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Havn vs CINC Systems

CINC is the back office the largest management companies have run on since 2005: native accounting with direct bank integrations, lockbox, Payables+, a branded resident app, and Cephai over all of it, quoted on a demo and implemented over 60 days once you have ten associations. Havn is the same office at any size, live the day you sign up: fund accounting, the portal, texts and calls, letters from the screen, and resale documents drafted in-house, at $1 per home and $0.70 past 1,000 doors.

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A feature CINC Systems's pages do not mention says so. Prices are as published and change; check cincsystems.com before deciding.

Published price

Havn

$1 a home

CINC Systems

On request

Minimum to start

Havn

1 community

CINC Systems

1,000 doors

Time to go live

Havn

Today

CINC Systems

60 days

For owners

On par on the portal, statements, requests, votes, amenities, and documents, each with an app. Havn adds published payment fees shown before paying and a sign-in for every co-owner.

Online payments and autopay
Published fees, 3.25% + 30¢ on cards and 1% by bank, shown before paying, with the association picking who pays. CINC's pages do not publish the feesCards, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay; autopay monthly or quarterly for the balance or a fixed amount; fees not published; lockbox for checks
Where they match (6)▾
Owner portalSame
On par on paying, requests, documents, reservations, and votes, with an app each. Havn adds a sign-in for every co-owner and a manager who can open an owner's portal as them, auditedCINC Connect, a branded web and published app: balance and ledger, pay, autopay, requests and work orders, amenity booking, documents, a community feed, votes, Cephai chat; boards see approvals, packets, and financials
Receipts and statementsSame
On par on the ledger, history, and notices. Havn's receipt goes to everyone on the home the moment a payment landsBalance, ledger, and payment history with a confirmation code in CINC Connect; statements and delinquency notices from receivables; monthly board reporting
Requests and work ordersSame
On par: requests, work orders, ACC with committee routing and deadlines. Havn keeps the thread on the owner's record beside their email and textsRequests and work orders from the portal with attachments and status; ACC routed to a committee with response-due and auto-approval dates; the ACC Skill guides the owner before review
VotingSame
On par: ballots, surveys, weights, proxies, and paper votes. Havn weights from the allocated interests on the record and seals ballots until closeCINC Vote: electoral ballots, surveys, consents, reminders by email, text, and push; the ONR help center on CINC's site covers vote weights, paper votes, and proxies
Amenity reservationsSame
On par: rules, fees, deposits, approve or decline. Havn charges the fee and deposit through the owner's ledgerBooking from the portal with rules, guest limits, fees, deposits, and a signed disclosure; teams manage availability and fees
DocumentsSame
On par on folders and search inside the text. Havn also attaches the file to resale ordersFolders for residents and boards, search inside the text, document imaging

For the office

On par on the ledger, bank reconciliation, bills, and violations. CINC adds direct connections to 35 banks and AI drafts of budgets and board packets. Havn adds fund accounting on every entry and a violation ladder from each state's statute.

Operating and reserve funds
Operating, reserve, and special assessment on every entry from the first. CINC separates specific assessments onto subledgersSubledger fund separation for specific assessments on separate homeowner ledgers; operating and reserve funds not named
Where they match (4)▾
General ledgerSame
On par on the ledger, budgets, and reports. CINC adds AI drafts of budgets and board packets; Havn's is built so a treasurer needs no CPAGL, AR, AP, association and corporate accounting, a budget module with versions, one-click reports and custom financial packages; Budget and Board Packet Skills draft
Bank sync and reconciliationSame
On par on reconciliation to the bank. CINC connects directly to 35 banks; Havn reads any bank's feed, and nothing posts on its ownDirect integrations with 35 named banks, automatic daily reconciliation, integrated bank statements, lockbox with same-day posting
Bills and payablesSame
On par on capture, coding, approvals, and vendor pay. Havn also reads emailed bills into the vendor's recordInvoice capture, Invoice Skill coding and routing, approvals with an audit history, electronic vendor pay through Payables+ and AvidXchange
Violations and noticesSame
On par on inspections, escalation, and owner replies. Havn's ladder starts from each state's statute, with cure periods and lien rulesCINC Manager app inspections with GPS and offline sync, escalation by level, notices from the system, owners reply with photos; the state's steps not stated

Reaching owners

On par on email and shared inboxes. Havn's texts are two-way and included, with recorded calls and letters from the screen on the same ladder; CINC broadcasts texts for a fee and mails through partners.

