As published on hemlane.com/pricing on August 10, 2026: Starter $0/mo free forever, Basic $2 per unit/mo including a $30/mo platform fee, Essential $20 per unit/mo including a $48/mo platform fee, and Complete $58 per unit/mo including an $86/mo platform fee. Tenant placement starts at $695 and inspections start at $300.

What does Hemlane include that rents.ai does not?

Rent collection and e-sign from the Basic tier, 24/7 maintenance coordination from Essential, and a local leasing agent on Complete, plus listings, applications and screening on every tier including the free one. rents.ai has none of these and provides no service of any kind.

Does Hemlane produce a Schedule E?

Its pricing page lists accounting and tax reports across the tiers but does not state a Schedule E report, so this page marks that row as not published. rents.ai produces a per-property Schedule E rollup and computes line 18 depreciation on the 27.5-year mid-month convention.

rents.ai vs Hemlane

A person in the market, or software and nothing else.

Hemlane sells something no software-only product can: Essential at $20 per unit/mo adds 24/7 maintenance coordination, and Complete at $58 per unit/mo adds a local leasing agent, so an out-of-state landlord gets a person in the market rather than another dashboard. Its free Starter tier covers listings, applications and screening but not rent collection or e-sign. rents.ai is flat software at $18/mo with no service layer, aimed at the books rather than the ground game.

Short answer

Hemlane prices per unit, from a free Starter tier through Basic at $2 per unit/mo to Complete at $58 per unit/mo, and the upper tiers add 24/7 maintenance coordination and a local leasing agent in your market. rents.ai is $18/mo flat for unlimited properties and has no service layer at all. If you own out of state and need a human on the ground, that is a category Hemlane sells and rents.ai does not.

What each one costs

Published prices, both sides.

Hemlane

Starter: $0/mo
Basic: $2 per unit/mo
Essential: $20 per unit/mo
Complete: $58 per unit/mo

rents.ai

Basic: $10/mo
Pro: $18/mo
Trial: $0

Hemlane figures read from hemlane.com/pricing on August 10, 2026. Products change. If a line here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

The $10 question

What the subscription actually buys.

A year-round record for each property: rent roll, ledger, work orders, documents, deposits, notes, and renewal dates. No bank login is required, no rent moves through the product, and nothing changes for your tenants. Keep collecting rent exactly how you do today. If that is not the gap you have, Hemlaneis very likely the better answer.

Side by side

Where each one actually earns its keep.

Feature comparison between Hemlane and rents.ai
What it does	Hemlane	rents.ai
Free plana plan you can stay on at $0, not a trial	Starter is $0/mo, free forever	paid only, after a 7-day trial
Automatic bank feedspulls transactions from a connected bank login	not stated on the pricing page	manual entry or CSV import; no bank login
Online rent collectiontenant payments move through the product	Basic and above; not on the free Starter tier	records rent you receive elsewhere
Tenant screeningcredit, background, and eviction reports	included on every tier, Starter included	not a leasing tool
Listings and syndicationposts a vacancy to the rental sites	included on every tier	not a leasing tool
Schedule E reportincome and expenses arranged by tax line	accounting and tax reports listed; Schedule E is not	per-property rollup by year, print view, CSV export
Residential depreciation computedcost basis and land split on the 27.5-year mid-month schedule	not stated on the pricing page	computed from cost basis and land on the 27.5-year mid-month schedule
Mobile appa native iOS or Android app	not stated on the pricing page	responsive web app, no native app
Maintenance and work orderswork orders with the vendor and what the job cost	24/7 maintenance coordination on Essential and above, not on the free tier	Kanban work orders with vendor and cost tracking

Free plan

a plan you can stay on at $0, not a trial

Hemlane: Starter is $0/mo, free forever
rents.ai: paid only, after a 7-day trial

Automatic bank feeds

pulls transactions from a connected bank login

Hemlane: not stated on the pricing page
rents.ai: manual entry or CSV import; no bank login

