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Compare Airbnb Smart Pricing vs Hospitable Dynamic Pricing vs PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing for nightly pricing. Check the connection, what you can change by hand and which rules reach each booking site.

Overview

Airbnb Smart Pricing

Adjust nightly rates using demand for the listing and its area.

Best for: Set Airbnb prices and keep control of dates you choose.

Hospitable Dynamic Pricing

Use a base price and market changes to set rates within Hospitable.

Best for: Adding rate rules to a Hospitable setup.

PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing

Set nightly rates and minimum stays, with rules for listings, groups and the account.

Best for: Set price and stay rules for different parts of your setup.

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Airbnb Smart Pricing versus Hospitable Dynamic Pricing versus PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing: features and conditions.
What matters to youAirbnb Smart PricingDynamic pricingHospitable Dynamic Pricing
4.2 / 5Out of 1,200 reviews
Dynamic pricing
PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing
4.6 / 5Out of 368 reviews
Dynamic pricing
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PropertiesA listing limit for Smart Pricing is not confirmed.Host has enforced 2 properties; Essentials, Professional, Mogul documented unlimited with billing conditions.Official billing guide explicitly states no limit to unique properties connected; billing depends on any sync in the cycle.
OverviewSmart Pricing adjusts nightly rates from listing and area demand.Base price plus independent market adjustments; rates recommended up to 24 months ahead.Automated nightly prices and minimum stays, with customizations at listing, group and account levels.
Plans and add-ons
Smart Pricing

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

Host

Check the selected property count and billing period.

Mogul

Check the selected property count and billing period.

Professional

Check the selected property count and billing period.

Dynamic Pricing

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.

Performance Bundle

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.

Expansion Bundle

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.

Price and how you pay
Native Airbnb tool
Plan prices and conditions

Native Airbnb tool

Airbnb’s help does not clearly list a separate Smart Pricing fee. We could not confirm that fee or Airbnb booking fees.

We have not calculated a total for this selection.

Essentials Dynamic Pricing: USD 15 per property/month
Plan prices and conditions
Prices and conditions
Plan or servicePrice or limit
Selected priceEssentials Dynamic Pricing: USD 15 per property/month
Hostmonthly total · USD 29
Professionalmonthly total · USD 59
Mogulmonthly total · USD 99

Selected price

Essentials has no base plan fee.

After its trial, Dynamic Pricing costs USD 15 per property each month.

The account-wide trial ends after three bookings or 30 days, whichever comes first. Confirmed bookings count even if canceled. Turning the feature off does not restart the trial.

A property enabled at any point in the billing cycle is charged, even if it has no check-ins.

Exactly 1 property using Dynamic Pricing.

Host and Professional and Mogul

This price assumes the selected properties have billable check-ins.

The base fee is due even with no active properties. Extra active-property fees apply above the included count.

Paid plans include Dynamic Pricing for their included properties.

When the active-property count exceeds the included count, extra properties using only Dynamic Pricing without check-ins cost USD 10 per month each.

Other tools and taxes may cost extra.

Exactly 1 property with billable check-ins.

$19.99/monthTotal account bill
Plan prices and conditions

$19.99/month

Total account bill

US monthly subtotal for distinct billable listings; mapped units and add-ons excluded. Sales tax excluded.

Separate billable listings or properties. Do not count the same property again for each booking site.

Percentage Billing: 1% of reported revenue

Booking percentage

Income reported by the connection may include taxes, fees and deposits. It includes bookings made before activation if the stay falls in the billing cycle. The billing plan is locked for one year. You can still pause or cancel.

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Performance Bundle: Calculator required

The bundle discounts Dynamic Pricing and includes Market Dashboard credits. The total for your selected property count is not confirmed.

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Expansion Bundle: Calculator required

The bundle discounts Dynamic Pricing and includes research credits or tokens. The total for your selected property count is not confirmed.

We have not calculated a total for this selection.

Limits and requirements
  • A listing limit for Smart Pricing is not confirmed.
  • API access for Smart Pricing customers is not confirmed.
  • Prices change on their own. The guide does not say how often.
  • Paid plans have public API and personal-token guides. These do not confirm a separate dynamic-pricing API or which accounts can use it.
  • Dynamic Pricing is built into Hospitable. It is not a separate service to connect rental software.

    Paid plans keep a base fee. They include Dynamic Pricing for their included properties.

    The extra fee is USD 10 a month per property. It applies to a property with Dynamic Pricing but no check-in. You pay it only above your plan’s included count of active properties.

