Finding the listing is not the same as licensing the stay

Granicus and Deckard are built to find inventory. Accela folds short-term rental into an enterprise civic platform. Azora sells discovery and permitting together. STAyTUTE starts from the license you issued — parcel, directory, tax flags, case — on a system your community runs. If your office cannot see the market at all, buy the better finder. If the license, the tax filing, and the complaint each live somewhere different, that is the problem this page is about.

What each product actually does

Peer cells summarize public marketing as of August 2026, not a lab test. Sources: Granicus, Deckard, Accela, Azora.

Capability	STAyTUTE	Granicus	Deckard	Accela	Azora
Find unlisted rentals	STAyTUTEImport listing files today with snapshot history. Automated matching will come from a named partner feed, not a crawler we run.	GranicusWatches 70+ booking sites; address identification and evidence screenshots.	DeckardClaims 15M+ listings across 10k+ sites, matched to parcels.	AccelaNot the core product. Relies on hosts who apply, plus complaints.	AzoraDiscovery from 75+ sources, cross-walked to GIS parcels.
Issue and renew licenses	STAyTUTECore product: apply, staff review, license, renew, and inspect against your ordinance.	GranicusMobile registration/tax collection is a priced module on the monitor.	DeckardMarketing now includes a registration portal, renewals, and workflows — still listing-first.	AccelaCore civic workflow: intake, routing, review, AI document checks, mobile inspections.	AzoraSTR-specific permitting against a discovered address list, including caps and zoning.
Public directory of licensed stays	STAyTUTEResidents and visitors search stays you have actually licensed, on your site.	GranicusOutreach letters and evidence packets, not a public directory of licensed stays.	DeckardClaims a public map of registered STRs on their platform.	AccelaCitizen portal for apply/renew; not positioned as a public directory of licensed stays.	AzoraOperator-facing portal and evidence packs; not a directory of licensed stays.
Lodging tax on the file	STAyTUTEFilings and night-cap flags on the same license. Full checkout coming soon.	GranicusTax collection is a separate module from listing monitoring.	DeckardSeparate tax payment portal (Stripe); occupancy-tax focus.	AccelaFees and licenses in the civic suite; STR tax is not the headline product.	AzoraTransaction reporting and remittance tools for tax audit.
Problems filed on the property	STAyTUTEA web form with optional photo and location, stored on that property.	GranicusContracted 24/7 complaint hotline is a flagship add-on.	Deckard24/7 complaint line plus online form, routed to staff.	AccelaResidents submit complaints that open enforcement on the same record.	Azora24/7/365 call center plus complaint module with strike tracking.
Map of licenses and cases	STAyTUTEPublic directory map plus a staff activity map: licenses, complaints, and cases.	GranicusListing heat maps for staff monitors.	DeckardStaff identification map plus a public registered-STR map.	AccelaGIS-backed civic records; field inspections on any device.	AzoraDiscovered properties tied to county GIS.
Who holds the data	STAyTUTEYour community's STAyTUTE deployment and database.	GranicusVendor cloud tenant (Granicus).	DeckardVendor cloud tenant (Deckard).	AccelaVendor civic platform tenant (Accela).	AzoraVendor SaaS tenant (Azora).

Which tool fits which job

STAyTUTE vs Granicus Host Compliance Granicus, Short-term Rentals (Host Compliance)

Where they lead: Listing capture at national scale, letter campaigns, and a contracted 24/7 hotline.

Where the issued license helps more: A resident looks up an address on your site, sees whether it is actually licensed, and can file a photo on that property. Staff open the same file. Listing monitors send letters about ads; they do not replace the license. File import is here; automated matching will come from a named partner feed — we do not claim 70+ sites.

STAyTUTE vs Deckard Rentalscape Deckard, Rentalscape STR

Where they lead: Large listing inventory, plus marketing that now covers registration, a tax portal, a public map, and a hotline.

Where the issued license helps more: Planners see stays you licensed, on your site, pinned to the assessor parcel — not a vendor map of inventory they identified. Filings and night-cap flags sit on that license. The database is yours.

STAyTUTE vs Accela STR Registration Accela, Short-Term Rental Registration

Where they lead: Enterprise civic workflows and published customer results (Denver 20% to 80% compliance on their page).

Where the issued license helps more: A clerk who does not want a full civic suite still gets apply, review, license, a public directory, problems filed on the property, and a case file. Their Denver lift is their customer result, not ours. Data stays in your STAyTUTE system.

STAyTUTE vs Azora STRView Azora Software

Where they lead: Discovery-plus-permitting narrative and named county quotes.

Where the issued license helps more: Zoning allowances and night-cap flags are your ordinance on the issued license, not a national discovered-address list. Residents search licensed stays. Identification percentages are not the headline.

See it running on your ordinance

Send us the text and the step that costs your office the most time. We configure apply, review, license, directory, and the case file against your rules, then walk your team down that path — not a sample city with invented addresses.

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