The first thing every partner asks me is "what does a CAM audit cost." The honest answer is that it depends on who is asking. A tenant uploading a single reconciliation pays the platform fee. A tenant rep firm running a 30-tenant portfolio pays platform pricing per audit. A contingency consultant takes a recovery percentage that may dwarf the platform fee on a single big finding. Same audit. Different price tags.
I built CAMAudit because the audit itself is mechanical, and mechanical work should not be priced like artisanal consulting. This piece is the partner-side cost breakdown: what the floor is, where the margin lives, and which tier fits which engagement.
What is CAM audit cost
CAM audit cost is the price a tenant pays to have their reconciliation reviewed against the lease. The cost has two components: the audit work itself and the engagement wrap around it. The audit work is increasingly mechanical. The wrap is where consultants have historically priced their hours.
On the platform tier, both components collapse into a flat fee. A tenant uploads, the system runs 14 detection rules, the report ships, and the dispute letter draft accompanies it. There is no consultant on the engagement. The cost reflects the platform infrastructure, not consultant time.
On the contingency tier, the audit work is identical, but the wrap includes a consultant who manages the dispute, negotiates with the landlord, and shepherds the recovery. That wrap is what the contingency percentage pays for. For partners scoping which model to run, the contingency CAM audit fee breakdown covers when contingency makes sense.
How do partners actually do CAM audit cost
Partners set price by tier. The decision is operational, not aesthetic.
Revenue share partners do not set price. They earn a published share of every platform fee attributed to their account. The advantage is operational simplicity. The partner does no audit work and writes no invoice. The constraint is that the partner cannot capture margin above the platform fee.
White label partners set price independently. The platform fee becomes the partner's wholesale cost. The partner's invoice to the tenant carries whatever the partner thinks the market will bear. White label margin sits between platform cost and partner-set price. Most consulting firms running white label price somewhere between a few hundred and low four figures per audit, depending on segment and brand position.
Contingency partners do not charge a per-audit fee. They charge a percentage of recovered dollars, typically 30 to 50 percent. The platform cost becomes a cost of goods sold against the recovery. The contingency model fits high-confidence findings on large portfolios. It does not fit small reconciliations because the math gets crowded by overhead.
For partners deciding which tier to run, the niche economics breakdown covers segment-by-segment fit. CPAs and tax advisors usually run white label. Brokers usually run revenue share. Lease audit specialists usually run contingency.
What does CAM audit cost or pay
The published platform pricing is on the pricing page. The flat-fee credit packs run from a single audit through multi-audit packs at progressively lower per-unit pricing. That is the floor cost of running an audit.
For partner economics, the math depends on volume and tier. A partner running 50 audits per quarter on revenue share earns the published split times 50. A partner running the same volume on white label earns the spread between platform cost and partner-set price times 50. The dollar difference between the two tiers grows with volume and partner-set pricing.
For tenants comparing options, the platform tier is by an order of magnitude the cheapest path to a finding. A consultant doing the same work hourly bills meaningfully more than the platform fee for a single reconciliation, because the audit itself takes hours and the consultant has to write the report. The platform shipped the report in minutes for a fraction of the cost. The tenant trade-off is white-glove dispute support versus a self-service report. For partners building a lease audit consulting business, the platform replaces the audit hours so the consulting hours go to the wrap.
Where does CAMAudit fit into CAM audit cost
CAMAudit is the cost floor. Every tier prices above the platform floor because every tier consumes platform capacity. Revenue share splits the floor with the partner. White label sells above the floor. Contingency uses the floor as cost of goods sold.
The audit quality is identical across tiers. Same Textract extraction. Same Gemini 3 Flash classification. Same deterministic Python math for every calculation. Same RAG-grounded dispute letter draft. The cost variance comes from positioning and wrap, not from audit accuracy.
That separation matters because partners can pick the tier that fits their book without sacrificing audit quality. A broker running revenue share delivers the same audit quality a contingency consultant delivers. The price difference reflects the engagement model, not the audit. Try the free scan to see the audit before deciding which tier to package it into.
What partners get wrong about cost
Two pricing mistakes recur. The first is pricing white label as if it were a consulting hour. Partners sometimes try to price a white-label audit at the same hourly rate they would charge for a manual audit. The market does not pay that rate when the platform exists. The right pricing reflects the value of the audit, not the cost of producing it.
The second mistake is running contingency on small reconciliations. Contingency only works when the recovery dollars justify the consultant's wrap time. A reconciliation with a four-figure overcharge does not pay for a contingency engagement. It pays beautifully for a platform audit. Match the model to the reconciliation size.
For partners running the math on which tier fits, the pricing models comparison breaks down per-tenant and per-portfolio economics across all three tiers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cost of a CAM audit?
CAM audit cost ranges from a flat $79 platform scan on the low end to multi-thousand-dollar contingency engagements on the high end. The platform tier handles the math and produces a report. Contingency tiers add white-glove dispute support and take a percentage of recovered dollars. Partner pricing sits in between, depending on whether the partner runs revenue share or white label.
How do partners actually price a CAM audit?
Partners price by setting their client-facing fee independently of the platform cost. White label partners typically charge a few hundred to a low four-figure fee per audit and capture the spread. Revenue share partners do not set price; they earn a share of the platform fee. Contingency partners do not charge a fee at all and take a percentage of recovery.
What does a CAM audit cost or pay across tiers?
On the platform tier, the tenant pays a flat fee per audit, with multi-audit packs at lower per-unit pricing. On the white label tier, partner-set pricing varies. On contingency, recovery splits typically run 30 to 50 percent of confirmed dollars. The partner's effective revenue per closed audit depends on which tier the partner runs.
Where does CAMAudit fit into CAM audit cost?
CAMAudit is the platform that defines the floor cost of running an audit. Partners price above that floor. The audit work is the same regardless of tier: 14 detection rules, the same math, the same dispute letter draft. The cost variance is in the partner's positioning, not in the audit quality. Lower-cost audits and higher-cost audits run on identical infrastructure.
Pick the tier that fits your book
If you have a tenant book and you want recurring revenue, white label is the right starting point. If you want zero operational lift, revenue share is. If you have large portfolios with high-confidence recoveries, contingency may pay best. The white label tier and the revenue sharing program are both live. Pick one this week and run your first audit.