  • Essentials Dynamic Pricing costs USD 15 per property each month after its separate trial. Mogul includes three active properties. With monthly billing, each extra active property on Mogul costs USD 30 a month. Check your plan and total at checkout.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Rates, minimum stays and arrival/departure restrictions up to 540 days. Set a markup for each channel, including zero if appropriate. Disable Airbnb Smart Pricing and Hospitable native pricing.
  • Rates and minimum stays cover up to 720 days. Link listings for the same property on different channels. Select PriceLabs as the price source. Turn off Messaging Only.
  • Rates, minimum stays, LOS adjustments and extra guest fees cover up to 540 days. Turn on External Rates. Link listings with a booking site. Minimum Stay Through applies. Extra-person settings are overwritten. Check rates in Multi-calendar. Booking.com LOS supports daily, weekly and monthly only.
  • Rates, stays and rules on arrival and departure cover up to 720 days. Configured LOS discounts are included. Set initial rates and locations. Avoid setting gap-night rules in both systems.
Review sources
GetAppRating 4.7 / 5 · 144 reviews
G2Rating 4.8 / 5 · 272 reviews
TrustpilotTrustScore 3.9 / 5 · 674 reviews
GoogleRating 3.7 / 5 · 110 reviews
CapterraRating 4.9 / 5 · 250 reviews
GetAppRating 4.9 / 5 · 250 reviews
Software AdviceRating 4.9 / 5 · 250 reviews
TrustpilotTrustScore 3.9 / 5 · 118 reviews
01 / Pricing controls
Automated nightly rates

How the tool sets prices and sends them to your listings.

Available

Nightly prices within Airbnb

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

Built-in nightly prices

  • Hospitable changes your base price using market data. It suggests prices up to 24 months ahead.
Available

Daily prices and minimum stays

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

Set limits on prices changed by the tool.

Available

Set lowest and highest prices

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

Lowest and highest price settings

  • Prices start within the limits you set. Later discounts, offers or price increases can take the guest’s final price outside them.
Available

Lowest and highest prices

  • Set each listing’s lowest and highest price.
Seasonality and events

Change prices for seasons or events.

Prices respond to demand. We could not confirm custom rules for seasons or events.

Available

Seasons and local demand

  • Prices change with local events and the time of year. The day of the week, demand and rules also matter.
Available

Season and demand rules

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

Does the number of booked nights change future prices?

We could not confirm a price rule you can set based on how full your calendar is.

With conditions

Uses local booking patterns

  • Prices use local booking patterns. We could not confirm a custom rule based on how full your calendar is.
Available

Prices based on booked dates

  • Price rules can use how full the calendar is.
Last-minute adjustments

Price rules for stays starting soon.

With conditions

Airbnb discounts

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

Discounts as check-in gets closer

  • Unbooked dates within a month can get larger discounts as check-in nears.
Available

Last-minute price rules

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

Rules for short empty gaps between stays.

Not confirmed

With conditions

Prices and stay rules for gaps

Details: Host, Professional, Mogul; Essentials stay-rule scope needs checking

  • Change prices for gaps between bookings. You can also allow shorter stays in those gaps.
Available

Rules for gaps between bookings

  • Set prices and the shortest stay for gaps between bookings. Check that your link can send the stay rules.
Automatic changes to minimum stays

How the tool changes the shortest stay guests can book.

Smart Pricing sets nightly prices. Separate stay rules do not prove it can change the shortest stays for you.

With conditions

Automatic minimum-stay rules

Plan: Host, Professional, Mogul

  • Host, Professional and Mogul have Dynamic Minimum Night Stays. This changes the shortest stay guests can book. Legal rules and your own date edits come first.
Available

Automatic minimum stays

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

Choose when the tool should follow a different rule.

Available

Set prices for chosen dates

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

Set prices in the calendar

  • Your own date prices can replace the tool’s prices. Turning the tool off brings back the earlier prices.
Available

Set rules for chosen dates

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

Direct booking-site links and what they share.

With conditions

Airbnb calendar

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

Through Hospitable connections

  • Prices go through Hospitable’s booking-site links. The site’s limits and discounts still apply.
Available

Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com

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

Rental software that connects and what else you need.

Not confirmed

Available

Built into Hospitable

  • This is built into Hospitable. It is not a separate link to other rental software.
Available

Links to property-management software

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

How often updates run and which way details move.

Prices change on their own. The guide does not say how often.

Available

Every 24 hours; setup changes sent at once

  • The first prices and setup changes go out at once. Prices then update on booking sites every 24 hours.
With conditions

Nightly; faster updates cost extra

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.
Market data

Market information hosts can see.

Available

Demand for your listing and area

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

Local demand and property details

  • Prices use facts about the home, similar listings, demand and when guests book. We could not confirm a screen showing nearby rivals’ data.
Available

Local data and Market Dashboards

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

Reports and ways to compare results.

Not confirmed

We could not confirm price-results reports beyond the calendar.

With conditions

Portfolio Analytics

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

Check whether you can use the API and what you need.

Not confirmed

Hospitable has an API. We do not know if it lets you use the pricing tool.

With conditions

Paid Customer API

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.
03 / Eligibility and costs
Property limits

Check the actual limit, not just the advertised size.

