The German landlord tools are inexpensive, focused and good at one job: managing standing rentals. If that is all you do, one of them may be all you need. Here is where they fit and where REPM takes over.
objego, VermietenPlus (formerly Vermietet.de) and immocloud are self-serve tools built for private and small landlords managing standing rentals. They are inexpensive, they set up in an afternoon, and they are focused: rent tracking, the Nebenkostenabrechnung, a bank feed and receipts for the tax return. objego has a free tier and paid plans from around 8 EUR a month, VermietenPlus starts near 10 EUR a month, and immocloud starts near 10 EUR a month on annual billing. If all you do is hold a few units and file Anlage V once a year, one of these may be all you need, and this page will say so plainly.
What they do not do is anything before the rental exists. There is no project side, no DIN 276 cost tracking for a Modernisierung or a Neubau, no listing syndication to the portals, and no development controlling. They stop at managing the standing rental. REPM covers that stage too and then keeps going: REPM Lite at 19 EUR a month adds projects with cost tracking, inquiries and a portfolio map, and REPM Pro adds the full DIN 276 cockpit, syndication and development that none of these tools have.
Landlord tools keep an honest lead on the bank feed and the tax export. REPM Lite covers projects and inquiries; REPM Pro adds the development and sell side that landlord tools do not have.
| Feature | REPM Lite | REPM Pro | Landlord tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Units, leases and tenants | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rent tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Service-charge statement (Nebenkostenabrechnung) | - | Yes | Yes |
| Bank feed and Anlage V tax export | - | - | Yes |
| Projects with cost tracking | Yes | Yes | - |
| DIN 276 cost cockpit with versions and approvals | - | Yes | - |
| Inquiries and a portfolio map | Yes | Yes | - |
| Portal syndication (OpenImmo, ImmobilienScout24) | - | Yes | - |
| Search-profile matching and tracked web exposes | - | Yes | - |
| Development controlling (cash flow, IRR, MOIC) | - | Yes | - |
| Runs in your own Microsoft tenant | - | Yes | - |
A handful of standing units, no building or renovation projects worth costing, and a main job that is the annual Nebenkostenabrechnung and the tax export. In that case objego, VermietenPlus or immocloud will do it for less than REPM, and the VermietenPlus bank feed and Anlage V export are genuinely convenient for a private landlord. For that profile we would point you to one of them rather than sell you more system than the job needs.
The line is usually a specific event, not a unit count. The first renovation or new-build project you want to cost against DIN 276. The first unit you want to list on ImmobilienScout24 and get inquiries back for. The point where you want one record from build to let instead of a rental tool plus a spreadsheet plus a broker. Or a governance requirement to hold tenant data in your own Microsoft tenant with roles and an audit trail.
That is where a landlord tool runs out of room. REPM Lite picks up the projects and inquiries a landlord tool never had, and REPM Pro adds the DIN 276 cockpit, lease and service-charge management at portfolio scale, and syndication to the portals, all on the same property record. You move once, rather than bolting a second and third tool onto the first.
At the entry level, yes. Those tools start under 10 EUR a month; REPM Lite is 19 EUR a month after a free 30 days. The price buys a different scope: projects with cost tracking, inquiries and a map in Lite, and full development, the DIN 276 cockpit and syndication in Pro. If you only need the standing-rental basics, the cheaper tool is the right call, and we would say so.
Yes. Export your properties, units and leases as CSV and import them into REPM. Bank-feed history and receipt attachments are tool-specific and may not carry over cleanly, so those usually stay with the tax year they belong to. The import templates show the shape REPM expects.
Yes, on the Pro tier, from live lease and cost data with the recoverable-cost split and Heizkostenverordnung apportionment. What REPM does not currently offer is the automatic bank feed and Anlage V tax export that VermietenPlus builds its private-landlord product around. See the manage page.
The whole develop and sell side. Projects on a phase model with DIN 276 cost tracking, cash flow and financial metrics, listing syndication over OpenImmo and to ImmobilienScout24, search-profile matching and tracked web exposes, and one property record that carries all of it from construction to letting. The develop page covers the project side.
Usually not for long. Running both means two copies of the tenant and lease data to keep in step, which is the problem a system of record exists to remove. Most people move fully once a project or a listing pushes them past what the landlord tool covers.
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