Every feature on every planFrom $29/mo

HOA Parking Enforcement Software. Track resident cars and guest passes, look up any plate from a phone, and record warnings, fines and tows.

No signup for the demo 30-day free trial on monthly plans, card required No contracts Cancel any time

Built for HOAs, condos, apartments, student housing and patrol companies.

Built for

  • HOA communities
  • Condominiums
  • Townhomes
  • Single-family homes
  • Apartments
  • Student housing
  • Mixed-use properties
  • Patrol companies

Everything your parking operation needs. Vehicles, guest passes, enforcement and payments in one system.

  • Vehicle registry and plate lookup in one place

  • Take payments for fines, guest passes and parking spaces

  • Warnings, then fines, then tow

  • Violation notices drivers can pay online

  • Guest passes residents create themselves

  • Lease parking spaces, storage and EV charging

  • Run every property and team from one login

Illustrations use sample data.

Records and plate lookup

Vehicle registry and plate lookup in one place

Residents, units, registered cars, guest passes and violations live in one searchable place. Enforcers type a plate or tag number on a phone and see the unit and every warning already on file.

  • Shows if a car is a resident's, a guest's, unregistered, expired or banned
  • Every plate lookup is logged with the enforcer and the time
  • Record the hang tags and stickers you already use

Payments

Take payments for fines, guest passes and parking spaces

Residents pay by card for fines, extra guest passes, parking spaces, storage units, extra vehicle slots and EV charging access. The money goes to your property's own Stripe account, and staff can record cash and checks.

  • Park Entra takes no cut of what residents pay
  • You choose who covers the card processing fee
  • A revenue page with totals, unpaid fines and a ledger

Enforcement rules

Warnings, then fines, then tow

Choose your ladder: warnings only, fines with no towing, or warnings, then fines, then tow. Park Entra counts each car's prior warnings and fines, offers only the steps your ladder includes, and turns a warning into a fine, or a fine into a tow, once a car reaches your limit.

  • 7 policies, from warnings only to the full ladder
  • Set 1 to 5 warnings before a fine
  • Fire lanes, blocked access and accessible spaces can always be towed

Violation notices

Violation notices drivers can pay online

The enforcer places a printed 4x6 notice on the windshield and enters its 6-character notice code. The driver scans the QR code, sees the violation and the photos, and pays the fine by card without an account.

  • Residents and visitors can both pay online
  • The violation closes when the fine is paid
  • Order printed notices from Park Entra through sales

Resident portal

Guest passes residents create themselves

Residents join with your access code, register their own cars up to your limit, and create a guest pass by plate whenever a guest arrives. Passes end on their own, so nobody has to call the office after hours.

  • Your property sets how long a pass lasts, from 4 to 24 hours
  • Household members share the unit's limits
  • Residents see each violation and the amount due

Leasing

Lease parking spaces, storage and EV charging

List parking spaces and storage units with a price and a lease length. Residents lease them from their portal and pay online. If you also take cash or checks, they can hold one for 72 hours and pay in person. Residents can also buy EV charging access for a car by card, for the number of days you set, and you can limit how many cars have it at once.

  • Set the price and the lease length for each space and storage unit
  • Residents get a reminder email before a parking or storage lease ends and can extend it if you allow
  • Enforcers see a car's EV charging access when they look up the plate

Teams and properties

Run every property and team from one login

One login switches between every property you manage, and each keeps its own residents, rules, staff and payments. Invite as many enforcers and managers as you need. Park Entra sets up each additional property for you.

  • Unlimited enforcer and staff accounts on every plan
  • Enforcers switch properties without signing out
  • 10% off at 3 to 5 properties, 15% off at 6 to 10

How it works

One system for residents, guests, enforcers and managers

Residents keep their cars and guest passes up to date. Enforcers check plates against that list from a phone. Payments, violations and reports are kept in one place for the board or manager.

Try the administrator view
Diagram: residents, guests and enforcers feed information into your community's Park Entra account. Residents' payments go straight to your property's own account, printed violation notices link to each fine, and reports are ready for the board or manager. Values shown are sample data.
  • ResidentsRegister cars
  • GuestsGet passes
  • EnforcersAny phone
  • PaymentsPaid online
  • NoticesQR to pay
  • ReportsReady to share
  1. 01Set up

    Add your property and rules

    Create your community, add units one at a time, by range or from a CSV file, and set your vehicle limits, guest pass rules and fines.