Texts
Two-way from a number the community owns, with consent recorded and replies beside email, included. CINC's are broadcast texts with fees that may applyBroadcast texts, fees may apply, and reminder texts; replies not stated
Calls
Recorded reminder calls to owners who consented, one step on the same ladder as letters and texts. CINC's package lists a call logA call log in the package; automated or answered calls not stated
Mailed letters
Any letter mailed from the screen, priced before sending, filed on the person's record, returned mail flagged. CINC prints and mails through partnersPrint and mail through partners HOA Mailers, LetterStream, OSG, and PagePerPage; mailing from the platform not stated
Where they match (1)▾
EmailSame
On par on shared inboxes and broadcasts. Havn's inbox holds texts and letters beside email, on the person's record, with saved repliesShared inboxes with the Communication Skill sorting and drafting; broadcast emails and push notifications; tracking not stated

Closings

Havn drafts resale certificates, estoppels, and lender questionnaires in your office from the record, with the state's cap and deadline checked and the requester paying you. CINC's Resale Hub routes orders to Community Archives for a referral fee.

Resale documents
Resale certificates, estoppels, and lender questionnaires drafted in your office from the record, with the state's cap and deadline checked and the requester paying you. CINC's Resale Hub routes orders to Community ArchivesThe Resale Hub: orders handled by partner Community Archives, integrated, with referral fees to the company; HomeWise, CondoCerts, and ReadyResale also listed

Buying

Havn publishes $1 per home, $0.70 past 1,000 doors, with a 30-day trial at any size. CINC quotes on a demo, starts companies at ten associations or 1,000 doors, and implements over 60 days.

Published price
$1 per home, $0.70 past 1,000 doors with no minimum, published. CINC says contact us for pricingNot published; "contact us for pricing"; Cephai quoted separately
Free trial
30 days on a real community, no card, live the same day, at any size. CINC starts at ten associations or 1,000 doors, then a 60-day implementationA demo; a two-week startup program at ten associations or 1,000 doors, then a 60-day implementation
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  • Part of it, or coming soon
  • Not offered
  • The pages say nothing

Why Havn over CINC Systems

8 ahead · 11 on par

  1. 1Live today, at any size. A 30-day trial on one community and no implementation project. CINC's startup program begins at ten associations or 1,000 doors, and its implementation takes 60 days.
  2. 2A published price: $1 per home, $0.70 past 1,000 doors with no minimum. CINC says contact us for pricing, and Cephai is quoted on top.
  3. 3Resale certificates, estoppels, and lender questionnaires drafted in your office from the record, with the state's cap and deadline checked and the requester paying you. CINC's Resale Hub routes orders to Community Archives for a referral fee.
  4. 4Letters mailed from the screen, priced before sending and filed on the person's record, and two-way texts included. CINC prints and mails through four partners and broadcasts texts for a fee.
  5. 5Fund accounting with operating, reserve, and special assessment on every entry from the first, and payment fees published and shown before paying. CINC separates specific assessments onto subledgers and does not publish its fees.
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Havn vs CINC Systems, in Plain Terms

How much does CINC Systems cost compared with Havn?

CINC Systems: not published; "Book a demo, or contact us for pricing"; Cephai priced on a separate quote; Payables+ on a revenue share; the Resale Hub on referral fees. Havn: $1 per unit per month with a $59 minimum and $0.60 past 200 units, the same for boards and management companies; $0.70 per unit with no minimum once a company's portfolio passes 1,000 doors; 10% off yearly; no setup fee. Havn's trial is 30 days with no contract; CINC Systems's trial, as its site puts it: no trial stated; a demo, then a startup program that takes companies with at least ten associations or 1,000 doors live in two weeks on payments, and a 60-day implementation for the full platform.

Is Havn a CINC Systems alternative?

For a community that wants the owner side and the office side on one record, yes. Who CINC Systems says it is for: Management companies, "1,000+ management companies serving 6M+ doors"; the startup program takes companies at ten associations or 1,000 doors. Havn serves self-managed boards, management companies, and condominiums, with an owner portal every owner signs into, fund accounting, texts, calls, and letters from one inbox, and resale documents drafted from the same record.

When is CINC Systems the better answer?

A management company at a thousand doors or more that wants direct bank integrations, lockbox, and an AI layer over the ledger, and will price it on a quote. Scale it claims: "1,000+ management companies serving 6M+ doors". Every statement here comes from cincsystems.com, last updated on October 19, 2026.

How do we switch from CINC Systems to Havn?

Start a 30-day trial on one community, bring the roster as a spreadsheet, and run both side by side. There is no contract and nothing to move until you decide. Owners sign in with the email the association has on file, with no invite codes, and co-owners each get their own login.

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