# Alternatives to Hammock

> Source: https://landlordbench.com/hammock/alternatives/ (re-verified)
> Updated: 1 November 2026

## At a glance

| Name | Best for | Starts at | Better than Hammock at | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hammock](https://landlordbench.com/hammock.md) | UK landlords preparing Making Tax Digital filings | From about $11 a month | — | 30 October 2026 |
| [TurboTenant](https://landlordbench.com/turbotenant.md) | Self-managing landlords with 1-50 units who screen tenants and collect rent themselves | Free, then $12.42 a month billed annually | Rent payment fees, Promotion and regular price | 26 October 2026 |
| [Rentec Direct](https://landlordbench.com/rentec-direct.md) | Landlords and small managers wanting per-unit pricing and fee-free rent by bank transfer | From $25 a month | Rent payment fees, Minimum units or minimum fee | 26 October 2026 |
| [TenantCloud](https://landlordbench.com/tenantcloud.md) | DIY landlords and small managers who want rent, screening and books in one place | From $25 a month | Rent payment fees, Rent collected online | 26 October 2026 |
| [Stessa](https://landlordbench.com/stessa.md) | US landlords who self-manage a few rentals and want the books and rent in one place | Free, then $15 a month | Rent payment fees, Promotion and regular price | 27 October 2026 |
| [Baselane](https://landlordbench.com/baselane.md) | US landlords who want rent, banking and property books in one account | Free, then $20 a month billed annually | Rent payment fees, Promotion and regular price | 27 October 2026 |
| [Hemlane](https://landlordbench.com/hemlane.md) | Landlords and small managers who want staffed repair and leasing help behind the software | Free, then $36.50 a month | Rent payment fees, Minimum units or minimum fee | 27 October 2026 |
| [Landlord Studio](https://landlordbench.com/landlord-studio.md) | Self-managing landlords who want rent, books and tax reports in one app | Free, then $15 a month | Rent payment fees, Promotion and regular price | 27 October 2026 |
| [Innago](https://landlordbench.com/innago.md) | Independent landlords with a few units who want full software with no monthly bill | Free | Rent payment fees, Rent collected online | 27 October 2026 |
| [Apartments.com Rental Manager](https://landlordbench.com/apartments-com-rental-manager.md) | Self-managing landlords with a handful of rentals who already advertise on Apartments.com | Free | Rent payment fees, Rent collected online | 28 October 2026 |

“About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of 30 October 2026.

The ones people open most here come first, then the closest matches.

## Shortlist

### 1. TurboTenant

US landlord software for posting rentals, screening, leases and online rent, free with renter-paid fees.

**Where it improves on Hammock:**
- [Rent payment fees: yes — Renters pay the payment fees: on the Free plan a bank transfer costs the renter $2 and a card 3.49%, while the renter pricing tab for Pro landlords shows bank transfers free and cards still 3.49%.](https://www.turbotenant.com/pricing/)
- [Promotion and regular price: yes — yearly shown monthly: the $12.42 and $16.58 headline figures are the annual prices divided by twelve, billed annually at $149 and $199, and no promotion or end date is published.](https://www.turbotenant.com/premium/)
- [Rent collected online: yes — Tenants pay by bank transfer or card from any device on every plan; paid plans add expedited payouts, but the pages do not say how many days a payout takes.](https://www.turbotenant.com/collect-rent-payments-online/)

**Trade-offs against Hammock:**
- [Unit caps: partial — No plan caps your properties - listings are unlimited on every tier - but the yearly price steps up as you cross 10, 30 and 60 units, so growth moves you into a dearer band.](https://www.turbotenant.com/pricing/)
- [Income and expenses by property: partial — Accounting is gated by plan: the Insights Dashboard, Schedule E and Form 8825 reports and automatic loan tracking sit on the higher plans, while the Free plan only imports transactions manually.](https://www.turbotenant.com/pricing/)
- [Bank sync: partial — Transactions import automatically through Plaid and Yodlee as a read-only feed on the paid tiers, while the free plan is limited to entering transactions by hand.](https://www.turbotenant.com/rental-accounting/)

[View TurboTenant](https://landlordbench.com/turbotenant)

### 2. Rentec Direct

Property management software for landlords and small managers, priced per unit with free rent payments by bank transfer.

