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Guesty Pro vs Hospitable vs Hostex

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Compare Guesty Pro vs Hospitable vs Hostex for daily rental work. Check bookings, guest messages and daily tasks. Choose a plan that covers the jobs you need.

Overview

Guesty Pro

Manage booking-site tools, guest messages, a shared calendar and tasks.

Best for: Bringing booking work, guest messages and staff tasks together under a quoted plan.

Hospitable

Sync booking calendars, use a shared guest inbox and set task rules tied to bookings.

Best for: Link guest messages and cleaning tasks to bookings.

Hostex

Combine booking calendars, guest messages, tasks and direct-booking tools across several plans.

Best for: Manage calendars, messages and tasks in one place.

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Guesty Pro versus Hospitable versus Hostex: features, plans and limits.
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4.7 / 5Out of 283 reviews
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At a glance / Prices for your properties
PropertiesAimed at 4–199 listings. Ask the provider about account limits.Essentials, Professional and Mogul list unlimited properties. Host allows up to two. We could not confirm an overall minimum.Basic supports up to 2 properties. We could not confirm a maximum for Pro or Premium.
OverviewGuesty Pro combines booking-site tools, messages, a shared calendar and tasks.Hospitable syncs booking-site calendars. It has a shared guest inbox and task rules triggered by bookings.Hostex combines channel/calendar management, guest messaging, tasks and direct-booking tools, with Basic, Pro and Premium plans.
Plans and add-ons
Guesty Pro

Aimed at 4–199 listings. Ask the provider about account limits.

PriceOptimizer · add-on

Paid add-on. Hardware, partner services and usage may cost extra.

LocksManager · add-on

Paid add-on. Hardware, partner services and usage may cost extra.

GuestVerify · add-on

Paid extra. Ask what it includes and what it costs.

Trust Accounting · add-on

Paid extra. Ask what it includes and what it costs.

Essentials

Check the selected property count and billing period.

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.

Basic

Up to 2 properties and 2 team roles, with a TTlock smart-lock connection. Task alerts by SMS cost extra.

Pro

Adds Vrbo, guest guidebooks, automated cleaning, Open API and owner reports. SMS task notifications are an add-on.

Premium

Includes Pro, plus custom connections and priority setup. The calculator lists prices, but you must contact sales to buy.

1-property price for your selection
Guesty Pro requires a quoteAsk for a quote. You may pay per listing, a share of income or both. A minimum fee may apply. The 4–199 listing audience is not a firm limit on who qualifies.
Plan prices and conditions

Guesty Pro: Contact the provider for a quote

Ask for a quote. You may pay per listing, a share of income or both. A minimum fee may apply. The 4–199 listing audience is not a firm limit on who qualifies.

Plan: monthly total · USD 59
Plan prices and conditions
Prices and conditions
Plan or servicePrice or limit
Essentialsno base plan fee · USD 0
Hostmonthly total · USD 29
Professionalmonthly total · USD 59
Mogulmonthly total · USD 99

Essentials

Essentials has no base plan fee.

Optional Dynamic Pricing costs USD 15 per property each month after its separate trial.

Other paid tools and taxes may cost extra.

Essentials and Host and Professional and Mogul

Exactly 1 property with billable check-ins.

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.

Basic plan · USD 7.30Monthly billing selection · Monthly plan total.Ask how tax applies. Payment fees, provider fees and charges for use may cost extra.
Plan prices and conditions

Basic: USD 7.3

Monthly plan total.

Ask how tax applies. Payment fees, provider fees and charges for use may cost extra.

Pro: USD 10.4

Monthly plan total.

Ask how tax applies. Payment fees, provider fees and charges for use may cost extra.

Premium: USD 15.7

Monthly plan total.

Ask how tax applies. Payment fees, provider fees and charges for use may cost extra.

To buy Premium, contact sales. The amount comes from the public calculator.

Limits and requirements
  • To use the developer API, your account must have API access. An admin must set up credentials, and requests need valid permission.
  • Optional modules and the charges in your contract can change your total.
  • Host allows up to two properties. The other listed plans allow unlimited properties.
  • Owner statements and the owner portal require Mogul.
  • Direct Basic charges the host 1%, plus payment processing fees. Premium lets you split fees or have the host pay them all.
  • Basic covers up to two properties. Its smart-lock links are limited to TTlock. Vrbo, Open API and automatic cleaning need Pro/Premium.
  • iCal updates twice an hour. It marks booked dates but does not send full booking records.
Review sources
TrustpilotTrustScore 4.6 / 5 · 2,049 reviews
G2Rating 4.6 / 5 · 136 reviews
CapterraRating 4.7 / 5 · 144 reviews
TrustpilotTrustScore 3.9 / 5 · 674 reviews
G2Rating 4.8 / 5 · 272 reviews
GetAppRating 4.7 / 5 · 144 reviews
CapterraRating 4.9 / 5 · 23 reviews
TrustpilotTrustScore 4.7 / 5 · 258 reviews
G2Rating 3.3 / 5 · 2 reviews
GetAppRating 4.9 / 5 · 23 reviews
Software AdviceRating 4.9 / 5 · 23 reviews
01 / Plans & requirements
Plan options

Plans offered for this rental software. Optional modules are separate from plan levels.

Available

Guesty Pro

Plan: Pro

Available

Essentials; Host; Professional; Mogul

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Basic; Pro; Premium

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Property limits

Listing or property limits for each plan. A target customer range does not confirm a strict limit.

Aimed at 4–199 listings. Ask the provider about account limits.

  • We could not confirm a firm property limit. Pricing targets 1–3 properties for Lite and 4–199 for Pro. The Lite overview says 5 or fewer, so check which range applies.
Available

Host: up to 2 properties. Other plans have no property limit.

Essentials, Professional and Mogul list unlimited properties. Host allows up to two. We could not confirm an overall minimum.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Basic covers up to 2 properties. Use Pro or Premium for more.

Basic supports up to 2 properties. We could not confirm a maximum for Pro or Premium.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • We could not confirm a firm limit for Pro or Premium.
How you are charged

How plan fees are worked out and billed. Check whether you pay per listing, per account or a share of booking income.

With conditions

Pay a set fee per listing or a percentage of booking income.

Plan: Pro

  • Your contract sets the fees and billing method.
  • Turn off a listing before the previous month ends to avoid the next month’s charge.
Available

Paid plans charge a base fee, plus extra-property fees when they apply.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Per property per month; monthly or yearly plan

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Yearly rates are shown per month, but you pay for the year.
Booking fees

Fixed or percentage fees on bookings. Check which transactions they apply to.

With conditions

Percentage plans charge a share of Gross Booking Value.

Plan: Pro

  • Your contract sets the percentage. Fixed-fee plans are a separate option.
  • Canceling on or after check-in still incurs the full contract commission.
With conditions

Fees depend on how guests book and pay.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

  • Direct Basic and Direct Premium have different fees. These are not fees for every booking site.
Available

Hostex says it charges no booking fee.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Booking-site commissions, payment fees and extra services still cost money.
Paid add-ons

Features or services that cost extra beyond your plan.

