Tenantback vs a traditional lease audit firm
Lease audit firms do valuable work, but their economics push them toward a few large locations once a year. Here is how the two approaches compare.
| Typical audit firm | Tenantback | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | A sample of large locations | Every statement at every location |
| Timing | Annual project, often months after statements arrive | Minutes after a statement is forwarded |
| Fee | 25 to 50% of recoveries | 25% (Recovery plan) or 12% plus $49 per location (Portfolio) |
| Deadlines | Tracked by the project team | Every audit window and renewal date tracked daily |
| Evidence | Workpapers delivered at the end | Every finding shows the lease quote, statement line and math immediately |
| Control | The firm corresponds with landlords | Letters go out only after your approval, from your company |
| Free trial | Proposal and engagement letter | Email one lease and one statement to audit@tenantback.com |
When an audit firm still makes sense
Complex office leases with on-site books-and-records audits, or disputes heading toward litigation, benefit from specialists and counsel. Tenantback is built for the high-volume reality of multi-location retail, restaurant and healthcare tenants: dozens or hundreds of reconciliations a year that otherwise go unchecked.
Questions
Can I use both?
Yes. Many teams let Tenantback cover every location continuously and bring in a firm for the occasional complex audit.
Check your own reconciliation, free
Email your lease and the landlord's latest CAM reconciliation to audit@tenantback.com. Tenantback's agents check every line against the lease and send back each overcharge with the clause and the math, usually within minutes. No signup. If you then recover money through Tenantback, it keeps 25% of what comes back, and nothing otherwise.
Using ChatGPT or Claude? Connect https://tenantback.com/mcp and ask it to audit your statement.