# ClearNow — Automatic rent debits from tenant bank accounts, deposited to the landlord three banking days later. > Source: Landlord Bench — https://landlordbench.com/clearnow (structured, researched, re-verified) ClearNow is a United States rent collection service that takes each tenant's rent from their bank account on a set day and deposits it to the landlord's or manager's account. It also tracks rental income and expenses and reports rent to Experian. **Best for:** Landlords who want rent taken from tenants' bank accounts automatically | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://www.clearnow.com/ | | Category | Rent collection, Landlords who self-manage, Small property managers | | Open source | No | Screenshot of ClearNow: https://landlordbench.com/img/1920/screenshots/clearnow.webp, captured 28 October 2026 **What we checked** - Pages last read: 27 October 2026 ## ClearNow price and terms **Terms** - Free plan or trial: No - Sign up without sales: Yes Read on its pricing page, 27 October 2026. ## What we checked on ClearNow ### What it costs for 25 units **What the price is based on** · Yes — You pay per tenant debited rather than per rental you own: one monthly debit is covered by the base fee and every further tenant on that same day adds two dollars a month. > For monthly debits on the 1st, 5th, 15th, or 25th: $14.95/month for one debit. Each additional debit is just $2/month. > — https://www.clearnow.com/ · Pricing section, monthly debit bullet, checked 27 October 2026 **Rent payment fees** · Yes — The landlord carries the cost of each payment taken from a tenant's bank account, not the tenant: the first tenant is covered by the base monthly fee and each further tenant costs two dollars a month, and the site offers no card option. > ClearNow fees are based on your debit day and are only charged when you attempt to debit a tenant. > — https://www.clearnow.com/ · Pricing section, opening paragraph, checked 27 October 2026 **Minimum units or minimum fee** · Yes — There is no minimum number of rentals, but the base fee of fourteen dollars ninety-five a month covers only one tenant, so a landlord with a single rental pays that whole amount. > $14.95/month for one debit. Each additional debit is just $2/month. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Overview, How much does ClearNow cost?, checked 27 October 2026 **Unit caps** · No — No plan caps the number of rentals or tenants: the vendor says it serves portfolios of every size from one unit up, and extra tenants are simply priced one by one. > Since 2000, serving landlords and property managers of ALL sizes (1+ units). > — https://www.clearnow.com/ · The Most Experienced panel, first bullet, checked 27 October 2026 **Promotion and regular price** · No — none: the published fees are the standing monthly rates, with no first-months discount, no end date and no yearly price shown as a monthly figure anywhere in the pricing text. > There are no set-up fees. ClearNow fees are based on your debit day and are only charged when you attempt to debit a tenant. > — https://www.clearnow.com/ · Pricing section, opening paragraph, checked 27 October 2026 **Setup or onboarding fee** · No — The vendor states plainly that nothing is charged to get started, and repeats this on both the landlord pricing text and the page for people managing other owners' rentals. > There are no set-up fees and no long-term contracts. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Overview, How much does ClearNow cost?, checked 27 October 2026 ### Finding a tenant **Tenant screening** · Yes — Screening is ordered from inside your account and the applicant pays, so it costs the landlord nothing; the vendor names no agency in its own words and publishes no report price. > FREE to you. Rental applicants pay the fee when they submit their report to you. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Using Your Account, Can I screen tenants with ClearNow?, checked 27 October 2026 ### Leases and rent **Leases signed online** · Partly — Signing leases online is sold as a separate sister service rather than built into the rent account, and the vendor prices it apart from the rent fees. > Try eSignToday.com- Our easy, no-monthly-fee esignature service. Sign leases online! > — https://www.clearnow.com/ · Homepage hero, third promotional line, checked 27 October 2026 **Rent collected online** · Yes — Rent is pulled from the tenant's bank account on a set day and lands in your own account three banking days later, a wait the vendor explains as the time funds take to clear. > Rent payment is always directly deposited 3 banking days after the debit day. > — https://www.clearnow.com/ · The Most Experienced panel, second bullet, checked 27 October 2026 **Autopay and reminders** · Yes — Every payment is automatic once set up, so there is nothing for a tenant to schedule, and tenants with an email address are reminded eight days before the money is taken. > Eight days before the debit day - Tenants receive payment reminders (for those with e-mail). > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · The Enrollment Process, What happens after my tenants and I enroll?, checked 27 October 2026 **Partial payments** · No — Part payments are refused outright rather than left to your choice: if the tenant's account is short of the full rent, the vendor takes nothing at all that period. > ClearNow does not collect partial rent payments. If a tenant does not have 100% of the rent amount in his/her bank account, then nothing is collected. