August vs Landlord Vision: which fits your portfolio in 2026?
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A comprehensive comparison to help you choose the right property management platform for your property portfolio.
Choosing between August and Landlord Vision comes down to one question: do you want a mobile-first platform that handles compliance, rent and tax with minimal effort, or a desktop accounting engine with the deepest financial reporting in the category? For self-managing landlords with one to fifteen tenancies who want compliance guidance, automatic rent matching and MTD filing without learning bookkeeping, August is the stronger fit. For landlords whose priority is detailed accounting, with profit and loss statements, trial balances and read-only access for an accountant, Landlord Vision earns its reputation. This guide compares both honestly, with every Landlord Vision fact verified against their published pricing and plans on 13 July 2026.
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The comparison at a glance
Competitor facts verified 13 July 2026. Landlord Vision prices are exclusive of VAT, as stated on their pricing page. Confirm current plans with each provider before deciding.
UK compliance built in (England and Wales)
Guided checklist covering gas safety, EICR, EPC, Right to Rent, deposit prescribed information, with plain-English guidance
AI suggests reminders from your documents
MTD for Income Tax
HMRC-recognised. Submissions built in
Rent tracking
Open banking feed with automatic payment matching through an FCA-regulated Plaid connection
Tenants pay in-app with no fees
Free tier and entry price
Free for up to 2 tenancies
Paid plans £8.99 to £29.99/mo
Price at scale
£14.99/mo (Portfolio) rising to
£29.99/mo unlimited
Learning curve
Set up in under 5 minutes
Built for non-accountants
Mobile
Purpose-built native iOS and Android apps with full parity
Tenant experience
Free native tenant app, including in-app rent payments, maintenance with photos, in-platform communications, secure documents
Accounting depth
Core income and expense tracking
CSV and Excel exports, accountant-ready reports
AI assistance
August Intelligence on every plan, including free
Property insights
Auto-pulls valuations, council tax bands, EPC ratings and expiry dates
HMO and room-level reporting
Supported
Multi-user and team access
On the 2026 roadmap, not yet shipped
Data portability on exit
CSV and Excel export of your data
Pricing: standard rates, promotions and VAT
August starts free for up to 2 tenancies and scales through paid plans from £8.99 to £29.99 per month for unlimited tenancies. Landlord Vision has no free tier: its Starter plan is £21.97 per month excluding VAT for 4 tenancies, Premium is £39.97 for 15 tenancies plus £1.30 per extra tenancy, and Enterprise is £84.97 for 25 tenancies plus £1.50 per extra tenancy, each with a two-week free trial.
Two honest caveats before the table. First, Landlord Vision is currently running a 60% promotion that prices Starter at £7.99 per month excluding VAT with a two-year price guarantee. At that promotional rate, a landlord with 3 or 4 tenancies pays less with Landlord Vision than with August's £8.99 Growth plan, and if you sit in that bracket and accounting depth appeals, it is a genuinely good offer while it lasts. Second, Landlord Vision's prices exclude VAT, so unless you can reclaim it, add 20% to compare what actually leaves your account.
Tenancies
August
Landlord Vision
1 to 2
Free
£21.97 (Starter)
3 to 4
£8.99 (Growth)
£21.97 (Starter)
15
£14.99 (Portfolio)
£39.97 (Premium)
25
£29.99 (unlimited)
£84.97 (Enterprise)
Standard monthly rates published on each provider's website as of 13 July 2026, excluding promotional offers and annual discounts. Landlord Vision's Standard plan (10 tenancies) shows annual pricing by default. Confirm its monthly rate with the provider. Full August pricing is on our pricing page.
Where Landlord Vision genuinely wins
A comparison you can trust has to say where the other product is better, so here it is plainly.
Accounting depth
Landlord Vision runs a full accounting engine: profit and loss, balance sheet, trial balance, capital gains reporting and a nominal ledger, with read-only access for your accountant. August covers income and expense tracking with accountant-ready exports, but if your tax affairs are complex enough that your accountant wants to work inside your software, Landlord Vision is the stronger tool today.
Multi-user access
Every Landlord Vision plan includes unlimited users under a fair usage policy. August's multi-user and team access is on the roadmap and has not yet shipped. If a partner, family member or assistant needs their own login now, Landlord Vision has this and August does not.
Longevity
Where August wins
Compliance that guides rather than reminds
Both products track compliance and send automatic renewal reminders; that is table stakes, and Landlord Vision does it on every plan. August goes further with a guided checklist that explains what each requirement is, why it applies and what to do next, covering gas safety, EICR, EPC, Right to Rent and deposit prescribed information in plain English, with August Intelligence suggesting reminders straight from your uploaded documents.
Mobile, done properly
August ships purpose-built native iOS and Android apps with full feature parity, because most self-managing landlords run their portfolio from a phone, not a desk. Landlord Vision is primarily web-based, and at the time of writing its site does not prominently offer native mobile apps; confirm the current position with the provider.
