LetCompliance vs Property Hawk

Yes, by its own notice. Property Hawk’s sign-in page, read on 11 October 2026, says “We will be shutting down Property Manager at the end of July 2026” and “You should move to another platform”, although its main website still advertises the software. The notice does not say how to get records out, so if you can still sign in, download your tenancy reports, rent book and certificates now. Then bring your properties, tenants, deposits and certificate dates into LetCompliance with one CSV file, from £7.99 a month.

Property Hawk’s software has no fee, and its site links to partner landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgage and referencing services. The bigger cost of any tool is risk: a single missed EICR (up to £40k civil penalty), a missed deposit Prescribed Information (1–3× deposit penalty + blocked possession), or an out-of-date Gas Safety record (a criminal offence with an unlimited fine), easily costs more than a year of paid software.

Yes. Download your tenancy reports and statements from Property Hawk while you still can, then add your properties to LetCompliance by CSV: it takes the addresses, tenancy dates and rent details, and AI expiry detection pre-fills Gas / EICR / EPC dates the moment you upload the certificates.

Property Hawk’s forms page lists a Section 8 notice, a Section 13 rent change notice and Section 21 notices, which can no longer be served in England since 1 May 2026. The page does not mention the Renters’ Rights Act. LetCompliance builds the Section 8 on Form 3A and the Section 13 on Form 4A, and runs the Renters’ Rights Act work alongside: pet requests with the 28-day clock, the Information Sheet and damp-and-mould repair clocks.

Property Hawk was not in HMRC’s Making Tax Digital for Income Tax software finder when checked on 6 October 2026; its software pre-fills the land and property section of the annual tax return. LetCompliance sends your MTD quarterly updates for UK property income to HMRC on every paid plan from £7.99 a month (not the free plan or the trial), and also ships a Section 24 calculator, an SA105-shaped tax pack, a CSV export of your quarterly figures and a mileage log at HMRC’s simplified rates.

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 Property Hawk'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; Property Hawk 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 Property Hawk column shows only what Property Hawk's own website says, with the date it was read, and every page names where Property Hawk 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.