Vuuv vs Baselane

Baselane is focused on being an all-in-one landlord banking platform with free rent collection and built-in bank accounts. Vuuv is an all-in-one business app that supports both real estate investors AND freelancers/self-employed, with features like invoicing, time tracking, GPS mileage, and Schedule C reports that Baselane doesn't offer.

It depends on your needs. If you want free rent collection and built-in banking, Baselane is excellent. If you also have self-employment income (consulting, side business, etc.), or need advanced tax features like MACRS depreciation, 1031 tracking, or a tax calculator, Vuuv is the better choice.

Vuuv uses Stripe for rent collection. For ACH bank transfers, the fee is 0.8% capped at $5 (so a $2,000 rent payment costs $5). Baselane charges $2 per ACH rent payment, waived when the money lands in a Baselane banking account, and 3.49% for card payments. Vuuv has no monthly fees on the free tier and significantly more features for freelancers.

Yes. Vuuv has comprehensive real estate features including property tracking, tenant management, lease tracking, rent collection, MACRS depreciation, 1031 exchange tracking, and Schedule E reports. The freelancer features are a bonus if you ever need them.

No. Baselane has no mileage tracking of any kind, manual or GPS. It doesn't appear on their pricing page, in their product updates, or in their help center, and Baselane's own roundup of landlord tax tools points to other apps for mileage. Drives to your properties are still deductible at the IRS standard rate, but with Baselane you'd need a separate app to capture them. Vuuv's mobile app records drives in the background on Drive Free, Drive, Pro, and Elite, and you swipe each one as business or personal afterwards.

No. Baselane has no mileage feature at all, so there is nothing to upgrade to. Vuuv's mobile app detects when you are driving and logs the trip on its own, then applies the IRS standard rate for the year and files the miles with the rest of your books, so they carry through to your Schedule E and Schedule C without a separate app or a spreadsheet in between.

Yes. Export your Baselane transactions as a CSV and import them into Vuuv. You'll need to set up your properties and tenants fresh, but all your historical financial data can come over.

Only for tenants. Baselane generates rent invoices tied to a lease and can send a tenant a one-time invoice for things like utilities or fees. It can't invoice anyone who isn't a tenant on a lease, so landlords who also do contracting or other client work can't bill from Baselane, and there are no estimates. Vuuv includes client invoicing and estimates with online card and ACH payments.

Only on the paid Smart plan. Baselane added balance sheet reports to its $20/month Smart plan in early 2026; the free Core plan gives you the transaction ledger, Schedule E reports, and a tax package, but no balance sheet. Vuuv includes a balance sheet built from a real double-entry ledger on its $12/month Pro plan.

No. Baselane tags income and expenses to Schedule E categories, and the Smart plan added a cost segregation feature, but there are no depreciation schedules and no cost basis tracking, so your CPA still calculates depreciation outside the platform. Vuuv tracks cost basis and MACRS depreciation natively, and the numbers flow into your Schedule E report.

No. Baselane's banking, bookkeeping, and reports are built specifically around rental properties and leases, so income from a side business or self-employment doesn't fit its structure. Vuuv keeps rental and non-rental business finances in one set of books, with Schedule E for the properties and Schedule C for everything else.