Best landlord compliance software (UK, 2026)

LetCompliance is the only tool we tested that ships every contested-possession artefact in one place: Section 8 drafter with grounds and particulars, Section 13 rent-increase notice, Prescribed Information PDF, Right to Rent share-code wizard, Ground 8 arrears auto-calculator, a damp-and-mould response SLA tracker and the written-statement-of-terms workflow. Deposit compliance runs alongside it — protection deadlines, prescribed information, deposit-cap checks and a one-click dispute evidence pack — as do the duties most tools ignore until they bite: HMO and selective licence renewals, PRS Database→ readiness and an MEES 2030 EPC view. The 0–100 compliance score per property and the audit log of tenant document delivery are the two features that consistently hold up under FTT scrutiny. It is #1 here because the legal-evidence layer is the deepest on test; LetCompliance has since grown into a full all-in-one (lettings, rent, agency back-office with CMP reconciliation and statements), but compliance is still where it leads outright.

Pricing

£14.99/mo from 3 properties (2026).

Best for

Self-managing landlords and small agencies whose primary risk is a missed deadline or a blocked Section 8.

Arthur is a complete property-management suite, rent collection, maintenance, accounts, tenant portal, with credible certificate-renewal reminders bolted in. It does not publish a single compliance score and does not ship a Section 8 drafter or a Section 13 notice→, so the legal evidence layer ends up in a separate folder. For a landlord or agent who values "everything in one product" over "deepest possible compliance tooling", Arthur is genuinely strong, and earns rank 2.

Pricing

From £70/mo (Standard tier, 50 units, 2026).

Best for

Mid-size agencies that want one product for rent, maintenance, accounts and reminders.

Landlord Studio is broader than Arthur (UK + US + AU + NZ) and ships a generous free GO tier. UK compliance reminders work, but the legal drafting tools UK landlords actually need post-Section-21 (Section 8 with grounds, Section 13) are not present. For a landlord starting out who wants free rent tracking and basic certificate reminders, GO is the easy entry point, but the upgrade ceiling on UK-specific compliance is low.

Pricing

Free GO; Pro ≈£9.50/mo + per-unit (2026).

Best for

Solo landlords starting on a free tier who can upgrade later.

Landlord Vision is HMRC-recognised for MTD ITSA quarterly submission and pairs Open Banking reconciliation with a credible compliance reminder set. The compliance layer is competent but not deep: there is no Section 8 drafter with grounds and no Awaab’s Law engine. We rank it #4 on this compliance-specific list, but it would jump to #1 on the tax-software round-up.

Pricing

From £7.99/mo Starter (4 tenancies, +VAT, 2026).

Best for

Landlords who want filing-grade accounting first and competent compliance second.

Latch is the newest entrant we tested and has the cleanest onboarding flow. Compliance scoring is dashboard-only (no per-property 0–100 score), Right to Rent is a basic checklist rather than a share-code wizard, and there is no Section 8 drafter. For a first-time landlord with one property who values UI clarity over deep compliance tooling, Latch is a fair entry point.

Pricing

Varies, see uselatch.co.uk.

Best for

First-time landlords who want a clean UI and basic compliance reminders.

Property Hawk was one of the longest-running free UK landlord platforms, but it is **closing its free service at the end of July 2026**, so it is no longer a tool to adopt — its users should export their tenancy records, rent history and certificates and move before access ends. Even before the closure it shipped only basic tenancy creation, rent statements and certificate-date storage, with no Section 8 drafter, no damp-and-mould SLA tracker and no MTD summary, so the post-1-May-2026 toolkit was already missing. We list it only because so many landlords are searching for where to go next.

Pricing

Free, but closing end of July 2026.

Best for

Nobody new — existing users should migrate before the July 2026 shutdown.

The ONS puts at least two thirds of UK landlords on a spreadsheet. It is free, familiar and works, until a missed EICR by one day, a typo in a deposit date or a forgotten Prescribed Information packet sinks a Section 8 claim in 2026. We include it as the honest baseline rather than to disparage it: if you own one property, love Excel and have low risk tolerance for software fees, it is a defensible choice. For two or more properties post-Section-21 abolition, the maths stops working.

Pricing

Free.

Best for

Single-property landlords comfortable with manual diary discipline.