MyGate vs NoBrokerHood vs ADDA: Which Society App Fits Your Society?

A typical managing committee meeting in a Navi Mumbai society goes like this. Three members have each seen a demo. One liked the visitor approval in MyGate, another was impressed by NoBrokerHood’s accounting screens, and the treasurer’s CA friend recommended ADDA. Nobody can say which is better, because each demo showed the product at its best and none of them used the society’s own bills.

This post answers the question that meeting is really asking: MyGate vs NoBrokerHood vs ADDA, which one fits our society? I have added ApnaComplex because committees often shortlist it too. To keep this fair, every statement about a product comes from that vendor’s own published pages, read on 30 October 2026, and is labelled as the vendor’s claim. I have not ranked them. Infoways builds custom society software, so I have an interest; I will say plainly where a ready-made app is the better choice, which is most of the time.

MyGate vs NoBrokerHood vs ADDA: which society app should you choose?

Choose the app that bills your charge heads correctly, settles payments into the society’s own bank account, lets you export all your data, and has privacy terms your committee is comfortable with. Gate features are broadly similar across the leading apps, so billing, money and data should decide it.

When committees bring us a shortlist, the decision rarely turns on the gate. Visitor approval, staff entry and guard apps are mature in all of these products. What separates a good fit from a painful one is whether the app can raise your exact bill, with your bases and your interest rule, without workarounds every quarter. Run each demo on your own data and the choice usually becomes obvious.

1. What each app says it does

All four vendors describe a full society platform covering the gate, billing and accounting, payments, complaints and notices. The table below lists what each one’s own website says, in its own terms.

Sources: MyGate, MyGate accounting, NoBrokerHood, NoBrokerHood accounting, ADDA, ADDA Books, ApnaComplex, ApnaComplex accounting, ApnaComplex Collection Gateway. All figures and features are vendor claims, not independently verified. Vendors change their pages often; check the current version.

Two cautions about that table. First, the scale figures are self-reported and measured differently (communities, societies, management committees), so they cannot be compared with each other. Second, a feature missing from a vendor’s page does not mean the product lacks it; it means the page did not say. Ask.

2. Gate-first or accounting-first: how the vendors position themselves

MyGate and NoBrokerHood lead their home pages with security, visitors and the resident experience, while ADDA and ApnaComplex give billing, accounting and collections more weight. All four now sell both, so this is a difference of emphasis, not capability.

MyGate

MyGate’s home page describes a “comprehensive society ERP” covering accounting, audit, vendors, security and communication, alongside a resident app for dues, deliveries, facility bookings, visitor approvals and complaints. It also runs an ad platform “for brands to reach residential audiences”. That is worth knowing, not a criticism: ask whether residents will see brand offers in the app and whether the committee can control that.

NoBrokerHood

NoBrokerHood’s home page groups features for residents, management and guards, and says the module “can be deployed within 2 days of formally signing up”. Its accounting page is the most detailed of the four on billing logic: it mentions “350+ formula variations”, square-foot, flat-uniform and BHK-wise structures, virtual account numbers for matching bank transfers, Tally-compatible XML or Excel exports and GST by billing head. It also says committees can configure “custom simple or compound interest rules”; a Maharashtra co-operative society should choose simple interest, as covered in section 3.

ADDA

ADDA’s India page presents separate products: a resident super app described as “Ad-Free”, an association ERP, ADDA Gatekeeper, an AI helpdesk and ADDA Books for billing, expenses, budgeting and accounting. ADDA Books lists late-payment interest, defaulter tracking and “150+ audit-ready financial reports”, and positions itself as a replacement for generic tools like Tally.

ApnaComplex

ApnaComplex, from the ANAROCK group, lists billing and accounting, a Collection Gateway, Gatekeeper, helpdesk, RFID vehicle tracking and a tanker monitor. Its Collection Gateway page is the clearest of the four on where money goes: each flat gets a unique virtual account number, and the page says the process “settles the amounts from all transfers into society bank account” with “Zero convenience charges”.

3. Does the app bill correctly under Maharashtra’s 2026 rules?

For Maharashtra co-operative housing societies, an app must bill each charge head on the basis the June 2026 rules set, charge only simple interest within the 12% cap, and limit non-occupancy charges to 10% of service charges. No vendor page I read made a specific claim about the 2026 rules, so test it.

The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Rules 2026 were notified on 18 June 2026, as reported by TaxGuru and KS&K. In setting up billing for societies, we find the old Excel template is usually the problem, not the software: heads that were once all charged per square foot now have different bases. Whichever app you choose, it has to hold each head on its own basis.

Source: Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Rules 2026 as summarised by TaxGuru and KS&K. Confirm each rule, and your own bye-laws, with your society’s adviser or auditor before relying on it. Apartment associations and societies outside Maharashtra follow different laws.

Billing accuracy matters most when dues go unpaid. A recovery application to the Registrar needs a certified ledger and a certified resolution approving simple interest; our guide on recovering maintenance dues from defaulters, legally covers that process, and why a wrong interest calculation weakens a society’s case.

