LetCompliance vs Goodlord

You can, but there is real overlap: both reference tenants, e-sign, collect rent and track certificates, so running both means paying twice for the middle of the stack. The parts that differ most are at the two ends: Goodlord’s insurance (rent protection and legal expenses cover) and LetCompliance’s Section 8 builder, 0-100 score and SA105 / MTD tax. Agents who want possession handled as software, or who want landlord tax in the same login, tend to run LetCompliance alone; agents who want the risk insured keep Goodlord for that.

Yes. Goodlord’s Section 13 page says agents complete the Form 4A process from the tenancy record, with checks on notice periods and intervals and an audit trail. LetCompliance builds the Section 13 on Form 4A with the 2-month notice period, the 52-week interval and the tribunal note applied, and also builds Section 8 notices (14 grounds with Schedule 2 wording verbatim).

Yes. You can order a credit-backed reference, full tenant reference or guarantor reference, pay-per-check, via a regulated UK credit reference agency, straight from the tenancy. Goodlord still leads on a unified referencing-plus-onboarding flow, and its references are “fully insurable” for its Rent Protection, which LetCompliance’s are not, so some agents prefer it for high-volume onboarding. Either way LetCompliance then runs the live tenancy: rent, compliance scoring, possession notices and tax in one login.

It is property management software for landlords and letting agents, and it runs the whole let, not just compliance. In one login you advertise, take applications and viewings, reference tenants, e-sign the tenancy, collect rent by Direct Debit and chase arrears, track a 0-100 compliance score, draft Section 8 and Section 13 notices, manage HMO rooms, book done-for-you property services and prepare your SA105 tax. The compliance score is one feature among many, not the whole product.

The page above sets what Goodlord's own website says it does beside LetCompliance, and lists everything else LetCompliance does. For most UK landlords and small-to-mid agencies who want the whole tenancy in one place, LetCompliance covers more of the let; Goodlord is the better pick for the specific areas it leads on, which are called out above. LetCompliance starts at £7.99 a month for one property, with a 3-day trial and no card.

LetCompliance ships an SA105-shaped Tax Pack, a Section 24 personal-vs-limited-company calculator, a capital-gains calculator and a mileage log, and it sends Making Tax Digital quarterly updates for UK property income to HMRC on every paid plan from £7.99 a month (not the free plan or the trial). It is recognised by HMRC for UK property income, and if your return needs self-employment, savings or dividend income you finalise the year with software that can add it, or with your accountant.

They are written by LetCompliance, which says so plainly. The Goodlord column shows only what Goodlord's own website says, with the date it was read, and every page names where Goodlord is the better choice and the one thing LetCompliance does not do (Open Banking bank-feed reconciliation). Providers change their plans and prices without notice, so check theirs before you buy.