What Rental IQ does for you
Know every item's real ROI, not just gross revenue
Your accounting software knows total revenue. Your booking system knows availability. Neither of them tells you that your Alexa Mini has earned 180% of its purchase price in two years while your drone package sits at 30%. Rental IQ is built for that question: per-item, per-category, per-time-period ROI across every piece in your warehouse.
- Per-item ROI with depreciation curves
- Category rollups so you can compare cameras vs lighting vs grip
- Time-windowed views: last 90 days, year over year, since purchase
- Export for board meetings or accountant reviews
Make capital allocation decisions with actual data
The biggest decision in a small rental house is what to buy next. A new Alexa 35? Another set of Cooke primes? More HMIs? The answer depends on what your existing gear is earning, what's already booked out, and where demand is trending. Rental IQ shows you all three in one view: current inventory performance, utilization trends, and the gap between demand and supply.
- Utilization trends by category over the last 12 months
- Items at 80%+ utilization are telling you where demand is
- Items at 20% utilization after 12 months are candidates to sell
- Forecast rentals and earnings from proposed new purchases
Bookings, inventory, and rental agreements in one place
Small rental houses don't need a module for every obscure workflow. You need the basics done well: a bookings calendar that catches double-books, inventory that reflects what's actually on the shelf, and rental agreements that your team can send and e-sign without a lawyer on standby. Rental IQ includes all three on the Business plan.
- Bookings calendar with conflict detection
- Calendar sync to Google, Apple, or Outlook (Pro and above)
- Serialized inventory with status (rented / available / maintenance)
- Rental agreements with e-signatures (Business plan)
- Renter profiles with history and notes
Priced for rental houses, not enterprise software buyers
Business plan is $14/month. No quote process, no sales calls, no per-user scaling that punishes you for having a team. You can be set up and importing existing rental history the same day you sign up.
What changes once you have the data
Before: You do about $12K/month across a 60-item inventory. You know camera bodies do well and lighting does okay. Beyond that, it's vibes. Your next planned purchase is a second Alexa Mini because that's been your flagship.
After: You see that your grip department actually has the highest ROI in the warehouse, because everything rents almost every week at tight margins. Your lighting inventory has five items at <20% utilization that have been there three years. And your Alexa Mini is near full utilization, confirming the second unit makes sense. You sell $4K of underperforming lighting and put the proceeds toward the second Alexa, shrinking the gap between purchase price and financing.
That's the difference between running a rental house and running a portfolio.
Frequently asked questions
Is Rental IQ a replacement for Current RMS or Rentman?
For most small rental houses, yes. Rental IQ covers bookings, inventory, agreements, and analytics, which is what most houses actually use Current RMS for. Enterprise operations with barcode scanning workflows, multi-warehouse, or deep accounting integrations may still need Current RMS. For a house with 50-150 items and 1-3 staff, Rental IQ is usually a better fit and about 1/10 the cost.
Can I import existing rental history?
Yes. CSV import works for Sharegrid and any platform that can export a rental log. For manual rentals, bulk CSV upload lets you backfill as much history as you have in any format.
How is pricing structured?
Flat $14/month on the Business plan, regardless of inventory size or team size. No per-user pricing, no surprise scaling charges, no quote process.
Do you support barcode scanning and multi-location warehouses?
Barcode scanning is on the roadmap. Multi-location warehouses are not currently planned, so if you run more than one physical location today, an enterprise platform is still a better fit. For single-location rental houses with 50-150 items, Rental IQ covers the bases.
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