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Landlord Studio

Summary

Landlord Studio is property management software for independent US and UK landlords, covering rental listings, tenant screening, leases, rent collection and bookkeeping. A free Go plan covers up to three units, with paid Pro tiers adding bank feeds, automated reminders and tax-ready reports.

From
Freethen $15 monthly · $12 billed annually, 20% less
Open source
No
Best for
Self-managing landlords who want rent, books and tax reports in one app

What we checked

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Free planFrom its pricing page

Landlord Studio price and terms

Terms

Free plan
YesYesThe Go plan is free for up to 3 units, one user, 10 documents and basic reports only
The terms in full

it still lists rentals, screens applicants and collects rent. A 14-day Pro trial with no card is offered on top, after which you drop back to Go.

Sign up without sales
YesYes

What needs a higher plan

Pro
Cost for 25 units a month, Cost for 5 units a month, Cost for 50 units a month
Landlord Studio's pricing page

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What we checked on Landlord Studio

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Cost for 25 units a month

$103.90 a month on Pro for 25 units. Every unit counts, vacant or let, unless the vendor bills only occupied units. Go ($62.50) includes 3 units; these units need 25, and past the allowance units past it cannot be added. Charged per unit: 25 × $2.50 (rent payment by bank transfer).

Pro $15.00 /mo

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Cost for 5 units a month

$29.90 a month on Pro for 5 units. Every unit counts, vacant or let, unless the vendor bills only occupied units. Go ($12.50) includes 3 units; these units need 5, and past the allowance units past it cannot be added. Charged per unit: 5 × $2.50 (rent payment by bank transfer).

On the page: Plan cards, Pro card price cell, Monthly tab selected, unit counter at 3

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Cost for 50 units a month

$196.40 a month on Pro for 50 units. Every unit counts, vacant or let, unless the vendor bills only occupied units. Go ($125) includes 3 units; these units need 50, and past the allowance units past it cannot be added. Charged per unit: 50 × $2.50 (rent payment by bank transfer).

On the page: Plan cards, Pro card price cell, Monthly tab selected, unit counter at 3

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

What the price is based on

Priced per rental unit above a built-in allowance: every plan includes three units, and each extra unit adds $1.20 a month on Pro and Pro Plus, while Go simply stops at three. The counter above the cards confirmed it, moving Pro from $15.00 at three units to $41.40 at twenty-five.

On the page: Compare plan features table, Basics section, Units Included row

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Rent payment fees

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.

ACH bank transfers cost $2.50 per payment, and you choose whether you or your tenant pays it. Card payments cost 3.49% of the payment and are paid by…

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

What your tenants can be charged

A tenant can be charged the screening report at $45 on Pro or $55 on Go, plus the $2.50 on each rent payment by bank transfer whenever the landlord passes that fee on, or 3.49% of the rent for every card payment; the vendor publishes no required rent-reporting charge on these pages.

Reports cost $45 on Pro or $55 on Go, and you can charge them to the applicant or pay yourself.

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What it costs for 25 unitsNo

Minimum units or minimum fee

No floor on units and no monthly minimum a small portfolio pays in full: the vendor sells to landlords from a single unit, with Go free for one to three units and Pro's $15.00 already covering three before the per-unit charge begins.

We have plans for you starting from $0/month.

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Unit caps

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.

3 units only

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What it costs for 25 unitsYes

Promotion and regular price

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.

Save 20% $144 annually

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What it costs for 25 unitsNo

Setup or onboarding fee

The vendor describes a flat monthly or annual fee with no hidden charges, and names no setup, onboarding or data-import fee anywhere on the pricing page.

You pay a flat monthly or annual fee based on the number of units you manage. No hidden fees, and you can cancel anytime.

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Finding a tenantYes

Listing your vacancy

One click posts your listing to four named rental sites, Zillow, Trulia, HotPads and Zumper, and leads come back into a single dashboard.

US listings are syndicated free to Zillow, Trulia, HotPads and Zumper.

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Finding a tenantYes

Online applications

Applicants apply online through the listing on every plan, including the free one, and the application itself carries no fee; only the screening report is charged.

On the page: Compare plan features table, Find & Screen Tenants section

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Finding a tenantYes

Tenant screening

One combined report comes from TransUnion SmartMove, covering credit with a ResidentScore, a nationwide criminal search and eviction records; it costs $45 on Pro or $55 on Go, and the landlord chooses whether the applicant pays or they absorb it themselves.

Powered by TransUnion SmartMove - one of the most trusted names in credit and background checks.

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Leases and rentPartly

Leases signed online

Leases, addendums and disclosures can be uploaded and signed online by tenants and co-signers; the vendor describes sending your own document rather than building one from a template inside the product.

Securely upload leases, addendums, inspection reports, notices, and other important rental documents in one place.

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Leases and rentPartly

State-specific leases

Free lease templates are published state by state, but the vendor attaches a disclaimer that they are general information and not legal advice, and names no attorney review.

The content and templates provided by Landlord Studio are for general informational purposes only and do not constitute legal or professional advice.

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Leases and rentYes

Rent collected online

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.

ACH payments usually arrive within 3–5 business days and card payments within 3–4, after a successful payment.

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Leases and rentPartly

Autopay and reminders

Tenants can switch on autopay on any plan, but the automated rent reminders that chase an unpaid month are listed only on the paid Pro plans.

On the page: Compare plan features table, Management Tools section

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Leases and rentYes

Late fees

Late fees are applied automatically on the schedule you set when you turn on payments, and they are collected through the same payment flow on every plan.

