What OpenBrix does

OpenBrix is a Bristol, United Kingdom-based property technology (prop-tech) company founded in 2017. The company describes its platform as serving tenants, agents, and landlords, with the stated objective of enabling productive relationships across these rental-market stakeholders. Its commercial web presence is organized around a single branded product family, with two distinct tiers surfaced via dedicated landing pages.

The product suite consists of tlyfe, the core offering, and tlyfePRO, a higher-tier professional variant. Available source material refers to tlyfe as a product "powered by OpenBrix" but does not elaborate on underlying technology, platform architecture, integrations, APIs, or proprietary technical components. No information is disclosed regarding data models, mobile applications, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities. The company has not publicly listed patents, certifications, compliance frameworks, or partnership agreements.

The business and revenue model is not disclosed. There is no public pricing information, no customer logos, no disclosed headcount beyond an 11–50 range, and no funding rounds, M&A activity, or operating geographies are reported. Three founders are listed — John Reilly and Adam Pigott as co-founders (with Pigott additionally serving as CEO) and Shahad Choudhury as co-founder and Chief Innovation and Operations Officer — but no further management, investor, or financial detail is present in the data provided.

Name

OpenBrix

Website

https://openbrix.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OpenBrix is a Bristol, UK-based prop-tech company founded in 2017 that builds an interactive platform connecting tenants, agents, and landlords, offering a core product branded as tlyfe plus a professional tier called tlyfePRO.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bristol

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

OpenBrix is an interactive prop-tech platform that connects tenants, agents, and landlords in a single environment to facilitate harmonious, headache-free relationships throughout the rental lifecycle. The platform delivers tools for tenant communication, property oversight, and agent workflows, marketed under the tlyfe and tlyfePRO product lines.

Product overview

OpenBrix offers a platform with at least two product tiers: the core tlyfe product and its enhanced variant tlyfePRO. Based on the available data, tlyfe appears to be the primary consumer/lifestyle product, while tlyfePRO represents a professional tier. The company operates as a product-powered technology business with tlyfe as its flagship branded offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• tlyfe: Product powered by OpenBrix
• tlyfePRO

Products and services

• tlyfe tlyfe is the tenant-facing offering of the OpenBrix platform, designed to give tenants a structured way to interact with landlords and agents during their tenancy, supporting communication and relationship management.
• tlyfePRO tlyfePRO is the professional-tier product on the OpenBrix platform, built for landlords and estate agents to manage properties, tenants, and day-to-day interactions in a single interface.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Goodlord: UK prop-tech platform serving letting agents, landlords, and tenants with referencing, contracts, and rent collection. Direct functional overlap with OpenBrix's three-sided rental relationship platform.
• Arthur Online: UK property management software for letting agents and landlords covering maintenance, compliance, and tenant communications. Comparable SaaS wedge into the same workflow stack.
• PayProp: UK-focused automated rental payment and reconciliation platform for letting agents and landlords. Closely comparable in serving the agent-landlord financial workflow that OpenBrix targets.
• RentMan: Cloud-based rental management software serving property managers and landlords. Comparable product category and SaaS delivery model to OpenBrix.
• OpenRent: UK online letting agent serving landlords and tenants directly with listings, referencing, and contracts. Direct functional overlap on the landlord-tenant relationship layer.
• Rentify: UK property management platform focused on landlords and agents for rent collection, contracts, and tenant management. Direct overlap with OpenBrix's target users.

Broad incumbents

• Rightmove: UK's largest property portal with broad agent and landlord adoption. A scaled incumbent that any prop-tech workflow tool — including OpenBrix — must coexist with.
• Dezrez: UK CRM and property management software suite for estate and letting agents. Comparable SaaS category with deeper enterprise traction, framing the competitive ceiling OpenBrix must beat.
• Zoopla: Major UK property platform combining listings with agent and landlord SaaS tools. Represents both a distribution risk and a potential partnership channel for OpenBrix.

Emerging players

• Inventory Base: UK property inspection and inventory platform used by letting agents. Adjacent workflow overlap, especially relevant to the agent-side of OpenBrix's offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/openbrix

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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