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August vs Landlord Vision: a comparison guide
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A comprehensive comparison to help you choose the right property management platform for your property portfolio.
Overview
Meet the contenders
August
Mobile-first platform designed for self-managing landlords. Combines intelligent automation, AI assistance, and a beautiful native app experience. Prioritises simplicity, compliance guidance, and unlimited scalability at a single flat price.
Alphaletz
Property management software for landlords, property managers and letting agents. Connect bank accounts via Open Banking. Set rules and track arrears. Stay on top of maintenance and compliance with task management and reminder emails.
Feature comparison
So, what do you actually get?
Both platforms help landlords track rent, store documents, and stay organised. However, the experience differs significantly.
Feature
Alphaletz
Rent tracking & payments
Automatic via open banking. Real-time updates. Tenants pay in-app with zero fees.
Automatic via open banking. Manual rule setting. No build in payments rail.
Document storage
Unlimited storage. AI-powered scanning. Secure tenant sharing via app.
Document storage available. No tenant app for sharing. Unlimited storage for Pro/Pro Plus plans.
Compliance & reminders
Guided compliance checklist. AI suggests reminders from your documents. Reminders push, SMS and email.
Reminder system to track compliance items. Reminders via email.
AI assistance
Full AI assistance.
No AI available. Automation in product is rules-based.
Property insights
Auto-pulls property valuations, council tax, EPC ratings and expiry dates. Dashboard provides overview of user data.
Property data focus, based on inputs from users, no additional information included.
Tenant experience
Free native app with payments, documents, maintenance, history.
No tenant portal or app available.
Mobile experience
Purpose-built native apps for iOS and Android. Web experience available too.
Web-based with mobile app included.
Accounting depth
Core financial tracking. CSV/Excel exports available.
Income and expense reporting. PDF and spreadsheet reports depending on plan.
MTD support
For April 2026.
Unknown.
Fair assessment
What Alphaletz does well
It's important to acknowledge where Alphaletz excels. The platform has been built for portfolio workloads.
Simplicity vs complexity
August's flat-rate pricing removes the penalty for success. Alphaletz uses unit based pricing with increase as you scale.
£ 14.99 /mo
$ 4,499 /mo
-20% off
Manage all your rentals faster and cheaper with zero restrictions.
Customer Perks
August
£ 34.97 /mo
$ 4,499 /mo
-20% off
Best for medium sized portfolios and new property investors.
Customer Perks
Alphaletz
Monthly cost at different portfolio sizes
This analysis has used Alphaletz's published annual billing figures and their extra unit costs. August offers both monthly and annual billing.
Tenancies
August
Alphaletz
You save
3 tenancies
£8.99
/mo
£0
/mo
6 tenancies
£8.99
/mo
£11.00
/mo
18%
10 tenancies
£14.99
/mo
£11.00
/mo
15 tenancies
£14.99
/mo
£18.00
/mo
17%
20 tenancies
£14.99
/mo
£24.00
/mo
38%
25 tenancies
£14.99
/mo
£24.00
/mo
38%
All pricing information is based on standard monthly rates publicly available on each provider's website as of 28th January 2026. Please verify current pricing directly with each provider before making a decision. Alphaletz charges £1.40/month for extra units.
Why landlords are switching to August
August is built for how landlords actually work
While Alphaletz serves its audience well, many UK landlords are finding that August better matches their needs in 2026 and beyond.
Making the choice
Which is right for you?
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