The AirDNA alternative built for mid-term rentals
AirDNA leads short-term rental analytics. For furnished monthly rentals, you need comps, pricing, demand drivers, and underwriting calibrated for 30+ night stays, not weekend vacation-rental traffic. That platform is MTR Analytics.
Comparison last updated October 6, 2026.
Why furnished monthly operators outgrow AirDNA
AirDNA was built for short-term rental operators. Its datasets and benchmarks are calibrated for nightly short-term rental activity: ADR, weekend occupancy, and tourism seasonality. That is the wrong calibration for a furnished monthly rental, where the tenant is a travel nurse or corporate relocator, the stay is 30-180 nights, and demand is driven by a hospital or employer, not a weekend trip.
Operators open AirDNA, see nightly ADR and short-term occupancy, and realize the numbers do not match what they charge per month. Comps skew toward nightly listings. Demand drivers (hospitals, universities, employers) are missing. The underwrite assumes nightly turnover, not monthly tenancy.
MTR Analytics is the alternative: real 30+ night marketplace comps, per-bedroom Average Monthly Rate (AMR), mapped demand drivers with public contacts, and MTR vs long-term premium in the Property Analyzer.
MTR Analytics vs AirDNA, PriceLabs, and Mashvisor
Most rental analytics tools are built for nightly stays or annual leases. MTR Analytics is built for furnished monthly stays of 30+ nights. Here's how the features line up.
| Feature | MTR Analytics | AirDNA | PriceLabs | Mashvisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan (no credit card required) | IncludedBrowse markets + limited Property Analyzer, forever | IncludedLimited free plan | Not available30-day trial only | Not availableNo free plan or trial |
| Starting paid price | $25 / mobilled annually ($300 / yr) | $34 / mobilled annually ($400 / yr) · $125 / mo monthly | $19.99 / listing / mopricing tool · Market Dashboards from $9.99 / mo | $49.99 / moLite $600/yr · Standard $900/yr nationwide |
| Screen nationwide markets by MTR criteria | Included | PartialSTR market explorer | PartialMarket Dashboards (STR) | PartialStandard+ STR/LTR heatmap |
| Real 30+ night marketplace comparables | Included | PartialSTR comps / ADR, not MTR-native | Not available | Not available |
| Per-bedroom Average Monthly Rate (AMR) | Included | PartialPer-bedroom nightly ADR | Not available | Not available |
| Mapped MTR demand drivers with contacts | Included | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Underwriting with MTR vs LTR revenue premium | Included | PartialSTR-focused Rentalizer | PartialRevenue Estimator Pro (STR) | PartialSTR vs LTR, not MTR-native |
| AI Listing Optimizer (beta) for 30+ night search behavior | Included | Not available | PartialSTR listing optimizer, not MTR-native | Not available |
| Built ground-up for 30+ night stays | Included | Not available | Not available | Not available |
Comparison based on publicly available product information from each vendor as of October 2026. Competitor names are trademarks of their respective owners and are referenced for descriptive comparison only.
Where MTR Analytics replaces AirDNA, and where it doesn't
No tool is a universal replacement. Here's the honest breakdown of when MTR Analytics is the right call, and when AirDNA still makes sense.
Use MTR Analytics when
- Your strategy targets 30+ night stays: travel nurses, corporate housing, insurance displacement, remote work, or allied-health tenants.
- You need real per-bedroom monthly rent benchmarks, not nightly ADR with a long-stay multiplier on top.
- You list on mid-term rental marketplaces (or want to) and you need data that reflects how monthly-stay demand actually behaves, not just nightly short-term rentals.
- You want the demand-driver context (hospitals, universities, employers, projects) and the public contact info for the housing offices and staffing agencies behind them.
- You're underwriting deals and you need the MTR vs LTR revenue premium calculated against real local comparables.
Stick with AirDNA when
- Your strategy is short-term rental first, with monthly stays as a backup. AirDNA's nightly forecasting and pricing tools are still industry-leading for that workflow.
- You need granular nightly ADR forecasting and dynamic-pricing inputs for a short-term-first portfolio.
- You manage primarily vacation-rental properties in tourism markets where 30+ night stays are a minority of demand.
How MTR Analytics is different in five concrete ways
1. 30+ night marketplace comps, with real booked revenue
MTR Analytics pulls live 30+ night marketplace listings with estimated trailing-twelve-month revenue and last-90-day occupancy for each comparable, so you price from estimated performance, not just the asking rent. The full workflow is documented in our guide to analyzing a mid-term rental market.
2. Per-bedroom Average Monthly Rate (AMR), not nightly ADR
Every market view breaks AMR out by 0BR, 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, and 4BR+ with a low/median/high band so you can plan a conservative underwrite and a stretch case. That bedroom-level resolution is especially important for mid-term rentals where small-unit demand is often very different from family-unit demand even in the same ZIP code.
3. Demand drivers with contacts
The Opportunities tab maps the hospitals, universities, employers, government facilities, and major construction projects within a search radius of any market, and surfaces public contact info for the housing offices, staffing agencies, and relocation coordinators behind them. That layer simply does not exist in AirDNA, PriceLabs, or Mashvisor.
4. MTR vs LTR underwriting
The Property Analyzer runs full underwriting on any property (cap rate, cash-on-cash return, DSCR, NOI) and explicitly calculates the MTR vs long-term rental revenue premium for that specific unit using real local comparables. That comparison is the entire economic case for a mid-term rental strategy, and it should be calculated explicitly rather than assumed.
5. AI Listing Optimizer (beta) for 30+ night search behavior
Once you own the property, MTR Analytics grades the listing against 30+ night search behavior with marketplace-specific rules, including AI vision-based photo reordering and AI-rewritten title and description options.
Pricing
MTR Analytics has a Free plan with no credit card required (browse any market at a glance, browse for-sale properties, and a limited Property Analyzer). Pro is $100 per month or $300 per year (just $25 per month billed annually, a 75% saving) and unlocks unlimited analyses, per-bedroom AMR and occupancy, real 30+ night comparables, market intelligence, opportunities and regulation reports, and the full Property Analyzer. AirDNA's Market Research plan is $34 per month billed annually ($400 a year) or $125 month-to-month, and its free plan includes a limited Rentalizer and market insights. See full plan comparison →
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