Hemlane vs Rental Beast

Hemlane is a long-term rental management service with tools for advertising, screening, accounting, rent collection, leases, and maintenance. Its free Starter plan includes rental advertising, applicant and tenant screening, and full rental accounting. Basic adds lease tracking and management, document storage and e-signing, rent collection, late fees, and tenant messaging; Essential adds 24/7 repair coordination, work orders, and state-specific leases. Complete includes those features plus a property management assistant, vetted repair network, and local leasing and turnover network. Basic, Essential, and Complete have 14-day trials. Their listed monthly prices are 30.00 USD, 48.00 USD, and 86.00 USD, respectively, with annual billing able to save up to 20%. Hemlane says it is available in 50 states and its tenant platform supports unlimited users. Owners can connect financial accounts for rental performance and accounting. Rent and late fees go directly to the owner with $0 ACH fees; card transactions carry a 3% fee. Screening costs $40 total, paid by the tenant. Hemlane says it is not a property management firm and cannot decide for owners.

Rental Beast combines rental listings with leasing tools for real estate professionals and a pipeline for future homebuyers. Its search covers millions of rentals with advanced filters, while listing tools support rental Add/Edit, listing claims and comparative market analysis. Rental Beast Pro adds verified owner listings, renter leads, a branded MyRentals page and third-party syndication. Apply Now handles rental applications and screening reports that may include credit, eviction and criminal-history information where available. TransUnion generates those reports; Rental Beast says it does not view or retain non-public credit information and describes Apply Now as FCRA-compliant. Integrations include RealPage, Entrata, Buildium, Propertyware, Rentec, ShowMojo, Tenant Turner, Spherexx, AppFolio, MRI and Yardi. Members of participating MLS platforms can sign in through their MLS login. Rental Beast University provides member courses 24/7. The service runs on web, Android and iOS. Apply Now is free for property owners, managers and professionals; renter application fees vary by market from $20–$49 per applicant.