**Where it improves on Hammock:**
- [Rent payment fees: yes — Pro and the property manager edition include one free incoming bank transfer per active property each month, with extra payments at $0.50; Starter pays $2.00 a payment. Cards run 3.50% on Starter and 2.95% on Pro and the property manager edition, and the vendor lets you choose whether you or the tenant pays the card fee.](https://www.rentecdirect.com/pricing)
- [Minimum units or minimum fee: partial — No minimum number of rental units is required, but Pro and the property manager edition carry a $50 monthly floor, so a portfolio under 25 units on Pro or 20 on the property manager edition pays that floor in full; Starter has no floor beyond its flat $25.](https://www.rentecdirect.com/pricing-transparency)
- [Rent collected online: yes — Tenants pay from a bank account, card or cash, and the money is sent to your bank the day after the payment, with same-day sending available for a small extra fee.](https://www.rentecdirect.com/details/easypay-faq)

**Trade-offs against Hammock:**
- [Unit caps: partial — The cheapest edition stops at ten properties and ten tenants, so an eleventh unit forces the fifty dollar edition; above that, properties and tenants are unlimited.](https://www.rentecdirect.com/pricing)
- [Bank sync: partial — Bank transactions download automatically through Plaid, but the vendor lists bank sync among the advanced features that start at the fifty dollar edition.](https://www.rentecdirect.com/pricing)
- [Bank accounts from the vendor: no — The vendor only processes payments: you must bring your own business checking account, and it states rent cannot be sent to a personal account.](https://www.rentecdirect.com/details/online-payments)

[View Rentec Direct](https://landlordbench.com/rentec-direct)

### 3. TenantCloud

All-in-one rental management: listings, screening, leases, rent collection, maintenance and accounting.

**Where it improves on Hammock:**
- [Rent payment fees: partial — A rent payment by bank transfer costs $1.95 on Starter, $1.75 on Growth and $1.50 on Pro, and the page marks each one as paid by the tenant rather than by you, with the Business column left as Custom; card payments are listed as available on every plan but the page prints no fee for them, so the card half is unpriced here.](https://www.tenantcloud.com/pricing)
- [Rent collected online: partial — Tenants pay by bank transfer, card or digital wallet through an encrypted portal on every plan, but the vendor does not state how long funds take to reach your bank.](https://www.tenantcloud.com/pricing)

**Trade-offs against Hammock:**
- [Unit caps: partial — Units are uncapped but leases are: 10 on Starter, 30 on Growth, 60 on Pro and custom on Business, so the eleventh lease forces an upgrade.](https://www.tenantcloud.com/pricing)
- [Bank sync: partial — Bank reconciliation matches your account against a connected bank statement automatically, but that row is Pro and above and the vendor does not describe a continuous feed on lower plans.](https://www.tenantcloud.com/pricing)
- [Receipts: partial — Documents, photos and receipts are stored against records and expenses are tracked with receipts attached, but no photograph-a-receipt scanning tool is described and storage is capped by plan.](https://www.tenantcloud.com/pricing)

[View TenantCloud](https://landlordbench.com/tenantcloud)

### 4. Stessa

Free rental bookkeeping, banking, leasing and rent collection for US residential landlords.

