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Honest head-to-head comparisons for UK landlords — tenant referencing providers first, because that's where the money and the confusion are. Every price is normalised to include VAT and re-checked against the provider's own site, and where a provider doesn't publish a price we say so instead of inventing a bracket.
One thing worth knowing before you start: most of the big UK referencing brands won't sell to you directly if you manage your own property. Canopy, Goodlord, HomeLet and Let Alliance are agent channels (Goodlord-powered referencing is available to landlords through the NRLA). That, more than headline price, is usually what decides your shortlist.
Tenant referencing providers
Who can actually buy each service matters as much as the price. Several of the best-known UK referencing brands sell only through letting agents, which puts them out of a self-managing landlord's direct reach whatever their rate card says (Goodlord's referencing is the exception, via the NRLA).
- Best tenant referencing companies UKGoodlord, HomeLet, NRLA, Letmojo, OpenRent and Oops compared honestly — who will sell a landlord a single reference, and at what published price.Who can actually buy each one
- RentFig vs OpenRentOpenRent charges £30 inc. VAT per reference and is built to advertise your property on Rightmove and Zoopla. RentFig is £9 credit / £19 full with a free application form and no account.Cheaper per check; OpenRent wins on advertising
- RentFig vs OopsOops Insurance has the cheapest published full reference at £14.99 inc. VAT; RentFig is £19 (£17 with a free account) but cheaper on the credit check (£9 vs £9.99), with digital Right to Rent included.Oops cheaper on full; RentFig on credit
- RentFig vs NRLA referencingNRLA sells Goodlord-powered references at £23.40 for members and £40.20 for non-members inc. VAT, with membership from £125 a year. RentFig is £19 with no membership; NRLA is faster and offers an insurable Priority tier.No membership needed; NRLA wins on speed
- RentFig vs GoodlordGoodlord sells to letting agents; a landlord can't buy from Goodlord itself, but can buy Goodlord-powered referencing through the NRLA (£23.40 members / £40.20 non-members, inc. VAT). RentFig is bought directly by the landlord.Direct-to-landlord vs agent platform
- RentFig vs VouchVouch no longer exists as a separate company — vouch.co.uk redirects to Goodlord, and Vouch survives as a mid-tier name. What that means if you were looking for Vouch referencing.Vouch is now Goodlord
- RentFig vs HomeLetHomeLet's referencing is sold to letting agents in partnership with HomeLet; individual landlords are pointed at its insurance team. Its VISTA product is built with Experian.Insurance-backed and agent-only
- RentFig vs Let AllianceLet Alliance and HomeLet are both trading names of Barbon Insurance Group, sharing the same VISTA product. Let Alliance adds Same Day Referencing built with TransUnion.Same group as HomeLet, agent-facing
- RentFig vs CanopyCanopy shows “Let's talk” against every referencing tier rather than a price. Its RentPassport is built free by the tenant, but only verified once someone pays for a reference.Pricing on application; tenant-built profile
Switching from a provider
Broader round-ups when you've decided to leave a platform and want the options ranked by the job you need doing.
- Landlord Vision alternativesRentFig, Hammock, Landlord Studio, Alphaletz and PaTMa — with every price shown with or without VAT.For self-managing landlords
- Arthur Online alternativesSelf-serve options for landlords who don't need an agency platform priced from 55 units.Smaller portfolios, published prices
- Hammock alternativesWhen you want more than bookkeeping and MTD — or MTD for free.Beyond the books
- Landlord Studio alternativesUK-focused options, including MTD tax-return coverage and UK tenant referencing.UK landlords
- Goodlord alternativesReferencing and tenancy tools a self-managing landlord can buy directly, without an agent.No agent needed
- OpenRent alternativesEvery credible alternative compared by the job you actually need doing — referencing, advertising on the portals, and managing the tenancy afterwards.Compared by job, not feature count
- Vouch alternativesWhere to go now Vouch has folded into Goodlord — for landlords who can't buy from Goodlord directly, and for agents weighing the remaining platforms.For self-managing landlords and agents
- HomeLet alternativesAlternatives to HomeLet referencing, including the ones that aren't really alternatives at all because they belong to the same company.Including who owns whom
Software and ways of working
Comparisons against how landlords manage a portfolio today, rather than against a rival product.
