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GoodStrata
by GoodStrata
What GoodStrata is
GoodStrata provides software for administering owners corporations, covering levies, arrears, maintenance, meetings, records, and audit logs. Software agents handle routine operational work, while decisions that spend money or commit the building wait for an authorised person. Levy apportionment, penalty interest, payment matching, fund splits, and vote weighting use deterministic code rather than AI. Actions by people, agents, and the system are recorded in an append-only log designed to prevent later edits or deletion. Owners pay levies directly into the corporation’s bank account; GoodStrata says it does not hold, receive, control, or transmit that money. The platform is available as hosted web software or self-hosted under the Apache-2.0 licence. Self-hosters can use PostgreSQL, one Node process, Docker Compose, and local models through Ollama. Hosted data is stored in Australia with encryption in transit, role-based access controls, hashed passwords, and audit logging. Financial records remain for seven years. The software is free, with optional managed services quoted separately.
Who it suits
GoodStrata is intended for owners corporations, committees, appointed managers, and invited lot owners or residents. It suits organizations wanting hosted or self-hosted administration with an Apache-2.0 codebase.
What it does well
- Free hosted and self-hosted plans
- Apache-2.0 licence
- Deterministic financial calculations
- Append-only audit trail
- Local AI through Ollama
What to know first
- Automated output may be incomplete or incorrect
- No guarantee of uninterrupted operation
- Managed services cost extra
- Financial records retained seven years
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free for owners corporations; optional managed services are quoted separately. · Hosted or self-hosted · No per-lot software licence fee · No subscription fee · No setup or exit fee | Free |
| Self-hosted | Apache-2.0 · PostgreSQL and one Node process · optional integrations have offline defaults | Free |
| Hosted service | Free for owners corporations · no per-lot fee, subscription, setup fee, or exit fee | Free |
As goodstrata.com.au lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
GoodStrata combines owners-corporation administration with controlled automation, financial safeguards, and auditable records. Its free plans and self-hosting options are balanced by as-is service terms and separately quoted managed services.
Facts from GoodStrata's own pages
- Association accounting
- Yes · goodstrata.com.au, 20 Sept 2026
- AI workflow
- Software agents handle routine operational work while decisions that spend money or commit the building wait for an authorised person. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Audit trail
- Actions by people, agents, and the system are recorded in an append-only log designed to prevent later edits or deletion. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Financial records are retained for seven years, while audit log entries are retained as part of the corporation's permanent record. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Document storage
- Yes · goodstrata.com.au, 20 Sept 2026
- Financial calculations
- Levy apportionment, penalty interest, payment matching, fund splits, and vote weighting are calculated by deterministic code rather than AI. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · goodstrata.com.au, 20 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · goodstrata.com.au, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The privacy policy names Supabase, AWS SES, Amazon S3, Anthropic, OpenRouter, Daily.co, and Google among providers used by the hosted service or sign-in. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The platform is offered to owners corporations, committees, appointed managers, and invited lot owners and residents. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The maker says the entire platform is released under the Apache-2.0 licence and users may read, fork, run, and audit the code. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Limitations
- The service is provided as-is and as-available, and the maker does not warrant uninterrupted operation or that automated output will always be complete or correct. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Local AI
- Self-hosters can run models locally through Ollama, with no API key or data sent over the network according to the maker. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Maintenance requests
- Yes · goodstrata.com.au, 20 Sept 2026
- Payments
- Owners pay levies directly into the owners corporation's own bank account, and GoodStrata says it does not hold, receive, control, or transmit that money. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy and security
- For the hosted service, data is stored in Australia; stated protections include encryption in transit, role-based access controls, hashed passwords, and an append-only audit log. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- GoodStrata provides software for day-to-day administration of owners corporations, including levies, arrears, maintenance, meetings, records, and audit logs. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Self-host deployment
- The self-hosted platform runs on PostgreSQL and one Node process, with a Docker Compose command documented for startup. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
- Support and paid services
- Optional paid managed services such as hands-on onboarding, human support, and full management are quoted separately before commitment. · goodstrata.com.au, 11 Oct 2026
Where GoodStrata stands on Freedom251
- HOA Management Software#12 of 87