  2. 02Invite

    Invite residents and staff

    Share your access code, invite link or printable flyer with residents. Add enforcers, managers and board members at no extra cost.

  3. 03Enforce

    Start looking up plates

    Residents register cars and create guest passes. Enforcers look up plates and record warnings, fines and tows with photos.

Know every plate. Enforce every space.

Park Entra keeps your residents' cars, guest passes and violations in one place, so anyone enforcing your rules can check a plate and see every warning on file.

  • $0

    Commission

    Park Entra takes no cut of the fines, passes, spaces or storage your residents pay for.

  • $29

    A month for up to 50 units

    Flat monthly prices by number of units, with no setup fee and no contract.

  • Unlimited

    Staff accounts

    Add every enforcer, manager and board member at no extra cost.

  • Up to 5

    Photos per action

    Attach photos to any warning, fine or tow, saved with the time and the enforcer's name.

No hardwareRuns in the browser on any phone

Look up any plate from a phone. See the unit and every warning already on file, then record a warning, fine or tow with photos.

There is nothing to install or mount. Enforcers sign in on the phone they already carry and type the plate or the tag number.

From plate to next step in one screen

Pick a scenario to see what an enforcer sees after a lookup. Plates and units are sample data.

Plate lookup

Plate or tag number

Result
Unregistered vehicle
Guest pass
None
Warnings on file
1 of 1
Policy
Warnings, then fines, then tow
Next step
Fine

Logged

Pick a scenario to run a lookup

Saving the lookup

Fine recorded

6RTW901

$50.00Unpaid

Note: Visitor lot, no guest pass

2 photos attached

NOTICE CODEA2WQEZ

Scan the QR code to pay at parkentra.com/fines

Guest vehicle

Pass is valid
  • Pass for Unit 118
  • Ends 11:00 PM

Resident vehicle

No action needed
  • Registered to Unit 204
  • Gray Honda Civic
  1. Plate looked up9:42 PM
  2. 2 photos attached9:43 PM
  3. Fine recorded9:43 PM
  4. Notice code linked9:44 PM
  1. Plate looked up9:44 PM
  2. Guest pass found9:44 PM
  1. Plate looked up9:45 PM

Your rules decide each step

Choose your ladder once. Park Entra counts each car's prior warnings and fines, offers enforcers only the steps your ladder includes, and moves to the next step once a car reaches your limit. Fire lanes, blocked access and accessible spaces can always be towed.

  • 7 Enforcement policies, from warnings only to the full ladder

  • 1 to 5 Warnings before a fine, or fines before a tow, as you set

  • 0 to 30 Days of grace before a tow, as you set

Parking enforcement for HOAs, apartments and student housing. And for the security patrol companies that serve them.

Each kind of community starts with a different parking problem. Pick yours to see how Park Entra handles it.

By property type

Choose the kind of property you run

Each page covers the problems Park Entra solves for that kind of property and how setup works.

See all 16 use cases

Apply your CC&Rs the same way to every car. Every warning, fine and tow is saved with the time, the enforcer's name and any photos, so the board can show what happened.

Warnings before a fine, your choice
1 to 5
Photos on each action
Up to 5
For residents to use
Free
See Park Entra for HOAs

Residents lease spaces and storage online and create their own guest passes. When a resident moves out, one step releases the unit's cars, passes and spaces.

Hold while a resident pays by cash or check
72 hr
Kinds of online payment, fines included
6
Commission on what they pay
0%
See Park Entra for apartments

Students sign up from a printed QR flyer, roommates share one household's limits, and a move-out clears the unit for the next term.

Printable signup flyer
QR
Longest guest pass you can allow
24 hr
Units per CSV import
2,000
See Park Entra for student housing

Your team checks plates on their own phones and switches properties without signing out. Each property keeps its own activity log and per-enforcer analytics, both exportable to CSV, so you can show a client the work your team did.

Enforcer accounts
Unlimited
Login for all your properties
1
Export of activity and enforcer reports
CSV
See Park Entra for patrol companies

Screens show sample data.

By problem

Pricing

One flat price by community size. Every feature on every plan.

Choose the plan for your number of units. There is no setup fee, no contract and no charge per enforcer, and residents never pay to use Park Entra.

