Hammock keeps landlord books from Open Banking bank feeds and sends Making Tax Digital updates; it monitors rent through read-only feeds rather than collecting it. Possession notices, a compliance score and a lettings funnel are not listed on its pricing page. Below are six other products on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital list and LetCompliance, each with its own published prices and records. LetCompliance publishes this page and lists itself first; the others follow A to Z.
The main alternatives to Hammock for UK landlords in 2026 are LetCompliance, August, FreeAgent, Landlord Studio, Landlord Vision, Lendlord and PaTMa. LetCompliance, which publishes this page, is listed first: it runs the whole let, from the advert to Making Tax Digital, from £7.99 a month.
At a glance
Prices and HMRC listings in one table
Scroll sideways on a phone. LetCompliance is shown first, then Hammock for reference, then the others. Each cost is the provider’s own published price on 24 October 2026; the plan, the VAT and any extra charge behind it are under its entry. HMRC’s statuses are its own labels for UK property income.
At a glance
01LetCompliance
LeavingHammock
02August
03FreeAgent
04Landlord Studio
05Landlord Vision
06Lendlord
07PaTMa
1 property, a month
£7.99 (Single, 1 property)
Basic £8 +VAT, or £76.80 +VAT a year
£0 without MTD, or Growth £8.99 with it
£10 +VAT (£5 for six months)
MTD Go £0, plus £5 per MTD submission
Starter £7.99 +VAT billed yearly, or £8.79 +VAT monthly
£0 without MTD, or Premium £12 with it
Free £0
5 properties, a month
£19 (Portfolio, up to 10)
Standard £15 +VAT, or £144 +VAT a year
Growth £8.99, or £89.99 a year
£10 +VAT (£5 for six months)
Pro £17.40 +VAT, or £14 +VAT billed yearly
Standard £29.97 +VAT billed yearly, or £34.97 +VAT monthly
Premium £12, or £99 a year
Pro £15
10 properties, a month
£19 (Portfolio, up to 10)
Standard £15 +VAT, or £144 +VAT a year
Portfolio £14.99, or £149.99 a year
£10 +VAT (£5 for six months)
Pro £23.40 +VAT, or £19 +VAT billed yearly
Standard £29.97 +VAT billed yearly, or £34.97 +VAT monthly
Premium £12, or £99 a year
Pro £22.50
HMRC finder: quarterly updates
Ready now
Ready now
Ready now
Ready now
Ready now
Ready now
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HMRC finder: tax return
Ready now
Ready now
In development
Ready now
In development
Ready now
In development
In development
The alternatives
The alternatives to Hammock, with their records
LetCompliance first, as the publisher’s own software, then the others A to Z. Each one is described from its own site, with its cost a month at 1, 5 and 10 properties, its listing on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder and its company on Companies House.
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LetCompliance
Listed first: the publisher’s own software
Landlord software that runs the whole let, from the advert to Making Tax Digital.
Plans are one price for each size of portfolio, never a charge per property, a month: £7.99 for 1 property, £14.99 for up to 3, £19 for up to 10, £29 for up to 20 and £49 for any number. No VAT is added. Every new landlord account starts with a 3-day trial and no card.
Why it is first
LetCompliance publishes this page and lists itself first, as its own product. That is the publisher’s view, not a neutral test: every other product is described from its own site, with the date it was read, and they follow A to Z.
For a landlord leaving Hammock, LetCompliance runs the let and the books from one set of records: the advert and referencing, the tenancy signed online, rent collected by Direct Debit rather than read from a feed, repairs, Section 8 and Section 13 notices, and the same Making Tax Digital quarterly updates for UK property income.
What it runs
Lettings in one place: adverts, applications and viewings, and a credit-backed reference ordered from the tenancy for £24.99, or £19.99 for a guarantor.
The tenancy agreement built for the rules since 1 May 2026 and signed online, with the move-in pack and the deposit’s Prescribed Information.
