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CINC Software is a cloud-based HOA platform that helps association management businesses manage financial reporting, member databases, banking processes and more. It automates tedious administrative tasks, increases transparency...

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Ease of Use
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 19/06/2019

Could not do my job without CINC!

Pros

This software tool helps in every facet of our business and growing our industry into new ages. Keep up the great development and growth.

Cons

None as they are very responsive on how to better their services.

James
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 03/07/2019

Trust me...go to CINC

Great team. Responsive to helping us. Started without a partner bank and it worked great. Then we witched to a partner bank and WOW even better. Strongly suggest daily reconciliations with a partner bank. Call module is great.

Pros

It works. The different features are vast and come together well. If you are in the association management business you already know software is essential. I have worked in the below systems and CINC is hands down much better functionality and has more bells and whistles. Stay away from TOPS...seriously DO NOT USE TOPS. Yardi, Appfolio, & Frontsteps are okay but CINC brings all of their features together.

Cons

The cost was affordable compared to others, but it is not the cheapest. If you are in the association management business you already know software is the backbone of what we do. Do not go cheap, you will regret it. TOPS One was cheap and talked a good game but after 3 months of use we could not reconcile three months and had a massive data loss causing us to lose multiple communities. I have worked for years with TOPS, Yardi, Appfolio, Frontsteps.....CINC is much better than any of these other packages by far.

We are working with the CINC team on the form letters it is really the only thing I think needs improvement but what is there does work.

Alternatives Considered

Yardi Voyager

Reasons for Choosing CINC

Total fail for TOPS. They sold us a product they knew did not work then held our data hostage.

Switched From

Enumerate

Reasons for Switching to CINC

Having worked in the others CINC was the total package and they are always working to improve the system based on user feedback.
Rebecca
  • Industry: Facilities Services
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
1
Functionality
1
Ease of Use
1
Customer Support
1

1
Reviewed on 16/09/2024

CINC is terrible, doesn't track anything

Pros

Absolutely nothing, the entire process was a mess.

Cons

CINC doesn't have basic HOA management needs covered. No process to approve architectural requests. Getting approvers set up for invoices was a disaster.

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Michael
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 13/02/2020

Great HOA Software Suite

CS is very supportive via their Case submittals, training videos, webinars and annual conferences. CS listens to customers suggestions and implements the improvements for all customers to enjoy.

Pros

The ability to use this software so quickly from anywhere and any device is awesome. We are able to answer our customers requests quickly and completely from wherever we are is awesome.

Cons

It times out without warning and too quickly.

Alternatives Considered

Enumerate

Reasons for Switching to CINC

At the time, 2006, they were using web based platforms better than the others. They also were offering the best integration of management and accounting software.
James
  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 25/02/2020

Appreciate the Opportunity

We have come to our market with a superior well designed HOA management solutions with the software to give us a significant competitive advantage over our competition.

Pros

Ties everything together and allows the professional management of our HOA members associations.

Cons

Financials have been a little tricky but over time we've gotten that figured out.

Sandy
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 18/05/2023

Great lead gen CRM

Glitchy here and there. Doesn't offer a good transaction management side.

Pros

Helps organized our Lead Generation system.

Cons

Glitchy at times. Doesn't offer strong transaction mgmt.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 03/02/2018

Have worked with CINC for over 8 years & am extremely pleased with the ease of use and the...

Pros

The robust functionality, the intuitive interface, the easy integration with banking.......all combine to produce an experience worth writing home about. We use the software in a managemeent company with over 300 homeowner associations, and the flexibility and full-featured software allows us to serve our clients with some of the most advanced technology available. Technology should help drive the business forward, and with CINC, we are able to craft solutions for all kinds of associations -- no matter whether condos (mid-rise, high rise, garden style), single family homes, townhomes, or mixed use communities. The CCR module, association setup capabilities, the standard and custom reporting features, the bank integration---all have been well thought out and programmed not only to make lives easier for those at a management company but also for boards of directors who can present to their communities and themselves a very transparent accounting solution for all. We have set up a modifed accounting system which works well for us, but I know others who use accrual accounting and the software is robust enough to easily handle both. Ability to view check images for invoices and homeowner payments has proven very convenient in troubleshooting questions from boards or homeowners.

Cons

A few screens need rethinking. For example, the screen in which you compose the message on a statement has potential, but the screen itself offers only a small viewing space. Integration with the web portal for homeowners and board members works, but is limited by some of the functionality of the legacy CINCWEB. The new web product being rolled out this year eliminates this bottleneck and restricted functionality and brings it into the 21st century, but until you upgrade, there can be some frustrations compared to other web products.

