Beds24 vs Smoobu: pricing and fit compared

This page compares Beds24's and Smoobu's own published prices, read from their official pricing pages on 11 November 2026. Each vendor's figures are shown with its own unit and billing context — this page does not add them into a total, and both happen to publish in euros. A third option, Prime Host, is covered near the end.

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Updated 2026-11-11

The short answer

Beds24 and Smoobu are both software for vacation rentals, hotels and small accommodation businesses, but they price very differently. Beds24 is pay-as-you-go: one scalable base fee that rises with your number of rented units, plus separate, individually priced add-ons such as per-channel links, SMS notifications and extra user logins. Smoobu sells three named plans — Professional Flex, Professional Prepaid and Teams Pro+ — priced per unit, with its pricing page defaulting to a 2-year billing period and a one-unit view.

Beds24 states it never charges a booking commission, on any plan, and has no setup fee or minimum contract term; you prepay into an account and top it up. Smoobu's Professional Prepaid and Teams Pro+ plans are also commission-free, but Professional Flex — the plan with the lowest listed monthly rate — carries a 0.9% commission on every booking instead.

Choose Beds24 if you want to pay only for what you actually use and don't mind totalling several small line items yourself. Choose Smoobu if you prefer one flat monthly number per unit, as long as you're comfortable with that number depending heavily on which billing period you pick. Prime Host, covered near the end, prices per property plus per room rather than per unit, with no commission on either billing option.

At a glance

All figures below are in euros, exactly as each vendor publishes them, with the billing context each one states.

	Beds24	Smoobu
Pricing model	Pay-as-you-go: one base fee that scales with your number of rented units, plus separate per-item add-ons	Per-unit monthly fee across three plans; the price shown is for one unit and the page defaults to 2-year billing
Starting base fee	From €15.50/month, scaling with unit count	Professional Prepaid: €10.50/month for one unit on 2-year billing (listed at €35/month before that discount)
Commission on bookings	None — Beds24 states it never charges commission on bookings, on any plan	0% on Professional Prepaid and Teams Pro+; 0.9% per booking on Professional Flex
Per-channel connection fee	€0.55 per channel link per month, billed as a separate line from the base fee	Not published as a separate per-channel fee on its pricing page
Free trial	14-day free trial, per its terms	14-day free trial, no credit card needed

Choose Beds24 or choose Smoobu?

Choose Beds24 if…

You want to pay for exactly what you use and you're comfortable adding a handful of small line items yourself each month. Its pricing page states a scalable base fee from €15.50/month, €0.55 per channel link per month, no commission on bookings, no setup fee and no minimum contract term — you prepay into an account and top it up as you go.

Choose Smoobu if…

You'd rather see one flat number per unit than add up several fees. Its Professional Prepaid plan is listed at €10.50/month for one unit on 2-year billing (€35/month before that discount), with 0% commission; Teams Pro+ adds extras like e-invoicing and prioritised support for €16.50/month for one unit on the same billing basis. Professional Flex trades a lower headline rate for a 0.9% per-booking commission instead.

Pricing models compared

Beds24's fees are published as separate lines rather than one number: a base fee that scales with your unit count starting at €15.50/month, €0.55 per channel link per month (one link connects one room type to one channel), €0.10 per SMS booking notification, €2.00/month per additional user login, and €19.00/month if you want your own subdomain for the booking page. Beds24 states these add up on your invoice but does not publish a single combined 'total' figure, since it depends on how many units, channels and add-ons you choose — so this page doesn't invent one either.

Smoobu's per-unit prices on its pricing page depend heavily on which billing period you select. The page defaults to a 2-year term, where Professional Prepaid shows as €10.50/month for one unit (struck through from a €35/month base rate) and Teams Pro+ as €16.50/month for one unit (struck through from €55/month). Professional Flex is priced at €29/month for one unit and, unlike the other two plans, that figure doesn't change with the billing-period selector; it carries the 0.9% commission instead of a deeper discount.

