Tool profile
Visual Lease: cost, fit and limits
Visual Lease is an enterprise lease administration and lease accounting platform, shown with a CoStar Group footer, that produces disclosures, journal entries and footnotes and adds AI lease abstraction built on CoStar's Lease LLM. It is sold to enterprises through a sales team.
What to know first
Visual Lease pairs lease accounting output with AI abstraction. The homepage names AI Lease Abstraction, described as AI lease scanning on CoStar's Lease LLM, and AI-Powered Insights for cutting manual work. Pricing is a Request Pricing link with no amounts. The privacy link redirects to CoStar's notice, which we did not read, so data handling for this product is unconfirmed.
Visual Lease at a glance
| Maker | Not stated by the vendor (footer reads CoStar Group), Not stated by the vendor |
|---|---|
| Free plan | No |
| Entry price | Quote only |
| API access | No |
| Category | Best AI Lease Accounting Software in 2026, rank 2 of 11 |
| Website | visuallease.com |
Who Visual Lease is best for
Large portfolios with a document backlog
The AI scanning feature targets the slow part of onboarding, turning lease PDFs into structured fields, which matters most when thousands of contracts predate the software.
Controllers who need reference material
The site links ASC 842 journal entry examples, IFRS 16 guidance and GASB 87 and GASB 96 resources, which helps a team new to a standard check its setup.
Real estate groups already close to CoStar
The footer and the Lease LLM tie the product to CoStar, so organizations that use CoStar data may find procurement and support conversations simpler.
Visual Lease plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise lease accounting | Custom quote | Disclosures, journal entries, reports and footnotes to meet lease accounting standards, with enterprise lease administration alongside. A Request Pricing link is the only price route on the homepage. |
| AI Lease Abstraction | Not published | AI lease scanning built on CoStar's Lease LLM, per the page. Whether it is a separate charge or part of the base subscription is not stated. |
| AI-Powered Insights | Not published | AI-supported tools described as reducing manual effort and errors. The homepage gives no list of insights, so scope and pricing both need a demo to confirm. |
Checked November 2026.
What Visual Lease does
- Standards output
- Disclosures, journal entries, reports and footnotes are produced for lease accounting standards, with linked guidance for ASC 842, IFRS 16, GASB 87 and GASB 96 on the site.
- AI document scanning
- AI Lease Abstraction reads lease documents using CoStar's Lease LLM, per the homepage. Field coverage, languages and the human review step are not described, so test it on a mix of clean and scanned contracts.
- Insight tools
- AI-Powered Insights is described as AI tools that reduce manual work and errors. The page does not say whether these flag anomalies in payments, suggest remeasurements or answer questions in plain language.
- Lease administration
- Enterprise lease administration sits alongside accounting, so critical dates and contract records live next to the schedules, which suits teams that want one record instead of a spreadsheet plus a subledger.
How Visual Lease handles your data
The vendor's own data handling was not confirmed. The homepage links to a privacy page that redirects to CoStar's privacy notice, and we did not read that notice. The pages we read do not say whether customer lease data trains AI models, how long data is kept or where it is hosted. No SOC or ISO claim appears on the homepage, only G2 badges. A buyer should ask for the security documentation and the data processing terms covering the Lease LLM before uploading contracts.
Where Visual Lease falls short in practice
- Data terms unconfirmed. Because the privacy link leads to a parent company notice that was not read, a buyer cannot tell from the pages whether lease documents sent to the Lease LLM are kept or reused.
- No price route beyond a form. The only commercial path is a Request Pricing link. The pages give no unit, no tier names and no trial, so a budget owner has nothing to compare against other tools.
- Integrations unnamed. Integration with existing enterprise systems is promised without naming any. A company on a specific ERP has to confirm the connector, direction of data flow and who builds it.
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Visual Lease: common questions
What is the Lease LLM behind Visual Lease?
The homepage describes AI Lease Abstraction as AI lease scanning built on CoStar's Lease LLM. It gives no detail on training data, accuracy or supported document types. Ask for a trial extraction on your own leases, and ask where documents are processed.
Does Visual Lease cover IFRS 16 as well as ASC 842?
The site links guidance and journal entry resources for ASC 842, IFRS 16, GASB 87 and GASB 96, and says the product meets lease accounting standards. It does not give a list of calculation features per standard, so confirm each in a demo.
How much does Visual Lease cost?
The homepage shows a Request Pricing link and no amounts, and the plan is described as enterprise custom pricing. There is no free tier or trial on the page. Provide lease count and abstraction volume so the quote covers scanning as well as accounting.
Who owns Visual Lease?
The footer reads CoStar Group, and the AI abstraction is built on CoStar's Lease LLM. The pages we read do not state a separate legal entity or headquarters, so ask the vendor which company signs the contract and processes the data.
Is customer lease data used to train the AI?
The pages we read do not say. The privacy link redirects to CoStar's notice, which we did not read. Ask in writing whether lease documents are used to train or improve the Lease LLM, and whether you can opt out.