Utility bill management software for property managers who pay the bills

Clyr retrieves the utility bills a property manager pays, codes each one to the property and unit, and runs payment. Owner-paid accounts, vacant units, and common-area meters are this job. Resident rebilling is a different one.

Illustrative · bills the property pays
Owner-paid electric · assigned to the property
Vacant unit · matched before payment
Common-area water · account mapped to the property
Auto-pay · marked paid, not paid again
Illustrative labels, not a customer bill and not a property-system screenshot.

A different job

How do you handle utility billing and expense sharing in property management?

Clyr collects the bill the property pays and codes it to the property and unit. Expense sharing that splits a bill and charges residents, including RUBS, is a different job.

Owner-paid

An owner-paid account is a utility the owner or the management company pays. Assign the account to the property and the bill follows that mapping.

Vacant unit

A vacant-unit bill, such as electric during a vacancy, is matched to that unit before payment.

Common area

A common-area or house account is a utility account you assign to the property. Clyr keeps that account's bill history with the property.

Collection and payment

How can property managers automate utility bill collection and payment?

Save each utility login once. Clyr signs in daily, downloads the new bill, and files it in accounts payable. You approve and pay, or Clyr marks an auto-pay bill paid.

1

Save the utility login once

The login is stored encrypted. You authorize Clyr to sign in to that utility website as your agent.

2

Clyr signs in on a schedule

Every day Clyr downloads any bill PDF it has not seen, and re-attempts when a portal times out. The first connection also pulls statements already posted there.

3

The bill is read and matched

Clyr reads the amount and due date, matches the vendor, and matches the property and unit from the account number, service address, and your mapping. The match includes a confidence score.

4

Approve, pay, or mark paid

The bill lands in accounts payable. Approve it and pay through the method you configured. Auto-pay is detected and the bill is marked paid.

5

See what never arrived

The bill history shows each utility vendor by property and month: arrived, paid, missing, or not due yet.

Not every utility bills monthly. Set the cycle to monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or yearly, and override it for a property that runs on a different schedule.

Variance before payment

Clyr compares the charge with the trailing average for that unit and flags anything over your threshold before payment.

That is how leaks, rate changes, duplicate or estimated bills, and move-out billing that was never shut off get caught.

One login, many properties

One login can cover many service locations. Clyr keeps a bill history per utility account, and you assign each account to a property.

Paper, credits, and sign-in codes

Paper mail can come through PO Box intake, scanned the day it arrives and matched to the unit. Credits and $0 statements stay in the history and out of accounts payable. A one-time sign-in code can be forwarded to Clyr.

A scanned bill keeps the bill image, remit page, account number, service period, due date, total, taxes, and fees.

With the rest of the spend

How do you integrate utility billing and expense tracking into property management?

The utility bill uses the same property and unit coding as the rest of the spend. Vendor bills and card expenses can share that coding, then go through approval.

Coded to the property and unit

Each collected bill is matched to the property and, when the service address has one, the unit. That is the coding the payable carries.

Same review as other bills

Utility bills sit in accounts payable with vendor bills and follow the same approval workflows. Approval comes before payment, and an unusual amount is flagged first.

Utility expense management that starts in your vendor list

Clyr looks through the vendors you already have and suggests the ones that are utilities. Track the ones that are right and dismiss the rest. How often each tracked vendor bills is how the history knows which months should have a bill.

Tracked utility vendors sit in vendor management, and their bills follow the same approval workflows as the other payables.

Property systems

What utility bill tools integrate with AppFolio?

Clyr is the tool. AppFolio is a two-way sync. Buildium and Rent Manager have their own integration pages. Clyr also connects to Entrata.

AppFolio

Clyr has a two-way sync with AppFolio. Properties, units, GL accounts, and vendors come into Clyr. A reviewed utility bill posts back with the other coded bills.

AppFolio integration

Buildium

Clyr signs in, downloads the new bill, and matches it to a property. A jump above the recent average is flagged before payment. How the bill is recorded in Buildium is confirmed at setup.

Buildium integration

Rent Manager

Clyr has a two-way sync with Rent Manager. It pulls the bill from the provider portal, codes the property, unit, and GL account, and posts the reviewed bill back with the other coded bills.

Rent Manager integration

Entrata

Clyr connects to Entrata. The property management page lists it with AppFolio, Buildium, and Rent Manager, and describes a two-way sync for approved expenses.

The site has no Entrata integration page, and it does not describe how a utility bill is recorded in Entrata. See all integrations.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How can property managers automate utility bill collection and payment?