Rent collected by Direct Debit into your own Stripe account, on paid plans and the trial. No commission is taken on the rent. Stripe charges 1% of each Direct Debit payment with a 20p minimum and a £4 cap, and £5 for a disputed payment.
Repairs reported by tenants through a portal with no app and no password, each on a response clock, with inspections, and inventories on paid plans and the trial.
Section 8 and Section 13 notices on Forms 3A and 4A, and the possession tracker, on every paid plan.
Making Tax Digital quarterly updates for UK property income sent to HMRC, with the SA105 tax pack, on every paid plan.
Certificates tracked with reminders, and a 0 to 100 score for each property.
What it does not do
It has no Open Banking bank feed: bank statements are uploaded as a CSV and matched line by line.
It has no Rightmove, Zoopla or OnTheMarket feed: adverts are public on its own to-let pages or by link, with the text and photos ready to post elsewhere.
It has no App Store or Google Play app: it runs in the phone’s browser.
Its Making Tax Digital covers UK property income only, for the landlord’s own return, on paid plans, not the free plan or the trial.
Prices and records, read 24 October 2026
Cost a month
1 property
£7.99 (Single, 1 property)
5 properties
£19 (Portfolio, up to 10)
10 properties
£19 (Portfolio, up to 10)
One price for each size of portfolio, never a charge per property, with no VAT added; Making Tax Digital is on every paid plan.
HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder
“LetCompliance”, product 3596: paid version, for individuals only, UK property income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “Ready now”.
Company (Companies House)
None: LetCompliance is run by its founder, Erdem Volkan, as a sole trader.
One app for the landlord and the tenant: bank accounts connected to match rent as it lands, and tenants using the app at no cost for rent, documents and repairs.
Read on its own site
Features on 6 October 2026; prices, HMRC’s finder and Companies House on 24 October 2026.
What its own site lists
In-app tenant rent payments through Open Banking.
Room-level rent and per-room payment dates for HMOs.
Receipt photos read into the expense: amount, date and supplier.
Certificate reminders, with AI expiry-date extraction from uploaded certificates.
Plans priced by tenancy, with properties unlimited.
Prices and records, read 24 October 2026
Cost a month
1 property
£0 without MTD, or Growth £8.99 with it
5 properties
Growth £8.99, or £89.99 a year
10 properties
Portfolio £14.99, or £149.99 a year
Priced by tenancy: Free covers 2, Growth 5, Portfolio 20 and Portfolio+ any number at £29.99 a month (£299.99 a year). Its FAQ names Growth as the step up for Making Tax Digital reporting. VAT is not stated.
HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder
“August”, product 3449: paid version, for individuals only, UK property income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “In development”.
Accounts and tax for unincorporated landlords: it fills in the SA105 pages and works out each owner’s part of a jointly owned property.
Read on its own site
Features on 24 September 2026; prices, HMRC’s finder and Companies House on 24 October 2026.
What its own site lists
The 20% finance-cost relief applied.
Mileage recorded.
Bank transaction sync and Smart Capture receipts.
Rental statement import.
Prices and records, read 24 October 2026
Cost a month
1 property
£10 +VAT (£5 for six months)
5 properties
£10 +VAT (£5 for six months)
10 properties
£10 +VAT (£5 for six months)
One price for UK unincorporated landlords: £10 +VAT a month, £5 for the first six months, or £100 +VAT a year. £0 with a NatWest, RBS or Ulster Bank business current account, or a Mettle account used each month.
HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder
“FreeAgent”, product 3192: paid version, for individuals and agents, UK property and sole trader income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “Ready now”.
“FreeAgent for free with Mettle, NatWest & RBS”, product 3575: free version, for individuals and agents, UK property and sole trader income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “Ready now”.
Company (Companies House)
FREEAGENT CENTRAL LTD, company number SC316774: “Active”, incorporated 19 February 2007.
Bookkeeping from Open Banking bank feeds, with native apps on the App Store and Google Play and a Xero integration on Pro and Pro Plus.
Read on its own site
Features on 6 October 2026; prices, HMRC’s finder and Companies House on 24 October 2026.
