Landlord Studio vs TurboTenant

Landlord Studio is property management software for independent landlords, covering rental listings, tenant screening, rent collection, accounting, tax reporting, and maintenance. Landlords can create listings and syndicate them to Zillow, Zumper, Trulia, Padmapper, Dwellsy, and HotPads. Online rent collection includes tenant autopay, reminders, late fees, receipts, and automated income tracking. For bookkeeping, the service tracks rental income and expenses, scans receipts, imports bank transactions, and provides a financial dashboard. More than 15 reports are available, including profit and loss and Schedule E reports. Tenants can submit maintenance requests through a portal, while landlords track and prioritize the resulting tasks. The free Go plan is limited to three units, one user, and 10 documents. Pro costs $12 a month billed annually, and Pro Plus costs $28 a month billed annually; both include three units. Bank feeds use Plaid, require Pro, and are available in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Pro and Pro Plus include a one-way Xero transaction sync. The service is available on Android, iOS, and web.

TurboTenant is a rental management platform with separate Android and iOS apps for landlords and renters. Its listed capabilities include online rent collection, a tenant portal, maintenance management, property accounting, and lease management. The free plan includes listing and marketing rentals, screening applicants, and collecting rent online. Essentials and Pro are annual subscriptions with no month-to-month billing option. For 1–10 units, Essentials is listed at $149 a year and Pro at $199 a year; rates vary by portfolio size. Essentials allows one connected bank account and includes phone and prioritized chat support. Pro allows unlimited connected bank accounts and adds role-based team permissions, financial reports, and an accounting suite with reconciliation and depreciation tracking. Listings can be syndicated to more than 25 sites, and the platform says they reach qualified renters for free. Essentials applies an approximately $2 renter ACH fee, while Pro waives the standard fee. TurboTenant says tenant and landlord data is encrypted at rest and in transit using 256-bit encryption.