Because Beds24 bills per add-on and Smoobu bills per plan-and-billing-period, there is no single apples-to-apples monthly figure between them — this page lists both exactly as published rather than combining them. Prime Host's own pricing works differently again: a public calculator gives a figure from $59 per property per month plus a per-room amount on annual billing, with no commission and no per-booking fee.

A third option: Prime Host

Where Prime Host fits next to a pay-as-you-go channel manager and a per-unit vacation-rental platform, and where it doesn't.

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 from $59 per property per month on annual billing, plus a per-room amount, with no commission or per-booking fee; monthly billing costs 20% more and can be cancelled any month — no separate per-channel or per-add-on line items to total up.
Prime Shield flags bookings where the guest paid noticeably less than the price you set, for example when a channel stacks discounts, and shows the difference in money. Real commission per channel is measured from actual bookings, not estimated.
A free trial and a public live demo that needs no sign-up, including a 500-room demo hotel.

Where it doesn't fit

Prime Host is 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.
It runs six channels in production today — Booking.com, Airbnb, Agoda, Expedia, Trip.com and Hostelworld — fewer than Beds24's stated 60+ channel partners; a 60-channel catalogue can be requested beyond the six live today.
It is a newer product with a smaller customer base than either Beds24 or Smoobu.

How to work out your real monthly cost

1
Count your units and channels
For Beds24, multiply your base-fee tier by your unit count, then add €0.55 for every room-type-to-channel link you'll actually use, plus any SMS, extra-login or private-label add-ons you want.
2
Pick a Smoobu billing period on purpose
Smoobu's page defaults to 2-year billing, which is where the €10.50 and €16.50 figures come from. Check the monthly and yearly figures too before you decide, since the discount changes which plan looks cheaper.
3
Separate the commission question from the base fee
Beds24 charges no commission on any plan. Smoobu charges none on Professional Prepaid or Teams Pro+, but 0.9% per booking on Professional Flex — weigh that against Flex's lower listed monthly rate using your own booking volume.
4
Use the free trial before you commit
Both offer a 14-day free trial. Load in a realistic number of units and channels during the trial so the real monthly figure, not the headline one, is what you decide on.

Sources

Beds24 pricing — beds24.com/pricing.html
Beds24 homepage — beds24.com/
Beds24 channel manager — beds24.com/en/channel-manager/channel-manager
Beds24 terms (free trial length) — beds24.com/en/company/eula-november
Smoobu pricing — smoobu.com/en/pricing
Smoobu channel manager — smoobu.com/en/channel-manager
Prime Host pricing — primehostpartners.com/en/pricing

Vendor facts were read from each vendor's own website on 11 November 2026. Prices and plans change — confirm on the vendor's page before you decide.

Frequently asked questions

Is Beds24 cheaper than Smoobu?

They're not directly comparable as one number: Beds24 bills a base fee plus separate add-ons per channel link, SMS, login or private label, while Smoobu bills one plan price per unit that changes with the billing period you pick. Work out both for your own unit count and channel list rather than comparing headline figures.

Does either charge a booking commission?

Beds24 states it never charges commission on bookings, on any plan. Smoobu's Professional Prepaid and Teams Pro+ plans are commission-free, but Professional Flex charges 0.9% per booking.

Why does Smoobu's price depend on the billing period?

Smoobu's pricing page shows a 2-year billing period by default, which carries the deepest discount off the listed monthly rate. Choosing monthly or yearly billing instead shows a different, higher figure for the same plan.

What does Beds24's per-channel fee cover?

Beds24 charges €0.55 per month for each channel link — one room type connected to one channel — separately from its scalable base fee. More rooms and more channels both add more links.

Where does Prime Host fit next to these two?

Prime Host prices per property plus per room rather than per unit or per add-on, with no commission or per-booking fee either way. It's worth comparing if you want one public number instead of totalling several line items or picking a billing period to get a good rate.