Hostaway is a premium vacation rental management software (VRMS) with around 1,500 customers. It’s an end-to-end platform that includes features like a direct booking website, a robust channel manager, and automation features. Hostaway received a SoftwarePundit Analyst rating of 89 because it has strong API integrations, is feature-rich, and is still easy to navigate. Overall, it’s ideal for those with more than 10 properties who are looking to scale their short-term rental management business.

There are many VRMS tools to choose from, all with features that will benefit vacation rental businesses of all sizes. Here are the top alternatives to Hostaway:

Throughout this article, we’ll provide an overview of these Hostaway alternatives and discuss who would prefer each option. If you’d like to read an in-depth analysis of Hostaway, check out our full Hostaway review.

All of our recommendations are based on research, product demos with the software companies, and dozens of hours spent hand-testing these vacation rental management tools. More details regarding our research process can be found on our vacation rental management category page.

Table of Contents

• Hostaway Features
• Hostaway Competitor Overview: Features
• Hostaway Competitor Overview: Pricing
• Top Hostaway Competitors
  • Guesty
  • Hostfully
  • Lodgify
  • Smoobu
• Bottom Line

Hostaway Features

The most important features that Hostaway offers are described in the table below. As an all-in-one platform, Hostaway offers all the tools you’d need to manage a short-term rental business. During testing, we found that the strongest feature is the channel manager. The guest messaging inbox falls slightly short when compared with messaging features from competitors, as it’s a bit buggy at times.

Hostaway Competitor Overview: Features

Below is a chart that compares available features between Hostaway, Guesty, Hostfully, Lodgify, and Smoobu. You’ll notice that many features are generally the same across tools. You should pay strict attention to which tools have API integrations with which channels, as the channel you want to list your property with is of the utmost importance.

Hostaway Competitor Overview: Pricing

Hostaway pricing is estimated around $50 per property per month. While specific pricing details are not public, we spoke with the team at Hostaway and they mentioned that pricing is somewhere around that $50 mark.

Hostaway is one of the pricier tools in the space, given that it’s a premium tool marketed towards those with larger property portfolios. Below is a table comparing monthly pricing with the competitors mentioned in this article. We’ll note specific pricing information where available and provide insight about estimated monthly costs.

Top Hostaway Competitors

Along with the four competitors featured in this article, we’ve listed below some more Hostaway alternatives that we researched and tested. If any of these catch your eye, feel free to read our full reviews.

Guesty

Guesty is another premium, pricey VRMS that should be used by those with more than 20 properties. It has robust features, is very modern and streamlined, and was easier to navigate than Hostaway. Consider both tools only if you have a very profitable short-term rental business that would both require and allow for a tool to be so advanced and expensive. If you’d like an in-depth comparison between the two, check out this article to see if you’d prefer Hostaway or Guesty.

Hostfully

Hostfully is a similarly advanced tool that competes with Hostaway in terms of scope and price. Hostfully offers a unique Guest Guidebooks feature, which Hostaway doesn’t have, that is one of its major strengths. There are API integrations with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and TripAdvisor. Hostfully is a bit more flexible in terms of business size because it’s scalable and hosts can start with Hostfully if they have fewer properties.

Lodgify

Lodgify is not nearly as advanced as Hostaway, though it’s an adequate choice for those with up to 20 properties. It has much better website templates than Hostaway and has a more modern and streamlined interface. However, crucial features are housed in the most expensive plan, which does not offer quite enough functionality to justify the cost.

Smoobu

Smoobu is a mid-tier VRMS that offers the most value to European hosts. Because Smoobu has integrations with smaller European channels, most specifically within the DACH region, it’ll be best for those in that area. Smoobu doesn’t come close to being quite as advanced as Hostaway, but it’s modern and easy to use. We recommend it for hosts with smaller portfolios and who need an exceedingly straightforward software experience.

Bottom Line

Hostaway is a premium VRMS platform for those who mainly use Airbnb and manage more than 10 properties. At around $50 per property per month, it’s one of the more expensive tools on the market, so choose it only if you’re able to spend that amount on a VRMS.

Depending on the number of properties you manage and the channels you’d like to list properties on, you should consider some alternatives to Hostaway. Here’s a quick recap of Hostaway’s competitors:

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