Comparison
Lendlord alternative: managing the portfolio or growing it?
Lendlord and PropDetect overlap less than a comparison page implies, and pretending otherwise would waste your time. Lendlord's own description is an all-in-one for landlords: find deals, analyse returns, manage your portfolio, track finances and access financing in one place, with a permanently free tier. PropDetect does one job at depth: find deals on Rightmove that match your criteria, analyse each one fully, and deliver only the winners with a verdict. We build PropDetect; the Lendlord facts here come from its own pages (11 August 2026) and the opinions are ours.
| Lendlord | PropDetect | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Landlords running a portfolio: management, finances, tenants, plus deal tools | Investors and sourcers hunting the next deal |
| Pricing | Free tier; Premium £12 a month; Premium Plus £36 a month | £7.99 to £120 a month across three tiers |
| Free option | Permanently free tier, no card required | Free trial with free analyses included |
| Finding deals | Property sourcing across UK auctions and agent listings; AI-powered sourcing on paid tiers | Deal Radar watches Rightmove 24/7 and emails only the matches that stack |
| Analysing deals | Deal Analyser and Flip Analyser for BTL, flips and BRRR | Room-by-room refurb costs from listing photos, comparable-sales GDV, rent and ROI across six strategies, with a strong / solid / avoid verdict |
| Portfolio management | Core strength: tenants, rent collection, compliance, open banking, MTD tax submissions | Not what PropDetect does; it hands you analysed deals, not tenancy admin |
| Coverage note | Its help centre states it does not currently cover Scotland | Analyses Scottish listings, including Home Report parsing |
Lendlord facts from lendlord.io and lendlord.io/uk-plan plus its public help centre, checked 11 August 2026. Its help centre describes the £99/£299 annual prices as first-year pricing, states the business model is referral-based, notes Scotland is not currently covered, and says it partners with PropertyData for estimates. Check their site for current figures.
Where Lendlord is the right choice
If you already hold properties and the pain is running them, Lendlord earns its place. Tenant management with automated rent collection, compliance monitoring, open banking, mileage tracking and HMRC-recognised Making Tax Digital submissions, much of it available on a genuinely free tier, is a strong offer for a working landlord. Its financing side, from digital mortgage applications to bridging, reflects its referral-based model, which its own help centre is upfront about.
Its deal tools are real too: a Deal Analyser and Flip Analyser, sourcing across auctions and agent listings, and postcode insights, with its estimates powered by a PropertyData partnership per its help centre.
Where PropDetect is the right choice (our view)
If the pain is finding the next deal, a portfolio manager with sourcing attached is the wrong shape of tool. PropDetect's entire loop is built around acquisition: Deal Radar watches Rightmove around the clock against your criteria, the analysis engine runs the full appraisal on every match, and only the deals that stack reach you, each with a strong, solid or avoid verdict across six strategies and every figure shown and editable.
The depth difference shows in where the numbers come from. Refurb costs in PropDetect are estimated room by room from the actual listing photos; the end value is reconciled from comparable sold prices with the method and confidence shown. Lendlord's pages describe deal and flip analysers but do not mention photo-based refurb costing or a committed verdict; its estimates come via a PropertyData partnership per its help centre. And if you invest in Scotland, note the coverage line above from its own help centre.
The honest configuration for many landlords is both: Lendlord free tier for running the portfolio, PropDetect for filling the pipeline. At £7.99 entry the combination costs less than most single tools here.
Frequently asked questions
Is PropDetect a replacement for Lendlord?
Only on the deal-finding side. PropDetect does not do tenant management, rent collection or tax submissions and does not intend to. If you need portfolio admin, keep Lendlord (its free tier is real); if you need deal flow, that is what PropDetect does.
Is Lendlord really free?
It has a permanently free tier with basic portfolio, tenant and sourcing features, no card required, and its help centre explains the business model is referral-based. Premium is £12 a month and Premium Plus £36 a month for the enhanced and unlimited features.
Does Lendlord work in Scotland?
Its own help centre states it does not currently cover Scotland. PropDetect analyses Scottish listings and reads the Home Report, including the surveyor valuation, as part of the appraisal.
Can I use Lendlord and PropDetect together?
Yes, and it is a sensible split: PropDetect finds and appraises the next deal, Lendlord manages what you already own. They overlap only at the deal-analysis edge.
Judge it on a real deal
The honest way to choose deal analysis software is to run the same property through it. Create a free account, paste any Rightmove listing, and read the verdict PropDetect gives it: refurb costs, comparable valuations, rent, GDV and ROI across six strategies. Your first 3 analyses are on us, no card needed.
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