DoorLoop vs Landlord Copilot: 2026 Comparison for Small Landlords
TL;DR
DoorLoop is the premium tier of the small-landlord and property-management software market, with Starter at $99/month ($69/month if billed yearly) capped at 10 units, Pro at $189/month ($149/month yearly) plus $3/unit, and Premium at $239/month ($209/month yearly) plus $3/unit. Landlord Copilot is flat-rate at $19/month or $179/year regardless of unit count, with a free tier for 1 active property. DoorLoop is genuinely more powerful for property managers running larger portfolios — QuickBooks accounting integration, CAM reconciliation, broker-grade reporting. Landlord Copilot is built for self-managing landlords at 1–20 units who want AI assistance and bilingual lease e-signature at a fraction of the price. Choose DoorLoop if you manage 50+ units or run a property management business; choose Landlord Copilot if you are a self-managing landlord and the DoorLoop feature set is more software than you actually need.
At-a-glance comparison
All figures verified May 2026 against doorloop.com/pricing and our own pricing page. DoorLoop's pricing has a monthly and a discounted annual rate per tier; we show both where it materially changes the picture.
| Feature | Landlord Copilot | DoorLoop |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat-rate, unlimited units | Tiered base fee + per-unit on Pro/Premium |
| Monthly price (entry) | $19/month (Pro) | $99/month (Starter, max 10 units) |
| Annual price (entry) | $179/year (~21% off, $14.92/mo equivalent) | $69/month billed yearly (Starter) |
| Mid-tier (Pro/equivalent) | Same $19/mo flat | $189/month or $149/month yearly + $3/unit |
| Premium tier | Same $19/mo flat | $239/month or $209/month yearly + $3/unit |
| Free tier | 1 active property, all features, 10 AI calls/month | No — paid only (14-day trial available) |
| Maximum units on entry tier | Unlimited | 10 units on Starter |
| Online rent collection (ACH) | Yes, via Stripe Connect, no platform fee | Yes, via DoorLoop's integrated rails |
| Card payments | Yes, tenant pays card processing | Yes |
| Tenant screening | TransUnion SmartMove pass-through, tenant pays | TransUnion credit + criminal + eviction |
| Lease e-signature | Included, in-app, audit trail | $3/doc on Starter, $1/doc on Pro, free on Premium |
| Bilingual leases (EN/ZH/ES) | Yes — English, Spanish, Chinese PDFs | Not advertised |
| Move-in / move-out inspections | Yes, photo-documented, built-in | AI Inspections as add-on on Pro/Premium |
| AI features | Email drafting, maintenance triage, photo diagnosis, receipt parsing, NOI analytics | AI Inspections add-on; broader AI not advertised |
| Maintenance dispatch | Built-in with AI categorization and contractor handoff | Built-in with vendor management (Pro+) |
| QuickBooks sync | Not offered — Schedule E exports instead | Yes on Pro and Premium |
| CAM reconciliation | Not offered | Yes on Premium |
| Income & expense tracking with monthly summary | Yes — paid rent + completed maintenance auto-import, manual entries for mortgage/insurance/tax/HOA, monthly summary | Yes — full accounting suite with QuickBooks sync (Pro+) |
| Tax reports (Schedule E) | Schedule E-ready exports + per-property NOI | Advanced accounting and reporting (Pro+) |
| Listing syndication | Not offered | Yes on Pro and Premium (Zillow, Trulia, HotPads, Dwellsy) |
| Target audience | Self-managing landlords (1–20 units) wanting AI + flat-rate | Property managers, broker-grade portfolios (often 20–500+ units) |
DoorLoop pricing and feature scope change periodically. Confirm current numbers on doorloop.com/pricing before deciding. The yearly-billing discounts are the prices DoorLoop displays prominently; monthly-billing rates are higher.
Pricing
Landlord Copilot uses a single flat-rate Pro plan at $19/month or $179/year regardless of how many units you manage. The annual works out to $14.92/month — roughly 21% lower than monthly billing. A free tier is available with one active property, all features included, and a soft cap of 10 AI calls per month.
DoorLoop is significantly more expensive. Starter is $99/month ($69/month if billed yearly) and is capped at 10 units. Pro is $189/month ($149/month yearly) plus $3 per unit per month and adds QuickBooks sync, advanced reporting, and listing syndication. Premium is $239/month ($209/month yearly) plus $3 per unit per month and adds CAM reconciliation and unlimited AI Inspections. There is no free tier; DoorLoop offers a 14-day trial.
On a 5-unit portfolio, the entry comparison is $19/month (Landlord Copilot Pro, flat) vs. $99/month (DoorLoop Starter, monthly) or $69/month (DoorLoop Starter, yearly). On a 25-unit portfolio you'd be on DoorLoop Pro at $149/month + 25×$3 = $224/month yearly, vs. $19/month for Landlord Copilot Pro. The gap is real and intentional: DoorLoop is sold to property managers who run larger portfolios and need accounting depth Landlord Copilot does not provide.