With conditions

PriceOptimizer, LocksManager, Damage Protection, Advanced Analytics and GuestVerify cost extra.

Plan: Pro

  • Ask about add-on prices and fees for each transaction.
Available

Optional setup help, extra devices and some pricing tools cost extra.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Extra HostGPT replies cost more. Basic and Pro also charge extra for task text alerts.

Details: Basic / Pro: task text alerts; all plans: extra HostGPT replies

  • Guest checks, guest text messages and WhatsApp have separate usage fees.
  • Outside services charge separately.
Trial

Trial length and rules. A demo is different from a free trial.

Not supported

No free trial; one-on-one demo offered

Plan: Pro

Available

14 days; no card required

Trial start
The trial starts when you create your account. There is no property limit.
Subscribing
When you sign up for a plan, the trial ends.
Dynamic Pricing
To turn it on, first sign up for a plan. This ends the main trial. Essentials has its own Dynamic Pricing trial.

Details: Mogul trial

Available

15-day free trial; no card needed

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Setup fees

One-time setup fees. A missing price does not mean setup is free.

With conditions

One-time platform and accounting setup fees may apply.

Plan: Pro

  • Ask which fees apply and their amounts.
  • Accounting is a separate paid tool.
Available

No required setup fee. You can pay for extra setup help.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Setup help is included. We could not confirm whether all setup services are free.

02 / Channels & sync
Airbnb connection

How to connect Airbnb, and which accounts and listings qualify.

With conditions

Connect to Airbnb.

Plan: Pro

  • Connect a supported booking site. The details you can share may differ by site.
Available

Connect to Airbnb.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Connect directly to Airbnb.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Vrbo connection

How to connect Vrbo, and which accounts and listings qualify.

With conditions

Connect to Vrbo.

Plan: Pro

  • Connect a supported booking site. The details you can share may differ by site.
Available

Connect to Vrbo.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Connect directly to Vrbo.

Plan: Pro and Premium

Booking.com connection

How to connect Booking.com and which accounts and listings qualify.

With conditions

Connect to Booking.com.

Plan: Pro

  • Connect a supported booking site. The details you can share may differ by site.
Available

Connect to Booking.com.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Connect directly to Booking.com.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

iCal import

Import calendars from other tools. Check which details arrive and how updates work.

With conditions

Import outside calendars as date blocks.

Check plan: Pro includes iCal; confirm this import tool.

  • Up to 10 calendar feeds per listing.
  • Imported blocks are left out of Advanced Analytics and do not start Smart Calendar Rules.
Available

Checks outside calendars about every 20 minutes.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Imports blocked dates. Guest and payment details depend on what the outside calendar shares.
With conditions

Import booked dates from an outside calendar.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Checks twice an hour. This does not import guest details or full booking records.
iCal export

Export calendar feeds to other tools. A calendar feed is different from an export of full booking records.

With conditions

Share current and future bookings and blocked dates.

Check plan: Pro includes iCal; confirm calendar export.

Available

Share booking and task calendars.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

With conditions

Share your Hostex calendar link with another booking site.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • This shares calendar dates, not full booking records.
Rate sync

Send rates to linked booking sites. Check which sites are supported and any limits.

With conditions

Share prices with linked sites.

Plan: Pro

  • Connect a supported booking site. The details you can share may differ by site.
Available

Send prices to linked booking sites.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

With conditions

Send prices and minimum stays to linked booking sites.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Vrbo needs Pro or Premium. An accepted update request does not prove the booking site has applied it.
Availability sync

Send open and blocked dates to booking sites. Check how it works and any limits.

With conditions

Share open and blocked dates with linked sites.

Plan: Pro

  • Connect a supported booking site. The details you can share may differ by site.
Available

Send open and blocked dates to linked booking sites.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Airbnb limited connections cannot send these updates.
With conditions

Send open and blocked dates to linked booking sites.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Set up the direct booking-site connection. Calendar-only iCal links refresh twice an hour.
Reservation sync

Import bookings and changes from booking sites, or keep them in sync. Check which sites are supported.

With conditions

Sync bookings from linked sites.

Plan: Pro

  • Connect a supported booking site. The details you can share may differ by site.
Available

See bookings from linked sites in one calendar.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

With conditions

Import bookings, changes and cancellations from linked sites.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Past-booking imports vary by site. iCal links show booked dates only.
Channel message sync

Send and receive guest messages through booking-site connections. Check which sites are supported.

With conditions

Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com message threads

Plan: Pro

  • Email, text and WhatsApp may need extra accounts or fees. Check each service.
Available

Send and receive Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com messages

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Connect a supported booking site first.
With conditions

One inbox for Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and direct bookings

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Vrbo needs Pro or Premium. Some booking sites require you to start the chat.
Sync limitations

Known delays, fields that do not sync and limits on connections. These details alone do not show how reliable the service is.

With conditions

iCal updates usually arrive within one hour.

Check plan: Pro includes iCal; confirm these limits.

  • Use either iCal or a direct link for the same calendar. Using both can duplicate dates.
  • Imported entries block dates. You cannot edit them as guest bookings.
Available

Imports blocked dates from an outside calendar.

Details: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul: iCal import

  • It does not import past bookings. Other details depend on what that calendar shares.
  • To share dates back, you need a separate calendar export.
With conditions

Outside calendars refresh twice an hour and do not include booking details.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • An accepted update request does not prove the booking site has applied it.
03 / Reservations & calendars
Multi calendar

A calendar view showing multiple listings and bookings together.

Available

See your listings in one calendar.

Plan: Pro

Available

See your listings in one calendar.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

See listings in one calendar. Link related properties and rooms.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Manual bookings

Enter bookings by hand as well as importing them from booking sites.

Available

Add bookings yourself.

Plan: Pro

With conditions

Create manual bookings through an AI app.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Use a supported AI app and approve its connection. You must own the account or be an admin with full access.
  • Handle payments for manual bookings outside Hospitable.
  • For bookings from booking sites, you can only change notes and check-in or check-out times.
  • This uses MCP, a way for an AI app to connect to Hospitable. We could not confirm the same controls in the website.
Available

Add manual bookings to the calendar.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Booking changes

Edit booking fields and check whether changes reach linked booking sites.

With conditions

Change guest counts, listing and stay times in the phone app.

Check plan: Pro includes the app; confirm these booking changes.

  • Ask which changes reach the linked booking site.
With conditions

Change manual bookings through an AI app.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Use a supported AI app and approve its connection. You must own the account or be an admin with full access.
  • Handle payments for manual bookings outside Hospitable.
  • For bookings from booking sites, you can only change notes and check-in or check-out times.
  • This uses MCP, a way for an AI app to connect to Hospitable. We could not confirm the same controls in the website.
Available

Move existing bookings between properties

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Booking cancellation

Cancel bookings, with each booking site’s rules and refund limits.

With conditions

Cancel a booking through its status in the phone app.

