Philippinessources read 31 Aug 2026

Premises vs Collo,
for a Philippine estate.

Collo is a Philippine company solving Philippine problems — dues collection over GCash and Maya for HOAs, condos and dorms, with gate passes and a resident app. It deserves the respect of an honest table. Below, the twelve things a Philippine estate actually needs; every verdict on their side names its source and the day we checked it.

Rows of bunk beds in a bright co-living room
What Collo is better at

The GCash rail and the Philippine desk are genuinely theirs — an HOA that wants only dues collection is in good local hands.

Where it stops being enough

The moment the estate needs what it does not carry: no hotel front desk; no direct booking door; and no OTA calendars. Those are not gaps in their product — they are a different product, and in this market most operators need both.

The twelve

Twelve things a Philippine estate needs. Who carries what.

The same twelve rows appear on all eleven of these pages, in the same order, argued the same way.

ColloGCash, Maya and bank transfer — the local rails, properly
Premises
✓

the tenant or guest pays the way Filipinos pay — no card needed

Collo · they carry it
✓

GCash, Maya and bank transfer — the local rails, properly

Source
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Collowe could not verify this
Premises
✓

the register of your official receipts, from the same book. Premises is not BIR-accredited

Collo · we could not verify
?

we could not verify this

Source
A cell we could not verify says “we could not verify this” and never a verdict.
Why it decides it

Every peso that lands needs an official receipt from your BIR-registered booklet or system. Premises keeps the register of them, from the same book that raised the bill; it is not itself BIR-accredited.

Collowe could not verify this
Premises
✓

the guards’ and cleaners’ pay with the government’s share done

Collo · we could not verify
?

we could not verify this

Source
A cell we could not verify says “we could not verify this” and never a verdict.
Why it decides it

The guards and the cleaners are paid with SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and the thirteenth month done — from the same book as the rent.

Collowe could not verify this
Premises
✓

a lease signed on a phone, valid under the E-Commerce Act (RA 8792)

Collo · we could not verify
?

we could not verify this

Source
A cell we could not verify says “we could not verify this” and never a verdict.
Collovisitor and gate-pass control for villages and condos
Premises
✓

who came in, what they drove, what they carried — the guard’s book

Collo · partly
•

visitor and gate-pass control for villages and condos

Source
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Collono hotel front desk
Premises
✓

check-in, the folio, the night’s close — a hotel’s real desk

Collo · not offered
✗

no hotel front desk

Source
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Collono OTA calendars
Premises
✓

Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda in and out, so a door is never sold twice

Collo · not offered
✗

no OTA calendars

Source
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Collono direct booking door
Premises
✓

your own page that takes a booking without a commission

Collo · not offered
✗

no direct booking door

Source
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Collowe could not verify this
Premises
✓

a dollar price you can plan on, never a slice of your rent

Collo · we could not verify
?

we could not verify this

Source
A cell we could not verify says “we could not verify this” and never a verdict.
Why it decides it

A price you can plan on in the currency you collect in. No slice of the rent or the booking, no dollar tier that moves with the exchange rate.

Colloa Philippine company answering on Philippine time
Premises
✓

someone answers when Manila is awake

Collo · they carry it
✓

a Philippine company answering on Philippine time

Source
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Collowe could not verify this
Premises
✓

your name on every page and paper, not ours

Collo · we could not verify
?

we could not verify this

Source
A cell we could not verify says “we could not verify this” and never a verdict.
ColloHOAs, condos, dorms, apartments and commercial — no hotels, no short-stay channels
Premises
✓

apartments, buildings, HOAs, beds, hotels and short stay in one set of books

Collo · partly
•

HOAs, condos, dorms, apartments and commercial — no hotels, no short-stay channels

Source
collo.phread 31 Aug 2026
?A cell we could not verify says “we could not verify this” and never a verdict. A source older than ninety days turns our own deploy red.
The three that decide it

Three rows a Philippine estate cannot skip.

Of the twelve above, these are the ones that end the conversation here rather than merely shading it.

1

The OR register, the EOPT way

Every peso that lands needs an official receipt from your BIR-registered booklet or system. Premises keeps the register of them, from the same book that raised the bill; it is not itself BIR-accredited.

?Collowe could not verify thisrow 2 →
2

Flat dollars, never a percentage

A price you can plan on in the currency you collect in. No slice of the rent or the booking, no dollar tier that moves with the exchange rate.

?Collowe could not verify thisrow 9 →
3

Payroll: SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, 13th month

The guards and the cleaners are paid with SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG and the thirteenth month done — from the same book as the rent.

?Collowe could not verify thisrow 3 →
If you decide to move

Coming from Collo? We load your export.

Their export is a file we have read before. Send it and we load the doors, the people, the rates and the dates — you sign in to a book that is already yours. It costs nothing and it is not a sales call.

collo-exporttheir export · the file you send
  • the doors
  • the people
  • the rates
  • the dates
If you are still deciding

Four honest answers

We did, on Collo’s own public pages, on the date printed in each cell. Our deploy gate goes red when a date passes 90 days, so a claim is re-checked or it comes down. Seen otherwise? Tell us at /support and we will print it.

Yes. Premises reads any calendar that speaks iCal and answers with its own feed, exports every book as a spreadsheet, and nothing in it locks a door. Most estates retire the second tool within a quarter; nothing forces it.

Nothing, up to fifty properties, on every plan. You send the export and a person on our side loads it — doors, people, balances, dates — before your first login. Over fifty, or coming off software we have not seen, we scope it first and give you the date before you commit.

No card, no contract, every module open. On day 181 you choose month by month or the yearly term, or you export your books and leave with them.

A handshake across a meeting-room table

Start free for six months.

Free under five doors for as long as the Free plan is offered. Never a percentage of what you collect, on any channel, including your own door.

no card  /  every module on  /  free under five doors