TurboTenant

The value proposition here is unusual in landlord software: the free tier is the product, not a demo. For a landlord with one to fifty doors, the whole self-management loop — syndicate a listing to 25+ sites, take applications with automatic pre-screeners, run credit/criminal/eviction checks, build and e-sign a state-specific lease with unlimited addendums, collect rent with autopay and custom late fees, log maintenance, message the tenant — is covered at $0/month with no contracts. A first-time landlord in particular gets the thing they most need on day one: a state-specific lease they can legally e-sign, plus a free Lease Agreement Audit that checks an uploaded lease for legal compliance in about 15 seconds. That audit is a genuinely useful pre-commitment check, and it costs nothing. The paid tiers are priced for a reason, not to unlock the basics. Essentials at $12.42/month adds unlimited lease agreements and e-signatures, document management, listing review in under 24 hours instead of up to 48, lower screening fees, expedited payouts and online condition reports — the last of which matters if you want move-in/move-out evidence instead of a phone full of photos. Pro at $16.48/month is the accounting play: income and employer verification, fraud detection against a global threat database, waived ACH fees, unlimited connected bank accounts, and a built-in accounting layer with an insights dashboard, Schedule E and Form 8825 import, automatic transaction tracking and loan tracking. If you were paying for QuickBooks just to produce Schedule E, Pro is easy math. If you need double-entry bookkeeping with journal entries, it is not a QuickBooks replacement. The honest gaps: the platform is aimed at the small self-manager, so firms managing 100+ units that need team roles and owner portals will outgrow it, and the AI is narrow — a lease audit and a listing description generator, not an assistant that runs the workflow. The site does not name the model behind the audit, so there is no way to judge its legal reasoning beyond the 15-second claim. Screening costs land on the renter ($45 on Free, lower on paid tiers), which is fine but worth telling applicants up front, and card payments carry a 3.49% fee, so you should steer tenants to free ACH. Autopilot is only live in CA, CO, FL, TX and WA, and priced by quote — you have to call to get a number. Where it fits: the accidental landlord, the out-of-state owner with a handful of doors, the small investor who wants tax-ready books without an accounting subscription. Where it does not: institutional portfolios, anyone needing deep CRM customization, and owners outside the five Autopilot states who want a hands-off manager.