Acquisition
May 2021OpenUnit announced the acquisition of Affiga, a San Francisco data-enrichment startup that had shut down in 2020, to add customer-insight capabilities to its product.
SourceSoftware for managing self-storage facilities.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
OpenUnit is a Toronto-based, Y Combinator-backed SaaS platform for self-storage operators. Its core product is an all-in-one, cloud-based management suite for websites, reservations, payments/POS, CRM, accounting, team chat, and analytics. The company monetizes mainly through payment processing rather than monthly software fees, with custom enterprise pricing for larger operators.
Primary product
All-in-one self-storage management software platform
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Team size
1-10
Work style
Remote
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Self-storage facility management software
Offices
200 - 60 Atlantic Ave, Suite 200, Toronto, ON M6K 1X9, Canada
Business model
SaaS
payment processing / merchant services
transaction-based monetization
enterprise software
Funding
People & investors
Work & culture
Remote-first / digital-by-default, small-team, product-and-customer focused, and explicitly oriented toward meaningful work, speed, and high ownership.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
A YC-posted Ruby on Rails Engineer role showed $115K-$130K salary plus 0.5%-2.0% equity, with remote eligibility across Canada and the US.
Product & market
Pricing
Free management software when using OpenUnit Payments; transaction-based pricing of 2.9% + 30¢ for online rentals/automated billing and 2.65% + 10¢ for in-person POS; enterprise pricing is custom/negotiated for larger operators.
Differentiators
- —Free to use management software with no monthly fee when using payments
- —All-in-one platform spanning website, reservations, payments, CRM, accounting, and team tools
- —Modern, remote-first product built on Ruby on Rails / Hotwire
- —Headless/customizable website and checkout experiences
- —Enterprise security and PCI DSS compliance
- —No long-term contracts
- —Built specifically for self-storage operators rather than general property management
Technology
Ruby on Rails
Stimulus
Hotwire
Redis
Elasticsearch
ActiveRecord Encryption
REST API
JSON
AWS
Stripe
Twilio
SendGrid
Amplitude
Segment
Heroku
TLS/HTTPS
AES-256
SHA-256
Customers
self-storage facilities
self-storage operators
mom-and-pop storage sites
multi-facility corporations
small and medium self-storage facilities
Competitors
SiteLink
Storable
QuikStor
Easy Storage
Self-storage.ai
SpaceiShare
OfficeRnD
Snapfix
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
USD $1M-$10M (public estimates cluster around $1M ARR)
Estimated monthly visits
8.3K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
OpenUnit · May 2021
Official company announcement of the $1M seed round and the Affiga acquisition.
TechCrunch · May 2021
Covers OpenUnit’s $1M seed round, strategic investor mix, growth to a five-person team, and the acquisition of Affiga to add customer-insight capabilities.
PR Newswire · Aug 2020
Official announcement of OpenUnit’s $150k pre-seed from Y Combinator and the company’s free-to-use, payments-led model.
Inside Self-Storage · Aug 2020
Independent launch coverage summarizing the platform’s features, pricing model, and founding team background.
TechCrunch · Aug 2020
Early launch coverage describing OpenUnit’s product vision, YC Winter 2020 participation, and its all-in-one approach for self-storage facilities.
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