Billing period
  • Up to 50 units

    $29/month

    $319/year

  • 51 to 150 units

    $59/month

    $649/year

  • 151 to 300 units

    $89/month

    $979/year

  • 301 to 500 units

    $129/month

    $1,419/year

Prices in US dollars. Standard card processing fees apply to resident payments, and you choose who covers them. Printed violation notices are ordered through sales.

  • Pricing for multiple properties

    Each property is priced by its own number of units. With 3 to 5 properties the total is 10% off, and with 6 to 10 it is 15% off, on monthly or annual billing. Start one property on a free trial and contact sales to add the others under the same login. For more than 10 properties, or a community over 500 units, we quote your price.

    Example: 8 properties with 51 to 150 units each, billed monthly, would cost 8 times $59, or $472 a month. With 15% off, the total is $401.20 a month.

  • Example: resident payments that cover the plan

    A 200-unit community on the $89 plan sells 60 extra guest passes a month at $5 each, leases 10 reserved spaces at $75 a month and rents 6 storage units at $50 a month. That adds up to $1,350 a month, about 15 times the plan price, without counting any fines.

    Illustration only, before card processing fees. Space and storage leases are paid up front for the term you set, shown here per month. Your prices and volumes will differ.

    Payment questions in the FAQ

Every plan includes

  • Unlimited enforcer and staff accounts
  • Vehicle registry
  • Guest passes
  • Plate and tag number lookup
  • Warnings, fines and tows
  • Photo evidence, up to 5 per action
  • Activity log with CSV export
  • Analytics and revenue reports
  • Online card payments
  • Parking space and storage leasing
  • Household members who share a unit's limits
  • Hang tag, sticker and decal records
  • Email notifications
  • Resident self-service portal
  • Parking rules and FAQ page for residents
  • Timed parking
  • Property announcements
  • EV charging access

No contracts. Cancel any time from your account settings.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions. About HOA parking enforcement software: cost, setup, enforcement and your data.

For anything not covered here, contact our support team or our sales team.

Getting started

What is HOA parking enforcement software?

HOA parking enforcement software keeps a community's parking records in one place and helps staff apply the parking rules the same way every time. Park Entra is web-based parking enforcement software for HOAs, condominiums, apartment communities, student housing and the security patrol companies that serve them. Residents register their vehicles and create guest passes, enforcers look up plates from a phone, and your property sets how warnings, fines and tows are handled. Every action is logged with the time, the person and any photos.

How is Park Entra different from camera or gate systems?

Park Entra is software only. There are no cameras, gate arms or handheld scanners to buy, mount or maintain. It does not read plates automatically: an enforcer types the plate or the number on a hang tag and sees the result on screen. Vehicles, guest passes, enforcement, payments and reports all live in one system, for one flat monthly price based on your number of units.

Do residents need to download an app?

No. Park Entra runs in the web browser on any phone, tablet or computer, so there is nothing to download or update. Residents can save it to their home screen for quick access. They join with your property's access code, an invite link or the QR code on a printable signup flyer.

Do enforcers need special equipment?

No. Any phone, tablet or laptop with a web browser works. Enforcers look up plates and tag numbers, record warnings, fines and tows, and attach up to 5 photos to each action. There are no scanners to buy and no per-device licenses, and every plan includes unlimited enforcer accounts.

How long does setup take?

Signup has three steps: your account, your community and your plan. A setup guide in the app then walks you through adding units, setting your parking rules and inviting your team. You can add units one at a time, as a numbered range, or from a CSV file of up to 2,000 units. After that, most of the time depends on how quickly residents register their vehicles.

Does Park Entra connect to our property management software?

Not directly. You can import your unit list from a CSV file, including a unit list exported from your property management software, and you can export Park Entra records to CSV. Residents then register their own vehicles.

Enforcement

How do we keep enforcement fair and consistent?

You set the rules once: how many warnings come before a fine, whether towing is allowed, and after how many months an old warning stops counting. Park Entra counts each car's prior warnings and fines, offers the enforcer only the steps your rules include, and moves to the next step once a car reaches your limit, so the same limits apply to every car. Each action is saved with the enforcer's name, the time and up to 5 photos, and residents see their own violations in their portal. Park Entra keeps the records; enforcement decisions stay with your property.

Does Park Entra call the tow truck?

