Best landlord compliance software (UK, 2026)

LetCompliance is the pick on this list: landlord and property management software that tracks certificates, licences and deadlines, drafts Section 8 and Section 13 notices and runs the deposit’s 30-day clock beside the rent, repairs and tax, from £7.99 a month. Compliance software has two jobs: to warn you before a duty lapses, and to keep a dated record that you met it. On this list Arthur sends certificate alerts 30 and 7 days before expiry and on the day, Landlord Vision has a compliance dashboard on every plan with a Section 8 template from its Standard plan, Landlord Studio gives each tenancy a checklist with expiry alerts, and Latch reads key dates from uploaded certificates. LetCompliance scores each property from 0 to 100, reads the expiry date from each uploaded gas, EICR or EPC certificate, sends reminders at 90, 30, 14, 7 and 1 days, and keeps a dated record of every document each tenant was sent, alongside the rent, repairs and tax for the same let.

LetCompliance and Latch both read the key dates from an uploaded certificate, so the reminders are set without typing a date in; the other tools on this list do not list it among their features. A mistyped year means a reminder that arrives a year late, and the duties do not wait: a gas safety check is due every 12 months, an EICR at least every five years, and a council can fine up to £40,000 for breaching the electrical safety rules. LetCompliance reads the expiry date from an uploaded gas safety record, EICR or EPC, sets reminders at 90, 30, 14, 7 and 1 days, and updates the property’s 0 to 100 score, from £7.99 a month.

For a letting agency, LetCompliance is letting agent software that runs every landlord client’s properties, compliance included, in one workspace, at £129 a month for unlimited branches, seats and properties on the Agency plan. An agency answers to more than the law: in England it must belong to a redress scheme and, if it holds client money, a client money protection scheme, and a complaint is decided on the documents it can produce. Arthur suits mid-size agencies that want one product for rent, maintenance, accounts and reminders, with certificate alerts and automations that can raise a work order. LetCompliance gives the agency a compliance score for each property, certificate and licence reminders, Section 8 and Section 13 drafting, Client Money Protection reconciliation with landlord statements, and a dated record of every document each tenant was sent, in a workspace with roles for the team.

It is software that tracks the legal documents and deadlines every assured tenancy in England relies on, and warns you before one lapses. That means the Gas Safety record (CP12), Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR), Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), deposit protection and Prescribed Information, Right to Rent checks, smoke and CO alarms, fire risk where required, HMO licensing, and the written statement of terms due before a new tenancy is entered into. The output you need on day one of a contested possession is an exportable PDF proof bundle of every certificate plus an audit log proving you served them on the tenant. LetCompliance, landlord software that also runs the rent, repairs and tax, keeps both on the same record as the let, from £7.99 a month.

Free tools usually cover reminders well and stop there, while the parts that decide a possession claim, such as a Section 8 notice with the right ground wording, are usually paid. Property Hawk, long the best-known free option, told users to move to another platform by the end of July 2026, so its users need a new home. LetCompliance is £7.99 a month for one property, with Section 8 and Section 13 notices, rent collection and the tax figures included; one property can also stay on its free plan with the compliance score, certificate tracking and reminders. Check exactly what any free tier’s notice form covers before relying on it. The maths is simple: a breach of the electrical safety rules can bring a civil penalty of up to £40,000, and an unprotected deposit blocks a Section 8 order until it is protected with the Prescribed Information given, or returned, so tools that track those cost less than one botched notice.

Of the seven, Landlord Studio, Landlord Vision and LetCompliance are on GOV.UK’s list of Making Tax Digital software (checked 24 September 2026), and so is Hammock, which is not on this list because it is built around bookkeeping. LetCompliance sends quarterly updates for UK property income to HMRC, on every paid plan from £7.99 a month, and submits the tax return when UK property is the only income you need to add yourself and you have no property loss from an earlier year, or capital allowance beyond a car, to claim. It is on GOV.UK’s list of software recognised by HMRC for Making Tax Digital, for UK property income.

Keep every certificate, licence and deadline on the property it belongs to and let the software work out what is due next; LetCompliance does this across any number of properties, from £7.99 a month. Certificates upload in bulk, with the dates read for you, and the spreadsheet import takes each property’s gas safety, EICR, EPC, fire risk assessment and legionella expiry dates, licence type and expiry, insurance renewal and mortgage end date. Each property gets a 0 to 100 compliance score that counts licences and the smoke and carbon monoxide alarm check, and the maintenance board shows planned servicing, safety checks, insurance, mortgages and keys out on every plan. A calendar feed puts every expiry, inspection and court date into Google, Apple or Outlook calendars with alarms, and on Portfolio and above the properties table sorts, filters and groups every property and downloads it as a CSV.

LetCompliance drafts a Section 8 notice (14 grounds with particulars) and a Section 13 rent-increase notice on the current forms. Landlord Vision has a Section 8 template on its Standard plan and above, and Property Hawk’s forms centre had a Section 8 form for the arrears grounds; the others do not list one. Check a tool’s own site before relying on it for notices. For self-managing landlords, this is the biggest difference on the list.

The date at the top of the page is the last check: each tool’s own pricing and product pages, and HMRC’s Making Tax Digital software finder. Most recent check: 2026-09-24.

Yes. Some portfolio landlords run two: an accounting tool (Landlord Vision or Hammock) for Open Banking bookkeeping, and LetCompliance or Arthur to run the lets. LetCompliance sends MTD quarterly updates for UK property income itself, so a second tool is only needed for what it does not cover, such as Open Banking feeds or self-employment income. HMRC lets you use more than one product, but only one for each submission, so decide which one sends each update.