Buyer's guide
The best AI community for commercial real estate, five compared
Price, trial, live calls and what you practice on, for five communities. Every fact sourced and dated.
By Zed Truong, Co-founder, Pacific Software VenturesPublished · Updated
Disclosure: Pacific Software Ventures (PSV) runs the CRE AI Institute and sells AI consulting to CRE firms. We wrote this page and put the Institute first. Every fact about the other communities links to the page we read it on.
Short answer
Pick by what you want from it
- If you want live calls with a team that builds AI for CRE firms, and a practice deal to drill on, pick the CRE AI Institute on Premium.
- If you want something free to start, pick A.CRE AI.Edge's free tier.
- If you want twice-monthly live workshops and an 800+ member community (its own count), pick the AI for CRE Collective.
- If you want n8n automation workflows to copy, pick NextAutomation Sphere.
- If you want office hours on a $50 entry plan, pick CRE AI Studio.
Looking for a course rather than a community? See the best AI course for commercial real estate.
As of November 5, 2026
Five communities, side by side
| Community | Price | Free trial | Format | Live sessions | What you practice on | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRE AI Institute, by PSVOurs | Standard $69/mo, Premium $99/mo, Advisory $499/mo[1] | 7-day free trial, $0 today[1] | Online membership in three tiers, with courses and a Skills Library[1] | Premium: weekly live office hours and workshops with the PSV team; live deal clinics; a monthly live cohort call with the PSV team. Advisory: one hour a month, one to one with a PSV founder.[1] | The Desert Grove practice deal, with answer keys, so you drill before you touch live data[1] | We do not publish a count. Premium adds priority access to in-person events and member meetups.[1] |
| A.CRE AI.Edge | Free tier; Pro $97/mo or $924/yr[2] | No trial listed. The free tier needs no credit card and has no time limit.[2] | Membership: a free tier and Pro[2] | Pro lists monthly Intelligence Briefs; a member quote on its home page calls it a monthly live brief. No session schedule posted.[2] | Free: AI Tools Library, Daily AI Prompts, the Build Showcase. Pro: the 9-Week AI-Native Playbook and monthly Skill Drops.[2] | No count stated[2] |
| AI for CRE Collective | Standard $39/mo or $279/yr; Premium $99/mo or $799/yr; VIP $499/mo. Its Skool page shows $19/month.[3][4] | 7-day free trial[3][4] | Membership in three tiers, hosted on Skool[3] | Twice-monthly live workshops and webinars on every tier; weekly group office hours on Premium; a monthly 1-on-1 on VIP[3] | Says 300+ role-based workflows and 500+ CRE prompts; masterclasses for Claude and Manus; a Claude and Manus Skills Library on Premium[3] | Says 800+ members; its Skool page shows 782[3][4] |
| NextAutomation Sphere | $49/mo, or $72/mo with its Training App. Its own comparison page lists $49, $72 and $500 tiers.[6][5][7] | None mentioned on its community or Skool page. Its comparison page lists a 7-day free trial.[6][5][7] | Community on Skool, plus a separate Training App[6] | Weekly live Q&A, and weekly working sessions and labs[5][6] | A practice exercise for each lesson in its app; production n8n and Claude workflows to fork[5][6] | Skool shows 316 members; its community page says 300+[5][6] |
| CRE AI Studio | Level 1 $50/mo, Level 2 $75/mo, Level 3 $100/mo; 20% off annual with a 12-month commitment[8] | 7 days free[8] | Membership in three levels, with a Circle community[8][9] | Monthly office hours on Level 1; live monthly VIP training with Q&A on Level 2, which its checkout marks FULL[8] | Weekly step-by-step video lessons or pre-packaged AI skills built for CRE[8] | No count stated. Says “hundreds of CRE pros”.[8] |
Competitor facts are from each community's public pages, checked November 5, 2026. Bracketed numbers point to the Sources list. Confirm before you join. Institute prices are what its checkout charges. A.CRE, AI.Edge, AI for CRE Collective, NextAutomation, Sphere and CRE AI Studio are trademarks of their respective owners. Pacific Software Ventures, which runs the CRE AI Institute, is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any of them.
Sources (9)
- CRE AI Institute, plans and pricing. pacificsoftwareventures.com, .
- AI.Edge, home page, pricing and FAQ. aiedge.ac, .
- AI for CRE Collective, community plans. plotdaily.com, .
- AI for CRE Collective, About. Skool, .
- NextAutomation, Sphere, About. Skool, .
- NextAutomation, The AI Sphere. nextautomation.us, .
- NextAutomation, best AI community for commercial real estate. nextautomation.us, .
- CRE AI Studio, free-trial checkout and membership plans. creaistudio.com, .
- CRE AI Studio, home page. creaistudio.com, .
Who each one is for
Which community to pick
- CRE AI Institute, by PSV
- Pick it if you want live help on Premium from a team that builds AI systems for CRE firms, and a practice deal to work before your own.
- A.CRE AI.Edge
- Pick it if you want a free place to start, with no card and no time limit, inside the A.CRE ecosystem.
- AI for CRE Collective
- Pick it if you want twice-monthly live workshops and a member base it puts at 800+.
- NextAutomation Sphere
- Pick it if you want weekly working sessions and production n8n and Claude workflows you can copy.
- CRE AI Studio
- Pick it if you want monthly office hours from the entry plan, with video lessons across several AI tools.
Head to head with the Institute, every figure sourced and dated: CRE AI Institute vs AI.Edge (A.CRE), CRE AI Institute vs AI for CRE Collective and CRE AI Institute vs CRE AI Studio (2026). For consultants and platforms too, see every CRE AI provider compared.
Our community
Why we put the Institute first
- It is run by PSV, which builds AI systems for CRE firms on Claude. The live calls come from that work.
- You practice on Desert Grove, a fictional multifamily deal with a full OM, T-12 and rent roll, before you touch your own.
- Premium members bring a deal to live clinics and the team works it with them on screen.
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FAQ
Questions about CRE AI communities
- What is the best AI community for commercial real estate?
- It depends on what you want from it. For live calls and a practice deal, the CRE AI Institute by PSV on Premium (our own). For a free start, A.CRE AI.Edge. For twice-monthly workshops, the AI for CRE Collective. For n8n workflows, NextAutomation Sphere.
- Is there a free AI community for CRE?
- A.CRE AI.Edge has a free tier with no credit card and no time limit. The CRE AI Institute has a 7-day free trial. The AI for CRE Collective and CRE AI Studio each list a 7-day free trial.
- How much does a CRE AI community cost?
- As of November 5, 2026, paid plans in the table run from under $20 to about $500 a month, each with its source. The CRE AI Institute is Standard $69/mo, Premium $99/mo, Advisory $499/mo, after a 7-day free trial.
- Which CRE AI communities have live calls?
- The CRE AI Institute, the AI for CRE Collective, NextAutomation Sphere and CRE AI Studio list live sessions on a set cadence. AI.Edge Pro lists monthly Intelligence Briefs but posts no schedule. On the Institute, live sessions come with Premium.
- Should I join a community or take a course?
- A course teaches a fixed curriculum. A community adds live calls, other members to ask, and new material each month. If you want a course, see our separate guide to the best AI course for commercial real estate.
- Can my whole team join?
- Each person can join the Institute on their own plan. If you want a team trained on your own deals and systems, PSV runs that as team training for CRE firms. Book a call and we will scope it.
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