← Self-Storage Rate Increase Calculator
This calculator vs. SiteLink
Two different shapes: SiteLink is an account-based platform for running a self-storage facility's whole operation, including automated rate rules once an increase policy is set. This page is a free, private worksheet for one question — is this specific rate increase worth the move-outs it will cause.
What each tool is for
SiteLink, sold by Storable, is a self-storage facility management platform used by operators from single-site owners to national multi-facility companies. It runs tenant records, online rentals, billing and payments, and a Price Optimizer feature that helps set street rates and automate existing-customer rate-increase rules, tied to one account used on an ongoing paid basis across the whole facility. SiteLink's own site is not reachable from this session to confirm today's specific feature list, plan names, or pricing, so only its well-documented identity and category are stated here: nothing about it is invented, and no dollar figure for it appears on this page. Public descriptions of that revenue-management software describe setting and automating rate rules across a facility; none describe working out, for one proposed increase, how many move-outs it can absorb before it loses money — which is the one thing this calculator does.
This calculator does none of what SiteLink does. It does not store tenant records, take online rentals, or automate a rule across a portfolio. It takes one proposed existing-customer rate increase — the tenants it applies to, the street rate, the move-in concession a replacement tenant gets, the turnover cost, and a horizon — and turns that into the induced move-out rate at which the increase breaks even, the units that represents, the margin of safety in percentage points, and what the increase is worth across the group at every step from 5% to 25%, with a flag on any rung that prices the raised rent above the facility's own street rate. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type.
| Question | Where to answer it |
|---|---|
| I need to store tenant records, take online rentals, and automate rate rules across my whole facility or portfolio. | SiteLink, or a comparable facility management platform — running that ongoing operation is not something this calculator does. |
| Is this specific rate increase worth the move-outs it will cause? | This calculator — free, instant, private, no account. |
| What does an induced move-out actually cost once the re-rent uplift at street rate is netted against it? | This calculator's move-out cost breakdown, not the departing tenant's rent alone. |
| How many increases in a row can I run before one prices a tenant above my own street rate? | This calculator's 5%-to-25% ladder with the street-rate flag. |
| I already have a rate-increase policy set and need it applied and billed automatically across many tenants, on a schedule. | SiteLink — built as an ongoing, account-based platform for exactly that job. |
| How does the math behind a rate-increase decision actually work? | This calculator's own worked example. |
| Do I need to create an account or sign up to use the tool? | This calculator: no. SiteLink's tools are used through a paid account. |
Most self-storage operators get different value from each: SiteLink (or a comparable facility management platform) for running tenants, billing and automated rate rules across an ongoing business as an account, and a private calculator like this one for an instant, no-login answer to whether one specific rate increase is worth the move-outs it will cause before a business system applies it. This page's own figures are a pricing model, not a rent notice, a lease amendment, or a billing record.
This tool needs no account and no sign-in: it is a static page, the arithmetic runs in your browser, and once it has loaded it keeps working with the connection off.
Common questions
Should I use this calculator or SiteLink?
They do different jobs, and a self-storage operator of any size will likely end up touching both. SiteLink, sold by Storable, is a facility management platform used to run tenant records, billing, online rentals, and a Price Optimizer feature that helps set street rates and automate rate-increase rules, tied to one account used on an ongoing paid basis across the whole facility. SiteLink's own site is not reachable from this session to confirm today's specific feature list, plan names, or pricing, so only its well-documented identity and category are stated here: nothing about it is invented, and no dollar figure for it appears on this page. This calculator does one narrower thing: given a single proposed existing-customer rate increase, the tenants it applies to, street rate, move-in concession, turnover cost, and a horizon, it works out the induced move-out rate at which the increase breaks even, the units that represents, the margin of safety, and what the increase is worth across the group at every step from 5% to 25% — before you decide whether to send the letters. It runs free in any browser, keeps no account, and uploads nothing you type. An operator already running tenant billing and automated rate rules across a whole facility is better served by SiteLink or a comparable facility management platform; an operator who wants an instant, private answer to whether one proposed increase is worth the move-outs it will cause is in the right place here.
Is this page affiliated with SiteLink?
No. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by SiteLink or Storable. SiteLink is a trademark of its owner, named here only to describe what this calculator is and is not.
Open the Self-Storage Rate Increase Calculator to price your own increase.