A listing limit for Smart Pricing is not confirmed.

Available

Host: 2 properties; other listed plans: unlimited

Host has enforced 2 properties; Essentials, Professional, Mogul documented unlimited with billing conditions.

  • Essentials, Professional and Mogul list unlimited properties, with billing rules. Host supports up to two properties.
Available

No connected-property limit

Official billing guide explicitly states no limit to unique properties connected; billing depends on any sync in the cycle.

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

Plans and other paid tools you need.

Available

Turn it on in Airbnb’s calendar

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

Essentials add-on; included use on paid plans

Essentials
$15 per property each month after the Dynamic Pricing trial.
Trial
Starts when you turn it on. Ends after 3 bookings or 30 days, whichever comes first, across the whole account. Canceled bookings count. Turning it off does not restart it.
Paid plans
Dynamic Pricing is included within the plan’s included property count.
Legacy
Price previews only.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Dynamic Pricing; Performance; Expansion

  • 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.
Additional fees

Booking percentages, taxes or optional charges.

We could not confirm a separate Smart Pricing price. Airbnb’s booking service fees are different charges.

With conditions

Base plan fees and extra-property charges

Essentials
After the trial, each property with Dynamic Pricing on at any time in the billing cycle costs $15 for that month.
Paid plans
The base fee is still due with no active properties. Extra Dynamic Pricing fees apply only if it was on during the cycle and the active-property count is above the plan’s included count.
Extra properties
With a check-in, the normal extra-property fee includes Dynamic Pricing. With Dynamic Pricing but no check-in, an extra property costs $10 for the month.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Monthly base fees: Host $29, Professional $59 and Mogul $99. They include 1, 2 and 3 properties, respectively.
  • Extra active properties cost $10 on Host, $15 on Professional and $30 on Mogul. Host allows up to 2 properties.
Available

Taxes, extra links and updates; optional 1% plan

  • 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.
Trial and cancellation

Trial terms and cancellation rules.

We could not confirm a separate Smart Pricing trial. Turning it on or off for a listing is not a trial offer.

Available

Essentials: first 3 bookings or 30 days

  • The account’s pricing trial starts when you first turn it on. It keeps running if you turn pricing off. Confirmed bookings count even if later cancelled.
Available

30 days; full-period billing afterward

  • 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.

Compare tools that set nightly prices — Airbnb Smart Pricing vs Hospitable Dynamic Pricing vs PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing

Start with the software that sends prices to your booking sites. Check the supported connection and the rules it can pass through. Then review minimum stays, manual changes and fees. Keep one clear source for your rates so two tools do not work against each other.

Airbnb Smart Pricing: what to consider

Set custom nightly prices when you want to choose a rate yourself. This leaves Smart Pricing on for other dates. The exact update schedule and a public API for custom links were not confirmed. Read the Airbnb Smart Pricing profile for its plans and requirements.

Hospitable Dynamic Pricing: what to consider

This tool is built into Hospitable. It is not a separate link for any property system. Check fees for inactive properties. Published prices conflict, so confirm the charge before turning it on. Read the Hospitable Dynamic Pricing profile for its plans and requirements.

PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing: what to consider

Check the guide for your exact software connection. The rules and date range it accepts can differ. Keep manual changes and gap-night settings clear, and avoid setting the same rules in both systems. Read the PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing profile for its plans and requirements.

Explore all dynamic pricing options, how pricing tools connect to your booking software, when to set rates by hand to continue your shortlist.

Common questions

What should I check before syncing one of these tools?

Confirm the exact connection and which fields it changes. Decide which existing pricing rules or tools to turn off, then inspect a few dates on the booking channel after the first sync. Seeing suggested rates in a dashboard does not prove they are live.

How should I test price limits in Airbnb Smart Pricing, Hospitable Dynamic Pricing and PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing?

Check a normal date, a holiday and a short gap between stays. Look at discounts and minimum stays, not just the nightly rate. A suggested price does not show whether a guest can book those dates or what the price is after discounts.

Can a guest pay below my Airbnb Smart Pricing minimum?

Yes. Airbnb says discounts can take the guest’s nightly price below your Smart Pricing minimum. Check the price after weekly, monthly and other discounts. The minimum you set is not a floor on every offer.

What happens to manual stays when I enable Hospitable Dynamic Minimum Night Stays?

The first time you turn it on, it replaces old manual minimum stays with the previewed rules. Later manual edits win for those dates. Check the preview first. This feature needs Dynamic Pricing and a Host, Professional or Mogul plan.

Can I mix account and listing minimum-stay rules in PriceLabs?

No. PriceLabs uses the whole minimum-stay rule set from one level. A rule set for one listing takes priority over the set for your account. The account’s gap and last-minute rules will not fill in the blanks. Check the whole set when you make a change.

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