Landlory
Baselane
Landlord banking and finance platform with rent collection.
Overview
Baselane is a finance-first platform for landlords that combines banking, rent collection, and bookkeeping. It is built around the money side of renting rather than the full operational stack, with a free core plan and paid tiers that deepen the finance tools.
What makes it different
Baselane is a bank account first and a PM tool second — a high-APY account with a cash-back debit card wired straight into rent collection and auto-categorized books. Because the money flows through Baselane itself, transactions reconcile themselves, which a generic bank plus a spreadsheet simply can't replicate.
Who it's for
- DIY landlords who want banking and books under one roof
- Owners whose main pain is tax-time expense organization
- Landlords comfortable starting on the free core plan
Who should look elsewhere
- Owners who need to market vacancies from the same tool
- Anyone expecting an end-to-end leasing-and-maintenance platform
Pros
- Built-in landlord banking (high APY, cash-back debit)
- Excellent bookkeeping and auto-categorization
- Free core plan
Cons
- No listing syndication or maintenance depth
- Many features are per-use add-ons; banking-first, not full PM
What users say
With a Capterra rating around 4.5, Baselane tends to delight landlords focused on the money side — reviewers highlight the built-in landlord banking with high APY and cash-back debit, excellent auto-categorized bookkeeping, and a free core plan. The caveats users raise reflect its banking-first scope: no listing syndication, thin maintenance, and several features billed as per-use add-ons rather than included.
Pricing
The Core plan is free and covers banking, rent collection and expense tracking, while Smart ($20/mo) layers on AI automations like auto-tagging, faster 2-day deposits and balance-sheet reports. The real gotcha is the per-use add-on model: features like eSign and tenant screening are billed individually, so a "free" plan can still incur charges as you use it.
- Unlimited banking, up to 2.63% APY
- Property-level income & expense tracking
- Accountant tax package & Schedule E
- Automated rent, reminders & late fees
- Everything in Core
- Fast 2-day rent deposits
- Auto-tag transactions & receipts
- Balance sheet reports & cost segregation
- Shared access & VIP support
Features
Rent & accounting
- Online rent collection✓
- Accounting✓
- Expense tracking✓
- Bank integration✓
- Reporting✓
Leasing & tenants
- Listing syndication✕
- Online applicationsPartial
- Tenant screening✓
- Lease managementPartial
- Tenant portalPartial
- Renters insurance✕
Management & ops
- Maintenance requests✕
- Owner portal✕
- Document storage✓
- AI featuresPartial
- Mobile app✓
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FAQ
Baselane's Core plan is free — so will I really pay nothing?
Not necessarily. Core is free for banking, rent collection and expense tracking, but many capabilities are per-use add-ons (eSign, tenant screening), so a "free" plan can still rack up charges as you use those features.
Can Baselane replace a full property management platform?
No — it's finance-first. There's no listing syndication and maintenance is absent, with lease management and tenant portal only partial. It's a banking and bookkeeping hub you'd pair with a leasing tool, not an end-to-end PM suite.
What makes Baselane different from just using a bank plus a spreadsheet?
Its differentiator is built-in landlord banking — a high-APY account and cash-back debit card wired directly into rent collection and auto-categorized bookkeeping. The accounting and banking are integrated, which a generic bank plus spreadsheet can't match.
Does Baselane handle listings and tenant screening?
There's no listing syndication at all, and tenant screening exists but is a per-use add-on rather than a bundled feature. If marketing vacancies is a core need, Baselane alone won't cover it.
What does the paid Smart tier add over the free Core plan?
Smart ($20/mo) adds AI automations — auto-tagging transactions to properties, faster 2-day rent deposits, balance-sheet reports and shared access. It deepens the finance side but doesn't add missing PM features like listing syndication or maintenance.