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Using Your Account, How does ClearNow handle partial rent payments?, checked 27 October 2026 **Rent receipts** · Yes — Tenants with an email address are sent a receipt by the service itself once the money has gone through, alongside the reminder before each payment. > If you have e-mail, you will receive a rent reminder before every debit and a payment receipt when your payment has been processed. > — https://www.clearnow.com/tenant.php · How does ClearNow work? answer, checked 27 October 2026 **Rent reported to credit bureaus** · Yes — On-time rent can be passed to Experian's renter record at no extra charge, the tenant opts in, and the first batch goes only after four payment periods have built up. > We do not charge an additional fee for furnishing data to Experian RentBureau and PRBC. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Reporting Payments To Credit Bureaus, What is the cost to report payments to credit bureaus?, checked 27 October 2026 ### The books **Income and expenses by property** · Yes — Income and outgoings can be recorded against your rentals inside the same account at no extra charge, and the vendor says it produces profit and loss statements you can click into for detail. > We do not charge an additional fee for income and expense tracking. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Using Your Account, What is the cost for income and expense tracking?, checked 27 October 2026 **Schedule E report** · Yes — There is a report built for the tax form landlords file, which the vendor calls a helper for Schedule E of Form 1040 and includes with no extra charge. > One report in particular, the Schedule E Helper, makes completing the Schedule E of Form 1040 simple at tax time > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Using Your Account, Do you provide reports related to the income and expenses I track?, checked 27 October 2026 **Bank accounts from the vendor** · No — It opens no account for you: money is taken from the tenant's own bank and paid straight into the bank account you already hold, so the vendor only moves payments. > Rent is debited from your tenant's bank account and directly deposited to your bank account. > — https://www.clearnow.com/ · Homepage hero, second paragraph, checked 27 October 2026 **A bank account per property** · Yes — Each account pays into one named bank account, so sending different rentals to different accounts means opening extra ones, priced at seven dollars ninety-five a month for the first tenant on each. > Additional account for monthly debit on a different day: $7.95/month for one debit. Each additional debit is just $2/month. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Overview, How much does ClearNow cost?, checked 27 October 2026 ### Managing for other owners **Management fees** · Yes — You set a fixed amount or a share of each tenant's rent to land in your own account, with the rest paid to the owner on the same day, for two dollars per tenant on top of the rent fees. > A manager can designate a set amount or a percentage of rent collected per tenant to be deposited in the property management company's bank account for property management fees. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Directly Depositing Owner Proceeds, first answer, checked 27 October 2026 ### Your tenants **Tenant app** · Yes — Tenants get a free online account where they can see payments, stop an upcoming payment or leave the service; the site does not describe messaging you or sending repair requests through it. > To unenroll, contact your landlord or log into your online account. > — https://www.clearnow.com/tenant.php · If I change my mind, can I unenroll? answer, checked 27 October 2026 ### Trying it, starting and getting help **Free plan or trial** · No — There is no free plan for the landlord: the lowest published rate is fourteen dollars ninety-five a month, charged whenever a tenant is debited, while tenants themselves pay nothing to use it. > Monthly debit: $14.95/month for one debit. Each additional debit is just $2/month. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Overview, How much does ClearNow cost?, checked 27 October 2026 **Sign up without a sales call** · Yes — You sign up yourself in three steps online, signing the agreement on screen and uploading a bank statement or voided cheque, with no sales call or demo in the way. > You complete your Property Manager Enrollment Agreement online and then upload your bank documentation. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · The Enrollment Process, How do my tenants and I enroll?, checked 27 October 2026 **Contract and cancelling** · Yes — The vendor states there is nothing to commit to beyond the month, and tenants can drop out from their own login; how a landlord closes an account online is not spelled out. > There are no set-up fees and no long-term contracts. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Overview, How much does ClearNow cost?, checked 27 October 2026 **Support** · Yes — You can reach a person by phone on weekday office hours in the eastern time zone, or email and ask to be rung back, which the vendor contrasts with rivals offering no phone line. > call (919) 680-4500 Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm ET > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Using Your Account, Can I speak with someone in customer support?, checked 27 October 2026 **Getting your data out** · Partly — Payment history can be downloaded as a spreadsheet file you can open in Excel, but the vendor describes no export of your tenants, leases or the income and expense records kept in the account. > Yes. You can download ClearNow payment data as a CSV file. The data can be viewed with spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel. > — https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php · Using Your Account, Can I download or export ClearNow payment data?, checked 27 October 2026 **United States** · Yes — It is built for rentals in the United States, moving money over the American bank payment network from a company based in Durham, North Carolina > ClearNow is headquartered in Durham, NC and is a member of the Better Business Bureau. > — https://www.clearnow.com/about.php · About Us, closing paragraph, checked 27 October 2026 **Still sold** · Yes — live: new landlords, managers and tenants can sign up today through the enrolment pages, and the vendor dates its service from 2000. > Since 2000, ClearNow has enabled thousands of landlords and property managers to collect rents easily and automatically. > — https://www.clearnow.com/ · Homepage, line beneath the BBB rating seal, checked 27 October 2026 ## ClearNow alternatives - [TurboTenant](https://landlordbench.com/turbotenant) · Free plan, then $12.42 a month billed annually: US landlord software for posting rentals, screening, leases and online rent, free with renter-paid fees. - [Rentec Direct](https://landlordbench.com/rentec-direct) · From $25 a month: Property management software for landlords and small managers, priced per unit with free rent payments by bank transfer. - [TenantCloud](https://landlordbench.com/tenantcloud) · From $25 a month: All-in-one rental management: listings, screening, leases, rent collection, maintenance and accounting. - [Baselane](https://landlordbench.com/baselane) · Free plan, then $20 a month billed annually: Landlord banking, rent collection and bookkeeping for rental property owners in one account. - [Apartments.com Rental Manager](https://landlordbench.com/apartments-com-rental-manager) · Free plan: Free landlord tools bundled with an Apartments.com listing; applicants and card-paying renters carry the costs. - [Innago](https://landlordbench.com/innago) · Free plan: Free rental management software for small landlords, paid for by tenant payment and screening fees. - [Yardi Breeze](https://landlordbench.com/yardi-breeze) · From $100 a month: Cloud property management software from Yardi for small and mid-sized residential and commercial portfolios. - [Avail](https://landlordbench.com/avail) · From $9 a seat a month: Free all-in-one software for do-it-yourself landlords: listings, screening, leases, rent and repairs. - [Hemlane](https://landlordbench.com/hemlane) · Free plan, then $36.50 a month: Rental management software with optional 24/7 repair coordination and leasing help, priced per unit. All 9 publish a price. [All 9 alternatives](https://landlordbench.com/clearnow/alternatives/) ## Sources and changes Last changed 28 October 2026 **Sources on clearnow.com** (4) - https://www.clearnow.com/faq.php, read 27 October 2026 - https://www.clearnow.com/, read 27 October 2026 - https://www.clearnow.com/tenant.php, read 27 October 2026 - https://www.clearnow.com/about.php, read 27 October 2026 ## Is this yours? Claim ClearNow: https://landlordbench.com/claim/clearnow Report an error if a fact is wrong: hello@landlordbench.com, subject "Report an error: ClearNow (clearnow)".