**Where it improves on Hammock:**
- [Rent payment fees: yes — Each rent payment by bank transfer into a Stessa cash management account is free; paid into your own outside bank it costs $2, and card payments cost 3% of the rent, with the tenant paying in every case.](https://support.stessa.com/en/articles/12092570-stessa-rent-payment-convenience-fee-faqs)
- [Promotion and regular price: yes — yearly shown monthly: the plan cards lead with $12 and $28 a month paid annually and print the month-to-month rates of $15 and $35 beside them, with 20% off for annual billing rather than a time-limited promotion.](https://www.stessa.com/pricing/)
- [Rent collected online: yes — Tenants pay by bank transfer or by card in a resident portal, and the vendor says a bank transfer takes up to five business days while card payments take up to two, with a 3pm Eastern cut-off.](https://support.stessa.com/en/articles/6263584-stessa-rent-collection)

**Trade-offs against Hammock:**
- [Unit caps: no — No plan caps properties, leases or units, so adding a rental never pushes you onto a dearer plan; the paid plans differ on reports, signing and support instead.](https://www.stessa.com/pricing/)
- [Team users: partial — You invite collaborators to a portfolio with roles covering tenants, listings, screening, leases, reports and transactions, and the vendor charges nothing extra for them, but they only get paid features inside the portfolio you shared.](https://support.stessa.com/en/articles/8923940-stessa-pro-faqs)

[View Stessa](https://landlordbench.com/stessa)

### 5. Baselane

Landlord banking, rent collection and bookkeeping for rental property owners in one account.

**Where it improves on Hammock:**
- [Rent payment fees: yes — A rent payment by bank transfer costs $2 and the landlord may absorb it or pass it to the tenant; cards cost the tenant 3.49%, and the fee table shows the transfer fee waived when rent lands in a Baselane account.](https://www.baselane.com/pricing)
- [Promotion and regular price: yes — yearly shown monthly: the only paid figure on the page, Smart at $20 a month, is explicitly quoted on annual billing, and the page publishes no month-to-month rate for it; Core carries no promotion at all.](https://www.baselane.com/pricing)
- [Rent collected online: yes — Tenants pay online by bank transfer or card through a portal, and money reaches the landlord in five business days as standard or two business days on the paid Smart plan.](https://www.baselane.com/rent-collection)

**Trade-offs against Hammock:**
- [Unit caps: no — Neither plan caps properties or units: the vendor says rent collection covers multiple properties and units and the plan cards price by feature set, not by how many rentals are attached.](https://www.baselane.com/rent-collection)
- [Team users: partial — Staff can be given their own login with full or limited permissions, but the feature table puts shared access and role-based controls on the paid Smart plan only, and no per-user price is published.](https://www.baselane.com/pricing)

[View Baselane](https://landlordbench.com/baselane)

### 6. Hemlane

Rental management software with optional 24/7 repair coordination and leasing help, priced per unit.

**Where it improves on Hammock:**
- [Rent payment fees: yes — Bank-to-bank rent payments carry no fee on the paid plans, while debit and credit card payments cost 3%; the page does not say who is charged the 3%.](https://www.hemlane.com/pricing/)
- [Minimum units or minimum fee: yes — There is no minimum number of units, but every paid plan carries a $34 monthly platform fee that a one-unit landlord pays in full.](https://www.hemlane.com/pricing/)
- [Promotion and regular price: yes — yearly shown monthly: the pricing page opens with annual billing already selected, so Basic first reads $30 a month; paying month to month it is $36.50 a month.](https://www.hemlane.com/pricing/)

**Trade-offs against Hammock:**
- [Unit caps: no — No plan caps units: the calculator adds the same per-unit price for each rental, so growing a portfolio never forces a jump to a dearer plan.](https://www.hemlane.com/pricing/)
- [Bank accounts from the vendor: no — The vendor opens no accounts for you: rent is paid straight into your own or the owner's bank account and it never holds the money.](https://www.hemlane.com/features/online-rent/)

[View Hemlane](https://landlordbench.com/hemlane)

### 7. Landlord Studio

Rental listings, screening, rent collection and landlord bookkeeping in one app, free for up to three units.