Response from CINC Systems

Thank you for this thorough review. We are all happy to know you are finding CINC so flexible. As you know, we rely on our customers to provide feedback that we can use to make our great product even better, so I have sent your comments about the screen re-dos to the head of product development. I will also pass along the compliment about our support team.

Replied 23/01/2019
Paul
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
1
Functionality
3
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
1

3
Reviewed on 03/07/2016

Poor customer service and VERY poor maintenance tracking

If your primary concern is banking relationships for ease of accounting, then this is the product for you. But if you need helpful reporting on the status of regular and preventative maintenance; that easily references material specs, standards, and warranties; you will be much better served looking elsewhere.

Pros

24/7 access to all owner account matters and various community data/reports

Cons

1) Getting the run-around. For example, being told "out of town for a week" without assigning an important issue to someone else. Meanwhile, making you think that progress was being made, only to discover that nothing was being done for 1 month. 2) Terrible maintenance reports- particularly, if you need a brief summary of work that was recently completed, still in progress and on-hold. For this will takes many pages as it fills the page with info that you don't need and must merge 3 separate report queries; 3) accounting glitches from 2 different management companies who use this program as being "Ghost" programming issues (from the words of tech support at Cinc) and thus never getting a real answer about the cause.

Response from CINC Systems

Thank you for this valuable feedback.
We have searched our customer base and cannot locate a customer with the name of Paul H. It appears that Paul may be a board member of a homeowner¿s association. We do not sell directly to HOAs.
It is important to note that since the time this review was written, we have made a number of improvements to address the specific concerns outlined in the review.
We are continuously improving our support practice, primarily though the addition of personnel skilled in accounting and technical issues, and through an upgrade of our support protocols. Additionally, we have made a great number of items available to our end users (the property management companies) for self-service on support issues.
We have updated our reporting, including maintenance reports, to provide clearer information to our users.
We encourage Paul to follow up directly with his HOA¿s management company.

Replied 14/05/2018
Krista
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Functionality
3
Ease of Use
1
Customer Support
1

2
Reviewed on 31/01/2018

If you're used to manual posting this system is NOT for you!

Pros

Ummmmm....this will take awhile to come up with. We are 6 weeks since we went live and this has been the worst 3 months of my life. Perhaps after a year, we might see some positives. Right now, there are none!

Cons

A/R - If you're used to clicking on an owners account to email a statement forget about it. Actually ANY report you want to view, you have to create a PDF, or excel file and you can not click on the items contained in the report to
guide you to more information. It is a batch posting system, multiple steps are required before items are posted (often times requiring upper management posting). You have to constantly watch which association you are in, it is extremely easy to input information for one association into a wrong account. The provided training is minimal AT best! 70% of our boards are ready to walk after this transition. The numbers are wrong, the bank conversion that was required to go with it was a nightmare. We are extremely behind because of the lack of training. And the system managed to screw up about half of our homeowner's mailing addresses. It has been awful! I suggest that if you are considering it, do ALOT of research and find a company to provide you with a review that is NOT being paid to do so. This system is very finicky and all you need to do is miss one click and things go AWOL. The system is not Tab friendly and when it allows a Tab, the next screen is not. It is inconsistent and not user friendly.

Response from CINC Systems

Since our goal is to partner with our customers to enable them to work smarter and more efficiently, we are grateful for this candid review.
It is important to know that this organization is still in implementation as of the time of this writing (May 2018). Our comprehensive implementation process yields successful implementations and satisfied customers who are able to get to work immediately on our system, in nearly every case. Clearly, this customer has not had the implementation we wanted, and for that, we apologize.
Occasionally, we find that our customers require additional resources to complete implementation. This is the case with this organization, which is transitioning to CINC from another system.
To date, we have provided numerous support and education opportunities for this customer that go above and beyond the typical implementation offerings. We have extended these resources as a goodwill gesture.
We hope the writer will reach out to us directly with any issues.

Replied 14/05/2018
Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 25/02/2020

Cinc Review

Our customers in HOA management typically are complimentary.

Pros

Reports
Accounting options
Appearance of reports
Cost Structure

Cons

Some snafus - Accounting staff would have to detail. But overall very good.

Alternatives Considered

Enumerate

Reasons for Switching to CINC

All the reasons listed above.
Jenara
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 06/10/2022

CINC is Great

If i have any questions or issues, the help deck is awesome

Pros

the violation feature is very impactful

Cons

the templates feature could be better. Sometimes it doesn't Sync up correctly when you want to create a new document

Avelino
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 18/02/2020

Review of Great Community Management Software

Cinc Systems has been great it has taken my company to the next level. It has also allowed us to cut my accounting dept in 1/2 and put those employees in other rolls to help grow our company. I am working faster and more efficient with with a smaller staff.

Pros

The per user fee not per door! It allowed us to complete financials in a much faster time period and gave us a easy to use portal system.