What its own site lists
Listings, leads and applications, with custom screening questions in the UK.
Rent tracking with overdue flags and automated reminders, on Pro.
A tenant portal, and a maintenance board with priority set by hand.
HMO management, tracked by unit.
A compliance checklist for each tenancy, with a dated record of documents served.
Prices and records, read 24 October 2026
Cost a month
1 property
MTD Go £0, plus £5 per MTD submission
5 properties
Pro £17.40 +VAT, or £14 +VAT billed yearly
10 properties
Pro £23.40 +VAT, or £19 +VAT billed yearly
MTD Go covers up to 3 units, with £5 for each MTD submission (VAT not stated). Pro is £15 +VAT a month for 3 units, or £12 +VAT billed yearly, then £1.20 +VAT a unit billed monthly or £1 +VAT billed yearly.
HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder
“Landlord Studio”, product 3336: paid version, for individuals and agents, UK property income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “In development”.
“Nexus by Landlord Studio”, product 3420: paid version, for individuals and agents, UK property income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “In development”.
Full property accounts with Open Banking bank feeds, and a tax return sent for UK property, sole trader and foreign property income, as HMRC’s finder lists it.
Read on its own site
Features on 24 September 2026; prices, HMRC’s finder and Companies House on 24 October 2026.
What its own site lists
Bacs Direct Debit rent collection through a GoCardless integration.
A Section 8 notice in its legal document centre, on Standard and up.
E-signatures and a tenant portal, on Standard and up.
Tenant referencing, agent statements and Xero, on Enterprise.
Right to rent tracking, and an online tenant application form.
Prices and records, read 24 October 2026
Cost a month
1 property
Starter £7.99 +VAT billed yearly, or £8.79 +VAT monthly
5 properties
Standard £29.97 +VAT billed yearly, or £34.97 +VAT monthly
10 properties
Standard £29.97 +VAT billed yearly, or £34.97 +VAT monthly
Priced by active tenancy. Starter covers up to 4 at 60% off for the first two years, then £19.97 +VAT billed yearly or £21.97 +VAT monthly; Standard covers 10. Prices exclude VAT, and yearly plans are billed upfront.
HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder
“Landlord Vision”, product 3378: paid version, for individuals only, UK property, sole trader and foreign property income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “Ready now”.
Company (Companies House)
LANDLORD VISION LTD, company number 08657841: “Active”, incorporated 20 August 2013.
Finance beside the portfolio: deal analysis, valuations, and buy-to-let mortgage and bridging applications.
Read on its own site
Features on 24 September 2026; prices, HMRC’s finder and Companies House on 24 October 2026.
What its own site lists
Gas Safety, EICR, EPC and licence renewal alerts, on Premium plans.
A tenancy agreement generator, and an Information Sheet audit trail.
E-signatures: 10 a month on Premium, unlimited on Premium Plus.
A tenant app with tenancy details, documents and repair reports.
Rent tracking with overdue alerts and reminders.
Prices and records, read 24 October 2026
Cost a month
1 property
£0 without MTD, or Premium £12 with it
5 properties
Premium £12, or £99 a year
10 properties
Premium £12, or £99 a year
No property limit is shown on the plan cards. Premium is £12 a month, or £8.25 a month billed annually (£99 a year), and Premium Plus £36, or £25 billed annually; both include MTD submissions. VAT is not stated.
HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder
“Lendlord”, product 3497: paid version, for individuals only, UK property income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “In development”.
Company (Companies House)
LENDLORD LIMITED, company number 11973095: “Active”, incorporated 1 May 2019.
One unit at £0 with Making Tax Digital included, beside deal analysis and sourcing tools for buying.
Read on its own site
Features on 24 September 2026; prices, HMRC’s finder and Companies House on 24 October 2026.
What its own site lists
A Section 13 (Form 4A) generator with an e-signature audit trail.
An Information Sheet tool with delivery and receipt tracking.
Gas, EICR, EPC and licence reminders by email and SMS.
A tenant portal for documents, rent due, repairs and messages, on Pro.
