Beds24
Combine property tools, a booking engine and optional channel connections.
Best for: Setting up room types, prices and channel links in one suite.
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Compare Beds24 vs Rentals United vs Zeevou for booking-site updates. Choose one tool for daily work, extra booking-site links or a service that helps you.
Combine property tools, a booking engine and optional channel connections.
Best for: Setting up room types, prices and channel links in one suite.
Send property data through channel connections, with links to supported property management systems.
Best for: Filling a known gap in booking-site coverage beside a supported system.
Add a paid Channel Manager module to the Zeevou property management system.
Best for: Adding supported channel links within a Zeevou setup.
| What matters to you | Beds24Channel managers | Rentals UnitedChannel managers | ZeevouChannel managers |
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| Score | STRCompare scoring | STRCompare scoring | STRCompare scoring |
| Properties | Your bill counts rented units or rooms and room-type/booking-site links. Ask for a quote for a mixed set of properties. We could not confirm a property limit. | Pro is aimed at 10–50 listings, Scale at 50–200 and Enterprise at 200+. These are target ranges, not confirmed property limits. | Core lists unlimited listings and users. Paid Channel Manager is not included. Your bill depends on selected modules and licences for units and rooms. |
| Overview | Our view: Beds 24 may suit hosts who want a suite they can set up for their needs. It combines property management, a booking engine and optional booking-site links. You must manage room types, prices and channel matches with care. It does not automatically add a separate way to send listings from your existing PMS. These features are based on public guides, not product tests. | Rentals United sends property data through channel connections and can work with PMS adapters. Our view: consider it if you know which gap in booking-site coverage you need to fill and have a PMS process that works with it. Avoid adding the same channels your tools already handle. Pro advertises 10-50 listings. This puts it near the larger end of our audience. We could not confirm a 1-9-listing offer. That does not prove smaller accounts are banned. We read guides and have not tested the product. | Zeevou offers API Channel Manager as a paid extra with its rental software. Free Core uses iCal calendar feeds. It does not include full API channel management for free. |
| Plans and add-ons | Usage-based No contract, minimum term or setup fees. The calculator starts at €12.90, plus €2.60/room and €0.55/room-type/booking-site link. A room is not always a whole property. | Pro Pro starts at $330 per account each month and is aimed at hosts with 10–50 listings. Scale offers a custom fixed price or percentage fee. Enterprise has custom prices. Ask for a quote for your setup. Scale Pro starts at $330 per account each month and is aimed at hosts with 10–50 listings. Scale offers a custom fixed price or percentage fee. Enterprise has custom prices. Ask for a quote for your setup. Enterprise Pro starts at $330 per account each month and is aimed at hosts with 10–50 listings. Scale offers a custom fixed price or percentage fee. Enterprise has custom prices. Ask for a quote for your setup. | Core Free Core includes Direct Booking Lite. Growth includes Channel Manager, Message Automation, Online Check-in and AI Connector. Ultimate adds work, pricing and Direct Booking Standard tools. Enterprise adds finance, performance and connection tools, plus Direct Booking Pro. Growth Free Core includes Direct Booking Lite. Growth includes Channel Manager, Message Automation, Online Check-in and AI Connector. Ultimate adds work, pricing and Direct Booking Standard tools. Enterprise adds finance, performance and connection tools, plus Direct Booking Pro. Ultimate Free Core includes Direct Booking Lite. Growth includes Channel Manager, Message Automation, Online Check-in and AI Connector. Ultimate adds work, pricing and Direct Booking Standard tools. Enterprise adds finance, performance and connection tools, plus Direct Booking Pro. Enterprise Free Core includes Direct Booking Lite. Growth includes Channel Manager, Message Automation, Online Check-in and AI Connector. Ultimate adds work, pricing and Direct Booking Standard tools. Enterprise adds finance, performance and connection tools, plus Direct Booking Pro. |
