Channel manager comparisons, with sources
Choosing hotel software usually means opening ten tabs and guessing which numbers are current. These pages put the published facts side by side — what each product is, what it says it costs, and who it fits — and link every figure back to the vendor's own page.
How these comparisons are written
Every fact about another vendor comes from that vendor's own website: its pricing page, product pages, help center or terms. We do not use review sites, reseller pages or other companies' blog posts as sources, because their numbers are often out of date or disagree with each other.
Each page ends with a list of the pages we read and the date we read them. If a vendor does not publish a price, the page says so instead of estimating one. Prices and plans change — treat the figures as a starting point and confirm them on the vendor's page before you decide.
We sell one of the products on these pages, so read with that in mind. To keep the comparisons useful anyway, each page states where another product is the better choice and where Prime Host does not fit.
What we compare
What the product actually is
A channel manager, a full property management system, a website builder with channel sync, or a suite of all three. Many shortlists mix these up, and the right answer depends on what you already run at the front desk.
Published pricing
Whether the price is public, what the unit is — per property, per room, per listing — and whether the page shows a monthly or an annual-billing figure.
Fees on top
Commission or per-booking fees, setup or onboarding fees, and paid add-ons, wherever the vendor states them.
Who it fits
The property types and sizes the vendor itself says it serves, so a 12-room guesthouse is not measured against a product built for hotel groups.
How to use a comparison before you sign anything
- 1
Write down your own numbers first
Room count, the channels that bring you bookings today, and what you pay now. A comparison only helps once it is measured against your property, not an average one.
- 2
Ask each vendor for the all-in monthly cost
For your exact room count, on the billing period you would choose, including every add-on you need. Compare that single figure — not the headline price.
- 3
Check the channels you actually sell on
A long connection list matters less than whether your three or four real channels are supported, and how updates to them are confirmed.
- 4
Try the product before the sales call
A trial or an open demo shows more in ten minutes than a slide deck. Prime Host has a live demo that needs no sign-up.
Where Prime Host sits in these comparisons
So you know the perspective these pages are written from.
What it is
- A channel manager with a built-in reservation calendar and a direct booking engine, for independent hotels, hostels, guesthouses and villas.
- Public pricing calculated from your room count — from $59 per property per month on annual billing, with no commission or per-booking fee.
- Every price and availability update is read back from the channel to confirm it arrived.
- A free trial and a public live demo with no sign-up.
What it is not
- Not a full front-desk PMS: there is no night audit, key-card integration or point of sale.
- The booking engine cannot take card payments yet and handles one room per booking.
- A newer product with a smaller customer base than the long-established vendors it is compared with.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the competitor prices on these pages come from?
Only from each vendor's own website, read on the date shown in the Sources section of each page. Where a vendor does not publish prices, the page says pricing is on request rather than quoting a third-party estimate.
Why is there no ranking or score?
A single score hides the thing that matters most: fit. A product built for vacation-rental managers and one built for 80-room hotels can both be good and still be wrong for you. The pages describe who each product says it serves and leave the decision to your own numbers.
How often are the comparisons updated?
Each page shows the date its facts were last checked. Vendors change plans and prices without notice, so always confirm the current figure on the vendor's own page.
A figure on one of these pages looks wrong. What should I do?
Email support@primehostpartners.com with the page link. If a vendor's published information has changed, we correct the page and update the checked date.
In this guide
Compares Beds24, Cloudbeds, Little Hotelier, Prime Host, Sirvoy and SiteMinder on published pricing, booking fees and fit for small independent hotels.
Compares Beds24, Cloudbeds, Little Hotelier, Prime Host and Sirvoy for hostels — bed-level inventory, Hostelworld connectivity, pricing and booking fees.
Compares Beds24, Little Hotelier, Prime Host, Sirvoy and Smoobu for guesthouses and B&Bs — published pricing, booking fees and who each one fits.
Compares Beds24, Hostaway, Lodgify, Prime Host and Smoobu for vacation rentals, villas and holiday homes — published pricing, fees and fit.
What Beds24, Cloudbeds, Lodgify, Sirvoy, Smoobu and Prime Host actually state about commission and booking fees, quoted from each vendor's own pricing page.
Published entry-level prices for Beds24, Lodgify, Sirvoy, Smoobu and Prime Host, each in its own currency — and what the headline price usually leaves out.
Cloudbeds publishes plan names but not prices. What each plan includes, what its terms say about contract length, and how other vendors price instead.
Per-property, per-room, per-channel-link, commission-based or quote-only: how published channel manager pricing models work, with real examples.
What SiteMinder and Cloudbeds each state about their product, trial, contract terms and channel reach — sourced from their own sites, checked 11 Nov 2026.
Little Hotelier and Cloudbeds: what each states about trial and contract terms for small properties, sourced from their own sites, checked 11 Nov 2026.
Beds24's pay-as-you-go fees and Smoobu's per-unit plans, each exactly as published, checked 11 Nov 2026 — plus Prime Host as a third option.
Lodgify's USD plans and Smoobu's EUR plans, each exactly as published and never converted, checked 11 Nov 2026 — plus Prime Host as a third option.
Compare Cloudbeds alternatives — Beds24, Little Hotelier, Sirvoy, SiteMinder and Prime Host — on published pricing, fees and who each one fits.
Compare Little Hotelier alternatives — Beds24, Cloudbeds, Sirvoy, Smoobu and Prime Host — on published pricing, fees and who each one fits.
Compare SiteMinder alternatives — Beds24, Cloudbeds, Sirvoy, Smoobu and Prime Host — on published pricing, fees and who each one fits.
Compare Sirvoy alternatives — Beds24, Little Hotelier, Lodgify, Smoobu and Prime Host — on published pricing, fees and who each one fits.
Compare Beds24 with Cloudbeds, Lodgify, Sirvoy, Smoobu and Prime Host — published pricing, booking fees and fit, sourced from each vendor's own site.
Compare Smoobu with Beds24, Hostaway, Lodgify, Sirvoy and Prime Host — published pricing, booking fees and fit, sourced from each vendor's own site.
Compare Lodgify with Beds24, Hostaway, Sirvoy, Smoobu and Prime Host — published pricing, booking fees and fit, sourced from each vendor's own site.
Compare Hostaway with Beds24, Cloudbeds, Lodgify, Smoobu and Prime Host — published pricing, booking fees and fit, sourced from each vendor's own site.
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