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PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing vs Rategenie

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

Overview

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.

Rategenie

Set prices across connected booking sites. Choose prices and rules for specific dates.

Best for: Combining automated rates with custom prices for selected days.

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PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing versus Rategenie: features and conditions.
What matters to youPriceLabs Dynamic Pricing
4.6 / 5Out of 368 reviews
Dynamic pricing
Rategenie
4.3 / 5Out of 18 reviews/ratings
Dynamic pricing
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PropertiesOfficial billing guide explicitly states no limit to unique properties connected; billing depends on any sync in the cycle.Prices cover more than 1000 listings. This does not mean there is no account limit.
OverviewAutomated nightly prices and minimum stays, with customizations at listing, group and account levels.Vendor describes automated daily rate updates across connected channels.
Plans and add-ons
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.

Dynamic pricing

US prices depend on your listing count and are billed each month. Other countries have their own prices.

Price and how you pay
$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.

We have not calculated a total for this selection.

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.

Genie: $15.99/monthTotal account bill
Plan prices and conditions

Genie: $15.99/month

Total account bill

US monthly subtotal for separate billable listings. Mapped units and add-ons are not included in this estimate. Tax treatment is not confirmed.

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

Limits and requirements
  • 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.
  • Prices cover more than 1000 listings. This does not mean there is no account limit.
  • Partner APIs do not prove that hosts can connect their own code.
Review sources
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
CapterraRating 1 / 5 · 1 reviews
GetAppRating 1 / 5 · 1 reviews
G2Rating 3.5 / 5 · 3 reviews
Apple App StoreRating 4.7 / 5 · 14 ratings
01 / Pricing controls
Automated nightly rates

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

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.
Available

Daily prices across connected sites

  • Rategenie says it sends prices to linked booking sites each day.
Lowest and highest prices

Set limits on prices changed by the tool.

Available

Lowest and highest prices

  • Set each listing’s lowest and highest price.
Available

Lowest and highest price limits

  • Genie Strategy applies Min Rate and Max Rate after price-rule changes. These set the final lower and upper limits.
Seasonality and events

Change prices for seasons or events.

Available

Season and demand rules

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

Season and event rules

  • Use Seasonal Rule for seasons. Hold Events and Genie Strategy are listed for event-based prices.
Occupancy adjustments

Does the number of booked nights change future prices?

Available

Prices based on booked dates

  • Price rules can use how full the calendar is.

The occupied-bedroom rule changes prices based on bedrooms in use. It does not set prices based on booking pace across all your properties. We could not confirm a custom rule for that.

Last-minute adjustments

Price rules for stays starting soon.

Available

Last-minute price rules

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

Price and stay rules before check-in

  • Last Minute Adjustment Rule changes prices by a percentage and sets the shortest stay. These rules depend on how far ahead guests book. Save the strategy before it creates prices.
Gap-night controls

Rules for short empty gaps between stays.

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.
Available

Prices and stays for gaps

  • Gap Night Adjustment Rule changes prices by a fixed amount or percentage. Minimum stays can depend on the gap’s length.
Automatic changes to minimum stays

How the tool changes the shortest stay guests can book.

Available

Automatic minimum stays

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

Weekday and strategy stay rules

  • Minimum Nights Rule sets stays by weekday. Manual, gap, date, last-minute, season and advance-booking rules follow a set order. Check which rule takes priority.
Changes made by hand

Choose when the tool should follow a different rule.

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.
Available

Custom Feed Strategy

  • Set your own daily prices with Custom Feed Strategy. You can copy rules or set them for chosen days.
02 / Connections and analytics
Booking channels

Direct booking-site links and what they share.

Available

Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com

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

Booking sites and software partners

  • The partner list has booking sites, rental software and data firms. Some partners cannot receive price updates.
PMS connections

Rental software that connects and what else you need.

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.
With conditions

OwnerRez, Lodgify, Zeevou, Uplisting, Beds 24

  • Rategenie lists price-update links to these tools. You need an account with the connected service.
How often updates run

How often updates run and which way details move.

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.
Available

Daily

  • The provider says prices update each day.
Market data

Market information hosts can see.

Available

Local data and Market Dashboards

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

Suggested base prices

  • Suggested base prices use similar listings. A chart shows average prices over 12 months.
Revenue reporting

Reports and ways to compare results.

With conditions

Portfolio Analytics

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

Price exports and booking-cost estimate

  • Export rental prices or work out a booking’s cost. We could not confirm tools to track income accounts.
API access

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

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.

Partner APIs do not prove that hosts can connect their own code.

03 / Eligibility and costs
Property limits

Check the actual limit, not just the advertised size.

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.

Prices cover more than 1000 listings. This does not mean there is no account limit.

  • Prices cover more than 1000 listings. This does not mean there is no account limit.
Plans and add-ons

Plans and other paid tools you need.

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.
Available

Automatic prices; US monthly plans

  • US prices depend on your listing count and are billed each month. Other countries have their own prices.
Additional fees

Booking percentages, taxes or optional charges.

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.
With conditions

Monthly price bands by listing count

  • US prices are $15.99 for listing 1, $11.99 each for 2–5 and $8.99 each for 6–15. Further listings use more price bands. Ask about tax and yearly billing terms.
Trial and cancellation

Trial terms and cancellation rules.

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.
Available

15 days; no card

  • Rategenie offers a 15-day free trial. You do not need a card. You can cancel at any time.

Compare tools that set nightly prices — PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing vs Rategenie

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.

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.

Rategenie: what to consider

Check the supported link and how custom rate rules work. Connection guides do not prove that you can build your own API link. Check tax and yearly billing terms before adding up the cost. Read the Rategenie 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 PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing and Rategenie?

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 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.

Can Rategenie use my own daily rates instead of generating them?

Yes. Its Custom Feed Strategy can use your daily rates from a spreadsheet file (CSV) or a public feed link. Check the file format and setup first. This differs from asking the pricing tool to choose rates for you.

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