The short answer
Choose your website path first. Both OwnerRez and Lodgify support a hosted website and booking tools for an existing site. Compare the required plan, setup work and payment route. These facts do not establish which is easier or which will bring more bookings.
Who this is for: Hosts who have shortlisted OwnerRez and Lodgify and now need to choose a direct-booking setup.
What to take away
- Both products offer more than one website path.
- A booking widget is a small booking tool added to a website you keep.
- Separate website costs, booking fees and payment costs.
- Check the booking and payment steps before moving your live setup.
Choose a new site or keep your site
Start with your site. Do you need a whole new one? Or do you need a booking tool for a site you own?
For a new site, compare the hosted options and required plans. For a site you want to keep, compare the booking widget and who will install it. Neither path is automatically the best choice for every host.
This guide helps you choose a booking website. Use our full feature comparison to compare the rest of the software.
If you need a new booking website
OwnerRez offers Hosted Websites as a paid premium feature. It uses your property content and can cover one or several properties. Its setup guide describes a test address and a live website address.
Lodgify has a website builder with templates. You can use your own domain name. You can edit page titles, descriptions and web addresses. Its price page puts this tool in Starter and higher plans. Starter has a two-property cap. For more homes, check another plan.
Ask each vendor to show your needed pages and booking flow. Check who will write the content, connect the domain and maintain it. These are evaluation steps, not work we have tested.
If you want to keep your website
OwnerRez has booking and availability widgets for other websites. Its help guides cover WordPress, Wix, Weebly and Squarespace. A basic widget is not the same as its paid site module. That paid option is called Integrated Sites and WordPress.
Lodgify has widgets for search or one property. Its guide shows how to make the code. You then paste it into a site you keep. Check that your plan includes the widget.
Confirm that you or your site developer can add the required code. Ask for a mobile walkthrough on your actual site. Documentation does not prove that a widget will fit every theme without changes.
| Your goal | OwnerRez | Lodgify |
|---|---|---|
| Start a new site | Hosted Websites is a paid premium option for one or several properties. | Build a website from templates on a plan that includes websites. Check the property limit. |
| Keep an existing site | Add booking and availability widgets to an outside site. Premium website modules are separate. | Search or property booking widgets; check the required plan. |
| Choose by price | Ask for a price that includes the core plan, website option and payment setup. | Quote the needed plan plus payment costs and any applicable transaction fees. |
Check the payment path separately
OwnerRez connects to card payment firms. It also supports PayPal and manual payment options. Each card firm has rules about business and bank locations. Its fees depend on your agreement. Do not assume one rate applies to all hosts.
Lodgify Payments is powered by Stripe. Its help page currently limits it to selected US account holders. It also has country and property restrictions. Do not assume that every US host can enable it.
For Lodgify Payments, the fee guide lists processing fees and a separate Lodgify transaction fee. It says those fees are not returned on a refund. Confirm the current fees and refund terms for your account.
A zero booking-fee headline is not a zero-cost payment promise. Ask for a written fee breakdown for the route you will actually use.
Walk through a booking before switching
Ask the vendor to use a test setup for this walkthrough. You should be able to follow the steps from choosing dates to handling a change. The list below is a suggested check, not our test result.
Moving to Lodgify Payments needs a payment check too. Its help page covers payments scheduled with another gateway. After the switch, those payments must be requested again. Review this step before moving live bookings.
- Open the website on a phone and select a property and dates.
- Check the quote and explain every charge shown to the guest.
- Find the booking confirmation in the host view and guest email.
- Show who takes the payment and where the payout appears.
- Explain a refund, a failed payment and a date change.
- Check existing bookings and scheduled payments before any switch.
Choose on the setup you need
If you want a new site, compare both hosted options with the plans that fit your property count. If you want to keep a site, compare both widget paths with your developer.
Choose only after the website route, account eligibility and full quote are clear. We do not name a winner from feature lists alone. Vendor documentation cannot show which product is easier for you.
We chose this pair for a common buying decision, not commissions. The broader feature table remains separate so you can check other needs before making a final choice.
Sources and research
These comparisons use public guides, not product tests. The provider’s claims and plan details can change.
- OwnerRez: Pricing
- OwnerRez: Widgets Overview
- OwnerRez: Hosted Websites Overview
- OwnerRez: Payment Processing Overview
- Lodgify: Vacation Rental Software Pricing & Plans
- Lodgify: Vacation Rental Website Builder
- Lodgify: Vacation Rental Booking Widget
- Lodgify: Lodgify Payments: Set up your account
- Lodgify: Lodgify Payments: Fees