Clyr signs in to each utility website on a daily schedule, downloads the new bill, and reads the amount and due date. The bill is matched to the property and unit, then it goes through accounts payable for approval and payment. Auto-pay is detected and the bill is marked paid.

What utility bill tools integrate with AppFolio?

Clyr does. It is a two-way sync: properties, units, GL accounts, and vendors come into Clyr, and a reviewed utility bill posts back with the other coded bills. Buildium and Rent Manager are separate integrations. Clyr also connects to Entrata.

How do you integrate utility billing and expense tracking into property management?

Code the utility bill the property pays to the same property and unit as the other spend. Clyr retrieves the bill, matches it, and runs it through the same approval path as vendor bills. Card expenses can share that property coding.

How do you handle utility billing and expense sharing in property management?

Clyr handles the bill the property pays and codes it to the property and unit. Owner-paid accounts and vacant-unit bills are that job. A common-area account is mapped to the property like any other utility account. Sharing the cost with residents, including RUBS, is a different job.

Does Clyr work with Buildium for utility bills?

Yes. Clyr signs in, downloads the new bill, and matches it to a property. A jump above the recent average is flagged before payment. How the bill is recorded in Buildium is confirmed at setup.

How do utility bills reach Rent Manager?

Clyr has a two-way sync with Rent Manager. It pulls the bill from the provider portal, codes the property, unit, and GL account, and posts the reviewed bill back with the other coded bills.

Does Clyr connect to Entrata?

Yes. Clyr connects to Entrata, and the property management page describes a two-way sync for approved expenses. The site does not yet describe how a utility bill is recorded in Entrata.

Is this the same as tenant utility billing or RUBS?

No. Tenant utility billing and RUBS split a cost and charge residents. Clyr retrieves the bill the property pays, codes it to the property and unit, and runs it through payment.

What is utility bill management?

Utility bill management is getting every utility bill in, getting it approved and paid on time, and knowing which bills have not arrived. Clyr automates the collection and runs the rest through accounts payable.

Are utility bills accounts payable?

Yes. A utility bill the property owes is a payable like any other vendor bill. In Clyr it lands in accounts payable and goes through the same approval and payment steps.

Can Clyr pay the bills?

Yes. Approve in Clyr and it pays through the method you configured. If the utility is on auto-pay, Clyr detects that and marks the bill paid so it is not paid twice.

How does Clyr get bills out of the utility portals?

You save the login once. It is stored encrypted, and you authorize Clyr to sign in as your agent. Clyr fetches new bills daily, pulls the PDF and the statement data, and re-attempts when a portal times out.

How do bills get matched to the right unit and property?

Clyr matches each bill from the account number, the service address, and your mapping, and returns a confidence score so an uncertain match is quick to review.

What happens when a bill comes in higher than usual?

Clyr compares the charge with the trailing average for that unit and flags anything over your threshold. That is how leaks, rate changes, duplicate or estimated bills, and move-out billing that was never shut off get caught before payment.

Does Clyr handle paper utility bills?

Yes, through PO Box intake. Physical utility mail is scanned the day it arrives, digitized, and matched to the unit. The capture includes the bill image, remit page, account number, service period, due date, total, taxes, and fees.

How is my utility login stored?

Encrypted. When you add the login, you give Clyr explicit authorization to sign in to that utility website as your agent.

Which utilities can Clyr collect bills from?

Clyr signs in to your utility providers' websites, whatever utilities the property pays. Tell us which utilities you pay and we connect them during onboarding.

What if the utility portal emails a one-time sign-in code?

Forward those code emails to Clyr. Clyr uses the code to finish signing in and collects the bills as usual.

Can one utility login cover several properties?

Yes. When one login covers many service locations, Clyr keeps the bills separate for each utility account, and you assign each account to a property.

How do I see which utility bills are missing?

Open Accounts Payable, then Utilities. The history shows each utility vendor by property and month: arrived, paid, missing, or not due yet. Cycles can be monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or yearly, with an override for one property. Each bill stays searchable by address, account number, unit, vendor, and date.

What happens to credits and $0 statements?

Clyr logs them in the bill history and keeps them out of accounts payable, so nobody has to approve a bill with nothing to pay.

What does Clyr keep for audit?

Every bill carries a full audit trail by user, time, and action, stored with the original bill image and remit page, so you can show who approved it and when.

Next step

Bring a month of utility bills

Book a 20-minute demo and walk the bills your portfolio pays: the login, the property match, and the payment.