Plan: Pro

  • Check the booking site’s cancellation and refund steps.
With conditions

Cancel manual bookings through an AI app.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Use a supported AI app and approve its connection. You must own the account or be an admin with full access.
  • Handle payments for manual bookings outside Hospitable.
  • For bookings from booking sites, you can only change notes and check-in or check-out times.
  • This uses MCP, a way for an AI app to connect to Hospitable. We could not confirm the same controls in the website.
With conditions

Import cancellations from booking sites, or cancel direct bookings.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Canceling a direct booking does not send an automatic refund.
Calendar blocking

Block dates without making a paid guest booking.

With conditions

Block dates for maintenance or preparation.

Check plan: Pro includes Multi-Calendar; confirm date blocking.

Available

Block dates for owner stays, family visits or work.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

Available

Open or block dates in the shared calendar.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Booking import

Move or import existing bookings. Check which sources and file formats are supported.

With conditions

Upload bookings using CSV or XLSX templates.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Do not import bookings already added by a booking-site connection.
With conditions

Support can import past manual or direct bookings from a CSV file.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Ask Hospitable support for help.
  • Add your properties first. Their names must match the file.
With conditions

Import bookings from linked sites. Past-booking limits vary.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Airbnb: up to 3 months, with a limit of 5,000 entries. Booking.com: future check-ins only. Several other sites do not import past bookings.
  • Recreate manual bookings and blocked dates before connecting a booking site.
Guest records

Save and view guest or contact history. This does not confirm a full customer-management system.

Available

Save guest contact details and preferences.

Plan: Pro

Available

See past chats and details about returning guests.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

Available

View guest records and booking details. Filter by booking site.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

Booking export

Export booking records. Check which file formats are supported.

Available

Download booking reports as CSV files.

Plan: Pro

Available

Download bookings as a CSV file.

Details: Professional / Mogul for full metrics

You can export statistics and transactions. We could not confirm a full booking-record export or its file format.

04 / Rates & booking rules
Seasonal rates

Set prices for dates or seasons in your rental software.

With conditions

Use Rate Strategies for seasonal and holiday prices.

Check plan: Pro includes Rate Strategies; confirm seasonal rules.

  • Manual changes and changes from other pricing tools stay in place unless you choose to override them.
Available

Set nightly prices for selected dates.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

Available

Set prices for several dates, properties and booking sites at once.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Minimum stays

Set minimum stays. Check limits for each date and booking site.

With conditions

Set default minimum stays for linked sites.

Check plan: Pro includes Multi-Calendar; confirm minimum-stay controls.

  • Calendar changes and pricing tools can override defaults.
  • For Expedia, change minimum stays in the calendar, not the property defaults.
With conditions

Set stay lengths that change as dates approach.

Setup
Turn on Dynamic Pricing first. When you turn on dynamic stay rules, they replace your old manual stay edits.
Overrides
Your later edits and calendar rules take over. Local stay limits come first.
Essentials
We could not confirm this feature on Essentials.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Dynamic Pricing fees and limits apply.
  • Choose your ideal and shortest stays. You can set them by day of the week.
Available

Set minimum stays and how far ahead guests can book.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Gap night rules

Adjust rules for unbooked nights between stays.

With conditions

Use pricing rules to fill gaps between bookings.

Check plan: Pro includes Rate Strategies; confirm gap rules.

With conditions

Allow shorter stays in gaps between bookings.

Setup
Turn on Dynamic Pricing first. When you turn on dynamic stay rules, they replace your old manual stay edits.
Overrides
Your later edits and calendar rules take over. Local stay limits come first.
Essentials
We could not confirm this feature on Essentials.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Dynamic Pricing fees and limits apply.
  • Choose a lower stay minimum for gaps that are too short for your normal rules.
Available

Adjust minimum-stay rules for gaps between bookings

Details: Check which plan includes this.

Length of stay discounts

Give discounts based on how long guests stay.

With conditions

Offer weekly and monthly discounts on Airbnb, Vrbo, direct and manual bookings.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

Available

Offer discounts for longer stays on Airbnb and Direct.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Set up Direct discounts separately. Airbnb promotions do not carry over.
  • Direct uses just one discount. A longer-stay deal comes first. Next is an early-booking deal, then a last-minute deal.
With conditions

Set Airbnb discounts for weekly, monthly or other stay lengths.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Connect your Airbnb listing. The discounted nightly price must be at least USD10.
Last minute discounts

Give discounts based on how soon guests arrive.

With conditions

Change prices based on how soon guests arrive.

Plan: Pro

  • Ask how discounts combine and which booking sites support them.
Available

Offer last-minute discounts on Airbnb and Direct.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Set up Direct discounts separately. Airbnb promotions do not carry over.
  • Direct uses just one discount. A longer-stay deal comes first. Next is an early-booking deal, then a last-minute deal.
With conditions

Set Airbnb last-minute discounts. Hostex also has same-day price rules.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Airbnb last-minute discounts cover arrivals in 0–28 days.
Dynamic pricing

Built-in tools that set prices and connections to outside pricing tools are separate features.

With conditions

Use Guesty PriceOptimizer to adjust nightly prices.

Details: Pro + PriceOptimizer add-on

  • PriceOptimizer costs extra. Fees depend on your package.
With conditions

Built-in tools set nightly prices.

Essentials
After the Dynamic Pricing trial, pay $15 per property each month. This fee applies if the tool was on during that billing period.
Paid plans
Use within the plan’s included property count is covered. The base plan fee still applies.
Extra properties
Extra fees have two rules. The tool must be on during the billing period. You must have more active properties than your plan includes.
Extra-property rates
For an extra property with a check-in, the normal fee covers this tool. With the tool on but no check-in, it costs $10 for the month.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Use PriceLabs to adjust prices based on market demand.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • You need a separate PriceLabs account. Hostex’s own price rules do not confirm market-based pricing.
Pricing connections

Connections to nightly-pricing tools and what they require.

With conditions

Connect PriceLabs to change prices and stay rules.

Details: Pro + separate PriceLabs account

  • You need a PriceLabs account and connection token.
  • PriceLabs sends up to 540 days. Overlapping Rate Strategies can override stay rules.
With conditions

Connect to PriceLabs.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • You need a PriceLabs account and a working connection. Its fees are separate.
  • We could not confirm other pricing services.
With conditions

Use PriceLabs prices and minimum stays.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • PriceLabs fees and access rules apply.
05 / Guest messaging & AI
Unified inbox

See guest message threads from supported booking sites in one view.

Available

Read guest messages in one inbox.

Plan: Pro

Available

Read Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com messages in one inbox.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Read booking-site and direct-booking messages in one inbox.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Scheduled messages

Schedule messages before or after booking dates and times.

With conditions

Schedule messages around check-in and check-out.

Check plan: Pro includes Automated Messages; confirm these timing controls.

Available

Schedule messages around booking, arrival and departure.

Plan: Essentials (limited) / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Essentials has fewer message rules. Messages must include the guest portal link.
  • On Essentials, you cannot turn off the new-booking message or remove its required text.
With conditions

Schedule messages around check-in and check-out.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Messages use the property’s time zone. Booking-site message rules still apply.
Event triggers

Send messages when listed booking events happen.

