# The best rent collection apps for landlords (2026) — Landlord Bench

> Source: https://landlordbench.com/category/rent-collection (curated, re-verified)
> Updated 28 October 2026 · Reviewed by the Landlord Bench editorial team

Apps that collect rent and deposits online, with autopay, reminders and late fees, and what each payment costs and who pays it.

4 tools in this category, ranked by what we can confirm about each (a public price, an API and docs, independent sources, stated limits; payment never changes the order). Each name links to its answer-first markdown twin.

## Facts

- Free to start: 2 of 4
- API: 0 of 4
- First paid plan a month: 1 of 4 publish one, $29
- Checked against their own sites: 27–28 October 2026 (4 of 4)
- Added in November 2026: 0

| Name | What it is | Pricing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [ClearNow](https://landlordbench.com/clearnow.md) | Automatic rent debits from tenant bank accounts, deposited to the landlord three banking days later. | — |
| [Letus](https://landlordbench.com/letus.md) | Rent payment platform for landlords and property managers, with lease applications and rent credit reporting. | On quote |
| [PayRent](https://landlordbench.com/payrent.md) | Rent collection app for independent landlords, with payment controls and free rent reporting. | Free, then $29 a month |
| [Tellus](https://landlordbench.com/tellus.md) | Free mobile rental management with rent collection, work orders and expense tracking, funded by a lending business. | Free |

## Rent collection apps for landlords compared

| Tool | Price on its site | MCP server | API | Open source | Self-host |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ClearNow](https://landlordbench.com/clearnow) | No list price | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Letus](https://landlordbench.com/letus) | On quote | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [PayRent](https://landlordbench.com/payrent) | Free, then $29 a month | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Tellus](https://landlordbench.com/tellus) | Free | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |

All 4 rent collection apps for landlords we list.

## Questions buyers ask

### Which tool here costs the least?

2 of the 4 have a free plan: PayRent and Tellus.

### When were these prices checked?

Between 27 October 2026 and 28 October 2026, each on the vendor's own pricing page.

## Sources and method

Ordered by what we can verify for landlords: a published price, an API with docs, sources and the limits a vendor states. [How we rank](https://landlordbench.com/methodology/)

Every price here is read from the vendor's own pricing page.

- [Letus](https://landlordbench.com/letus): [let.us/locales/en/terms.html](https://let.us/locales/en/terms.html), checked 27 October 2026
- [PayRent](https://landlordbench.com/payrent): [payrent.com/plans-and-pricing](https://www.payrent.com/plans-and-pricing), checked 27 October 2026
- [Tellus](https://landlordbench.com/tellus): [tellusapp.com/help/Payments/ll-what-is-the-cost-of-processing-payments](https://www.tellusapp.com/help/Payments/ll-what-is-the-cost-of-processing-payments), checked 28 October 2026

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