Two-way Xero rent sync, on Pro.
Prices and records, read 24 October 2026
Cost a month
1 property
Free £0
5 properties
Pro £15
10 properties
Pro £22.50
Prices include VAT. Free covers 1 unit; Pro is £15 a month for 5 units, then £1.50 a unit.
HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder
“PaTMa Property Manager”, product 3219: free version, for individuals only, UK property income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “In development”.
The books kept from read-only Open Banking bank feeds, with Making Tax Digital quarterly updates and the final declaration listed on every Hammock plan, foreign property included.
Read on its own site
Features on 6 October 2026; prices, HMRC’s finder and Companies House on 24 October 2026.
What its own site lists
Landlord bookkeeping from read-only Open Banking bank feeds, matching rent and costs to properties and tenants.
Making Tax Digital quarterly updates and the final declaration on every Hammock plan, for UK and foreign property income.
Joint-ownership splits for Making Tax Digital.
An arrears tracker with late or missing payment alerts.
Document and certificate expiry reminders.
Per-property profit and loss and tax statements, with mileage claims feeding the tax statement.
HMO support.
Plans by number of properties: Basic for 1 to 3, Standard for 4 to 10, Plus for 11 to 20.
What its own pages do not list
Collecting the rent: it monitors rent through read-only bank feeds rather than collecting it.
Possession notices, a compliance score and a lettings funnel are not listed on its pricing page (read 24 October 2026).
Read on Hammock’s own site on 6 October 2026 for the head-to-head comparison; prices, HMRC’s finder and Companies House read on 24 October 2026.
Prices and records, read 24 October 2026
Cost a month
1 property
Basic £8 +VAT, or £76.80 +VAT a year
5 properties
Standard £15 +VAT, or £144 +VAT a year
10 properties
Standard £15 +VAT, or £144 +VAT a year
Plans by number of properties: Basic 1 to 3, Standard 4 to 10, Plus 11 to 20 at £25 +VAT, then £1.50 +VAT a property from 21. MTD quarterly updates and the final declaration are listed on every Hammock plan.
HMRC’s Making Tax Digital finder
“Hammock for landlords”, product 3156: paid version, for individuals and agents, UK property and foreign property income. In the finder’s results for UK property income: quarterly updates “Ready now”; tax return “Ready now”.
There is no automatic transfer from Hammock: the move is a spreadsheet and your own files, and the steps below take it in order. The tenancies themselves carry on as they are.
Take your records out of Hammock. Hammock’s help centre explains how to export the categorised transactions from your tax statement as a CSV (read 6 October 2026). Download it for the current tax year and the last one, and keep it with your records.
Bring the portfolio in from one spreadsheet. Open Properties, choose Import and upload a spreadsheet saved as CSV: one row per tenant, or per room for an HMO, with the address, town and postcode. Rent, deposit, certificate, licence, insurance and mortgage details come in if the sheet has them. Columns it does not recognise are listed back to you by name, and importing the same sheet again updates what is there instead of adding it twice. The import guide lists every column.
Add the certificates and documents. Drop the certificate files in as a batch and the dates are read from each one, for you to check. Upload signed agreements and other documents to each property.
Move the rent to Direct Debit. Connect your own Stripe account and invite every tenant not yet asked to pay by Direct Debit, 20 at a time; each tenant authorises the mandate. No commission is taken on the rent. Stripe charges 1% of each Direct Debit payment with a 20p minimum and a £4 cap, and £5 for a disputed payment.
Carry on Making Tax Digital mid-year. Each quarterly update covers the tax year so far, so bring the year in before your first update from LetCompliance: this tax year’s bank statements as CSV, each line matched or recorded once you confirm it. LetCompliance checks HMRC for quarters already sent through other software, and GOV.UK says a landlord cannot use more than one software product to send quarterly updates of property income. Switching software mid-year sets out what the new product has to do. Making Tax Digital is on every paid plan, not the free plan or the trial.