With conditions

Send messages when bookings are confirmed.

Check plan: Pro includes Automated Messages; confirm this trigger.

Available

Send messages when booking events happen. Essentials covers new bookings only.

Plan: Essentials (limited) / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Essentials has fewer message rules. Messages must include the guest portal link.
  • On Essentials, you cannot turn off the new-booking message or remove its required text.
Available

Messages triggered by bookings, changes and cancellations

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Conditional messages

Rules that send or skip messages based on booking details.

With conditions

Use booking and message rules to choose what gets sent.

Check plan: Pro includes Automated Messages; confirm these rules.

  • All your conditions must match when the message is sent.
Available

Use rules to draft or send answers to guest questions.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • The question must match your rule. Turn on automatic sending if you want replies sent for you.
  • Rules cover selected question topics, booking stages, properties and booking sites.
Available

Set rules that send messages based on booking details.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • We could not confirm the full list of rule options or which plan includes them.
Message templates

Reuse message templates and fill them with supported guest or booking details.

Available

Saved replies

Plan: Pro

Available

Reuse saved messages and fill in guest details.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Save answers and message templates that fill in booking details.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

AI suggested replies

AI writes a draft. A person checks or sends it.

With conditions

ReplyAI writes drafts you can edit and send.

Plan: Pro

  • A user with the right permissions must turn on ReplyAI.
  • Setup can take up to 24 hours.
  • Ask Guesty about AI fees and message limits.
Available

AI writes a draft. You review it and click Send.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Essentials allows 10 uses each week, shared by Suggest with AI and Improve with AI.
  • Paid plans have no limit on Suggest with AI.
  • Mogul automatic replies are a separate option.
With conditions

HostGPT writes drafts for you to review.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Includes 10 replies per property each month, with at least 50 per account. The paid add-on allows 100 per property each month.
  • The trial includes 50 replies in total.
  • When you reach the limit, HostGPT stops until your next billing period or an upgrade.
AI automatic replies

AI sends guest replies without a person approving each one. Check the limits.

With conditions

AutoReply can send replies for you.

Setup
Turn on the agent. Choose the message types, properties and hours it can cover.
Review
The AI scores each reply. You set the score needed to send it. You review replies below that score.
Access and fees
Ask Guesty if your account has access. Check the fees and limits.

Plan: Pro

With conditions

AI can send guest replies for you.

Plan: Mogul

  • Turn on Auto Reply.
  • Choose the timing, properties and topics. It will not reply if it lacks details or the topic is blocked.
With conditions

HostGPT can send replies for you.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Includes 10 replies per property each month, with at least 50 per account. The paid add-on allows 100 per property each month.
  • The trial includes 50 replies in total.
  • When you reach the limit, HostGPT stops until your next billing period or an upgrade.
Approval before AI sends

Controls for a person to check an AI reply before it is sent.

With conditions

You review the ReplyAI draft, then click Send.

Plan: Pro

  • AutoReply sends some replies for you. It asks you to review replies below your chosen AI score.
Available

AI writes a draft. You review it and click Send.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Essentials allows 10 uses each week, shared by Suggest with AI and Improve with AI.
  • Paid plans have no limit on Suggest with AI.
  • Mogul automatic replies are a separate option.
With conditions

Choose draft-only mode to review replies before sending.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Includes 10 replies per property each month, with at least 50 per account. The paid add-on allows 100 per property each month.
  • The trial includes 50 replies in total.
  • When you reach the limit, HostGPT stops until your next billing period or an upgrade.
Translations

Check automatic message translation. Templates written in several languages are a different feature.

With conditions

Translate the latest guest message into your display language.

Check plan: Pro includes ReplyAI; confirm translation.

  • Works on current and future guest messages. Very short messages or messages you have answered may not translate.

We could not confirm this feature or what it requires.

Available

Automatic guest message translation

Plan: Pro and Premium

SMS messages

Text guests by SMS. Check supported countries, phone numbers and fees.

With conditions

Send and receive guest texts in the inbox.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Save a valid guest phone number. Guests in the US and Canada see a US sender number.
  • The limit is 306 GSM-7 characters or 134 Unicode characters. Longer messages are cut off.
  • Message logs last 14 days. Ask about text-message fees and which plan includes them.

We could not confirm this feature or what it requires.

With conditions

Text guests to collect booking charges.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • The price per text depends on the destination country. We could not confirm a general two-way guest text inbox.
Email messages

Email guests. Check sender and booking-site limits.

With conditions

Email the guest’s main personal or booking-site address.

Check plan: Pro includes the inbox; confirm email sending.

  • A booking-site address sends through that site. A personal address sends to the guest’s email.
With conditions

Write inbox emails to guests who booked through Direct.

Details: Professional / Mogul: Direct booking guest emails

  • Direct booking fees apply.
  • Booking emails use fixed Hospitable text and branding. You cannot edit them like emails in the inbox.
Available

Forward messages to guests by email

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

06 / Direct bookings & payments
Website builder

Vendor-provided tools to create and host a direct-booking website.

Available

Build a direct-booking website.

Plan: Pro

Available

Build a website where guests can book directly.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

Available

Build a booking website with templates, taxes, rate plans and search settings.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Booking widget

Add a booking engine to a website hosted elsewhere.

With conditions

Add a booking form to your website.

Check plan: Pro includes Booking Engine; confirm embedded forms.

  • Your website must allow JavaScript or custom code.
Available

Add a booking form to your website.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

Available

Put a booking form or calendar on your existing website.

Plan: Pro and Premium

Custom domain

Use your own domain for the provider’s direct-booking website.

With conditions

Use your own web address for the Booking Engine.

Check plan: Pro includes Booking Engine; confirm this website option.

  • You must own and set up the web address.
  • Guesty Websites Basic charges $15 per month for a custom address. Advanced Website is a separate paid option.
With conditions

Use your own web address for a Direct site.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

  • You need to own the web address, set up its DNS records and publish the Direct site.
  • Direct booking fees apply.
Available

Use your own web address for your booking site.

Plan: Pro and Premium

Payment processors

Payment services, with country and plan requirements.

Available

Stripe, Merchant Warrior, Hyp

Plan: Pro

Available

Direct Basic uses your Stripe account. Direct Premium uses Hospitable and Adyen.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Take direct-booking payments with Stripe or PayPal.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • You need a payment-provider account and must pay its fees. You can also accept booking requests manually.
Payment schedules

Schedule booking payments or installments. Check which booking types are supported.

With conditions

Start scheduled payments when a booking is confirmed.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • You need a valid payment method and a supported payment service.
  • Excludes Airbnb guest payments and Payments by Booking.com.
  • Ask which payment schedules you can change.
Available

Let Direct guests pay in scheduled installments.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Set one-time, weekly, monthly or custom repeating booking charges.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Each recurring charge has a due date. Collection uses payment links or recorded payments. Automatic card charging is not confirmed.
Security deposits

Collect or hold refundable deposits. Damage insurance and protection are separate features.

