VisualLease vs. Occupier: Which lease management platform is right for you?

VisualLease stores your leases. Occupier helps you work them. VisualLease customers often find themselves building parallel systems — spreadsheets, shared drives, manual reports — just to do their actual jobs. Occupier replaces the workarounds with purpose-built workflows for both real estate and finance teams.

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What VisualLease customers told us — and how we do it differently

VisualLease customers told us
How Occupier does it
What LeaseCake customers tell us

Leases get stored. Workflows don't.

How Occupier does it

Occupier is built to work leases, not just store them. Renewal workflows, critical date tracking, and option management included.

What LeaseCake customers tell us

Too many steps to get a basic answer about your portfolio.

How Occupier does it

Get portfolio answers in minutes on clauses, milestone dates and responsibilities.

What LeaseCake customers tell us

Implementation was more manual than expected.

How Occupier does it

Occupier's white glove onboarding handles data migration, abstraction, and validation so you start with trusted data.

What LeaseCake customers tell us

The roll forward report has to be rebuilt in Excel every close.

How Occupier does it

Occupier ships the roll forward out of the box. No manual build, no Excel workaround at every close.

What LeaseCake customers tell us

Customer support is a chatbot.

How Occupier does it

A real person, every time.

“If we miss a renewal, whether it was a lease we wanted to terminate or one we wanted to renew and the landlord had other plans, that would be pretty significant. Without the visibility from Occupier, that could be millions of dollars in lost revenue.”
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Why occupier

Why teams choose Occupier

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One connected system
When a lease is amended, accounting updates automatically. No duplicate entry, no reconciliation risk.
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Data you can trust
Every lease is reviewed by our in-house team before it reaches you. AI accelerates it. Humans verify it.
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Compliance built in
Full ASC 842 and IFRS 16 support — amortization schedules, journal entries, and disclosures included.
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A real person, every time
Every account gets a dedicated account manager and in-house CPA. Not a chatbot.
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Your full lease lifecycle
From deal management through execution through accounting. One platform, no handoffs
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ERP integration included
Journal entries flow directly to your accounting system. No manual uploads, no formatting workarounds.
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Size:
15,000 sq ft
Renewal options:
90 days notice
Lease expiration:
March 2026
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FAQ

Has VisualLease changed since the CoStar acquisition?
CoStar acquired VisualLease, making it part of a platform built primarily for brokers and landlords. For tenants, that means your lease management software is now owned by a company whose core business is not serving you. Occupier was built exclusively for tenants from day one — and that hasn't changed.
Is it hard to switch from Visual Lease to Occupier?
Migration from Visual Lease is one of the most common transitions we manage. Occupier handles data migration, abstraction, and validation as part of onboarding — so you start with clean, verified data rather than inheriting whatever state your VisualLease data is in. Most teams are live faster than they expect.