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Keep the books in Stessa. Do the notices here.

Stessa users are bookkeeping first and have no reason to move money for a legal feature. Do not. Enter the tenancy here in one form when a notice, an increase or a move-out comes up, get the notice free, and keep every account and report in Stessa.

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Nothing moves. Rent stays on Stessa. The tenancy you enter here exists to compute the notice.

Side by side

What each one charges, and what each one does about California paperwork

Stessa

Price to you
Essentials is free. Manage is $12 a month, Pro is $28 a month. Lease templates are $15 each on the free tier.
What the tenant pays
Rent collection and bookkeeping are the product; the legal side is a referral to a partner.
California notices and paperwork
Forms through a partner. No California workflow.
What its users say
  • Legal depth is a partner link, not the product.
  • Lease templates cost extra on the free tier.

Vendor prices as published on Oct 11, 2026. Check the vendor's page for today's figure.

Sproutly

Price to you
$0 for rent tracking and reminders, leases, applications, maintenance and the portal, on every unit.
What the tenant pays
Nothing when they pay you directly by Zelle, bill-pay or check. Online card payments carry a processing fee set by the processor (estimated at 2.9% plus 30 cents, paid by the tenant). They are on by default and one switch turns them off. Online bank transfer through Sproutly is not offered right now.
California notices and paperwork
Pay-or-quit notice, rent increase notice and deposit statement forms, all free. Each one is drafted from the values you enter, with a place to record how it was served. You check the official source. General information, not legal advice.
City ordinances
Where to check links for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose.
Three things Stessa does not do

Where the notice earns its place

Nothing re-entered for accounting

The tenancy here carries rent, tenant, address and dates. Stessa stays the ledger.

A filled-in notice instead of a template

A template leaves the form to you. Sproutly fills in the dates and amounts you enter, links the official source, and records the service.

The California lease, $0

Where Stessa charges $15 per template, the California lease with every disclosure is included here.

Keep Stessa. Get the deposit statement here, free.

Free account, no card. Nothing is charged for the notice.

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