BuzzMeBro vs Protobuzz: the price, and what each says about your data
Checked 30 September 2026 · Every quote links to its sourceProtobuzz and BuzzMeBro are both buzzer services for apartments. Protobuzz is CA$4.99 a month. BuzzMeBro is $9.99 a month for the whole apartment and rings up to 4 phones. Here are the two side by side, with what each company has written down about your household’s data.
Side by side
| Service | Price | Promises not to sell your data | AI training | If the company is sold |
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| BuzzMeBroToronto, ON | $9.99 a month, or $7.92 on the yearly plan. Up to 4 phones | Yes, in the policy | Ruled out in the policy | Your data is deleted before the sale. The buyer gets none of it |
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| ProtobuzzToronto, ON | CA$4.99 a month. “Invite unlimited household members” | No promise either way | Not mentioned | Not mentioned |
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Prices are each company’s own published prices, in the currency they state. “Not mentioned” means exactly that: the policy is silent, so nothing has been promised either way.
Protobuzz, in its own words
Protobuzz
CA$4.99 a monthToronto, ON. Community CA$0. Standard CA$4.99 a month or CA$49.99 a year. Premium CA$9.99 a month or CA$99.99 a year.- Selling your data
- The privacy policy is about 250 words long and does not mention selling data, either way.
- If the company is sold
- The policy does not say what happens to your data if the company is sold.
- Advertising and tracking
- “We rely on third-party services (including Google Play Services, Google Analytics for Firebase, and Firebase Crashlytics) that may process data under their own terms.”
- AI training
- Says nothing about AI or model training, either way.
Sources: privacy policy (28 May 2024) · pricingWhat BuzzMeBro puts in writing
A buzzer service holds the mobile number of every adult in your home, your address and unit, and a log of when your door opens. BuzzMeBro is a Toronto company paid by subscription and nothing else, and its privacy policy commits to three things.
- Never soldYour phone numbers, your address and your door log are never sold, rented, licensed or traded. Not to advertisers, data brokers, landlords or anyone else.
- Never used to train AINot our own models and not anybody else’s. No AI company gets your household’s data from us, at any price.
- Not even if we are boughtIf BuzzMeBro is ever sold, your phone numbers, address and door log are deleted before the sale. A buyer never gets them.
What this does and does not show
Protobuzz’s privacy policy does not say it sells your data, and this page does not say so either. If price is all you are weighing, read both prices above and pick the one that suits you.
What the comparison shows is what each company has put in writing: whether your data can be sold, whether it can be used to train AI, and what happens to it if the company itself is sold. Open both policies and check. The wording above is copied from Protobuzz’s, and ours is here.
Questions people ask
How much does Protobuzz cost?
Community CA$0. Standard CA$4.99 a month or CA$49.99 a year. Premium CA$9.99 a month or CA$99.99 a year. That is Protobuzz’s own published pricing, checked on 30 September 2026.
What does Protobuzz’s privacy policy say about selling your data?
The privacy policy is about 250 words long and does not mention selling data, either way.
What happens to your data if Protobuzz is sold?
The policy does not say what happens to your data if the company is sold.
How is BuzzMeBro different from Protobuzz?
Both are buzzer services for apartments. BuzzMeBro is $9.99 a month and rings up to 4 phones, and its privacy policy commits that your data is never sold, never used to train AI, and is deleted before any sale of the company.
Other services, compared the same way
All 9 services in one table, or one at a time: FreshBuzzer, Condo Buzzer, Ringo, Buzmi, Buzzly, Enterkey, Lowkey Buzzer, Dingbot.
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