The short answer: the best landlord software depends on how much of the work you want to do yourself. If you want a free, self-serve portfolio tracker with finance tools built in, Lendlord covers that. If you are happy doing your own admin in an app, August and Landlord Studio cover that ground, and Landlord Vision fits if you need deep accounting. If you run a portfolio and want the work done for you, your whole portfolio migrated and built for you within 24 hours, live valuations and equity tracking across every property, and a dedicated Property PA you can phone, that is the gap Propell was built to fill. The full comparison is below, including where each tool genuinely beats us.
A note on fairness: Propell publishes this guide and we would like you to choose us, so treat our recommendation accordingly. Every tool below is assessed on the same five criteria, we name the situations where a competitor is the better choice, and pricing was checked in August 2026 against each provider's published plans, which may have changed since. Judge for yourself.
How we judged
Five things matter most to UK landlords choosing software in 2026, in roughly this order:
The comparison at a glance
| Platform | Best for | Compliance | Valuations & mortgages | Setup & support | MTD for Income Tax | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Propell | Portfolio landlords who want it handled | Full reminders across every property | Bank-grade valuations, equity, LTV and mortgage rates | Migrated for you in 24 hours; dedicated portfolio PA by phone | MTD-ready records; Xero integration coming Q4 2026 | £24/month |
| Lendlord | Free finance-led tracking | Due date tracking | Yes, on paid plan | Self-serve; email and phone | Submission-ready records | Free; paid tier for advanced tools |
| August | Accidental landlords with 3 or fewer properties | Yes | No | Self-serve; AI assistant | Supported | £8.99/month |
| NRLA Portfolio | NRLA members | Yes | No | Self-serve; email | Supported | £12/month |
| Landlord Vision | Accounting-led portfolios | Yes | No | Self-serve; email | Supported | Paid only |
| Landlord Studio | Budget expense tracking | Partial | No | Self-serve; email | Supported | Low-cost tiers |
Competitor details reflect each provider's published information as of August 2026. Confirm current plans before deciding, and check HMRC's recognised software list before relying on any tool for a tax submission.
Propell: best for portfolio landlords who want it handled, not just organised
We will keep this short, since you know whose site you are on.
Propell is built for portfolio landlords: people with a growing set of properties, mortgages and compliance dates, and not enough hours to administer them. The difference is not a longer feature list, it is that the work is done for you. Send us your spreadsheet and your entire portfolio is migrated and built into your dashboard within 24 hours: every property, mortgage, tenancy and certificate loaded and organised. From there Propell tracks live valuations, equity and loan-to-value across every property, compares mortgage rates across all your loans so you can see which are costing you money, runs compliance reminders for gas safety, EICR, EPC, insurance and licences on every property at once, tracks rent, stores documents you can file by emailing them in, and keeps digital records that make Making Tax Digital preparation straightforward. Every plan covers up to 50 properties, because the platform is built for portfolio scale from the first property.
On the top plan, the Property PA changes what software support means. You can pick up the phone and speak to your dedicated Property PA, a real person who knows your portfolio, can answer your questions directly, and where something needs deeper expertise, puts you through to a specialist who can. No ticket queues, no chatbot, no waiting two days for an email.
Where others beat us, honestly: if you want a free tool, we are not it. And if you want to submit your own Making Tax Digital returns from inside your property software, some competitors, August included, offer direct HMRC submission today and we do not. That is a deliberate choice rather than a gap we have overlooked. Portfolio landlords at this scale almost always work with an accountant, with accounting software such as Xero running behind the scenes, so Propell is built to feed that setup rather than replace it, and a Xero integration goes live in the final quarter of this year. If you file your own returns and want your landlord software to submit them, another tool will serve you better today. If you have an accountant, your property platform does not need to double as your tax software.
Price: from £24 a month, up to 50 properties on every plan. Free trial, no card required.
How Propell compares with Lendlord
Lendlord is one of the best-known landlord platforms in the UK, and the comparison matters because on paper it sits closest to Propell: a portfolio dashboard covering ROI, LTV, yield and cash-on-cash metrics, deal analysis, mortgage monitoring that scans the market weekly for savings, and open banking connections. Most of the core platform is free, and its deal analysis tools are genuinely useful if you are appraising new purchases.