Automatic late fees - applied for you, so there's nothing to chase

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Leases and rentYes

Partial payments

Partial payments are switched off by default and you choose whether to allow them, which is exactly the control the question asks about.

Full payments only - partial payments are off unless you choose to allow them

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Leases and rentYes

Security deposits

Deposits are collected online alongside rent on every plan, including the free one, and recorded against the lease with the rest of the money.

On the page: Compare plan features table, Online Rent Collection section

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Leases and rentNo

Rent paid in cash

The vendor's own list of ways a tenant can pay is bank transfer, debit card or credit card, with no retail cash option anywhere in it.

Tenants can pay using bank transfers, debit, or credit cards depending on the setup you have enabled on your account.

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Rent receipts

Tenants see their own payment history and what is due next in the portal, and the landlord can send payment receipts; the vendor does not describe an automatic receipt for each payment.

Payment history - tenants see what they've paid and what's due next

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MaintenanceYes

Maintenance requests

Tenants raise requests through the portal on every plan and you move each job through new, in progress and done with a priority attached.

Tenant requests - let tenants raise requests directly through the tenant portal

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MaintenancePartly

Work orders to contractors

You can export a job sheet as a PDF with the description and photos to send a contractor, but nothing describes paying that contractor from inside the job.

PDF job sheets - export professional job sheets with descriptions and photos

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MaintenancePartly

Move-in and move-out inspections

Condition reports and move-in and move-out checklists can be sent to tenants for signature and stored with the property, but no inspection tool with photo capture is described.

Use e-signatures for the records tenants need to review or acknowledge including condition reports, inventory and move-in and move-out checklists.

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The booksYes

Income and expenses by property

Income and expenses are tracked per property, unit or room with categories arranged the way a US tax return expects, and reports can be shared with your accountant.

Property and unit-level tracking - assign every transaction to the right property, unit or even room

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The booksPartly

Schedule E report

There is a purpose-built Schedule E report, but it sits in advanced reporting: the free Go plan's basic reports explicitly leave it out.

Basic reporting excludes our Schedule E Report and Profit/Loss Summary.

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The booksPartly

Bank sync

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.

On the page: Compare plan features table, Rental Accounting section

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The booksNo

Bank accounts from the vendor

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.

verify your identity and connect the bank account you want rent paid into

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The booksPartly

1099s

A supplier expense report totals what you paid each contractor across the year so the figures are ready for 1099 filing, but the vendor does not prepare or file the forms.

1099 ready - the Supplier Expense Report totals what you've paid each contractor and supplier for the year

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The booksNo

QuickBooks

the vendor's own feature inventory lists no QuickBooks Online connection.

You can connect Landlord Studio with your Xero accounts. This one-way integration automatically synchronizes all transactions entered into Landlord…

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The booksYes

Receipts

Photograph a receipt and the scanner reads it, fills in the expense and attaches the image to the right property, on every plan including the free one.

On the page: Compare plan features table, Rental Accounting section

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Managing for other ownersPartly

Owner portal and statements

Properties can be assigned to owners so you can run reports owner by owner, which covers statements; no separate login for those owners is described.

By assigning an Owner to a property, you can then easily run reports by individual Owners.

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Managing for other ownersYes

Team users

Extra logins are included rather than charged per seat: one user on the free plan, three on Pro and ten on Pro Plus for the same plan price.

On the page: Compare plan features table, Basics section

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Your tenantsYes

Tenant app

Tenants get a portal and app on every plan where they pay rent, see their payment history and raise maintenance requests.

On the page: Compare plan features table, Maintenance Tracking section

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Your tenantsYes

AI features

The AI writes a listing headline and description from your property details, and the paid plans add AI-assisted bookkeeping; nothing claims an AI that answers tenants.

AI-written listings - a headline and description generated from your property details in minutes

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Free plan or trial

Go is a standing free plan, not a trial, but it stops at three units, one user and ten documents; the money still moves through your tenants, who pay 3.49% on a card, or the $2.50 bank-transfer fee if you pass it on, and $55 for a screening report on this plan.

Go. For new landlords managing 1-3 units, listing properties manually, and tracking finances in spreadsheets. Free

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Sign up without a sales call

You register and start on your own with no card and no sales call, and the trial of the paid plan is self-serve too; a recorded demo is optional.

You can start with a 14 day FREE trial of the Pro plan (no credit card required) to explore all the premium features before making a decision.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Contract and cancelling

Monthly and annual billing are both offered with no long-term commitment, and the vendor states you can cancel or downgrade at any time.

There are no long-term commitments. You can cancel or downgrade your plan anytime, and you'll still have access to your data.

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Support

Support is by email, chat and a knowledge base, with faster queues on Pro and a named account manager on Pro Plus; no opening hours are published.

Our customer support team is here to help via email, chat, and our knowledge base. Pro users also get priority support for even faster responses.

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Getting your data out

Reports export as spreadsheet files and PDFs on the paid plans and PDF only on the free one; no whole-account export of tenants, leases and ledgers is described.

On the page: Compare plan features table, Reporting section

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Property types

The vendor names single-family, multifamily, student housing, rent by room, affordable housing, short-term rentals, mobile home parks, commercial and military rentals as the types it is set up for.

Multifamily Duplexes to apartment buildings, tracked unit by unit for multifamily investors

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Trying it, starting and getting helpYes

Still sold

live: the product is on sale today with open self-serve sign-up, a 2026 copyright line and pages updated in the past week.

Trusted by 80,000+ independent landlords just like you.

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