What HostReady does
HostReady watches short term rental ordinances, licenses, renewal deadlines, zoning rules and tax changes for a host's properties and issues a source linked compliance certificate. Its site states coverage of more than 1,000 US market regulation pages and more than 130,000 live permits verified.
Who it fits
Hosts and small managers who want permits, licenses, zoning and tax rules monitored in one place instead of checking township pages by hand, especially in markets where enforcement software is scanning listings for unpermitted rentals.
Pricing, checked September 26, 2026
Monitoring one property is $8.25 per month, billed annually ($99 a year), with a 14 day free trial; a card starts the trial and nothing is charged until day 15. Two or more properties are priced per door, from $9.80 per door per month, and cheaper with every door added. No setup fees and no contracts. Checking any address is always free. More than 250 properties moves to a contract with custom pricing. A one time Portfolio Compliance Audit is $499 up to 25 doors and $999 up to 100 doors. The Compliance Data API has its own plans, from a free sandbox key. Read on hostready.ai/pricing on October 15, 2026.
Source: www.hostready.ai/pricing, checked September 26, 2026.
By the numbers
| Stat | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regulation pages monitored | 1,000+ US market regulation pages | hostready.ai/pricing |
| Permits verified | 130,000+ live permits verified | hostready.ai/pricing |
| Median penalty tracked | $1,000 median maximum penalty | hostready.ai/pricing |
| Regulatory change frequency | Changes tracked weekly; 1 in 3 customer markets changed in 180 days | hostready.ai/pricing |
The HostReady figure ledger
Every number here was read from a page HostReady publishes. Each HostReady figure sits beside its source page on hostready.ai, so you can check them one at a time. September 26, 2026 is the date the entry was last checked. It marks the underlying record, not the day this page was built.
- Regulation pages monitored is recorded as 1,000+ US market regulation pages, read from hostready.ai/pricing under the September 26, 2026 check of hostready.ai.
- Permits verified is recorded as 130,000+ live permits verified, read from hostready.ai/pricing under the September 26, 2026 check of hostready.ai.
- Median penalty tracked is recorded as $1,000 median maximum penalty, read from hostready.ai/pricing under the September 26, 2026 check of hostready.ai.
- Regulatory change frequency is recorded as Changes tracked weekly; 1 in 3 customer markets changed in 180 days, read from hostready.ai/pricing under the September 26, 2026 check of hostready.ai.
- Pricing record is recorded as published, read from hostready.ai/pricing under the same September 26, 2026 check of hostready.ai.
Every line above ends on a page hostready.ai controls. The HostReady record holds no rounded, converted or marketplace-estimated values. If a value is not published, the profile says so and leaves the gap open.
Where HostReady sits
HostReady is ranked #1 of 7 vendors evaluated for STR Compliance Tools, and this profile was last checked on September 26, 2026. 1 other vendor has a full profile in the same ranking: Hostax at #5. The pricing paragraph above comes from hostready.ai, where a price is printed. The numbers table lists 4 figures (Regulation pages monitored, Permits verified, Median penalty tracked and Regulatory change frequency), read from 1 source domain: hostready.ai. HostReady is compared against 3 alternatives on this page: Avalara MyLodgeTax (avalara.com), STR Comply (strcomply.us) and BNBCalc (bnbcalc.com). The category page, The 5 Best STR Compliance Tools for Hosts in 2026 (and How They Compare to Host Compliance/Granicus), lists all 7 evaluated vendors side by side, and HostReady sells from hostready.ai. Page by page, Regulation pages monitored is read from /pricing, Permits verified is read from /pricing, Median penalty tracked is read from /pricing and Regulatory change frequency is read from /pricing. 4 of the 4 figures in the numbers table for HostReady carry a number, and 0 are stated in words. 1 of the 3 alternatives listed beside HostReady is described with a dollar figure, and 2 are described without one. Why each alternative is listed: Avalara MyLodgeTax (Files and remits lodging tax in all 50 states, does not touch permits or zoning, price shown on its MyLodgeTax cart page); STR Comply (Cheaper tracker from $14.99 per month, alerts only, does not file for you); BNBCalc (Underwriting calculator with free city regulation guides, useful before you buy rather than after). In all, 1 distinct page on hostready.ai back the price and the numbers table for HostReady. HostReady describes its offer in one line as permit, license, zoning and tax monitoring for short term rental hosts, and the pricing status on this profile is published. 2 vendors in the category were evaluated and left unranked, so HostReady sits among 5 ranked rows. 4 questions are answered below from the same sourced research: “How much does HostReady cost”, “Does HostReady file permits for me”, “What does HostReady actually monitor” and “Is there a free way to try HostReady”. The figures read: regulation pages monitored is 1,000+ US market regulation pages, permits verified is 130,000+ live permits verified, median penalty tracked is $1,000 median maximum penalty and regulatory change frequency is Changes tracked weekly; 1 in 3 customer markets changed in 180 days. The pricing paragraph prints 5 dollar figures: $8.25, $99, $9.80, $499 and $999. The alternatives sit at avalara.com, strcomply.us and bnbcalc.com, and each link on this page goes to that vendor’s own site. The description of what HostReady does runs 44 words and the note on who it fits runs 35, and the verdict below adds 79 more. The fit note opens “Hosts and small managers who want permits, licenses, zoning” and is the text to test against your own portfolio before you contact hostready.ai. HostReady is reached at hostready.ai.
The verdict
HostReady is our top pick in STR compliance because it is the only tool we evaluated that publishes both a real price and a scale of coverage a reader can check. $8.25 a month for one property is cheap insurance against a fine the site itself says has a $1,000 median maximum. Free address checks and a 14 day trial make it a low risk way to see what your own township actually requires before you pay for anything.
Alternatives to compare
Full side by side with published pricing: STR Compliance Tools ranking Next in this ranking: Hostax.
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