Online rent collection

tenant payments move through the product

Hemlane: Basic and above; not on the free Starter tier
rents.ai: records rent you receive elsewhere

Tenant screening

credit, background, and eviction reports

Hemlane: included on every tier, Starter included
rents.ai: not a leasing tool

Listings and syndication

posts a vacancy to the rental sites

Hemlane: included on every tier
rents.ai: not a leasing tool

Schedule E report

income and expenses arranged by tax line

Hemlane: accounting and tax reports listed; Schedule E is not
rents.ai: per-property rollup by year, print view, CSV export

Residential depreciation computed

cost basis and land split on the 27.5-year mid-month schedule

Hemlane: not stated on the pricing page
rents.ai: computed from cost basis and land on the 27.5-year mid-month schedule

Mobile app

a native iOS or Android app

Hemlane: not stated on the pricing page
rents.ai: responsive web app, no native app

Maintenance and work orders

work orders with the vendor and what the job cost

Hemlane: 24/7 maintenance coordination on Essential and above, not on the free tier
rents.ai: Kanban work orders with vendor and cost tracking

How to read this

Yes / nothe source page states it, in those words
Partialincluded, with a real condition: a higher plan, or a separate fee
Not publishedthe pricing page does not say. It is a fact about the source, never a mark against the product

Source

Hemlane figures read from hemlane.com/pricing on August 10, 2026. Products change. If a line here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

Beyond the axes

What this table does not cover.

The rows above compare a narrow set of pricing-page features. rents.ai also keeps these records behind each rental.

A per-property ledger, categorized to Schedule E lines all year rather than in April
Rent roll with late fees computed from each lease's due day, grace period, and fee rule
Residential depreciation from cost basis, land, and in-service date on the 27.5-year mid-month schedule
Documents attached to the property, tenant, transaction, or property record they belong to
Append-only tenant notes that become immutable after a 15-minute edit window
Insurance, property tax, and rental licence records with an SMS renewal reminder before they lapse
Per-property P&L, NOI, and cap rate, plus CSV import and export

The honest version

There's a right answer for you.

Sometimes it isn't us, and we'll say so. Here's the short way to tell.

Choose Hemlane if

You own out of state and need someone local to handle showings or repairs.
24/7 maintenance coordination is worth more to you than any software feature.
You want listings, applications and screening on a free tier.
Per-unit pricing works out for a small number of doors.

Choose rents.ai if

You self-manage and do not want a service layer or per-unit pricing.
You want depreciation and a per-property Schedule E rather than coordination.
Flat pricing across an unlimited number of properties suits your portfolio.
Your gap is what happens at tax time, not what happens at the property.

On purpose

These barely compete.

Hemlane's real product above the free tier is human coverage, and rents.ai has none of that and never will. The two only appear in the same search because both call themselves landlord software. If you are choosing between them, the question is not which is better software, it is whether you need someone in the market. That answer is usually obvious.

Questions

What landlords ask comparing the two.

How much is Hemlane?
As published on hemlane.com/pricing on August 10, 2026: Starter $0/mo free forever, Basic $2 per unit/mo including a $30/mo platform fee, Essential $20 per unit/mo including a $48/mo platform fee, and Complete $58 per unit/mo including an $86/mo platform fee. Tenant placement starts at $695 and inspections start at $300.
What does Hemlane include that rents.ai does not?
Rent collection and e-sign from the Basic tier, 24/7 maintenance coordination from Essential, and a local leasing agent on Complete, plus listings, applications and screening on every tier including the free one. rents.ai has none of these and provides no service of any kind.
Does Hemlane produce a Schedule E?
Its pricing page lists accounting and tax reports across the tiers but does not state a Schedule E report, so this page marks that row as not published. rents.ai produces a per-property Schedule E rollup and computes line 18 depreciation on the 27.5-year mid-month convention.

If the gap is the tax return, start here.

The demo shows the per-property Schedule E and line 18 depreciation. If your real gap is coverage at the property, Hemlane is the better call.

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