Send your tenants their portal links. Send portal links to every tenant without one, 20 at a click. Each tenant gets a link of their own, with no app and no password, for rent, repairs, messages and documents. The tenancy itself carries on as it is.
What comes across
Properties, HMO rooms and tenants, from one CSV.
Tenancy dates, the rent and how often it is due, and the deposit details.
Certificate, licence, insurance and mortgage dates.
Certificates, signed agreements and other documents, uploaded to each property.
This tax year’s money, from bank statements saved as CSV, on paid plans and the trial.
What stays with Hammock
The bank feed and its categorisation rules: LetCompliance matches statements you upload rather than reading a live feed.
Past rent payments: the import takes the current rent, not a ledger of past payments, so keep Hammock’s export with your records.
Anything automatic: there is no transfer from Hammock to LetCompliance, only your spreadsheet and your files.
Prices: each provider’s own pricing page, read on 24 October 2026 between 16:06 and 16:20 UK time, for the round-ups on this site. The cost at 1, 5 and 10 properties is worked out from the published price and the charge for each extra unit, tenancy or lease, counting one property as one of each, with VAT as each page states it.
Making Tax Digital: HMRC’s software finder, the official list, read the same day. The quarterly update and tax return statuses are HMRC’s own labels in its results for UK property income; a product not on the finder is marked “Not listed”.
Company: Companies House, the official UK register, for the company each provider names on its own pages, by name and number.
What each product does: its own website, pricing and help pages, read on the date given under each entry for the comparisons and round-ups on this site. Only what its own pages say is written here; nothing was bought or tried, so this is a desk comparison, not a hands-on trial.
LetCompliance publishes these pages and lists itself first. Its prices come from its own plan list and its listing from the same HMRC finder.
The main alternatives to Hammock for UK landlords in 2026 are LetCompliance, August, FreeAgent, Landlord Studio, Landlord Vision, Lendlord and PaTMa. LetCompliance, which publishes this page, is listed first: it runs the whole let, from the advert to Making Tax Digital, from £7.99 a month. The others follow A to Z, each with its price at 1, 5 and 10 properties as its own pricing page gave it on 24 October 2026.
Is the move from Hammock to LetCompliance automatic?
No. The move is a spreadsheet and your own files, in the order the switching steps on this page set out, and the help centre’s guide to moving from Hammock gives each step in full.
Does Hammock collect rent?
Hammock reads rent from read-only bank feeds rather than collecting it (its own pages, read 6 October 2026). LetCompliance collects rent by Direct Debit into your own Stripe account with no commission, and records each payment against the tenancy.
What do the alternatives to Hammock cost for five properties?
As each pricing page gave it on 24 October 2026, a month: LetCompliance: £19 (Portfolio, up to 10); August: Growth £8.99, or £89.99 a year; FreeAgent: £10 +VAT (£5 for six months); Landlord Studio: Pro £17.40 +VAT, or £14 +VAT billed yearly; Landlord Vision: Standard £29.97 +VAT billed yearly, or £34.97 +VAT monthly; Lendlord: Premium £12, or £99 a year; PaTMa: Pro £15. Hammock itself: Standard £15 +VAT, or £144 +VAT a year. The plan, the VAT and any extra charge behind each figure are under its entry.
Which alternatives to Hammock are on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital list?
LetCompliance publishes this page and lists itself first, as its own product. That is the publisher’s view, not a neutral test: every other product is described from its own site, with the date it was read, and they follow A to Z.
Editorial discipline
LetCompliance publishes this page and lists itself first, as its own product. That is the publisher’s view, not a neutral test: every other product is described from its own site, with the date it was read, and they follow A to Z. The review date at the top is the day this page was last reviewed and changed; the day each provider’s prices and features were read is given under each entry and in the method. Read the editorial standards.
Bring a let across
Bring your Hammock portfolio across in one spreadsheet
From £7.99 a month for one property. Properties, rooms, tenants, rents and certificate dates come in from one CSV, and the let runs in one place from there: the advert and the applicants, the tenancy and its signatures, the rent and the arrears, the repairs, the notices and the tax figures.