With conditions

Hold a card deposit and charge it from the booking payment screen.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • You collect the deposit through the saved payment method; the booking site does not.
  • Ask how long the hold lasts and which plan includes it.
Available

Separate refundable deposit charge

Plan: Professional / Mogul

  • Usually charged two days before arrival. This is not damage insurance.
With conditions

Hold a deposit through Stripe. Release it yourself or automatically.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Set up Stripe for deposits. Its payment hold lasts 7 days.
  • The refund time setting applies to all deposits. For long stays, check Stripe’s rules or collect a deposit offline.
  • Turn on Use for deposit for the connected Stripe account. Adding the account alone is not enough.
Refunds

Issue refunds through supported payment steps. Check whether fees are refunded too.

With conditions

Refund paid charges to the original payment method.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Canceling a booking does not automatically refund it.
  • Use Airbnb’s Resolution Center for Airbnb refunds. Use Booking.com’s extranet for virtual-card refunds.
  • Refund each payment separately. Recording a refund does not send money.
Available

Issue refunds yourself or use automatic refunds based on your cancellation policy.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

  • Direct Basic does not return Stripe processing fees.
With conditions

Refund some or all of an online direct-booking payment.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Only for upcoming or current stays paid online. You cannot refund more than you collected.
  • Canceling a booking does not send a refund automatically.
Rental agreements

Create, send or sign guest agreements. Check whether electronic signatures are supported.

With conditions

Let guests sign agreements online.

Plan: Pro

  • Set up the Guest App first.
Available

Direct booking rental agreements

Plan: Professional / Mogul

We could not confirm built-in tools to create, sign or collect rental agreements.

Guest verification

Checks of guest identity or bookings. These do not guarantee you meet legal rules.

With conditions

Use GuestVerify for ID checks and guest risk screening.

Details: Pro + GuestVerify

  • GuestVerify costs extra. It does not guarantee legal compliance.
Available

Direct Premium checks guests.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Collect guest IDs through the portal or connect an outside screening service.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Outside screening services may charge extra. Collecting an ID does not prove a guest’s identity has been checked.
Direct booking fees

Fees for direct bookings. Check payment-processing fees and paid protection too.

With conditions

Advanced Website: $49 per month plus 0.5% of direct Gross Booking Value.

Details: Pro + Advanced Website

  • Charged per website after you publish it.
  • Other direct-booking options may have different fees.
  • Payment-service and gateway fees are extra.
Available

Basic: 1% host fee; Premium: 3% host + 4% guest or 7% host

Plan: Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Hostex says it charges no commission on direct bookings.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Payment-provider and other outside-service fees still apply.
07 / Cleaning & operations
Automatic tasks

Creates tasks automatically from bookings or events linked to a booking.

With conditions

Create repeat tasks for check-in, check-out or new bookings.

Check plan: Pro includes Task Management; confirm this task.

Available

Create task rules for each stage of a booking.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Create cleaning and repair tasks when booking events happen.

Plan: Pro and Premium

Cleaner access

Give cleaners access to tasks or calendars without extra management tools they do not need.

With conditions

Limit cleaner and maintenance staff to task tools.

Check plan: Pro includes Task Management; confirm staff access.

  • Ask which roles and task tools are included.
Available

Invite teammates to see their assigned work.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Invite each teammate and choose their properties and tasks.
  • We could not confirm teammate portal access on Essentials.
Available

Invite cleaners to use the app for their assigned tasks.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Task checklists

Reuse task lists and mark jobs done.

With conditions

Use task checklists and see when they were completed.

Check plan: Pro includes Task Management; confirm this tool.

Available

Check off task steps in the Tasks App.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Older task guides show a different process.
Available

Give cleaners a checklist to mark as done.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Photo requirements

Ask for or require photos of finished work.

With conditions

Ask for before-and-after photos in task comments.

Check plan: Pro includes Tasks and the app; confirm photo requests.

  • We do not know if photo uploads can be required.
  • Only users with the right role can create tasks.
Available

Require photos for tasks.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Use the Tasks App. Older guides give different instructions.
With conditions

Cleaners can send photos or written updates when finishing tasks.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • We could not confirm a setting that requires a photo before a task can be finished.
Task notifications

Send notices when tasks are assigned, changed or completed.

With conditions

Send alerts for tasks you create and assign.

Check plan: Pro includes Task Management; confirm task alerts.

  • Ask how alerts are delivered.
Available

Send task alerts and reminders.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Essentials supports email and calendar alerts where set up, but not text messages.
  • Text alerts need a teammate set up on Host, Professional or Mogul.
With conditions

Send alerts by app or email. Text alerts depend on the plan.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Basic and Pro charge extra for task texts. Premium includes them. Guest texts have separate prices.
Maintenance tasks

Record maintenance jobs or assign them to someone. General reminders are a separate feature.

With conditions

Set repeat maintenance and inspection tasks.

Check plan: Pro includes Task Management; confirm this task.

Available

Recurring maintenance tasks

Details: Check which plan includes this.

Available

Create, assign and track repair tasks.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • All plans include task management. Automatic cleaning is on Pro and Premium. Check which plan covers automatic repair tasks.
Cleaning connections

Connections to outside cleaning services, with their setup requirements.

With conditions

Connect Turno to schedule cleaners.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • You need a Turno account and token. Link each property. Turno fees may apply.
With conditions

Connect to Turno.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • You need a Turno account and a working connection. Turno fees may apply.
With conditions

Connect to Turno and choose which properties to share.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • You need a Turno account. Check which Hostex plan includes the connection.
08 / Check-in & smart access
Checkin instructions

Send check-in details to guests at supported stages of a booking.

Available

Show arrival details in the web guest app.

Plan: Pro

Available

Schedule messages with check-in details.

Plan: Essentials (limited) / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Essentials has fewer message rules. Messages must include the guest portal link.
  • On Essentials, you cannot turn off the new-booking message or remove its required text.
With conditions

Send check-in guides and door codes for each booking.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • Some booking sites require you to start the chat. Booking.com may block guide links.
  • If you require a deposit, guests must pay it to see the address, door code and other check-in details.
Guest portal

A booking page or portal for guests. Check what guests can do there.

Available

Give guests a web app with forms, arrival details and agreements.

Plan: Pro

Available

Guest portal with check-in tasks and booking details

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Booking and payment tools for Direct require Professional or Mogul.
  • Essentials shows guests an offer to buy Trip Insurance. You cannot remove it.
With conditions

Guests use a phone web page for arrival details, ID checks and deposits.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • If a security deposit is set, guests must pay before seeing the address or door code. Other check-in details are also hidden until payment.
Lock connections

Supported smart-lock platforms connect directly or through another service.

With conditions

LocksManager supports brands including Schlage, Nuki and TTLock.

Details: Pro + LocksManager

  • LocksManager costs extra. You need compatible locks and a working connection.
Available

Connect supported Schlage, Yale and August locks.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

  • Compatible lock model
With conditions

Basic connects to TTlock. Pro and Premium support more lock brands.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • You need a supported lock and account. Check your exact model.
Automatic lock codes

Creates lock codes automatically for each booking. Check the required hardware and services.