Rent collection
Landlord Copilot routes rent through Stripe Connect with no platform fee on top of Stripe's standard ACH and card processing. Dollars flow directly to a connected account you control; Landlord Copilot does not hold tenant funds in an intermediary balance. ACH deposits arrive on Stripe's standard timing (typically about 2 business days for new accounts, faster as account history builds).
DoorLoop integrates rent collection across ACH, card, and mobile wallet through its own payment rails. The disbursement is integrated with DoorLoop's tenant ledger and accounting modules, which is one of the platform's strengths for users who care about full broker-grade accounting in one tool.
For a self-managing landlord at 1–20 units, the rent-collection experience is functionally equivalent on either platform — both support ACH and card, both deposit to the landlord's account. The reason to pay 5–10x more for DoorLoop is not the rent collection itself; it is the accounting integration around it.
Tenant screening
Both platforms support credit, criminal, and eviction reports through TransUnion. Landlord Copilot integrates with TransUnion SmartMove as a pass-through — the tenant pays the screening fee directly and the landlord never handles their data or payment.
DoorLoop offers TransUnion-based credit, criminal, and eviction reports integrated into the applicant flow. For a property manager processing many applicants in parallel, DoorLoop's tighter integration with the rest of the lease lifecycle (application → screening → lease → ledger) is a real workflow advantage.
For a self-managing landlord screening a handful of applicants per year the screening UX on either platform is functionally similar.
Lease e-signature
Landlord Copilot includes lease e-signature on every plan at no per-document cost. The lease is generated client-side via jsPDF and supports e-signing in English, Spanish, and Chinese — the same lease can be issued in the language the tenant reads. The audit trail records each signer's IP address, timestamp, and the document hash that was signed.
DoorLoop charges per document for lease e-signature on the lower tiers: $3 per document on Starter, $1 per document on Pro, and free on Premium. For a self-managing landlord signing a handful of leases per year that fee is small; for a property manager signing dozens of leases per month the Premium tier removes the friction. Multilingual lease support is not advertised on DoorLoop.
For landlords whose tenant base is monolingual English, DoorLoop's English-only e-signature is fine. For landlords serving bilingual Spanish-speaking or Chinese-speaking tenants — common in California, Texas, Florida, New York — issuing a lease the tenant fully reads in their first language is both a clarity win and a stronger legal position if a dispute reaches a small-claims court.
AI features
This is one of the largest functional differences. Landlord Copilot ships several AI-assisted workflows on the Pro plan with no add-on charge: email categorization that triages tenant inbox messages into rent, maintenance, lease, and other buckets; AI-drafted reply suggestions you can edit and send through Resend; photo-based maintenance diagnosis that categorizes a damage photo and suggests the trade (plumber, electrician, HVAC); receipt parsing that converts photographed receipts into expense entries tagged for Schedule E; and NOI analytics that summarize net operating income per property and across the portfolio.
DoorLoop has been adding AI selectively, most visibly with AI Inspections as an add-on bundled into Pro and Premium (unlimited AI Inspections on Premium). Beyond that, broader AI workflows like email drafting and receipt parsing are not advertised in DoorLoop's public product surface as of this writing.
For a self-managing landlord at 1–20 units, the time-savings argument for AI is concrete: a few hours per month on emails and receipt categorization. For a property manager at 100+ units the calculus shifts toward "do I need broker-grade accounting and CAM reconciliation," which is exactly what DoorLoop sells.
Maintenance and accounting depth
DoorLoop's real value at the Pro and Premium tiers is the depth of the accounting and maintenance workflows. QuickBooks Online sync, advanced financial reports, CAM (Common Area Maintenance) reconciliation on Premium, and vendor management with full work-order accounting — these are the features property managers actually pay $149–209/month plus per-unit for. For a 50+ unit portfolio managed at broker level, that depth is the right tool.
Landlord Copilot pairs tenant-submitted maintenance requests with AI categorization and a contractor handoff workflow. A tenant uploads a photo through the tenant portal; the AI suggests the trade and priority; the landlord dispatches to a saved contractor or a one-off vendor; the work order tracks through to completion with a timestamped log. Move-in and move-out inspections are first-class objects with photo documentation and tenant signatures.
On the accounting side, Landlord Copilot offers Schedule E-ready exports and per-property NOI analytics aimed at a self-managing landlord filing their own taxes — not a property management business with CPA-driven reporting needs. If you need QuickBooks sync, CAM reconciliation, or broker-grade financials, Landlord Copilot is the wrong tool; DoorLoop is the right one.
