Airbnb Smart Pricing vs AirDNA Adapt vs PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing

• Smart Pricing changes nightly prices. It uses demand for your listing and the local area.

• Price Sync sends prices and minimum stays each day. Use Sync now to send them at once.

• Let the tool set nightly prices and the shortest stay guests can book. Set rules for one listing, a group or your whole account.

• You set the lowest and highest prices. Discounts can make the guest’s price lower than your minimum.

• Set the lowest and highest nightly price with Pricing Limits.

• Set each listing’s lowest and highest price.

• Set price rules for seasons, days of the week and events.

• Set price rules for demand, seasons and days of the week. You can make your own season rules.

• The four strategies use past data for the listing and local market data. They are Smart Yield, Premium Hold, Volume Builder and Steady Earner. We could not confirm a rule you can set based on how full your calendar is.

• Price rules can use how full the calendar is.

• Early-bird and other discounts work with Smart Pricing. We could not confirm a custom automatic last-minute price rule.

• Rules change prices as check-in gets closer. Separate rules cover dates further away.

• Set price changes for dates close to check-in.

• Discount gaps between bookings and change prices for nearby nights.

• Set prices and the shortest stay for gaps between bookings. Check that your link can send the stay rules.

• Set minimum stays for all dates, certain weekdays or how far ahead a guest books.

• The tool changes the shortest stay guests can book. Check that your link can send these changes.

• Your own nightly prices replace Smart Pricing on chosen dates. Smart Pricing can stay on for other dates.

• Set prices for chosen nights. If you switch strategies, its preset rules replace yours.

• Change prices, minimum stays and price limits for chosen dates. The API guide alone does not confirm which plan gives access.

• This is an Airbnb tool. We could not confirm separate updates to Vrbo or Booking.com.

• Connect Airbnb directly. Vrbo and Booking.com need supported property-management software. Airbnb Length of Stay pricing and Rate Plans do not support Price Sync.

• PriceLabs lists direct Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com links. Each booking site has its own limits.

• These four links are listed. Other links are requests for future support, not confirmed options.

• Guides cover Guesty, Hospitable, Host Tools, Lodgify and OwnerRez. What you can share and the limits depend on your link.

• Each listing can send prices daily or when you click Sync now. The Americas update runs at 12:00 UTC. Turning updates on does not send prices at once. Turning them off leaves the last prices in place.

Details: Dynamic Pricing; Real-Time Sync add-on

• Standard updates run nightly. Real-Time Sync costs $1 per updating unit/month. It needs a supported property-software link that sends booking alerts called webhooks. It runs up to 24 times a day, no more than once each 60 minutes.

• Smart Pricing uses hundreds of facts about listings and the local area. You cannot download these as a separate data product.

• AirDNA says it combines data from Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com without counting the same listing twice. The size and accuracy of its data are vendor claims.

• Local data helps you set prices. Market Dashboards cost extra unless your bundle includes them.

• The Adapt plan lists reports of past results. You can compare these with listings you choose.

• Add your listings to Dynamic Pricing to get Portfolio Analytics. These are reports. Your software link must support them.

Details: Customer API add-on

• Customer API costs $1 per updated listing each month, plus tax. You need X-API-Key and the right team permissions. Limits are 60 requests per minute and 1000 per hour. Performance and Expansion bundles include it.

Details: Standalone Adapt; Host bundle terms

• We do not know the listing limit for Adapt alone. The Host bundle lets five listings send prices. That limit is for the Host bundle, not Adapt on its own.

• You can connect as many unique properties as you need. A property is billed if it sends prices during the billing cycle.

• Open Calendar, then Price settings to turn it on. The guide does not list a separate plan price.

Plan: Adapt

• The Adapt plan lists $20/month/listing. The older FAQ discusses past Host plans and future prices. Do not use yearly research-plan discounts to estimate Adapt prices.

• With Dynamic Pricing, you pay for each product and add-on. Performance and Expansion include Customer API. They also include extra updates or Real-Time Sync. Each bundle has its own dashboard credits and estimator tokens.

• If a listing sends prices during the month, you pay for the full period. Listings that have never sent prices stay free.

• Tax is extra. Linked copies of a listing on other booking sites cost $1/month. Linked extra units cost $5/month. An extra manual price update costs $1/listing each time. Real-Time Sync is separate at $1/unit/month. The optional 1% plan uses income reported by your connected software, which may include taxes, fees and deposits. Older bookings count if the stay falls in that billing cycle. Wait one year before switching back to a flat fee. You can still pause or cancel.

• The plan lists a 30-day trial. The help guide says it starts when you first turn on price updates.

• The 30-day trial needs no payment details. If a listing sends prices during a billing cycle, you pay for the whole period. Turn off Sync Prices to stop later charges. The last prices and rules stay on the connected sites.