With conditions

Create a different door code for each booking.

Details: Pro + LocksManager add-on

  • LocksManager costs extra. You need compatible locks and a working connection.
Available

Create a different door code for each booking.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

  • Compatible lock model
With conditions

Make a unique booking code 3 days before check-in.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Basic supports TTlock. Pro and Premium support other compatible connections.
Code scheduling

Set codes to work only during the stated check-in and checkout times.

With conditions

Turn off door codes at the guest’s check-out time.

Details: Pro + LocksManager add-on

  • LocksManager costs extra. You need compatible locks and a working connection.
Available

Make door codes work during the guest’s stay.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

  • Compatible lock model
With conditions

Door codes work from check-in until check-out.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Connect a supported lock. Basic supports TTlock only.
Code delivery

Send booking access codes to guests through supported channels.

With conditions

Send LocksManager door codes in automatic messages.

Check plan: Pro + LocksManager; confirm automatic code messages.

  • LocksManager costs extra. The code must exist before the message is sent.
  • Allow enough time after booking for the code to be created.
Available

Send door codes in guest message threads.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

  • Compatible lock model
With conditions

Send codes in automatic messages or check-in guides.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • You need a connected, supported lock. Basic includes automatic messages. Check-in guides need Pro or Premium.
Access extra costs

Smart-access software or connections may cost extra. Hardware is a separate cost.

With conditions

LocksManager costs extra. Ask for its price.

Details: Pro + LocksManager

  • Buy the lock hardware separately.
With conditions

Some devices are included. Extra devices cost more.

Plan: Professional / Mogul

  • Check how many devices you need.
  • The number included and extra fees depend on your plan. Buy the hardware separately.
With conditions

Hostex says it adds no fee for smart-device connections.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Buy the hardware and pay any lock-account or outside-service fees. Basic supports TTlock only.
09 / Reports & accounting
Booking reports

Reports about bookings. Check which measures they include.

Available

Choose report columns and filter bookings.

Plan: Pro

Available

View and filter booking figures.

Details: Professional / Mogul for full metrics

Available

See booking income and costs by property or booking site.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Occupancy reports

See how often your rentals are booked. Filter by date or property.

With conditions

See how often properties are booked by calendar date.

Check plan: Pro includes Analytics; confirm occupancy reports.

Available

See how often your properties are booked.

Details: Professional / Mogul for full metrics

Available

See booked nights, average nightly prices and income per available night.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Filter by property, booking site and date range.
Revenue reports

Revenue reports and the measures they include. These are separate from financial accounting.

Available

See payouts, commission, paid amounts and taxes in booking reports.

Plan: Pro

Available

See your booking income.

Details: Professional / Mogul for full metrics

With conditions

See income and costs, with monthly reports on Pro and Premium.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • Monthly reports exclude the current month. Stays across months are split by night. Regenerate reports yourself after changes.
Owner statements

Statements for property owners. Check which income and expenses they include.

Available

Create and adjust owner statements.

Plan: Pro

Available

Owner statements

Plan: Mogul

Available

Make monthly PDF owner reports with your fee and category settings.

Plan: Pro and Premium

Expense tracking

Record property or booking expenses in the software.

With conditions

Add costs to task work orders.

Check plan: Pro includes Task Management; confirm cost entry.

  • This covers task costs, not a full accounting ledger.
Available

Track business and property costs.

Details: Mogul: Hospitable Accounting

  • Set up accounting for your business and properties.
  • Add one-time or repeating costs in Hospitable Accounting.
Available

Record income and costs and link them to bookings.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Accounting connections

Which accounting tools connect and what they can share.

With conditions

Connect Trust Accounting to QuickBooks and Seamless Chex.

Details: Pro + Trust Accounting

  • Trust Accounting costs extra. The other services may need their own accounts and fees.
With conditions

QuickBooks accounting connection

Plan: Mogul

  • You need a QuickBooks account and a Hospitable Business.
  • Use the same currency for both, or turn on support for multiple currencies.
  • Xero is planned, but is not listed as available.
With conditions

Send bookings and transactions to Clearing.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • You need a separate Clearing account. Its fees may apply.
Report exports

Download reports in the listed file types.

Available

Download booking reports as CSV files.

Plan: Pro

Available

Download business and financial figures as CSV files.

Details: Professional / Mogul for full metrics

With conditions

Download statistics as spreadsheets and transactions or monthly reports as CSV files.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Monthly reports need Pro or Premium. File formats vary by report.
10 / Team & owner access
Team users

Extra staff accounts, with any user or plan limits.

With conditions

Invite as many team users as you need.

Plan: Pro

  • You need permission to manage users.
Available

Invite as many extra users as you need.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Create team accounts and assign roles.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Basic allows up to 2 team roles. We could not confirm a limit for Pro or Premium.
User permissions

Choose what each person can see and do.

With conditions

Choose roles and what each user can access.

Plan: Pro

  • You need permission to manage users.
Available

Choose which tools and money details each user can see.

Details: All plans

With conditions

Choose who can use pricing, calendars and messages.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Basic limited to 2 team roles.
Choose which properties each person can access

Choose which properties a person can access.

With conditions

Give users all listings, selected listings or listings matching a rule.

Plan: Pro

  • Chats are grouped by guest. A returning guest’s history may show messages from other properties.
Available

Choose which properties each user can see.

Details: All plans

With conditions

Choose which properties and rooms each team member can access.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • Basic limited to 2 team roles.
Owner portal

Let owners view property, booking or financial details.

Available

Owner portal

Plan: Pro

Available

Owner portal

Plan: Mogul

Available

Give owners accounts that show only their own listings.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Owner reports and owner logins may have different plan rules. Check which plan includes logins.
Mobile app

A mobile app. A website that fits a phone screen does not confirm an app.

Available

Use the phone app for bookings, messages and tasks.

Plan: Pro

With conditions

Invited users can use the phone app.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • Invite the user and choose their tools and properties.
  • Inbox access is needed for push alerts.
  • We could not confirm app access on Essentials or access for other user types.
Available

Use the iPhone or Android app for calendars, bookings, messages and tasks.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

11 / Integrations & data access
Public API

An API for outside developers. API connections to booking sites alone do not confirm developer access.

Available

Developer Open API

Plan: Pro

With conditions

Developer API on Host and above

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Connect your own software to manage properties and bookings.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
API access conditions

Who can use the developer API, including required plans, approval and access limits.

With conditions

Use a Pro account with API access. Admins create access details.

Plan: Pro

  • API requests need a valid OAuth2 bearer token.
  • Each API key can create up to 5 tokens in 24 hours. Each token lasts 24 hours.
  • Partner connection tokens are separate from public developer access.
With conditions

Host, Professional or Mogul required

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Create a Hostex access token to connect software.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • Use Pro or Premium with the right account permissions. Basic or an expired plan may return error 420.
  • Partner OAuth connections have a separate approval process.
Webhooks

Sends notices about events to linked systems.

With conditions

Get alerts when guest or owner messages are sent or received.

