Best Software for Small Landlords: 1 to 5 Properties (UK, 2026)

LetCompliance is landlord and property management software that runs the whole let, priced for a small portfolio: £7.99 a month for 1 property, £14.99 for up to 3 and £19 for up to 10, with no VAT added and Making Tax Digital on every paid plan. The advert and applications, the tenancy agreement drafted and signed online, the deposit and its Prescribed Information, rent by Direct Debit into the landlord’s own Stripe account with no commission, repairs from the tenant portal and, on paid plans, Section 8 and Section 13 notices on the current forms in England all sit on the same records the quarterly updates are sent from. On HMRC’s finder its tax return is Ready now for UK property income, and it 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, and no relief or charge to add. Its limits are plain. It is not the lowest price: at each of 1, 3 and 5 properties some tools here cost less a month. It has no Open Banking bank feed, so bank statements come in as CSV files; its Making Tax Digital covers UK property income only and is not part of the 3-day trial; and it is a web app, with no App Store or Google Play listing. It ranks first because one login runs the let and the tax for one to five properties.

Hammock keeps a landlord’s books and files Making Tax Digital, priced in bands: Basic covers 1 to 3 properties at £8 +VAT a month, or £76.80 +VAT a year, and Standard 4 to 10 at £15 +VAT. Every plan lists MTD quarterly updates, the final declaration, rent and arrears tracking and unlimited bank feeds, and on HMRC’s finder its tax return is Ready now for UK property income, with foreign property covered too. Its lead is the books: rent and costs arrive from the bank feed, where LetCompliance reads bank statements as CSV files. At 3 properties it costs less a month than LetCompliance, and at 5 its £15 +VAT comes to £18 with VAT, against LetCompliance’s £19. It ranks second because tenancy agreements, a tenant portal and notices are not among the features on its pricing page, and its page says no payments can be started from a Hammock account.

Landlord Vision is accounting-first landlord software priced by active tenancy. Starter covers up to 4 tenancies at £7.99 +VAT a month billed yearly, or £8.79 +VAT monthly, at 60% off for its first two years, then £19.97 +VAT billed yearly; Standard covers 10 at £29.97 +VAT billed yearly. Starter lists rental income tracking, expense management, Open Banking bank feeds, receipt scanning and MTD, and Standard adds e-signatures, a legal document centre and a tenant portal. Its lead is income beyond property: its listing on HMRC’s finder covers sole trader and foreign property income as well as UK property, with the tax return Ready now, where LetCompliance covers UK property income only. It ranks third because a fifth tenancy moves it to Standard at £29.97 +VAT billed yearly, and the tenant portal and e-signatures start there.

Landlord Studio’s MTD Go plan costs nothing a month for up to 3 units and charges £5 for each MTD submission, VAT not stated, so 4 quarterly updates come to £20 a year. MTD Go lists income and expense tracking, a receipt scanner, a mileage tracker, listings and applications, and a tenant portal with maintenance requests. Pro, at £15 +VAT a month for 3 units or £12 +VAT billed yearly, then £1.20 +VAT a unit (£1 billed yearly), adds bank feeds and includes the MTD submissions. Its lead is that entry price: at 2 or 3 units it is the lowest cost on this list for sending the quarterly updates. On HMRC’s finder its quarterly updates are Ready now and its tax return In development, and its page does not say whether the tax return counts as a £5 submission. It ranks fourth because the tax return is not yet Ready now on the finder.

August prices by tenancy, with no per-property fees: its free plan covers 2 tenancies without Making Tax Digital, Growth covers 5 at £8.99 a month with MTD reporting, and Portfolio 20 at £14.99; VAT is not stated, and its page says annual billing saves 20%. The free plan lists rent tracking, expense logging, compliance checklists, document storage and reminders, and tenants use its app for rent, documents and repairs at no charge. Its lead is the price at 4 or 5 tenancies: £8.99 a month with MTD reporting, against LetCompliance’s £19 at 5. On HMRC’s finder its quarterly updates are Ready now and its tax return In development. It ranks fifth because the tax return is not yet Ready now and Growth connects one bank account.

PaTMa Property Manager’s prices include VAT. Its free plan covers 1 unit and lists MTD readiness, rent and expense tracking, an inventory builder, certificate reminders and compliance checklists, and HMRC’s finder lists PaTMa Property Manager as a free version for UK property income. Pro is £15 a month for 5 units, then £1.50 a unit, and adds HMO management, e-signatures, Open Banking and a tenant portal. Its lead is one property at no monthly charge, with the quarterly updates Ready now on the finder. Its tax return is In development there, and from a second unit the price is Pro’s £15 a month. It ranks sixth because the tax return is not yet Ready now and the step from one unit to two is £15 a month.

Lendlord combines portfolio management with tools for buying: property sourcing, a deal analyser and property and rent valuations. Premium is £12 a month, or £99 a year, with no property limit shown on its plan cards and VAT not stated; it lists the MTD hub, up to 10 tenancy agreements and 10 digital signatures a month, tenant communications, maintenance reports, a mileage tracker and Open Banking for 3 bank accounts. Its lead is the buying side, beside a low yearly price for the management. On HMRC’s finder its quarterly updates are Ready now and its tax return In development. It ranks seventh because the tax return is not yet Ready now on the finder, and tenancy agreements and signatures stop at 10 a month on Premium.

Alphaletz’s Always Free plan covers 3 units, with task reminder emails, document storage, task management that links suppliers, tenants and owners, PDF reports and statements, a mobile app and a bank connection for 14 days; Pro covers 10 units at £11 a month billed annually, then £1.40 a unit, with prices excluding taxes. Its lead is 3 units with no monthly charge. It is not on HMRC’s finder, in its list for individuals or its list for agents, so Making Tax Digital updates for its records would go from another product. It ranks eighth because a landlord over the Making Tax Digital threshold needs software on that list.

Rentila is published by Rentila ltd, a company incorporated under Bulgarian law, as its own terms say. Its free plan covers 1 unit; Silver covers 2 to 5 units at £5.90 a month, or £59 a year, excluding tax, with unlimited tenants, tenancies and inventories, 10 e-signatures a month, bank account import and several users. Its lead is how much Silver carries for its price. It is not on HMRC’s finder, in its list for individuals or its list for agents, so Making Tax Digital updates for its records would go from another product. It ranks ninth because of that, for the small landlords the 2027 threshold brings in.