How Much Does Landlord Software Cost in the UK? 2026 Pricing Compared

How Much Does Landlord Software Cost in the UK? 2026 Pricing Compared

UK landlord software costs between £0 and roughly £60 or more a month in 2026, depending on category and portfolio size. Free plans exist from LLCR (one property), Landlord Studio (three units), and August (two tenancies). Paid entry points run from £8 to £22 a month, while agency-scale per-unit platforms start around the low £60s.

This article is for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. LLCR publishes this comparison and is not affiliated with the other providers named. All prices were checked in September 2026 against each provider's own website or public listings, exclude VAT unless stated, and can change; introductory discounts are common, so confirm current terms with each vendor before buying.

The four pricing models in the market

Landlord software prices four ways, and the model matters more than the headline number as a portfolio grows. Flat tiers charge one price up to a property cap. Per-unit models charge for every tenancy or unit, sometimes above an included base. Freemium models give a permanent £0 tier with paid upgrades. Agency models combine per-unit rates with minimum monthly spends. The same landlord can pay £0 or £60 a month for comparable admin depending on which model their portfolio suits.

2026 entry pricing at a glance

What it costs at one, five, and twenty properties

Worked from the standard published pricing above, ignoring introductory discounts and annual-billing savings, a single-property landlord can run genuinely capable software for £0: LLCR Free for the compliance record, and Landlord Studio GO or August Free for the money side, in parallel if wanted. At five properties, monthly costs cluster in the £9 to £22 range per tool: August Growth at £8.99, Hammock's lower bands around £8 to £15 plus VAT, Landlord Studio PRO around £14 with the per-unit add-on, LLCR Starter at £19, and Landlord Vision Starter from £21.97 plus per-tenancy fees. At twenty properties the models diverge sharply: August Portfolio holds at £14.99 and LLCR Pro at £39 as flat tiers, Hammock's 11 to 20 band is £25 plus VAT, per-unit models scale linearly, and agency platforms with minimum spends start making sense only at genuine agency volume.

Two cost notes cut across all of it. Annual billing typically saves 15 to 20 per cent where offered, including LLCR's £199 and £349 annual plans. And the cheapest structure at one property is rarely the cheapest at twenty, so the pricing model deserves more attention than the entry price.

Why cost and category are different questions

The bigger budgeting decision is how many layers a landlord actually needs, because the tools above are not interchangeable. Accounting platforms answer HMRC, management apps run tenancies, and compliance platforms produce the evidence councils, courts, and adjudicators ask for; the software question split into layers when possession moved to Section 8, and the compliance layer is the one most portfolios still lack. A realistic 2026 budget for a five-property self-managing landlord running an accounting tool plus a compliance record is roughly £27 to £40 a month at standard pricing, against civil penalty exposure of up to £40,000 per offence and rent repayment orders of up to 24 months' rent.

What LLCR's pricing includes

LLCR's plans differ only by property count and Ava AI allowance; the platform is otherwise identical on every plan, including Free. That means the Compliance Defence Pack, the Form 3A and Form 4A notice builders, the tamper-evident audit trail, and Telegram alerts are included at £0 for one property, not gated behind Pro, and the full feature walkthroughapplies to every tier. Every account starts with a 14-day trial of up to 20 properties with no payment card, and downgrading never deletes records.

LLCR costs £0 for one property and £19 a month for five, with the complete compliance platform on every plan. Check a property's compliance position free in two minutes, or start with a first property free.