Details: Pro Open API

  • You need API access and must set up event alerts.
  • These alerts cover message events only.
Available

Send event alerts to connected software.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

With conditions

Send booking, message, calendar and review alerts to connected software.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • The price table lists webhooks on all plans, but the management API needs Pro or Premium. Confirm Basic access.
  • Alerts contain limited details. Fetch the full record through the API. Delayed alerts are not guaranteed to be replayed.
Zapier

A Zapier connection with stated events, actions or plan requirements.

With conditions

Start Zapier tasks when bookings are created, confirmed or changed.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • The connection is marked beta. You need a partner account and login details.
  • Ask whether your plan can use it.
With conditions

Connect booking, property, message and review tasks through Zapier.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • You need a Zapier account. Approve its connection to Hospitable.

We could not confirm an official Hostex app or supported link in Zapier. API access alone does not confirm one.

Data export

Check which data you can take with you, beyond calendar feeds. Ask which file types you can download.

With conditions

Download booking reports as CSV files.

Plan: Pro

  • This covers bookings. We could not confirm a full account export.
Available

Reservations, tasks, taxes and reviews in CSV

Details: Professional / Mogul for full metrics

With conditions

Download statistics spreadsheets and income or cost reports as CSV files.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

  • These reports do not confirm a full account export. Bulk API access needs Pro or Premium.
12 / Setup & support
Onboarding

Setup help, including whether it is optional or costs extra.

Available

One-to-one guided setup

Plan: Pro

Available

Set up the account yourself with guidance. Rapid Rollout help costs extra.

Plan: Essentials / Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Get guided setup help. Premium adds priority setup services.

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Moving your data

Help or tools to import records from another system.

With conditions

Import booking files yourself or send them to Guesty.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • We could not confirm a full account move. Ask which plan and service fees apply.
With conditions

Support can import past manual or direct bookings from a CSV file.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Ask Hospitable support for help.
  • Add your properties first. Their names must match the file.
With conditions

Move booking-site connections, with some details entered again by hand.

Details: Check which plan includes this.

  • Recreate manual bookings and blocked dates before connecting. Past-booking limits vary by booking site.
Help center

Public guides and help pages. These alone do not show the quality of support.

Available

Public help center

Plan: Pro

Available

Public help articles

Details: All tiers

Available

Public searchable help center and API reference

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Email support

Email support, with any plan limits. Response time is unconfirmed.

With conditions

Get email support 24/7 through the dashboard, app or form.

Check plan: Confirm email support on Pro.

Available

Contact a person by email.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Email support advertised on all plans

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Chat support

Live or in-app support chat. Check whether help comes from a person, an AI bot or self-service pages.

Available

24/7 live chat

Plan: Pro

Available

Contact a person by chat.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

Available

Live-chat support advertised on all plans

Plan: Basic (up to 2 properties), Pro and Premium

Phone support

Phone support, with any plan or country limits.

Available

Phone support

Plan: Pro

We could not confirm this feature or what it requires.

We could not confirm phone support. Hostex lists email and chat.

13 / API features
API features are listed below. Each row shows its access rules. Live operation is not confirmed.
Documented API versions

Versions listed in the public API guides. This does not guarantee they work with your setup.

Available

API version 1.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

Available

2.0

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

With conditions

OpenAPI schema 3.0.0; Hostex API /v3 server

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
API authentication

Security methods listed in the API guide. Approval to use the API and the right plan are separate requirements.

With conditions

Use an OAuth2 bearer token in the Authorization header.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • Each API key can create up to 5 tokens in 24 hours. Each token lasts 24 hours.
Available

Bearer token

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

With conditions

Hostex-Access-Token API key in request header

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
Read property records

Read property records through the API.

With conditions

Read listings.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.
With conditions

GET /properties

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
With conditions

GET /properties retrieves property records

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
Read reservation records

An API tool reads booking records.

With conditions

Read bookings.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • Read up to 10 booking IDs per request.
  • You need API access and admin permission.
  • Booking v3 tools are marked beta.
With conditions

GET /bookings

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
With conditions

Read bookings with filters.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • By default, the search returns bookings with check_out within 180 days.
Create bookings

An API tool creates bookings. This does not confirm the same steps are available in the interface.

With conditions

Create bookings.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.
  • Booking v3 tools are marked beta.
With conditions

POST /bookings

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • Vendor tokens need reservation:write permission.
  • Manual bookings only. Dates cannot overlap an existing booking.
  • Creates manual bookings. A personal access token can skip minimum stays and date blocks. It cannot book dates that already have a booking.
With conditions

Create direct bookings.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • Creates direct bookings, not bookings on travel sites.
Update bookings

An API tool changes booking fields. Check which fields and booking sites it supports.

With conditions

Change booking dates.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • This changes booking dates. Other fields use separate API actions.
  • You need API access and admin permission.
  • Changing dates recalculates money totals, even if applyRecalculation says otherwise.
  • Booking v3 tools are marked beta.
With conditions

PUT /bookings/{identifier}

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • You need reservation:write permission. Booking type and ownership rules apply.
  • For Direct and booking-site bookings, change only notes and check-in or check-out times. Manual bookings may allow more changes. This depends on the token and who made the booking.
With conditions

Change stay details.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • Canceling a direct booking uses a separate API action.
Read guest data

Read guest records through a separate API tool or as part of a booking response. Check which option is supported.

With conditions

Read guest records.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.
With conditions

Get guest details from booking records.

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • Request include=guest. This does not give you a separate guest directory.
With conditions

Read guest details from bookings.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • We could not confirm an API action to read a separate guest database.
Update guest records

Updates guest records, not just contact fields on a booking.

With conditions

Change guest records.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.

We could not confirm that connected software can use this feature.

Details: Check that your account lets connected software do this.

We could not confirm updates to separate guest records. Booking contact fields can be changed.

  • You need a Hostex access token. Check that your account has access.
Read guest messages

An API tool reads guest messages or conversation details.

With conditions

Read messages in a conversation.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.
With conditions

GET /bookings/{uuid}/messages

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • You need message:read permission.
  • Read each booking’s messages at most two times per minute.
With conditions

GET /conversations and conversation details retrieve messages

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
Send guest messages

An API tool adds or sends guest messages. Check access requirements separately.

With conditions

Send a message in a conversation.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.
  • Owner chats cannot use airbnb2. Owner messages from the platform module go by email.
With conditions

POST /bookings/{uuid}/messages

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • Send at most two messages per minute for each booking.
  • Each vendor or personal-token user can send 50 messages per five minutes.
With conditions

POST /conversations/{conversation_id} sends a message

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • Follow the booking site’s message rules. If a request times out, check that the message arrived before you send it again.
  • For each chat: 5 messages per 5 seconds, 10 per minute, 30 per 30 minutes, 60 per 2 hours and 120 per day. Account, token and tool limits also apply.
Read nightly rates

Read rates through an API tool or nightly-price fields in a calendar response.

With conditions

Read prices from a rate-plan calendar.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need the rate-plan ID and listing ID.
  • You need API access and admin permission.
With conditions

Get nightly prices from calendar records.

