CURA vs PropTech Solutions vs NRIWAY: Three NRI Options, Compared

Three firms come up when an NRI searches for someone to run an Indian flat from abroad, and none of them is a national marketplace. CURA is a Pune operator. PropTech Solutions runs from Bangalore with a US phone line. NRIWAY is a wide NRI helpdesk that does documents and taxes as well as property. They pick different models, cover different cities and publish different amounts of detail. This page compares the three, plus us, using what each firm states on its own public pages. Every claim links to its source.

Disclosure: 66 MG Road wrote this page. We are one of the four compared below. We applied the same standard to ourselves as to the other three: public claims only, with links so you can verify. Where a firm does not publish a number, we say so instead of guessing.

How to read this comparison

Three things separate these firms more than their service lists, which read alike:

  1. Model: menu of services, flat annual retainer or custom quote. The model decides how the firm earns and where its attention goes.
  2. Coverage: one deep city, a handful of metros with on-ground staff, or a national helpdesk that routes work to vendors. Staff in your city beats a city name on a form.
  3. What they publish: a firm that prints a price and a process is easier to hold to account than a firm that quotes after a call.

CURA NRI Property Services

Site: https://www.mycuraservices.com/

CURA is a Pune firm founded in 2010, started by Dipty and Anvay after they struggled to manage their own Pune properties from Seattle. Its About page states a track record of more than 14 years and a clientele of over 9,000. The service list covers end-to-end rental management, tenant search, property inspection, renovation and restoration, property sale and legal and society formalities. The office sits on Baner Pashan Link Road in Pashan, Pune. CURA describes its no-brokerage model as available across India, but the depth is in one city.

Model: local full-service operator. Strength: more than a decade in a single market, depth over spread. What its pages do not state: any price, how vendor and repair work is billed, or whether it has its own staff in cities outside Pune. Its live homepage counters rendered as placeholders when we checked, so the 9,000 figure comes from its About page text, not a live tally.

PropTech Solutions

Site: https://proptechsolutions.in/

PropTech Solutions is headquartered in Bangalore and carries a US contact line with a Troy, Michigan area code (+1-248). Its pages list on-ground property managers across Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and NCR, with sales and marketing offices in North America, Europe and Singapore. Its pricing model is the plainest of the three. In its own words: "we don't work on a commission basis but on a retainer (yearly fee) basis." The yearly fee buys end-to-end management: inspection, maintenance, tenant finding and verification, rent collection, advertising, document management and move-in and move-out coordination, with monthly reports to the owner.

Model: flat annual retainer. Strength: the retainer removes the rent-commission conflict, and the firm states it in writing. What its pages do not state: the amount of the retainer, or the billing standard for vendor and repair work inside the fee.

NRIWAY

Sites: https://nriway.com/ and https://nriway.in/

NRIWAY is a broad NRI helpdesk founded in 2018 and listed under the Start-Up India programme. Property is one line in a much wider menu: alongside property management, tenancy management, housekeeping and rental agreements, it handles tax services, financial investment, EPF withdrawal, and a long documentation list from single-status certificates to apostille and degree transcripts. Its city pages cover Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Indore and Ahmedabad, with offices in New Jersey and the UK and a stated reach across 50-plus countries. It shows a Google rating of 4.9 from 283 reviews. Pricing is quote-based: you submit property or document details and receive a costing, then pay an interim booking amount.

Model: per-service helpdesk with custom quotes, property as one service among many. Strength: the right call when your problem is documentation and paperwork, not only tenants. What its pages do not state: a standard rate card, a named-manager structure for property, or a proof-of-work standard for repairs.

66 MG Road

Site: https://66mgroad.com/

We hold ourselves to the same test. 66 MG Road is a property concierge for NRI landlords: the owner hands over one property and one contact, and a vetted manager runs tenants, rent, repairs, legal and tax. The structural commitments: no commission on rent, vendor work billed at actuals with receipts, every rupee a line item on an itemized bill, dated photo and video proof of all work, and owner approval required for any spend above a set floor. Teams operate in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Gurgaon, with owner hubs in Singapore and Dubai. Pricing is published at /pricing: tenancy from one month's rent, full management from 5% of monthly rent, minimum Rs 2,500 per property per month.

What we do not have: 14 years of history, 9,000 clients or a testimonial wall. Our manifesto bars fake reviews and invented statistics, so those stay empty until real data exists. If you want the longest track record in Pune, CURA has more of it. If you want a fixed yearly fee, PropTech Solutions publishes that model. If you want billing you can audit line by line, that is what we built.

Comparison table

Firm Model Cities per their pages Published pricing Site
CURA Local full-service Pune focus; pan-India no-brokerage claim Not published mycuraservices.com
PropTech Solutions Flat annual retainer Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, NCR Retainer model stated, amount not published proptechsolutions.in
NRIWAY Per-service, custom quote Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Indore, Ahmedabad Quote-based, no rate card nriway.com
66 MG Road Concierge, no rent commission Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurgaon Published at /pricing; vendor work at actuals with receipts 66mgroad.com

Details reflect each company's public pages as of August 2026. Companies change plans without notice: verify before you decide.

How to choose

Ask each of these firms five questions in writing before you sign. Who is my named manager, and what happens the day they quit? Show me a real monthly statement with vendor receipts attached. What spend needs my approval before money moves? What proof of work reaches me without my asking? What does exit cost? CURA and PropTech Solutions run deeper on property than NRIWAY, which spreads across documents and taxes too. PropTech Solutions is the one that puts its fee model in writing. For the mechanics behind these models, read our pricing models compared and what NRI property management costs. The full field sits in the best NRI property management companies pillar.

FAQ

Is CURA or PropTech Solutions better for an NRI? It depends on the city and the fee you want. CURA runs deep in Pune with 14 years of history and a 9,000-client claim, but publishes no price. PropTech Solutions covers more metros and states a flat yearly retainer, though not the amount. Pick CURA for Pune depth, PropTech Solutions for a retainer across metros.

Does NRIWAY only do property management? No. Property is one service among many. NRIWAY also handles tax filing, EPF withdrawal, financial investment and a wide documentation list from apostille to degree transcripts. If your problem is paperwork as much as tenants, that breadth helps. If you want a dedicated property manager, a specialist runs deeper.

Do any of these three publish their prices? Only in part. PropTech Solutions states it charges a yearly retainer rather than commission, but not the figure. CURA and NRIWAY publish no rate card and quote after a call. 66 MG Road publishes its rates at /pricing.

Which of them covers my city? Check for staff, not a city name on a form. CURA is Pune-deep. PropTech Solutions lists Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata and NCR. NRIWAY lists eight cities plus a national helpdesk. Ask each who your on-ground person is before you commit.

Why trust a comparison written by a competitor? You should not trust it. Verify it. Every entry above links to the firm's own site, and we have said where our own offering is thin.

How is 66 MG Road different from these three? No commission on rent, vendor work billed at actuals with receipts, and dated photo and video proof of every job as standard. We publish our prices. We do not have their years or client counts yet, and we say so.

Want billing you can audit from Singapore or Dubai? Hand 66 MG Road one property and one contact. Every rupee a line item, no commission on rent. See pricing.

Saurabh Garg, founder, 66 MG Road

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