No. Park Entra tells the enforcer when your rules allow a tow and records the tow with its photos, but your property or patrol company calls its own towing company. You can list your towing company's contact details so residents can find them. Cars in fire lanes, blocking access or parked in accessible spaces can always be towed, whatever policy you choose.

What happens when a resident disputes a violation?

Residents see each violation in their portal with the time, the amount and a photo when one was taken. To dispute it, they contact your office by the phone number or email you publish in Park Entra. Your property decides the outcome, and Park Entra keeps the record.

Can drivers who do not live at the property pay a fine?

Yes. Printed violation notices carry a QR code and a 6-character notice code. Any driver can go to parkentra.com/fines, enter the code, see the violation and its photos, and pay by card without creating an account. The violation closes when the fine is paid. Park Entra prints the notices for your property; contact sales to order them.

Cost and billing

What does Park Entra cost?

$29 a month for up to 50 units, $59 for 51 to 150, $89 for 151 to 300 and $129 for 301 to 500. Every plan includes every feature, with no setup fee and no charge per enforcer. Annual billing costs 12 months for the price of 11. Communities with more than 500 units, and portfolios of more than 10 properties, are priced by quote.

Is there a free trial?

Yes, on monthly plans. The trial lasts 30 days. A card is required at signup, nothing is charged until the trial ends, and we email you 3 days before the first charge. Cancel before then and you are not charged. Annual plans have no trial and are billed when you sign up.

Does Park Entra take a commission on our revenue?

No. Park Entra charges one flat monthly price based on your unit count and takes no cut of guest pass, parking space, storage or fine payments. Payments go straight to your property's own Stripe account. Standard card processing fees apply, and you choose whether the property covers them or the resident pays them at checkout. Staff can also record cash and check payments.

Do residents have to pay to use Park Entra?

No. Registering vehicles, creating guest passes within your allowance and viewing violations are free for residents. Apart from any fines, they pay only for optional things your property chooses to sell, such as extra guest passes or a reserved parking space, and that money goes to your property.

Can Park Entra generate revenue for our property?

Yes, if your community chooses to charge for parking. Residents can pay online for extra guest passes, extra vehicle slots, parking spaces, storage units and EV charging access, and drivers can pay fines online with the code on a violation notice. Payments go to your property's own Stripe account, and the revenue page shows card, cash and check payments together with unpaid fines.

What if we need to cancel?

Cancel any time from your account settings. There is no contract and no cancellation fee. You keep access until the end of the period you already paid for, and unused time is not refunded.

Portfolios and data

Can we manage multiple properties from one account?

Yes. One login switches between every property you manage, and each property keeps its own residents, vehicles, rules, staff and payments. Enforcers assigned to several properties switch between them without signing out. Park Entra sets up each additional property for you. Portfolios get 10% off at 3 to 5 properties and 15% off at 6 to 10, and larger portfolios are priced by quote.

Who owns our data, and how is it protected?

Your property owns its data. You can export it at any time, and after your subscription ends it stays available to export for 30 days. Database access rules keep each property's records separate from every other property's, and every connection is encrypted. Park Entra is hosted on Vercel, with the database on Supabase running on Amazon Web Services, and is built and maintained in Irvine, California. Card payments are handled by Stripe, so Park Entra never stores card numbers. Staff can turn on two-factor sign-in with an authenticator app.

Parking management, in plain English

Guides for boards and managers on fines, towing, guest parking and the rules behind them.

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Park Entra team

Run your community's parking from one place.

Start a 30-day free trial on a monthly plan, or talk to sales about large communities and portfolios.

  • No setup fee
  • No contracts
  • Card required, nothing charged for 30 days1
  • See it before you decide

    Open the live demo as an administrator, enforcer or resident. It is the real software with sample data, and there is nothing to sign up for.

    Try the live demo
  • Pricing for several properties

    Each property is priced by its own number of units, with 10% off at 3 to 5 properties and 15% off at 6 to 10. Larger portfolios are priced by quote.

    Price your portfolio

Footnotes

  1. 1

    Monthly plans: $29 a month for up to 50 units, $59 for 51 to 150, $89 for 151 to 300 and $129 for 301 to 500. More than 500 units: contact sales. The 30-day free trial applies to monthly plans: a card is required, nothing is charged until the trial ends, and we email you 3 days before the first charge. Annual plans cost 12 months for the price of 11, are billed at signup and have no trial. Prices in US dollars.