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • You need property:read and calendar:read permissions.
  • Each vendor or personal-token user can make 1,000 calendar requests per minute.
With conditions

Read prices for selected dates.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • start_date must be within one year and end_date within three years.
Update nightly rates

Send nightly prices through the API. This is separate from working out which price to use.

With conditions

Change prices in a rate-plan calendar.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need the rate-plan ID and listing ID.
  • You need API access and admin permission.
With conditions

PUT property calendar rates

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • You need property:read and calendar:write permissions.
  • Change prices up to 1,095 days ahead. Use the currency’s base units. Updates may finish after the request returns.
With conditions

Send prices for selected dates to booking sites.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • Changes may finish later. An API success response does not confirm the booking site has updated.
  • end_date must be within three years.
Read availability calendar

Read open dates or calendar nights through the API.

With conditions

Read listing calendars.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.
  • For multi-unit listings, allotment > 0 means space is available. Use calendar status only if allotment is not a number.
With conditions

GET /properties/{uuid}/calendar

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • You need property:read and calendar:read permissions.
  • Each vendor or personal-token user can make 1,000 calendar requests per minute.
With conditions

Read open and blocked dates for properties.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • property_ids accepts up to 100 properties.
  • start_date must be within one year and end_date within three years.
Read payment records

Reads actual payment records. Changing payment settings or making payment links is a separate feature.

With conditions

Read Guesty Pay payment records.

Access
You need API access, admin permission and a Guesty Pay subscription. This covers Guesty Pay payments only.
Filters
Choose a date range of up to one month, or use a booking confirmation code. A confirmation code cannot be combined with other filters.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

With conditions

Read payout records. Guest-charge records are not confirmed.

Plan: Host / Professional / Mogul

  • You need transaction:read permission.
  • Reconnect Airbnb if you first approved access before January 12, 2024.
  • These are payout records, not every payment made by a guest.
  • Records include the booking site, type, amount, paid-out amount and payout details.

We could not confirm access to payment-provider records. GET /transactions lists income and costs, including entries added by hand.

Read refund records

An API tool reads refund records. This does not confirm that it can issue refunds.

We do not know if the API can read refund records.

We could not confirm that connected software can use this feature.

Details: Check that your account lets connected software do this.

We could not confirm access to refund records. The transaction ledger and in-app refunds do not confirm it.

Read owner records

Read property-owner records through the API.

With conditions

Read owner records.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.
With conditions

GET /owners

Plan: Mogul

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • Use owner:read permission, or pat:read with a personal access token.

We could not confirm access to owner records through the API.

Custom data fields

API tools for custom fields or extra booking details. Check which types of data each tool supports.

With conditions

Read custom fields on bookings.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.
  • Booking v3 tools are marked beta.
With conditions

Add selected details to booking records.

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs vendor access and permission to connect.
  • You need enrichment:write and enrichment:shortcode:[key] permissions.
  • Request access separately for each supported shortcode.
  • You can add guidebooks, stay agreements and door codes. You can also add offers for guests to buy extras.
With conditions

Read or change custom fields on bookings.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • You define the fields first. This covers booking and stay fields only.
Manage webhook plans

API tools to list, create or remove webhook plans. A guide to receiving webhook updates alone does not confirm these controls.

With conditions

List event alerts.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.

We could not confirm that connected software can use this feature.

Details: Check that your account lets connected software do this.

With conditions

GET/POST /webhooks; PATCH/DELETE individual webhook

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • Retries and replay do not last forever. Fetch the current record again.
Documented throttling response

The API lists error 429 for too many requests or another stated request limit. Exact numeric limits need separate confirmation.

With conditions

Up to 15 requests per second, 120 per minute and 5,000 per hour.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • All account API tokens share these limits. Official Marketplace partner connections are excluded.
  • After HTTP 429, wait for the time in the Retry-after header.
With conditions

Request limits vary by tool.

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
  • Messages and calendars have separate limits. We could not confirm one limit for all tools.
With conditions

Request limits return error_code 429 inside HTTP 200, with Retry-After.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • Limits apply across the account and to each tool. Access tokens may have extra limits.
  • For each chat: 5 messages per 5 seconds, 10 per minute, 30 per 30 minutes, 60 per 2 hours and 120 per day.
Reservation pagination

Read booking records a page at a time. Check the default page size and any maximum.

With conditions

Read booking results in pages: 25 by default, up to 100.

Details: Pro; check the requirements for the data you need.

  • You need API access and admin permission.
  • Other API tools, including owners and payments, use different page limits.
With conditions

page and per_page; default 10, maximum 100

Details: Check that your plan lets you connect your own software.

  • Your software needs permission to connect.
With conditions

Read bookings in batches with offset and limit. Each batch has at most 100 records.

Plan: Pro and Premium

  • You need a Hostex access token to connect your software.
  • Defaults are offset 0 and limit 20. Results use descending order for the chosen sort field.

Compare property management software for daily work — Guesty Pro vs Hospitable vs Hostex

List the jobs you want to handle in one place. Check booking sites, guest messages, payments and staff access first. Then compare the plan and extras needed for those jobs. A long feature list will not show whether your booking sites and work rules are covered.

Guesty Pro: what to consider

Ask for a full quote for the work you need. It should list setup, paid extras and booking-related charges. Check access terms before planning a custom software link. Read the Guesty Pro profile for its plans and requirements.

Hospitable: what to consider

Match the plan to your guest messages and work tasks. Owner statements and the owner portal need Mogul. Check direct-booking fees and any extra charges for pricing tools or smart devices. Read the Hospitable profile for its plans and requirements.

Hostex: what to consider

Check the tier for each job. Vrbo, Open API and automatic cleaning need Pro or Premium. Calendar links mark booked dates. They do not carry full booking records, so check what your team will receive. Read the Hostex profile for its plans and requirements.

Explore all property management options, how to choose property management software, how to plan a software switch to continue your shortlist.

Common questions

What should I test before switching to one of these tools?

Check future bookings, blocked dates and rate plans before the new system takes control. Then look at rates and fees on each booking site. A link marked connected does not prove that every booking or price rule moved across.

How should I compare the full setup for Guesty Pro, Hospitable and Hostex?

List the main software and any extras on their own. Extras can include lock tools, guidebooks, paid modules and a team to answer guests. Ask which tasks your quote covers. Name the person who will do the work that remains. An inbox or task list does not do it all for you.

Does Guesty Pro’s inbox include a team to answer guests?

Do not assume so. The inbox is a tool for messages. Guest Communication Services is a separate add-on with a team to handle guest contact. Ask whether that service is in your quote and what work the team will cover.

Does a Created smart-lock code in Hospitable mean the guest can enter?

No. Created, Visible and Active are different states. A code can exist before the guest can use it. Check its status and active dates before sending entry steps. Hospitable’s smart-lock feature is for Professional, Mogul and Legacy plans with a supported lock.

Does Hostex Basic create cleaning tasks automatically?

No. The plan table puts automatic cleaning tasks in Pro and Premium, not Basic. Basic task management is a different tool. If you want bookings to create cleaning work, check that your plan includes that step.

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