Cons

No Quick easy way to document calls Its very important for us to document everything and the current system is very time consuming to document because of the different tags that must be entered A

Amanda
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Functionality
3
Ease of Use
3
Customer Support
5

3
Reviewed on 06/09/2022

CINC HOA Management

CINC is beneficial to our company as it is used as our homeowner and accounting database and overall does what we need it to do.

Pros

CINC is a vital part of our day to day workflows. I do feel that the interface can feel outdated at times, but I also know that CINC is continuously taking steps to update the functionality and overall use to best fit the needs to their clients.

Cons

I feel that the interface can feel outdated at times

Jonathan
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4
Reviewed on 18/02/2020

Not quite perfect.

Very good on the whole but some nagging issues keep it from being perfect.

Pros

Intuitive most of the time and the integrations are industry leading. The accounting portion is fantastic.

Cons

Some of the features are extremely helpful in theory but need to be more thought out and fully realized. The correspondence template editor is atrocious. Training is far too surface level. More in-depth knowledge should be given up front. Much of what we have learned we've learned on our own and some of that has been contrary to what we were trained on in the beginning.

Alternatives Considered

Enumerate

Reasons for Choosing CINC

Functionality and cost.

Reasons for Switching to CINC

Functionality and cost.
Ron
  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 25/02/2020

Thank you.

Pros

It allows us to do our job without slowing us down.

Cons

Some of the feature improvements have not come as quickly as we would like, but overall this is not a huge issue.

Alternatives Considered

Yardi Voyager

Reasons for Choosing CINC

Ease of use. Features. Pricing.

Switched From

Yardi Voyager
Marsha
  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5
Reviewed on 17/11/2022

Cincinnati review

Pros

Product easy to use. Love the work order section

Cons

No features I dislike about the software

Michael
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 18/02/2020

CINC saves money and time

We have used CINC for over 14 years and it has served our firm well.

Pros

Flexible and scalable. We have grown from a few clients and CINC has handled the expansion. Web-based access, granular security, homeowner and board member access create a portable and flexible management system.

Cons

It does not have a generic report writer or user-configurable screens.

Lola
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 13/02/2020

The Best Property Management Software

Sharing the work in real time. Access either from desktop or cloud designed to customization and best-in-class functionality. Excellent automated workflow process if the initial setup is done properly. CINC has the power to manage your business easy, flexible and collaborative. Also, helps with time management and efficiency which leads cutting business expenses.

Pros

Collection module.
Alerts feature.
Banking Module.

Cons

Violation module is difficult to setup or use form majority of users.

Darren
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5
Reviewed on 13/02/2020

Atlanta Community Services, Inc.

Pros

The software was easy to use and cost efficient. The company is constantly developing and redeveloping the product to keep up with our needs in the management industry.

Cons

Really not any cons based on the software we were leaving to come to Cinc. It took some time to get use to having to place a case to resolve issues, but the customer service has greatly improved and grown over the years.

Matthew
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 13/02/2020

Great product!

Helping us grow!

Pros

Love the ability to access from anyway with internet access.

Cons

We love everything about the software! no concerns.

Barb
  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

4
Reviewed on 13/02/2020

CINC Software

CINC has really helped us with better record keeping of homeowner account information and with all aspects of our accounting payables and receivables. It has helped us become more automated, efficient and keep more accurate and detailed records.

Pros

The software is Web based which makes it easy to access from anywhere.

Cons

The software periodically times out while in the middle of completing a task.

Derek
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

4
Reviewed on 13/02/2020

Must have for any management company

Pros

Automation, Cost Savings, staff reductions

Cons

Data Silo, Checkbook and GL separate, Management Module

Alternatives Considered

Enumerate

Reasons for Switching to CINC

Best product around
Paul
  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
2
Functionality
2
Ease of Use
2
Customer Support
2

2
Reviewed on 23/09/2021

Its the 21st century and they still can't do email notifications to tenants for violation...

Email notifications for tenants are a standard feature on pretty much every othe HOA software. Wonder why CINC refuses to move into the 21st century and sticks to snail mail instead.

Pros

Nothing of note really. Refusing to keep the software current will only make them irrelevant over time if they don't keep up with the other competitors

Cons

Violoations management is not really great. There is no way to send email violations to tenants when almost all other HOA software has email notification of violations. This is really not that hard a thing to implement.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 15/01/2019

Cinc is great

Pros

I really like that everything is in one place. Very easy to use. My clients love it

Cons

This is great product, but may nor fit every ones budget

Response from CINC Systems

Thank you for your review! We are pleased that you enjoy CINC. Please let us know if we can ever be of assistance. Our best ideas always come from our customers.

Replied 23/01/2019
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