| Price and how you pay | Usage setup: €17.15/monthTotal account bill Plan prices and conditionsUsage setup: €17.15/month Total account bill Assumes each counted property is 1 rented unit/room, 1 room type and 3 channel links (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com). Whole-unit assumption. Your actual room, room-type and channel setup changes the bill. Non-EU customers VAT-free. Extra users, SMS and private-label costs are excluded. Handling charges for top-ups below €50 are excluded too. This assumes each property is one rented unit or room, with one room type and links to Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. | Pro: from $330/account/monthStarting price Plan prices and conditionsPro: from $330/account/month Starting price Pro is aimed at 10-50 listings. Ask whether fewer properties qualify and get an exact price. Total for all your properties is not confirmed | Growth: £28.50/monthTotal account bill Plan prices and conditionsGrowth: £28.50/month Total account bill This assumes 1 unit licence per whole property counted, 0 room licences and 0 website licences. It uses each plan's included modules. The amount is the monthly calculator total. This price assumes one unit licence for each whole property. It includes no room or website licences. Each plan includes its listed tools. Core: Core: £0.00/month Total account bill This price assumes one unit licence for each whole property. It includes no room or website licences. Each plan includes its listed tools. This is the monthly calculator total. Core excludes paid Channel Manager. This price assumes one unit licence for each whole property. It includes no room or website licences. Each plan includes its listed tools. Growth: Growth: £28.50/month Total account bill This price assumes one unit licence for each whole property. It includes no room or website licences. Each plan includes its listed tools. This is the monthly calculator total. This price assumes one unit licence for each whole property. It includes no room or website licences. Each plan includes its listed tools. Ultimate: Ultimate: £33.00/month Total account bill This price assumes one unit licence for each whole property. It includes no room or website licences. Each plan includes its listed tools. This is the monthly calculator total. This price assumes one unit licence for each whole property. It includes no room or website licences. Each plan includes its listed tools. Enterprise: Enterprise: £45.05/month Total account bill This price assumes one unit licence for each whole property. It includes no room or website licences. Each plan includes its listed tools. This is the monthly calculator total. This price assumes one unit licence for each whole property. It includes no room or website licences. Each plan includes its listed tools. |
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| 01 / Channel distribution | |||
| Airbnb connection How the link works, what it sends and its limits. | With conditions Full or limited Airbnb updates
| With conditions Send listing details; receive bookings
| With conditions Airbnb setup depends on connection type
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| Vrbo connection How the link works, what it sends and its limits. | With conditions Direct link for eligible listings
| With conditions Two-way booking updates
| With conditions Type A or Type B Vrbo setup
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| Booking.com connection How the link works, what it sends and its limits. | With conditions Prices, open rooms and bookings
| With conditions Booking.com sends booking updates
| With conditions Setup depends on connection type
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| Other channels Other booking sites listed in the guides. | With conditions Other booking-site links
| With conditions Links to more booking sites
| With conditions Paid links to booking sites Details: Channel Manager module
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| Calendar sync What API and iCal links share, and how they update. | With conditions Direct and iCal calendar links
| With conditions How updates move varies
| With conditions Two-way direct updates
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| Rates and restrictions Share prices, open dates and booking rules. | With conditions Rules differ by booking site
| With conditions Prices, open dates and listing details
| With conditions Prices, open dates and price increases
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| Reservation sync Booking updates and which way they move. | With conditions Booking updates vary by site
| With conditions Booking-change rules vary
| With conditions Two-way updates on supported sites
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| How often updates run How often updates run and what the service covers. | We could not confirm one update schedule for all direct and iCal connections. | With conditions Depends on the information
| With conditions Provider says updates take seconds
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| 02 / Host operations | |||
| Unified inbox Send and receive messages through supported booking sites. | With conditions Shared Airbnb and Booking.com inbox
| With conditions Inbox listed in all three plans
| With conditions Message Automation inbox Details: Message Automation module
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| Automated messages Rules that send guest messages based on bookings. | With conditions Automatic guest and staff messages
| With conditions Guest messaging in all three plans
| With conditions Message Automation replies Details: Message Automation module
