Why Fixflo is wrong for small landlords
Fixflo starts at approximately £82/month and is designed for letting agencies with 50+ properties and dedicated maintenance teams. Tenants and contractors need accounts. Onboarding takes days. The feature set assumes you have a property manager — not that you are the property manager.
For self-managing landlords with 1–20 properties, Fixflo is overkill: you pay for compliance modules, agency workflows, and reporting tools you'll never open. The core need — tenant reports issue, you assign contractor, contractor fixes it — can be done for a fraction of the cost.
Best Fixflo alternative for 1–20 properties: FixRoute
FixRoute is purpose-built for self-managing UK landlords with 1–20 properties. It costs £19/month flat — that is £63/year less than Fixflo's monthly rate. A 14-day free trial is available with no credit card.
The core workflow matches what Fixflo does at the repair-loop level: tenant reports, landlord assigns, contractor accepts and schedules. The key difference is that neither tenants nor contractors need an account or app — they act via permanent web links (tenants) and scoped email links (contractors). Setup is 2 minutes, not days.
Arthur Online — alternative for landlords needing full management
If you need rent collection, tenancy management, and maintenance in one platform, Arthur Online is a stronger alternative to Fixflo than FixRoute. Pricing starts around £1/unit/month. It covers more ground but takes significantly longer to set up and is priced higher for small portfolios.
Landlord Studio — alternative for accounting-focused landlords
Landlord Studio's primary strength is financial management — rent tracking, expense records, tax reporting. It has a maintenance module but it does not close the full repair loop (no scoped contractor links, no automatic tenant updates). Best used alongside FixRoute, not as a replacement for repair coordination.
Which Fixflo alternative is right for you?
If your primary problem is repair chaos — WhatsApp threads, contractor chasing, no audit trail — FixRoute is the right switch. It does the repair loop at £19/month with zero onboarding overhead.
If you need rent collection and full property management alongside repairs, Arthur Online covers more ground but costs more and takes longer to set up.
If you primarily need financial management, Landlord Studio handles finances — but pair it with FixRoute for repairs.