Open Home Pro is a simple, low-cost digital sign-in app, and its follow-up is email only: an automatic thank-you email, plus property-update emails on the paid plan. OpenHouseHQ is built around the opposite idea. Its entire follow-up engine is text. If reaching visitors by phone matters more to you than paying the lowest possible price, that's the whole comparison.
| Feature | OpenHouseHQ | Open Home Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Texts the visitor | Yes: alerts, auto thank-you, broadcast, two-way | No, follow-up is email only |
| Follow-up channel | SMS (text-first) | Email only (auto thank-you; property-update emails on premium) |
| Two-way conversation | Built-in threaded SMS inbox | Not offered |
| Broadcast to past visitors | SMS broadcast to opted-in past visitors | Property-update emails on premium |
| Sign-in method | Branded QR code, no app download | Digital sign-in, no app download |
| Listing info at sign-in | Photos, specs, disclosures, reports, 3D tour | Custom qualifying questions |
| Free tier | Free to start, no credit card | Capped at 25 lifetime leads |
| Paid unlock | Free to start, no credit card | ~$25/mo (~$20/mo annual): unlimited leads, CSV export, advanced analytics |
Open Home Pro doesn't text visitors. Follow-up happens through email, an automatic thank-you and property-update emails on premium.
OpenHouseHQ texts from the first second. The moment someone signs in, you get an alert by email and SMS, the visitor gets an auto thank-you text they can reply to, and their reply opens a two-way threaded SMS inbox. When you have news for past visitors, a price drop, a new offer, an extended deadline, you send an SMS broadcast. Instant alerts, auto thank-you text, broadcast, and two-way conversation: that's the engine.
Both apps give the visitor a clean digital sign-in on their own phone with no app to download. OpenHouseHQ turns that page into a mini listing, so the visitor can browse photos, specs, disclosures, reports, and a 3D tour while they're in the room. Consent is two taps (required transactional, optional marketing) with a timestamped audit trail, and STOP/opt-out is handled automatically.
Open Home Pro's free tier is capped at 25 lifetime leads. Its Premium plan runs about $25/month (around $20/month billed annually) and unlocks unlimited leads, CSV export, and advanced analytics. It's export- and CSV-based, and light on native CRM integrations, so leads move around by download.
OpenHouseHQ is free to start with no credit card, and follow-up is native rather than an export step. Every lead flows into a live dashboard and a two-way SMS inbox, ready to text, not waiting in a CSV.
Open Home Pro is simple, inexpensive, and lets you customize the qualifying questions on your sign-in form. For a low-volume agent who wants the cheapest, most basic digital sign-in and doesn't need to text visitors, it covers the essentials. OpenHouseHQ is the better fit the moment follow-up matters, because texting, broadcast, and two-way conversation are the point of the tool, not an upgrade.
Every visitor gets a text you can actually reply to. Free to start, no credit card.
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