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| Direct booking Booking engine and website conditions. | Available Take bookings online
| With conditions Website Builder costs extra
| With conditions Lite, Standard and Pro booking tools
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| Payment processing Payment services you need and their fees. | With conditions Set up a payment service
| We could not confirm a standard US payment-processing fee or which payment tools the base plan includes. | With conditions Automatic card payments and invoices
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| PMS connections Other rental tools you can connect and the rules that apply. | Beds 24 manages properties itself. We could not confirm a general list of links to other property-management tools or their plans. | With conditions Links to property-management software
| Zeevou manages rentals itself. We could not confirm that this tool works with other rental software. |
| API access Check who can use the API and what it does. | With conditions API V 2 for your own software
| With conditions Direct API in Enterprise Plan: Enterprise
| With conditions OpenAPI for your own software
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| 03 / Eligibility and costs | |||
| Property limits Check the actual limit, not just the advertised size. | Your bill counts rented units or rooms and room-type/booking-site links. Ask for a quote for a mixed set of properties. We could not confirm a property limit.
| Pro is aimed at 10–50 listings, Scale at 50–200 and Enterprise at 200+. These are target ranges, not confirmed property limits.
| With conditions Core: unlimited listings and users Core lists unlimited listings and users. Paid Channel Manager is not included. Your bill depends on selected modules and licences for units and rooms. Details: Core; paid Channel Manager module separate
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| Plans and add-ons Plans and other paid tools you need. | With conditions Pay for the services you use
| With conditions Pro, Scale, Enterprise
| With conditions Core, Growth, Ultimate, Enterprise
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| Additional fees Booking percentages, processing fees and optional charges. | With conditions Connections and optional extras
| With conditions Starting account price; paid extras
| With conditions Price depends on licences and modules
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| Onboarding and support Moving data, setup fees and support rules. | With conditions Set up each booking-site link
| With conditions Setup and support vary by plan
| With conditions 30-day refund terms for first paid plan
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List your booking sites and the jobs each link must do. Rates, open dates, bookings and cancellations can follow different rules. Check those rules before adding a tool. Check whether the offer is a full suite, extra channel links or managed help.
Allow time to set up room types, prices and channel links. Booking changes follow each channel’s rules. Do not assume you can add it as a separate layer to any other property tool. Read the Beds24 profile for its plans and requirements.
Check that it fills a gap in your current tools. The listed offers target larger groups of rentals. An offer for a few properties was not confirmed. Ask about fit and extras before switching. Read the Rentals United profile for its plans and requirements.
The paid Channel Manager is separate from free Core calendar links. Check rooms, units, modules and channel setup. OpenAPI guides do not prove that every plan lets you build custom software links. Read the Zeevou profile for its plans and requirements.
Explore all booking-site management tools, what booking-site connections can cover, booking-site services and channel managers to continue your shortlist.
Decide which system controls rates, open dates and listing text. Check the sync mode before editing both sides. One system may own prices while another owns photos. Write down where your team should make each change.
Match each home to the right listing. Check future bookings and manual blocks, then look at dates and prices on each booking site. Go far enough to inspect the offer, but do not complete a test booking unless you intend to buy it.
Edit it in Beds24. Everything sync uses the text and photos from Beds24 in place of Airbnb’s descriptive content. Changes made only in Airbnb can be overwritten. Use View Content in Beds24 before choosing this mode to check what it will send.
Rentals United says Airbnb can show that label even when Limited Sync is still in use. Check the actual mode in Rentals United’s Airbnb Property Settings. Do not change your workflow based only on the label in Airbnb.
One cause can be missing or invalid listing content. Zeevou says Check notifications shows what needs fixing. Photos may be too large, or text too short. Fix the listed issues before the next sync attempt. Do not assume every failed link has the same cause.