BrokerKit vs Lofty

BrokerKit logo
BrokerKit is a recruiting CRM and agent onboarding platform built exclusively for real estate brokers and owners — tracking prospects, automating follow-up campaigns, and managing retention from a single dashboard.
$199/mo
Lofty logo
An all-in-one real estate CRM, IDX website, and marketing platform (formerly Chime, rebranded by Inside Real Estate).
$499/mo (team plan)

BrokerKit vs Lofty: feature comparison

FeatureBrokerKitLofty
AI Lead Nurture✓✓
IDX Website Integration✗✓
Lead Routing & Round-Robin✗✓
Mobile App (iOS + Android)✗✓
Open API / Webhooks✗✓
SMS / Email Drip Campaigns✓✓
Team & Brokerage Reporting✓✓
Transaction Management✗✓

BrokerKit — Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Purpose-built for brokerage agent recruiting with production-data imports from BrokerMetrics and MarketView
  • Automated SMS, email, and video-email drip campaigns with AI-drafted message suggestions
  • Real-time market-move alerts when tracked agents change brokerages or increase production
  • Retention module tracks current agents by milestones, anniversaries, and production dips

Cons

  • Pricing starts at $199/mo with a one-time setup fee equal to the first month — steep for small brokerages adding just a few agents per year
  • No IDX, consumer-facing websites, or agent-client pipeline features — purely internal brokerage tooling with significant scope limitations
  • Bulk text-to-recruiting-leads requires triggering a campaign rather than a direct mass-send, a workflow that frustrates some users
  • Non-auto-refreshing data and occasional slowdowns reported by users during high-volume prospecting

Lofty — Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Bundles CRM, IDX website, and marketing in one platform
  • Built-in AI assistant for lead nurture
  • Strong team and brokerage-level features
  • Single vendor to manage and bill

Cons

  • Team pricing can be steep for solo agents
  • Mobile app lags the web experience
  • Site design flexibility is limited to Chime templates