A tenant app tenants actually use
August includes a free native tenant app for paying rent, reporting maintenance with photos and accessing documents securely. Landlord Vision provides a web-based tenant portal and service desk on Standard plans and above, but does not appear to offer a dedicated tenant app.
Price at scale
At 15 tenancies August's Portfolio plan is £14.99 against Landlord Vision's £39.97 excluding VAT. At 25 tenancies August's unlimited plan is £29.99 against £84.97 excluding VAT.
AI on every plan
August Intelligence is included from the free tier: it scans tenancy agreements, suggests reminders and answers questions about your own portfolio. Landlord Vision's AI task assistant is available on its Enterprise plan only.
Making Tax Digital: both are ready
MTD for Income Tax went live in April 2026 for landlords with qualifying income above £50,000. August is HMRC-recognised for MTD for Income Tax, with quarterly submissions built into the platform. Landlord Vision includes MTD for Income Tax submissions on every plan at no extra cost. Neither product leaves you exposed here; the difference is the workflow around it. For the full market picture including bridging tools, see our guide to the best MTD software for landlords, and our Making Tax Digital hub explains the deadlines and thresholds in full.
Switching: the three questions that matter
How hard is migration?
With August you add your properties and tenancies, connect your bank, and open banking backfills rent history so the current tax year arrives with you. Most landlords are set up in under five minutes.
Am I locked in?
No, in either direction. August exports your data to CSV and Excel whenever you want it. Landlord Vision's reporting suite extracts to spreadsheets too. Choosing either does not trap you.
Can I trust the smaller product?
August is used by more than 3,000 UK landlords and tenants, is HMRC-recognised for MTD for Income Tax, and runs its rent feed through an FCA-regulated Plaid connection. You can start free and judge it on your own portfolio before paying anything. Your view of the property is only as good as the last person who looked.
The verdict
Choose August if you self-manage between one and fifteen tenancies (or more), you want compliance handled with guidance rather than bare reminders, you value a native app for you and your tenants, and you want MTD and rent reconciliation included without an accounting learning curve. Choose Landlord Vision if detailed accounting is your first priority, you want your accountant working inside the software with their own access, you need multiple user logins today, or you prefer a mature desktop-style toolkit; and if you have 3 or 4 tenancies, its current promotional Starter price is worth an honest look while it lasts. August is not the right tool for landlords who need team access immediately or whose tax affairs demand a full nominal ledger; Landlord Vision serves those landlords better today.
Cross-shopping the lighter bookkeeping tools as well? See how August compares with Landlord Studio. If deep accounting is the deciding factor, our comparison of August and Hammock covers the other finance-first option. And if you are evaluating a broader range of tools, our guide to the best property management software for UK landlords covers the leading options side by side.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between August and Landlord Vision?
August is a web platform and mobile-first platform for self-managing landlords, combining guided compliance, open banking rent matching, a free tenant app, AI assistance on every plan and HMRC-recognised MTD filing, with a free tier for up to 2 tenancies. Landlord Vision is a web-based platform built around a full accounting engine, with detailed financial reporting, accountant read-only access and unlimited users on all plans. Facts verified 13 July 2026.
How does August's pricing compare to Landlord Vision's?
August is free for up to 2 tenancies, with paid plans from £8.99 to £29.99 per month. Landlord Vision's standard monthly plans run from £21.97 (4 tenancies) to £84.97 (25 tenancies), excluding VAT, though a current time-limited promotion prices its Starter plan at £7.99 excluding VAT. At 15 tenancies and above, August costs less than half as much at standard rates. Prices verified 13 July 2026; confirm current rates with each provider.
Does Landlord Vision support Making Tax Digital?
Yes. Landlord Vision includes MTD for Income Tax submissions on every plan at no extra cost. August is also HMRC-recognised for MTD for Income Tax. Both products meet the requirement that applies to landlords with qualifying income above £50,000 from April 2026.
Does Landlord Vision have a tenant app?
Landlord Vision offers a web-based tenant portal and service desk on its Standard plan and above. At the time of writing it does not appear to offer a dedicated tenant mobile app; confirm with the provider. August includes a free native tenant app for payments, maintenance reporting and documents.
Is August or Landlord Vision better for accounting?
Landlord Vision. It offers a full accounting engine with profit and loss, balance sheet, trial balance and capital gains reporting, plus read-only accountant access. August covers income and expense tracking with accountant-ready CSV and Excel exports, which suits most self-managing landlords, but landlords with complex tax affairs who want their accountant inside the software are better served by Landlord Vision.
About this comparison: August publishes this page and we have a commercial interest in you choosing August. To keep it useful, we verify every Landlord Vision fact against their published pricing and plans and say plainly where they win. Competitor facts last verified 13 July 2026. Last reviewed 13 July 2026.
