Hostaway alternatives: how 5 channel managers compare

This page compares Hostaway with four other channel managers — Beds24, Cloudbeds, Lodgify and Smoobu — plus Prime Host, for owners and managers choosing software now. Hostaway and Cloudbeds publish no prices on their own sites, so this page says so rather than estimating a figure; every other number comes from the vendor's own website, read on 11 November 2026.

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Updated 2026-11-11

What Hostaway is and who it suits

Hostaway describes itself, on its own homepage, as an AI-powered vacation rental software platform. It states it is privately owned and funded by a network of venture capital firms and entrepreneurs, with no parent company named.

Its about page says it is built for growing property managers, combining property management, a channel manager connecting to over 200 booking platforms, a unified inbox, dynamic pricing, a direct booking engine and an AI assistant it calls AI CoHost. Its official pricing page is a quote-request form keyed to how many listings you manage, with no dollar figures shown before you ask for a quote.

If you're reading this page you're probably already using Hostaway, or waiting on a quote from it, and want to see what else is on the table — including Prime Host, the maker of this page.

At a glance

Published pricing and fees, as each vendor states them on its own site.

Product	What it is	Published pricing	Booking fee	Fits
Hostaway	AI-powered vacation-rental platform: PMS, channel manager and unified inbox	Quote-only; no public per-listing figure	Not published	Growing vacation-rental property managers with many listings
Beds24	Channel manager, PMS and booking engine, pay-as-you-go	From €15.50/month base fee, plus €0.55/month per channel link	None — states it never charges commission on bookings	Vacation rentals, hotels, B&Bs, hostels, holiday homes
Cloudbeds	Unified hotel management platform (PMS, channel manager, booking engine)	Quote-only across four plans (Flex, One, Experience, Enterprise)	None added by Cloudbeds on its own channel manager	Independent hotels through to hotel groups
Lodgify	Vacation-rental software: channel manager, website builder and booking engine	$14–$68/month per property across four plans (1-property, monthly)	0%, plus a 1% fee on guest payments taken online	Short-term rental hosts, one property to 30+
Smoobu	Vacation-rental channel manager, booking system and website builder	From €10.50/month for one unit on 2-year billing (its page's default; €35/month shown for monthly billing)	0% on most plans; 0.9% on Professional Flex	Vacation-rental hosts, single units to large portfolios
Prime Host	Channel manager with a built-in booking calendar and direct booking engine	From $59/property/month on annual billing, plus a per-room amount	None — no commission or per-booking fee	Independent hotels, hostels, guesthouses and villas

When Hostaway is still the right choice

You manage a growing number of listings and want one AI layer across all of them

Hostaway's own homepage describes AI CoHost as an operational partner and AI Replies as a tool that drafts responses to common guest questions, aimed at property managers handling volume.

You sell across a very wide set of channels

Hostaway states it connects vacation rental properties to over 200 booking platforms, and names Elite Partner status with Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com.

You want phone support around the clock

Hostaway states it offers around-the-clock phone support, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with team members across six continents.

A closer look at the alternatives

Beds24

Beds24 is pay-as-you-go: a base fee from €15.50/month plus €0.55/month per channel link, with no commission on bookings, marketed for vacation rentals, hotels, B&Bs, hostels and holiday homes.

Cloudbeds

Cloudbeds describes itself as a unified hotel management platform for businesses of every size. Like Hostaway, its four plans are quote-only; it states its channel manager connects to 450+ OTAs and adds zero commission of its own.

Lodgify

Lodgify targets short-term rental hosts with one property up to 30+, across four published plans from $14 to $68 a month per property, all at a 0% booking fee plus a 1% fee on online guest payments.

Smoobu

Smoobu is built around vacation-rental portfolios from a single apartment up, defaulting its pricing page to one unit on 2-year billing, from €10.50/month on that term, with 0.9% commission only on its Professional Flex plan.

Where Prime Host fits — and where it doesn't

Hostaway is built for multi-listing rental portfolios, so this is the honest version of where Prime Host sits next to it.

What it is

A channel manager with a built-in reservation calendar and a direct booking engine, built for independent hotels, hostels, guesthouses and villas managed as one property with rooms.
Public pricing from $59 per property per month on annual billing, worked out from your room count on its own pricing page, 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 that needs no sign-up, including a 500-room demo hotel.

Where it doesn't fit

If your business is a growing number of separate vacation-rental listings, the kind of portfolio Hostaway states it's built for, a rental-first tool such as Hostaway or Smoobu is likely to fit that operation better than Prime Host.
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 established vendors on this page.

How to compare before you switch

1
Request quotes from both quote-only vendors
Hostaway and Cloudbeds publish no prices, so ask each for a figure at your exact listing or room count and billing period before you can compare them on cost at all.
2
Separate the channel count from the channels you actually sell on
A claim of 200+ or 450+ channels matters less than whether the three or four you actually use are supported and how price or availability updates on them are confirmed.
3
Decide whether you're pricing per listing, per property or per room
The vendors on this page use different units for the same word 'price' — matching the unit to your own setup changes the real monthly cost.
4
Try before you commit
Prime Host has a free trial and a public live demo that needs no sign-up; most vendors on this page offer a trial or a demo request too.

Sources

Hostaway pricing — hostaway.com/pricing/
Beds24 pricing — beds24.com/pricing.html
Cloudbeds pricing — cloudbeds.com/pricing/
Lodgify pricing — lodgify.com/pricing/
Smoobu pricing — smoobu.com/en/pricing
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

Why doesn't this page show a Hostaway price?

Because Hostaway doesn't publish one. Its official pricing page is a step form that asks for your listing-count tier and then routes to a quote request, with no dollar figures shown before that.

Does Hostaway charge a booking commission?

Hostaway doesn't state a commission or booking-fee percentage on its official pages. It describes its pricing model as flat or all-inclusive per listing rather than revenue-share, but gives no concrete number without a quote.

How many channels does Hostaway connect to?

Hostaway's own glossary page states it connects vacation rental properties to over 200 booking platforms via direct API with real-time sync.

Is Prime Host built for a Hostaway-sized rental portfolio?

Not primarily. Prime Host is built for independent hotels, hostels, guesthouses and villas run as one property with rooms. A rental-first platform such as Hostaway, built for growing property managers with many listings, may fit that operation better.

Does Cloudbeds publish its prices either?

No. Like Hostaway, Cloudbeds' four plans (Flex, One, Experience, Enterprise) are quote-only on its official pricing page, with no public dollar figures for any of them.