The differences sit in how the two are built and paid for. Lendlord's core is free because the business is built around the finance products it can then offer you: its finance arm is an appointed representative of an FCA-regulated firm, arranging buy-to-let mortgages, bridging finance and insurance. Everything about the platform is self-serve, property and rent valuations sit on the paid tier with monthly limits, and support runs through email, phone and a help centre rather than a person who knows your portfolio. Propell charges a subscription and puts the service in the product: your portfolio is migrated and built for you within 24 hours, valuations run on bank-grade data, compliance reminders cover gas safety, EICR, EPC, insurance and licences on every property, and on the top plan a dedicated Property PA answers the phone and puts you through to a specialist when one is needed. On Making Tax Digital the two are in the same place today: both keep submission-ready digital records rather than filing quarterly updates directly. Lendlord gives you a free dashboard to run yourself; Propell runs the portfolio admin for you.
Choose Lendlord if you want a free, self-serve tracker with finance tools and are happy doing everything yourself. Choose Propell if you want the same portfolio numbers with the work handled and a dedicated PA on the phone.
The rest of the field
Landlord Vision is the longest-established name here, centred on accounting: profit and loss, journals, e-signatures and tenancy management with MTD support. The depth comes with a steeper learning curve, paid-only pricing, and no valuations, no mortgage comparison and no done-for-you setup. NRLA Portfolio is included with membership of the NRLA, the UK's largest landlord association with over 110,000 members, or £12 a month standalone: tenancy records, automatic compliance dates and document storage, with email support. PortfolioPlus adds bank feeds and income and expense tracking for £5 a month on top, and PortfolioPro adds automatic quarterly HMRC submissions and end-of-year filing for £11 a month on top. It is admin and tax software at heart, self-serve throughout, with nothing on valuations, mortgage comparison or done-for-you service. August is an app-first tool for self-managing landlords and HMO operators: bank feeds, compliance checklists, calculators and MTD submission, free for two tenancies then £8.99 to £29.99 a month. Everything about it is self-serve, support runs through an AI chatbot rather than a person, and there are no valuations and no mortgage comparison. Landlord Studio is a bookkeeping tool at heart, receipt scanning, categorised expenses and tax-ready reports with MTD support, and it is light on the property management and compliance side. Rentila logs tenancies, rent and simple expenses for nothing, with no meaningful compliance engine and minimal support. All five are reasonable tools for the jobs they were built for; none was built for a portfolio landlord who wants the work handled.
And the option most landlords actually use: the spreadsheet
No comparison is honest without this one. Most UK landlords still run their portfolio on a spreadsheet, and for one property it can work. The problems arrive silently: the certificate nobody was watching, the mortgage that rolled onto a standard variable rate, the rent review that never happened. The penalty for a single missed Renters' Rights Act document is up to £7,000, which buys a lot of software. The honest case for any tool on this list is that it watches the things you forget to.
Which should you choose?
Common questions
What is the best property management software for portfolio landlords in the UK?
Propell is built specifically for portfolio landlords, with every plan covering up to 50 properties, portfolio-wide valuations, equity and mortgage comparison, done-for-you migration and compliance tracking across every property. Lendlord suits portfolio landlords who want a free, self-serve tracker, and Landlord Vision those whose priority is deep accounting. For one or two properties on a minimal budget, free tiers cover the basics.
Can I speak to a real person with Propell?
Yes. Every plan includes UK-based human support and white-glove onboarding, and on the top plan you get a dedicated Property PA you can phone directly, who answers questions or connects you to a specialist.
Is there free landlord software in the UK?
Yes. Most of Lendlord's core platform is free, Rentila is free, and August offers a free tier for two tenancies. Free tools cover the basics but typically lack compliance depth, valuations and support.
What software helps with Making Tax Digital for landlords?
August and NRLA Portfolio's Pro tier offer direct HMRC submission. Propell, Lendlord, Landlord Vision and Landlord Studio provide MTD-ready record keeping and preparation, and Propell's Xero integration, live in the final quarter of 2026, feeds the accountant setup most portfolio landlords already use. MTD becomes mandatory for landlords with qualifying income over £50,000 from April 2026. Check HMRC's recognised software list before relying on any tool for a submission.
Do I need software for the Renters' Rights Act?
No law requires software, but the Act brings new documents, deadlines and penalties, and missing one can cost thousands. Software with compliance reminders is the cheapest insurance against that.
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