LionDesk sunset · September 2025
Lone Wolf sunset LionDesk in September 2025. If you're still scrambling for a replacement, or already migrated and not happy, here's the action playbook agents are using to land somewhere flat-rate, modern, and built for them.
What happened
LionDesk was acquired by Lone Wolf Technologies in 2021. After four years inside the parent org, the product was sunset. Here's the timeline real estate agents lived through.
2014
Built around text and video messaging at a time when most real estate CRMs were email-only. Quickly picks up the affordable-yet-modern slot in the market.
2018
An AI text-based lead qualifier, and an early entrant in the AI follow-up space that became one of the product's signature features.
2021
Lone Wolf, a transaction-management consolidator, takes ownership. Product roadmap slows. Customer support reorganized.
2024
Feature releases drop to a trickle. Existing users start asking what the long-term plan is. No public answer.
September 2025
Lone Wolf announces LionDesk will be sunset. Existing customers get a migration window. New signups closed. The lights go off.
Migration playbook
No multi-week migration project. The data export and re-platform is genuinely fast if you do it in this order.
Log in (if you still can), pull your full contacts CSV, plus any tags, custom fields, and notes. Save the export locally. If your account is already locked, contact Lone Wolf support. They typically issue final exports on request.
~10 minutes
Skip the per-user enterprise platforms. Most former LionDesk users want the same affordable, modern feel. Look for: flat pricing, built-in calling and SMS, social DM auto-reply, AI follow-up, real-estate-native pipelines.
~15 minutes
Upload the CSV. Map your custom fields. Pick a pre-built pipeline template. Rebuild your top 2-3 drip sequences in the new tool. Send a "we've moved" text to your sphere. You're live.
~30 minutes
Feature mapping
Side-by-side mapping of every LionDesk feature you relied on, and where it lives in Jtek. Nothing critical is missing.
| Was in LionDesk | Is in Jtek |
|---|---|
| Contact database with tags, custom fields, notes | Same: full CSV import, custom fields preserved |
| Text messaging (1-to-1 and drip) | Built-in 2-way SMS plus automated drip sequences |
| Video email messaging | Built-in video email and Loom integration |
| LionBot AI lead qualifier | Jtek AI Assistant: drafts replies, summarizes calls, suggests next steps |
| Drip campaigns and email templates | Email and SMS sequences with branching automation |
| Calendar and appointment booking | Built-in booking calendar with reminders |
| Power dialer (paid add-on) | Built-in dialer included, no extra fee |
| Lead capture forms | Forms and landing pages (no IDX, pipe yours via webhook) |
| Not in LionDesk: missed-call auto-text | Auto-text fires in 8 seconds on every missed call |
| Not in LionDesk: IG and TikTok DM auto-reply | Auto-replies to social DMs and saves them as leads |
Why Jtek
We're not the only option. Here's the honest pitch for why agents who liked LionDesk's affordable-and-modern positioning end up at Jtek.
One price. Whole team. No per-user math, no surprise tier upgrades, no setup fee. The same affordable positioning LionDesk had, but for the next decade.
CSV import, pre-built buyer and seller pipelines, your phone number ported in. Direct setup with Jesse, an agent, not a generic onboarding rep.
Missed-call auto-text in 8 seconds. IG and TikTok DM auto-reply. AI assistant in the sidebar drafting follow-ups while you drive between showings.
FAQ
Short answers. No fluff.
Yes. Lone Wolf Technologies sunset LionDesk in September 2025. The product no longer accepts new accounts and existing customers were given migration windows.
Depends on when you read this. If you still have access to your LionDesk dashboard, export contacts and any custom-field data as CSV today. If your account is already locked, contact Lone Wolf support. They may be able to provide a final data export.
Most agents are fully set up in under an hour. Import your contact CSV, connect your phone number and email, pick a pre-built pipeline template. You can be sending follow-ups by tomorrow morning.
You'll rebuild them, but the upside is most agents simplify their drip during migration. We've found agents typically run 60% fewer sequences post-migration with better conversion.
$60/mo flat for the whole platform: CRM, pipeline, calling, SMS, drip sequences, AI assistant, websites, social DM auto-reply, missed-call auto-text. The only variable cost is your text message and call usage at standard provider rates (a few cents per message), which is the same with any CRM.
Smart move. See the full alternatives hub for side-by-side breakdowns of every major real estate CRM. Or read the Jtek vs LionDesk head-to-head for the row-by-row comparison.