Freehold.Pro and Blocks Online both support block management in the UK. Blocks Online is for small and medium managing agents with leaseholder portals issue management and credit control from around £100 per month. Freehold.Pro is built forsmall blocks and RTM companies that want service charge accounting compliance and a resident portal without agent style pricing.
Freehold.Pro is built for small blocks (3–10 flats) and RTM.Service charge accounting compliance scheduling resident portal and per-block pricing with no per-user fees.
Blocks Online is for small and medium managing agents with leaseholder portals issue management and credit control. It helps agents run multiple blocks and units and is not designed around RTM directors or self managed single blocks.
Bottom Line...
For RTM companies and small self managed blocks Freehold.Pro is the better fit. For small or medium agents who run several blocks and need issue management and credit control Blocks Online may suit.
Choose Freehold.Pro if you are an RTM company or share of freehold that runs one or a few small blocks and wants service charge accounting compliance scheduling and a resident portal without agent style monthly pricing.
Choose Blocks Online if you are a small or medium managing agent who runs several blocks for clients and needs leaseholder portals issue management and credit control in one system.
For self managed blocks with volunteer directors Freehold.Pro is usually the better fit. For small or medium managing agents who need portals issue management and credit control Blocks Online is an option.
Directors don't realise they are legally responsible.
Small RTM companies often unknowingly miss fire safety checks, records, and documentation requirements. Freehold.Pro structures and logs these automatically.
The admin slowly becomes a second job.
Volunteer directors end up acting as accountants, secretaries, and compliance officers. Freehold.Pro centralises everything so directors spend minutes per week, not hours.
Leaseholders start questioning the accounts.
Most disputes in small blocks come from unclear service charge records. Freehold.Pro gives every leaseholder visibility into spending and documents.
The only escape feels like hiring a managing agent.
Many blocks appoint managing agents just to cope with admin. Freehold.Pro lets blocks stay self-managed without losing organisation.
Most small RTM and self-managed blocks don't need a managing agent, they need a simple system to stay compliant and organised. Freehold.Pro was designed specifically for 3–50 unit buildings.
Get started freeBlocks Online is built for small and medium managing agents with leaseholder portals issue management and credit control. It helps agents run multiple blocks and units from around £100 per month. Freehold.Pro is built for RTM directors and self managed blocks with service charge accounting compliance and a resident portal in a block centric view. If you run a few blocks for clients Blocks Online gives you portals and credit control. If you are a small RTM board Freehold.Pro gives you the same clarity without agent pricing or multi block complexity.
Blocks Online helps agents with issue management credit control and leaseholder portals across multiple blocks. Freehold.Pro automates block specific workflows such as service charge cycles compliance schedules fire checks and resident updates. Both support leaseholder visibility. Blocks Online is tuned for agents who manage several sites. Freehold.Pro is tuned for directors who want one block in one place.
Blocks Online supports managing agents with issue tracking credit control and record keeping across client blocks. Freehold.Pro focuses on block compliance and director duties such as fire safety inspections and document evidence. Both help with transparency. Freehold.Pro keeps the view block level for directors. Blocks Online keeps the view portfolio level for agents.
Day to day Blocks Online fits property managers who handle several blocks with issue management and credit control. Freehold.Pro fits directors of one or a few blocks who want a clear picture of money tasks and resident communication for their block only. Both offer leaseholder portals. Blocks Online portals sit in the context of an agent managing multiple blocks. Freehold.Pro portals sit in the context of the block and its directors.
Freehold.Pro wins when you have a small RTM or self managed block want simple block centric accounting compliance and a resident portal and do not run a managing agency.
Blocks Online wins when you are a small or medium managing agent with several client blocks and need leaseholder portals issue management and credit control in one place.
Freehold.Pro is ideal for small blocks where directors share tasks. Blocks Online can serve small blocks but its layout and pricing are aimed at agents who manage multiple blocks.
Blocks Online is built for agents with several blocks and units. Freehold.Pro targets smaller blocks so very large portfolios may look at agent focused tools.
Freehold.Pro is designed for RTM and shared freehold with director responsibilities at the centre. Blocks Online can work with RTM clients but its primary audience is managing agents.
Freehold.Pro is not a landlord portfolio tool. Blocks Online is focused on blocks for managing agents not individual landlord portfolios.
The transparency that Freehold.Pro brings is it greatest feature (imo)
John Hewitt
Block Manager
BN3 1AH
Having everything in one place is an absolute gamechanger, no more searching through email threads to find important documents
Richard Harrison
Director
TCD Property Ltd
Freehold.Pro cut our admin time by half.
Jane Smith
Director
ABC RTM Ltd
