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| Spots | 1 | 4 | 20 | 100 | 90 |
| Users | 1 | 10 | 50 | 300 | 500 |
| Contract & Invoicing | - | 1 yr | 2 yr | 2 yr | - |
| One-Time Setup Fee Per Access+ device (controls 3 access points) | $ 250.00 | $ 750.00 | $ 1,000.00 | - | |
| Public Marketplace Commission | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| Internal Marketplace Commission | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| Onboarding & Training # of hours included per contract term | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Trial (Pilot) | NA | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month | NA |
| Seats included # of users that can access the (shared) account | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| iPhone, Android & Desktop app |  | | | | |
| Customer support Email, phone and chat support | | | |||
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| Notifications | |||||
Email alerts | | |  | | |
SMS alerts | | | | | |
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| MARKETPLACE | |||||
| Manage property, spot & listings | | | | | |
| Advanced Settings | | | | ||
| Blackouts | | | | ||
| Surge pricing | | | | ||
| Dynamic pricing | | | | ||
| Extended stay configuration & pricing | | | | ||
Lead time | | | | | |
Parking spot sorting & selection | | ||||
| Rules | | ||||
# of bookings per renter per month | | ||||
| # of simultaneous transctions permitted for a user | | ||||
# of hours a renter can book per month | | ||||
| Payment Processing | | | | | |
PayOnExit | | ||||
| Marketing | |||||
| Featured Listings | | | | ||
| Demand priority planning | | | | ||
Mailchimp Integration | | | | | |
Personalized Campaigns | | | | ||
Monthly Automated Campaigns | | | | ||
Bulk Message Execution | | | | ||
Promotions | | | | ||
Email Marketing | | | | ||
Digital Marketing | | | | ||
Social Media Coverage | | | | ||
Promo materials | | ||||
Ratings & review management | | | |||
| Competetive Pricing analysis | Annual | ||||
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| INTERNAL TENANT MANAGEMENT | |||||
| Public versus Private property | | | | ||
Internal tenant management features | | | | ||
Advanced permission management capability | | | | ||
Parking spot sorting | | ||||
| Rules | |||||
# of bookings per renter per month | | ||||
# of simultaneous transactions permitted per user | | ||||
# of hours a renter can book per month | | ||||
Custom Tiered Pricing | | ||||
| Importing And Cleaning Up Your Database | Annual | Quarterly | Monthly | ||
| Categorize users by company or custom tags | | | |||
Access management | | | |||
| Activity monitoring & reporting | | | |||
| Track spot, renters by their unit numbers | | | |||
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| ACCESS+ | |||||
Manage Access | |||||
Short term | | | | | |
Long term | | | | | |
Advanced Permissions | |||||
| Manage permissions by spot | | | |||
| Manage permissions by user | | | | | |
Access Log dashboard & reporting | | | | | |
| Role based security | available | | |||
| Property Access Logs Management module | available | | |||
| Property Access Log for enforcement module | available | | |||
| Notifications | |||||
| Request for access notifications | available | | |||
| Notifications when property is accessed | available | | |||
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| GUESTPARQ | |||||
| Guest / visitor parking functionality | available | | | ||
| Guest Parking Management | available | | |||
| Notifications | |||||
Advanced reporting | available | available | |||
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| ENFORCER | |||||
| Enforce by property | available | available | |||
| Do not tow list management | available | available | |||
| Violations | available | available | |||
| Custom violation types & fees | available | available | |||
| Integration with ticketing/towing partners | available | available | |||
| Coordination with enforcement partner | available | available | |||
| Role based permissions (Enforecement agent, manager and admin) | available | available | |||
| Notifications | available | available | |||
| Automated Daily enforcement data report for a property via email | available | available | |||
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| ACCOUNTING & FINANCE | |||||
Payout options | | | | | |
| Monthly statement | | | | | |
| Detailed monthly statements for tax & reporting purposes | available | available | |||
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| ADMIN MODULES | |||||
| Customer Search | |||||
Guest Parking Management | |||||
| Email Logs | |||||
| Account setup and Management | |||||
| Access+ Logs (read-only) | |||||
| Access+ Advanced Logs for Field OPS & Admin | |||||
| Role based permissions | |||||
| Read-Only | |||||
| Manager | |||||
| Owner | |||||
| Notifications | |||||
| Schedule real time, daily, weekly or monthly reports | |||||
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| ONBOARDING & TRAINING | |||||
| User guides | | | | ||
| Knowledge base & FAQ | | | | ||
| Videos | | | | ||
| In-person training for staff | | | |||
| In-person training & onboarding of tenants/renters | | | |||
Custom branded training material | available | available | |||
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| ADVANCED CUSTOMER SUPPORT | | ||||
| Developing And Maintaining Your Communication Strategy to tenants/residents | | | |||
| Monitoring listing quality | | | | | |
Managing requests | | | | | |
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| OPERATIONS SUPPORT | |||||
| Site surveys | |||||
Access+ - hardware maintenance | Annual | Annual | Annual | Quarterly | Quarterly |
Network check | Annual | Annual | Annual | Quarterly | Quarterly |
Signage check | Annual | Annual | |||
| Get Started | SIGN UP | SIGN UP | SIGN UP | REQUEST DEMO |
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