evolve would earn for a given home.
| Annual revenue | Core, 10% | Plus, 15% | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| $40,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $2,000 |
| $60,000 | $6,000 | $9,000 | $3,000 |
| $90,000 | $9,000 | $13,500 | $4,500 |
Add the $250 onboarding fee in year one. Whether the percentage is taken from gross bookings or from revenue after platform fees is not published, so the true base may be lower than the figures above. The Plus tier’s extra $10,000 of damage protection and advisor support has to be worth the gap for your property; for a home with low damage risk and a low revenue ceiling, Core may cover what you need. Our management fee guide runs the same math across pricing models.
This is our reading of Evolve’s published plan lists, not a recommendation from Evolve. Core fits an owner who mainly wants distribution, pricing software and round the clock guest support at the lowest published percentage, and who is comfortable confirming cleaning and maintenance arrangements separately. Plus fits an owner who wants a named advisor, a support desk, the higher $10,000 damage protection figure and tax and permit help, and who has enough revenue that five extra points still leaves the plan worth its price. Pro fits an owner with several properties, since Evolve ties its custom rate to portfolio size and adds a dedicated booking website and multi-property tools.
If you run one home, the real choice is between Core and Plus, and the table above puts the annual gap in dollars. If your property is a cabin or lake house with higher guest turnover and damage exposure, the damage protection difference may matter more than the advisor. If you are weighing Evolve against a manager that includes cleaning in its headline fee, price the cleaning separately and add it to Evolve’s percentage before comparing, because the published 10% is not a complete cost on its own.
One more point on timing: Evolve says fees only apply after guests check in, so a month with no stays should produce no management fee. The onboarding charge is the exception, since it is one time and due at sign-up. Confirm both in the written agreement.
Evolve’s owner page is specific about percentages and silent on several costs owners usually ask about first. We checked the page on 2026-10-11 and found none of the following stated.
Evolve says "we don’t ask for long-term commitments" and lists "Sign up with no long-term contract" as a step in its sign-up flow. That is a statement about commitment length. It is not a published cancellation procedure. The page gives no notice period, no early termination fee and no description of how listings, bookings already on the calendar or guest reservations are handled if you leave.
Two timing facts are stated. Plan changes "will go into effect within 15 business days of your request," which applies to moving between tiers. And the Risk-Free Guarantee says: "If you’re not 100% satisfied after 6 months with us, you’ll get a full refund of our management fees." The FAQ adds that the refund covers fees paid in that period with "no explanation needed." Terms and conditions apply, and they are linked externally, so we did not review them for this guide. Read them before you rely on the guarantee, and ask whether the $250 onboarding fee is part of what comes back.
Compare this with a manager that prints a number: our Evolve vs Awning comparison shows a competitor that states a written notice period. Evolve prints no equivalent.
Published figures only, each from the company’s own domain. Vacasa is the baseline for a manager that prints no rate.
| Company | Published rate | Onboarding | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evolve | 10% Core, 15% Plus, custom Pro | $250 one time, $25 per extra property | evolve.com |
| Vacasa | Not published | Not published | vacasa.com/owners |
| Awning | Starts at 10% | No setup fees stated | awning.com |
A published rate lets you compare before a sales call, and that is the main pricing advantage Evolve has over Vacasa. It does not tell you the total cost, because cleaning and maintenance are unstated. See Vacasa vs Evolve and Evolve vs Awning for the full side by sides, and our rankings for how fee transparency factors into scores.
Each question comes from a gap on Evolve’s own page. Get the answers in writing; a figure given by phone is hard to hold anyone to.
Answered only from what evolve.com states, checked October 2026.
Evolve publishes 10% of revenue on its Core tier and 15% on Plus, with a custom rate on Pro, plus a one time $250 onboarding fee. Evolve describes its fees as "starting at 10%" and says they "only kick in after guests check into your property." Our full STR management fee guide covers the four pricing models used across the industry and worked dollar examples.
Core is 10% and Plus is 15%, both stated as a "management fee" on evolve.com. Pro is a "Custom management fee" based on portfolio size and the number of properties you have with Evolve. The onboarding fee is a one time $250, plus $25 per additional property.
Evolve’s owner page does not say. It describes the $250 as a "one-time" charge covering a professional photoshoot, listing creation, revenue management analysis, distribution to booking sites and a dedicated onboarding consultant. Ask whether it is refundable under the Risk-Free Guarantee before you sign.
Per evolve.com: professional photos and a custom listing, promotion across top booking sites, "AI-powered dynamic pricing," 24/7 support, guest booking and communication support, Smart Lock integration, "$5,000 damage protection & $1M liability insurance," and access to a vetted on-the-ground support network.
Evolve lists increased listing exposure, a Dedicated Performance Advisor, a Premium Support Desk, discounted tax and permit support, damage protection raised to $10,000 with the same $1M liability insurance, savings on decor, supplies and amenities, and a 10% travel discount on evolve.com. Whether that is worth five points of revenue depends on your gross; the worked example above shows the dollar gap.
Evolve’s owner page does not state whether cleaning is included or billed separately, and it does not say who pays for it. Treat it as Not published and get the answer in writing. Our Vacasa vs Evolve comparison shows the same gap against Vacasa, which does list cleaning.
Evolve says "we don’t ask for long-term commitments" and lists "Sign up with no long-term contract" as a step, but the page publishes no cancellation procedure, notice period or early termination fee. The only timing stated is that a plan change "will go into effect within 15 business days of your request."
Evolve states: "If you’re not 100% satisfied after 6 months with us, you’ll get a full refund of our management fees." Its FAQ adds that the refund covers fees paid in that period with "no explanation needed." Terms and conditions apply, and the linked terms were not part of the page we reviewed.
Evolve does not say. The owner page says the fee only applies after guests check in, but it does not say whether the percentage is taken from gross booking revenue or from revenue after platform fees and expenses. This changes the real cost, so ask which base the percentage uses.
A separate add-on priced at "$249 /listing/yr" for furnished properties with a stay minimum of 28 nights or more. Evolve says the fee is per listing, renews annually, and works with any plan. The page does not say whether it stacks on top of the Core, Plus or Pro percentage.
Evolve has a published number and Vacasa does not, so there is no published figure to compare. See how much Vacasa charges for what Vacasa states, and our Vacasa vs Evolve comparison for the side by side.
Every Evolve fact in this guide traces to the owner page below, fetched 2026-10-11. Comparison figures come from each company’s own domain.