Private Money HQ
Side-by-Side Comparison

You Could Build This. Here's What That Actually Costs.

You've seen what Private Money HQ does. Here's how it compares to what else is out there.

The DIY Route

Why Not Just Build This Yourself?

GoHighLevel, Zoho, Salesforce. Any of these can technically become a private-money broker system. Nobody's stopping you. But "can become" is doing a lot of work in that sentence. You're not buying a system. You're buying a blank slate and signing up to be its product manager, indefinitely.

Build It Yourself (GHL, Zoho, Salesforce)Private Money HQ
Time to launch4–12+ weeks of intake, process mapping, and build sprints before you touch a live leadAbout 10 business days
Upfront cost$5,000–$15,000+ in agency or consultant fees, before you've used it once$500 one-time setup (Core plan)
Private-money toolsNone, natively. Deal math, lender matching, and term sheets get built from scratch or bolted on laterLive on day one: Quick App deal math, lender match, 100+ lender database, term generator
Who maintains itYou, or whoever you hired, foreverAmpd maintains the core system; you use it
Marketing-to-loan-file connectionTwo separate systems, synced manually or not at allOne CRM record, 450+ fields synced automatically

The thing nobody else has out of the box: real-time LTV/LTC/DSCR deal math, automated lender scoring, and a term generator that all write to the same contact record, no double entry, no second login. Build that yourself and you're not configuring a CRM. You're building software.

Head-to-Head

Vs. The Other Options Built for Brokers

These four are the ones we hear about most in live conversations. Fair comparison, both directions, here's where each one actually wins.

SystemBest FitWhere Ampd WinsFair Trade-OffStarting Price (3 seats)
Private Money HQPrivate-money brokers running business-purpose, non-owner-occupied deals$299/mo + $500 setup
Lending AutomatorBrokers who want a native borrower portal todayFull marketing engine (SMS/email, nurture, reactivation) + live deal math + lender match, all in one recordAhead today on borrower portal, e-sign, and multi-lender quote workflow. Our upcoming version will include all this.~$297/mo at 3 users (advertised)
LendingWiseBrokers and lenders needing broader CRM + LOS + servicingStronger demand generation and nurture, lighter broker-first pricingStronger for servicing, post-funding, and investor operations$600/mo (5-user minimum)
Mortgage AutomatorPrivate lenders and lender-broker hybridsBuilt for broker growth, not lender back-officeStronger for servicing, compliance, and back-office opsCustom quote (~$447/mo est.)
ARIVETraditional or conventional mortgage brokersPurpose-built for private-money deal math and lender criteriaStronger for conventional/wholesale mortgage workflow~$150/mo (3 seats, annual)

Pricing shown is publicly advertised as of August 2026 and changes often. Confirm current pricing directly with the vendor before quoting a number to a broker.

The Rest of the Field

Everyone Else, In One Breath

Liquid Logics

Built for lender and fund operations: servicing, investor reporting, portfolio management. Ampd is built for getting the deal, not administering it after close.

The Mortgage Office

A back-office platform for lenders and funds handling payments, escrow, and trust accounting. A broker shouldn't pay for infrastructure they don't operate.

Lendr, LendFoundry, LoanPro

Lender-side origination and servicing infrastructure. Built to run a lending business, not grow a brokerage.

LendingPad, Encompass, Byte, MeridianLink

Built for conventional, regulated residential mortgage. A different business than private-money brokerage.

Still deciding? Let's walk through it live.