**Where it improves on Hammock:**
- [Rent payment fees: yes — Each rent payment by bank transfer costs a flat $2.50 and the vendor lets you decide whether you or the tenant carries it; a card payment costs 3.49% of the rent and the page says the tenant pays that one, with no choice offered.](https://www.landlordstudio.com/features/online-rent-collection)
- [Promotion and regular price: yes — yearly shown monthly: the pricing page opens with the Annually tab already selected, so the first figure a buyer sees for Pro is $12.00 a month, billed as $144 a year; the regular month-to-month price is $15.00 and Pro Plus is $35.00 rather than $28.00.](https://www.landlordstudio.com/pricing)
- [Rent collected online: yes — Tenants pay by bank transfer or card on every plan and the money goes to your own account, arriving in three to five business days by bank transfer.](https://www.landlordstudio.com/features/online-rent-collection)

**Trade-offs against Hammock:**
- [Unit caps: partial — The free Go plan stops at three units, so a fourth unit forces an upgrade; the paid Pro plans have no stated ceiling and simply charge per extra unit.](https://www.landlordstudio.com/pricing)
- [Bank sync: partial — Bank transactions import automatically through a read-only connection, but bank feeds are a paid feature: five accounts on Pro, twenty on Pro Plus, none on the free plan.](https://www.landlordstudio.com/pricing)
- [Bank accounts from the vendor: no — Rent is paid into a bank account you already own and connect yourself; the vendor processes payments and does not open accounts for you or per property.](https://www.landlordstudio.com/features/online-rent-collection)

[View Landlord Studio](https://landlordbench.com/landlord-studio)

### 8. Innago

Free rental management software for small landlords, paid for by tenant payment and screening fees.

**Where it improves on Hammock:**
- [Rent payment fees: yes — A rent payment straight from a bank account costs a flat $2 and a card payment costs 2.99% of the rent; the tenant pays by default, but the landlord can choose to cover it instead.](https://innago.com/faq/)
- [Rent collected online: yes — Tenants pay by bank transfer or card and money usually lands in one to two business days, though a first payment or a new funding source is held three business days.](https://innago.com/faq/)
- [Free plan or trial: yes — The whole product is free to the landlord with no plan to upgrade to; what is left for tenants is $2 a rent payment from a bank account, 2.99% by card and $30 to $35 for screening.](https://innago.com/faq/)

**Trade-offs against Hammock:**
- [Unit caps: no — There are no plans to be moved between, so adding a unit never changes the price; the vendor says it stays free however many units you add.](https://innago.com/faq/)

[View Innago](https://landlordbench.com/innago)

### 9. Apartments.com Rental Manager

Free landlord tools bundled with an Apartments.com listing; applicants and card-paying renters carry the costs.

**Where it improves on Hammock:**
- [Rent payment fees: yes — A renter paying from a checking account by bank transfer pays nothing, and the landlord pays nothing either; paying by card or Google Pay costs the renter 2.75% of the rent.](https://propertyhelp.apartments.com/article/755-are-there-any-fees-with-collecting-or-paying-rent-on-apartments)
- [Rent collected online: yes — Rent paid from a checking account by bank transfer reaches the landlord in about three to five business days and card payments in two to three, with Express Pay promising faster payouts.](https://propertyhelp.apartments.com/article/278-how-long-do-rent-payments-take-to-process)
- [Free plan or trial: yes — Everything the landlord touches is free, including rent collection; what is left to tenants is the application fee and the 2.75% charge if they pay rent by card.](https://www.apartments.com/rental-manager/online-rent-collection)

**Trade-offs against Hammock:**
- [Unit caps: partial — The free management tools are not capped, but the advertising packages the landlord tools sit on are sold for properties of one to four units; a property of five or more has to be set up by the sales team instead.](https://www.apartments.com/rental-manager/list-property-for-rent)
- [Bank accounts from the vendor: no — The platform only pays rent into a bank account the landlord already has and must add and verify itself; it does not open or hold accounts on the landlord's behalf.](https://propertyhelp.apartments.com/article/276-how-does-my-renter-get-set-up-to-pay)
- [Team users: no — Staff cannot be given their own logins: the vendor says extra users on a payment account are a request it has heard and cannot yet offer, so there is no per-seat cost either.](https://propertyhelp.apartments.com/article/756-can-i-set-up-multiple-users-on-one-payment-account)

[View Apartments.com Rental Manager](https://landlordbench.com/apartments-com-rental-manager)