4. Data and privacy: what each vendor publishes

The four vendors publish noticeably different privacy statements. Committees should read them, because under the DPDP Act 2023 the society remains responsible for how members’ and visitors’ personal data is used, even when an app holds it.

ADDA’s own guide to the DPDP Act for housing societies explains why committees are treated as responsible for residents’ data. The statements below are quoted or closely paraphrased from each vendor’s pages. They are not a legal review, and a short statement is not necessarily weaker than a long one.

Sources: MyGate data privacy, NoBrokerHood privacy policy, ADDA Trust Center, ApnaComplex privacy policy. Vendor statements, not independently verified; certificate claims can be checked with the certifying body. Policies change; read the current version and your contract.

None of the pages I read named where data is physically stored (ADDA says AWS, without a region), and none set out an exit process for a society that leaves. Those are the two questions I would put in writing to every vendor, including us.

5. What do society apps cost? What the vendors publish

None of the four publishes rupee prices on its website as of 30 October 2026. Each says pricing depends on the number of flats and the modules chosen, and asks you to request a quote.

• MyGate: its home page FAQ says cost “depends on factors such as the size of the society, number of homes, modules required”. No price list was published on the pages read.
• NoBrokerHood: no pricing was visible on its home page or accounting page.
• ADDA: the pricing page lists three cumulative packages (Connect, Manage, Govern), each marked “Pricing on request”, based on unit count and package.
• ApnaComplex: the pricing page shows Free, Standard and Ultimate plans with annual, per-unit subscriptions (a unit is a flat, plot, villa or shop), no amounts shown, prices exclusive of taxes, and security hardware priced by city.

Because prices are quoted, compare like with like. Ask every vendor for a written quote per flat per year for the same modules, with taxes, payment gateway charges to residents, hardware, onboarding, and the price at renewal. A low first-year price with an open renewal is not a low price.

See also: for a structured way to weigh a subscription against building your own, read custom software vs off-the-shelf.

6. A checklist to evaluate any society app

Test every app against the same written list, using your own data, and ask for answers in writing. This list covers billing, money, data, the gate and support, in that order of importance for most committees.

1. Billing basis: can each charge head carry its own basis (per flat, carpet area, per tap, per slot, fixed), matching the 2026 rules and your bye-laws?
2. Interest: is it simple interest at your approved rate, with a ceiling the system enforces, and is the working shown on the bill?
3. Non-occupancy charges: applied only to let-out flats, on service charges alone, within the 10% cap?
4. Where the money goes: do all payments settle directly into the society’s own bank account? Through whose gateway, and on what settlement cycle?
5. Charges to residents: what convenience fee does a resident pay for UPI, card or net banking?
6. Matching: are bank transfers (NEFT, IMPS, UPI) matched to flats automatically, and how are unmatched receipts handled?
7. Opening arrears: can you load them flat by flat, with a log of every later change and who made it?
8. Auditor: can ledgers be exported in a form your auditor can load into Tally or their own software?
9. Full data export: can you export all flats, members, bills, receipts, ledgers and complaint history at any time, including after you stop paying?
10. Privacy: who at the vendor or its group can see resident data, where is it stored, and how is consent handled under the DPDP Act 2023?
11. Ads: will residents see advertising or offers, and can the committee switch them off?
12. Gate: does the guard app work in Hindi or Marathi, on a basic phone, and what happens when the internet drops?
13. Support: who answers, in which languages, and how quickly is a billing error fixed before a due date?
14. Contract: notice period, renewal price, and what happens to your data on exit, in writing.

7. When does a custom society platform make sense?

A custom platform makes sense for facility management companies, builders handing over several projects, large townships and federations that need one system under their own brand, unusual billing, or full control of data. For a single society, a ready-made app is usually the better choice.

The cases we see where custom work earns its cost are specific. A facility manager running twenty societies wants one login, separate data per society and head-office reports across sites. A township has residential towers, shops and a clubhouse with different billing rules. A committee wants member data held only by the society and its chosen vendor. Our housing society software page explains how we build for those cases. If none of them describes you, pick a ready-made app from the shortlist above and spend the effort on clean data instead.

Where this advice breaks down

This comparison has real limits, and you should weigh it with them in mind.

• It is based on marketing pages. What a vendor says on its website is not the same as how the product behaves in your society. Demos on your data and references from similar societies matter more.
• Pages change quickly. Features, privacy terms and pricing pages are updated often. Everything here is as read on 30 October 2026.
• Absence is not evidence. If I wrote that a page does not mention something, the product may still do it. Ask.
• I have not tested the products. I have not run controlled tests of any of these apps for this article, and I am not ranking them.
• I have an interest. Infoways builds custom society platforms. I have tried to offset that by sticking to vendor sources and by saying a ready-made app suits most single societies.
• Maharashtra-specific rules. The billing tests apply to Maharashtra co-operative housing societies. Elsewhere, use your own state’s law and bye-laws.

The three committee members who each liked a different demo were all partly right. Put the same bills, the same questions and the same contract terms in front of every vendor, and the right app for your society usually picks itself.