LetCompliance vs PaTMa
PaTMa pairs a property-sourcing tool (deal analysis, refurb cost calculators, Land Registry / Rightmove pull-through) with a property manager covering tenancies and e-signed agreements, rent records, certificate and licence reminders, a tenant portal, Section 13 notices, Xero and MTD quarterly updates. LetCompliance is purpose-built around the regulatory and tax layer: a 0-100 compliance score, full Section 8 / Section 13 / Awaab’s Law notice generators, RRA 2025 toolkit, timestamped evidence pack, and a Section 24 + SA105 + MTD ITSA tax toolkit. Together they cover the full landlord lifecycle from offer to filing.
Recognised by HMRC for Making Tax DigitalThe bottom line
from the advert to the tax return
LetCompliance is landlord software for the whole let, in one login: lettings, rent and arrears, e-sign, compliance, Section 8 / 13 notices and landlord tax, including Making Tax Digital.
PaTMa still leads on its specialism, and the breakdown below says where.
Side by side
The PaTMa column says only what PaTMa’s own website shows, read on 24 September 2026. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide.
Also in LetCompliance
29 more parts of the let, in the same login. They are not compared with PaTMa here, so for their side, look at their own website.
- Advertise + take applications + book viewings
- Waiting list / register-interest capture
- Holding deposits (Tenant Fees Act 2019)
- Tenant referencing (regulated UK credit check)
- Move-in pack: statutory documents assembled
- Rent collection (Bacs Direct Debit)Rent is collected by Bacs Direct Debit through Stripe Connect, paid into your own account. There is no Open Banking bank-feed reconciliation.
- Landlord / owner portal
- Maintenance work orders + AI repair triage
- Professional photography, inventory & inspections
- Accompanied viewings & contractor sourcing
- Tenant Risk Report + arrears-recovery service
- AI expiry-date detection on uploaded certificates
- 0-100 compliance score per property
- Deposit protection deadline tracking
- HMO room-level management
- Pet request 28-day tracker (RRA 2025)
- Section 8 notice builder (Schedule 2 grounds)
- Awaab’s Law damp-and-mould SLA engine
- PRS Database readiness trackerLive today: per-property register-readiness checklist, regional deadline, and status, ref and date. HMO-aware.
- Capital gains tax calculator
- Mileage log
- Receipt / invoice scanning
- Client accounting: statements + CMP reconciliation
- Property valuation tracker (HM Land Registry HPI)
- Insurance renewal tracker
- Planned maintenance scheduler
- Property key facts + key-date tracking
- Multi-branch agency workspaces
- Time to go live: Same-day self-serve
Choose LetCompliance when
- You already own the portfolio and need to run the lets: tenants, rent, repairs, certificates, notices on the current forms and the tax.
- You want a Section 24 + SA105 + MTD ITSA tax toolkit alongside compliance.
- A 0-100 compliance score and audit-logged tenant delivery are decisive for you.
Choose PaTMa when
- You actively source and analyse new BTL deals each month.
- Refurb cost estimates and yield modelling on Rightmove listings are core to your workflow.
- You want Land Registry pull-through during the offer stage.
Switching: the questions that matter
What moving across involves, answered for LetCompliance. What PaTMa can hand over is theirs to answer, so ask them.
- Can I get my data out of PaTMa?
- Ask PaTMa before you cancel, and export while the account is still open: properties, tenants, rent history and the documents. Check what the export actually includes, because a list of properties is not the same as the certificates and agreements behind them.
- How do my properties and tenants get in?
- One CSV file, the format any spreadsheet saves as. It carries properties, rooms, tenants, rent, tenancy start dates, deposits and the gas, electrical and EPC expiry dates. Every row is checked and shown to you before anything is imported.
- Do I have to move everything at once?
- No. Move one property first, on Single at £7.99 a month with Making Tax Digital included, and keep PaTMa for the rest until you have seen enough.
- What about Making Tax Digital part-way through a tax year?
- Each quarterly update covers the tax year from its start, not just the last three months, so the year’s income and expenses so far need to be in LetCompliance before it sends your next one. A bank statement imports as a CSV. You can use more than one product in a year, but only one for each submission (GOV.UK).
- Do my tenants need to do anything?
- Not to start. Each tenant gets their own portal link, with no account or password to set up. If you collect rent by Direct Debit through LetCompliance, each tenant sets the Direct Debit up from that portal, because only the account holder can authorise one.
- What happens to the deposit?
- Changing software does not touch it. A protected deposit stays with the same scheme, whether the scheme holds the money or insures it. Record the scheme and its reference here.
The verdict
LetCompliance or PaTMa?
Pick LetCompliance if
You already own the portfolio and need to run the lets: tenants, rent, repairs, certificates, notices on the current forms and the tax.
Pick PaTMa if
You actively source and analyse new BTL deals each month.
Still not sure? Put one property on LetCompliance, from £7.99 a month, and keep PaTMa for the rest. A month of your own rent, certificates and tenants will settle it faster than any table.
LetCompliance wrote this page, so this is its view. Both sides above say where the other one is better.
FAQs
Can I use PaTMa for sourcing and LetCompliance to run the let?
Yes. PaTMa is built around deal analysis (find the property, model the numbers, plan the refurb) and also offers a property manager; LetCompliance runs the whole let (advertising, rent, compliance, Section 8 / 13 notices and SA105 tax).
Does PaTMa generate Section 8 or Section 13 notices?
PaTMa generates Section 13 (Form 4A) rent-increase notices with e-signature, tenancy agreements and the Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet. Section 8 notices are not listed on its pricing page. LetCompliance builds the Section 8 (all grounds with particulars), the Section 13 notice, the Prescribed Information PDF, a Right to Rent wizard and an Awaab’s Law SLA engine.
Does LetCompliance pull from Rightmove or Land Registry?
No, deliberately. LetCompliance runs the let after purchase rather than deal sourcing; pair it with PaTMa if sourcing is core to your workflow.
Is LetCompliance property management software, or mainly a compliance tool?
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.
Which should a UK landlord choose: LetCompliance or PaTMa?
The page above sets what PaTMa'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; PaTMa 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.
Does LetCompliance handle Making Tax Digital and SA105 tax as well as PaTMa?
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.
Are these PaTMa comparisons independent and kept up to date?
They are written by LetCompliance, which says so plainly. The PaTMa column shows only what PaTMa's own website says, with the date it was read, and every page names where PaTMa 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.
The whole let in one login, from £7.99 a month.
Start with one property on a paid plan, Making Tax Digital included, and see how it runs your let before you move the rest. Portfolio covers up to ten properties for £19 a month.
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