- Best property management software UKThe wider round-up rather than a single head-to-head — RentFig, Landlord Vision, Alphaletz, Lendlord and a spreadsheet, ranked by the job you need doing instead of one overall winner.Five options, ranked by job
- RentFig vs Landlord VisionRentFig covers 10 tenancies for £9/mo against their 4 for £19.97 + VAT, with referencing and AI-matched bookkeeping; pre-filled Section 8 and Section 13 notices and the WhatsApp assistant come with Standard (£29/mo). Their case is UK-wide coverage and FCA registration.More product per pound, England-only
- RentFig vs AlphaletzRentFig runs an English letting end to end — compliance, referencing and AI bookkeeping from £9/mo, with statutory notices on Standard (£29/mo); RentFig isn't VAT-registered, so no VAT is added. Alphaletz is lighter-weight portfolio tracking that works in any country, quoted excluding VAT.Full lettings operation vs worldwide tracker
- RentFig vs LendlordLendlord analyses and arranges the next mortgage, and its Premium plans now add a compliance hub; RentFig is built around running the tenancies you already own — referencing, rent chasing and accounting, with notices on the official forms and the WhatsApp assistant on Standard (£29/mo). A growing investor could reasonably run both.We run the letting; they broker the loan
- RentFig vs a spreadsheetThe eight tools a spreadsheet-plus-Drive stack quietly turns into, what RentFig replaces, and what it honestly doesn't — an accountant can still be worth having.What it replaces, and what it doesn't
Going deeper on referencing prices
If you want the whole market in one table rather than a head-to-head, the cheapest tenant referencing guide compares every named UK provider by price, what each check covers and whether you need an account. For the mechanics of vetting someone rather than the shopping around, read how to reference a tenant, or referencing student tenants and guarantors if there's a guarantor involved. Weighing up software rather than a referencing provider? The best property management software UK guide ranks five options by the job you need doing.
FAQ
Which tenant referencing provider is cheapest in the UK?
Among providers a landlord can buy from directly, RentFig's credit check is the cheapest published price we can find: £7 with a free account (£9 without). Oops Insurance's £14.99 inc. VAT full reference undercuts RentFig's £19 (£17 with a free account). OpenRent charges £30 inc. VAT per reference, and Goodlord-powered referencing through the NRLA is £23.40 for members or £40.20 otherwise. The agent-facing providers — Canopy, Goodlord, HomeLet and Let Alliance — publish no rate card of their own and quote on application. Prices re-verified 13 October 2026 and normalised to include VAT, because residential lettings are VAT-exempt and a landlord cannot reclaim it.
Why can't I get a price from HomeLet, Goodlord or Canopy?
Because you are not their direct customer. Those platforms are sold to letting agencies on contracts, and the per-reference cost is part of a negotiated package rather than a published rate. HomeLet states on its own site that referencing is available to letting agents who work in partnership with HomeLet, and points individual landlords to its insurance team instead. Goodlord is the partial exception: landlords can't buy from Goodlord itself, but the NRLA sells Goodlord-powered referencing to landlords at a published price. If you self-manage, the practical shortlist is the providers that sell direct.
Are HomeLet and Let Alliance different companies?
No. Both are trading names of Barbon Insurance Group Limited, part of PIB Group, and both sell the same Experian-built VISTA referencing product. Getting a quote from each is not getting two independent quotes. Let Alliance does also offer a Same Day Referencing product built with TransUnion, which HomeLet does not market under that name. For comparison, RentFig's own full reference usually takes up to 7 working days, because it waits on the employer and previous landlord replying.
What happened to Vouch referencing?
Vouch has been absorbed into Goodlord. The vouch.co.uk domain now returns a permanent redirect to Goodlord's referencing page, which states that Vouch referencing has moved to Goodlord. The Vouch name survives only as the label of a middle tier, Control (Vouch). New referencing is bought as Goodlord, through a letting agent — or, for landlords, Goodlord-powered referencing through the NRLA.
Can a landlord be charged for tenant referencing?
The landlord pays, not the tenant. Under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 charging a tenant for referencing is a banned fee in England, so every price on these pages is a cost to the landlord or their agent. That is exactly why the per-check price is worth comparing.
Disclaimer: These comparisons are general information for UK landlords, not legal or financial advice. RentFig is our own product. Every other company named is independent, and its details are summarised from its public website and may change — always confirm current pricing and what's included directly with the provider.
Reference a tenant from £9
Send the applicant a free application form, then pay only if you run a check — a £9 credit check or a £19 full reference covering income and affordability, employer and previous-landlord references, Right to Rent (England) and anti-fraud. No account, no subscription. Credit checks can be back the same day; full references usually take up to 7 working days. RentFig members pay £7 and £17.
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Under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 the landlord pays for referencing — charging the tenant is a banned fee in England.
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