Hostomat, Hospitable, Guesty and Hostaway. Side by side.
They’re good systems, older than us, and they connect to more channels. This is what each is for and what it costs to start, from their own pages in October 2026, so you can see where Hostomat is the simpler version and where it isn’t.
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The four systems compared
| As of October 2026 | Hostomat | HospitableTheir pricing page | GuestyTheir pricing page | HostawayTheir pricing page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Anyone who rents out short stays: a host with one home, a co-host running homes for owners, a property manager with a hundred homes | Hosts and property managers who want messaging and operations automated | Property management companies, from a few listings to enterprise | Professional property managers |
| How you start | Sign up and connect a home yourself, inside the app. 14 days free, no card. | Sign up yourself, with a 14-day free trial and no card. A free Essentials plan too. | Guesty Lite, for 1 to 3 listings, is self-serve with a 14-day trial. Pro and Enterprise start with a demo. | A demo first, then onboarding calls with their team. |
| Price to start | $19 a month for your first home, down to $9 a home for the 31st and up. No plans: every feature in every account. | Host $29, Professional $59, Mogul $99 a month, plus $10, $15 or $30 for each extra property. Essentials is free. | Not published for Pro and Enterprise: quoted after a demo. | Not published: quoted after a demo. |
| Direct booking site | In every account. 0% of direct bookings, paid into your own Stripe. | On Professional and Mogul. Direct Basic takes 1% of a booking; Direct Premium 4% plus 3% processing. | Basic is free on a guesty.site address, $15 a month for your own domain. Advanced is $49 a month plus 0.5% of bookings. | A booking website is included. Booking Website Pro is $49 a month plus 0.5% of bookings, and a 1.8% guest fee in the US. |
| AI replies to guests | Seroia, in every account. It starts in practice on every home, and answers on its own only once you turn that home on. | Auto Reply, on the Mogul plan. | ReplyAI drafts for free; AutoReply comes with the Guesty AI add-on, priced per listing. | Hostaway AI, with no add-on fee. |
| Owners | Each owner connects their own Airbnb with a link, can have a login held to their homes, and gets a statement every month. | An owner portal, on the Mogul plan. | Owner reporting with business models and trust accounts. | Owner statements. |
| Channels | Airbnb and Booking.com today | Airbnb, Booking.com and more | Airbnb, Booking.com and more | Airbnb, Booking.com and more |
From each company’s own pricing and help pages, read in October 2026. Plans and prices change, so check theirs before you decide, and tell us if one of ours is out of date.
Where they’re ahead. Pick one of them if you need these.
- More channels than Airbnb and Booking.com.
- Apps in the phone app stores. Hostomat runs in the browser, on a computer and on a phone.
- Marketplaces of other tools: locks, noise monitors, accounting and more.
- Years of history, and teams who’ll set it up with you.
Where we’re simpler. Nothing to upgrade to.
- One price a home, less for every home you add, with every feature in it. No plans to pick.
- Owners who each connect their own Airbnb from a link, each with a login held to their homes.
- A statement for every owner, every month, from money checked against the channel’s own figures.
- A direct booking site in every account, at 0%, paid into your own Stripe.
- Seroia, which starts in practice and waits for a person’s Approve.
Moving a home over. Plainly.
Airbnb lets an account work with one property management system at a time, so the old one is disconnected there first. Then the home connects here, inside the app.
01
Disconnect the old one
On its side or in Airbnb’s settings. The listing itself stays live on Airbnb.
02
Connect here
On Airbnb’s own screen, then pick the homes to bring in.
03
Add Booking.com
Each Booking.com property joins its home, so both share one calendar.
Try it on one home first.
Connect a single listing and run it for a while. Nothing is charged unless you subscribe.
14 days free. No card required.
- 1Sign up with your email. No card.
- 2Connect Airbnb, or send an owner the link to connect theirs.
- 3Watch your homes come in, one by one.