When to choose DoorLoop
Choose DoorLoop if you manage 50+ units or run a property management business serving multiple owners. The Pro tier's QuickBooks sync and advanced reporting, plus the Premium tier's CAM reconciliation, are the kinds of accounting features that justify $149–209/month plus per-unit when you have the portfolio size to amortize the cost.
Choose DoorLoop if your operation needs broker-grade financial reporting, multi-owner accounting, or full general ledger integration with QuickBooks. These are not "nice to have" for a property management business — they are table stakes, and DoorLoop is built around them.
Choose DoorLoop if you sign dozens of leases per month and want unlimited lease e-signature included (Premium tier) rather than paid per document. For a self-managing landlord signing a few leases per year, this barely matters; for a portfolio manager it adds up.
When to choose Landlord Copilot
Choose Landlord Copilot if you are a self-managing landlord with 1–20 units and the DoorLoop feature set is more software than you actually need. At $19/month flat, you get AI workflows, bilingual lease e-signature, move-in/out inspections, Schedule E exports, and NOI analytics — the things that move the needle for a self-managing landlord at that scale.
Choose Landlord Copilot if your tenants speak Spanish or Chinese and you want a lease they can fully read and sign in their language. Bilingual lease e-sign in English, Spanish, and Chinese is not a feature DoorLoop advertises, and it is a real differentiator in California, Texas, Florida, New York, and other states with large bilingual populations.
Choose Landlord Copilot if you want AI assistance across all the everyday recurring tasks — email triage, AI-drafted replies, photo-based maintenance categorization, receipt parsing — at no add-on charge. DoorLoop is selectively adopting AI (currently AI Inspections); Landlord Copilot ships these as part of the Pro plan.
Choose Landlord Copilot if you file your own Schedule E and don't need QuickBooks sync. The Schedule E-ready exports and per-property NOI breakdowns are aimed at exactly that filer, not at a CPA-mediated property management business.
Frequently asked questions
Honest answers to the most common questions about how the two platforms compare. Where pricing is involved, all figures are current as of May 2026 and we link out to the source pages so you can verify.
Is Landlord Copilot cheaper than DoorLoop?
By a wide margin, yes. Landlord Copilot Pro is $19/month or $179/year flat. DoorLoop Starter is $99/month monthly or $69/month billed yearly with a 10-unit cap. DoorLoop Pro is $189/month or $149/month yearly plus $3 per unit. DoorLoop Premium is $239/month or $209/month yearly plus $3 per unit. Even DoorLoop's cheapest tier at the discounted annual rate is over 3x Landlord Copilot Pro.
Then why does anyone pay for DoorLoop?
Because at portfolio scale — 50+ units, multi-owner property management, broker-grade reporting — DoorLoop's accounting depth (QuickBooks sync, advanced reports, CAM reconciliation on Premium) is genuinely valuable. Property managers are paying for the financial reporting and the multi-owner accounting, not for the rent collection or the e-signature. Those features are the reason DoorLoop can charge what it does.
Does Landlord Copilot have a free tier?
Yes. Landlord Copilot's free tier covers 1 active property with all features included — inspections, lease e-sign, screening, rent collection, tenant portal in English, Spanish, and Chinese — and a soft cap of 10 AI calls per month. DoorLoop has no free tier and offers a 14-day trial instead.
Can I switch from DoorLoop to Landlord Copilot?
Yes, but think about what you would lose first. If you rely on DoorLoop's QuickBooks sync, CAM reconciliation, or multi-owner accounting, Landlord Copilot does not replace those. If you primarily use DoorLoop for rent collection, screening, leases, and tenant communication, the move is straightforward: export your tenant ledger and lease PDFs from DoorLoop, then upload them as documents in Landlord Copilot. Existing tenants are invited via the tenant portal flow; active leases can be re-created in the system or kept as static PDFs.
Does DoorLoop have AI features?
Selectively. DoorLoop offers AI Inspections as an add-on bundled into the Pro and Premium tiers (unlimited on Premium). Broader AI workflows like email triage, AI-drafted reply suggestions, and receipt parsing are not advertised in DoorLoop's public product surface as of this writing. Landlord Copilot ships all four of those plus AI maintenance categorization at the Pro tier with no add-on.
Which platform has better bilingual lease support?
Landlord Copilot supports lease e-signature in English, Spanish, and Chinese — the same lease can be issued in the language the tenant reads. DoorLoop does not advertise multilingual lease support.
At what portfolio size does DoorLoop start to make more sense than Landlord Copilot?
Roughly when you cross from "self-managing landlord" to "property management business." That is usually around 50 units or when you start serving multiple owners, file separate financials per owner, or have a CPA who specifically wants QuickBooks integration. Below that threshold, the DoorLoop accounting depth is more software than you need, and Landlord Copilot at $19/month covers the actual operational workflows of a self-managing landlord at 1–20 units.
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