Hospitable vs. Guesty: How Do They Compare?

Last updated: September 2026

Hospitable and Guesty are both established platforms for vacation rental hosts, but they differ in scale and focus.

Here's how they compare, and where Lodgify fits as an alternative.

Who is it for?

Hospitable

Hospitable has traditionally served independent hosts and smaller agencies, with a feature set focused on automated guest messaging. Its newer Mogul plan adds more advanced features aimed at larger operations, though these are newer to the market than the rest of its offering.

Guesty

Guesty spans a broader range of portfolio sizes across 3 tiers: Lite for 1 to 3 listings, Pro for 4 to 199, and Enterprise for 200 or more.

Its previous entry-level product for small hosts, Guesty for Hosts, was folded into Guesty Lite. The trade-off is that Lite's feature set is meaningfully lighter than Pro or Enterprise, so it's worth checking the inclusion list rather than assuming a plan sized for your listing count has everything you need.

Alternative: Lodgify

Lodgify is built for independent hosts and small-scale property managers who want to run their rental business without the complexity of enterprise software. Every plan and its price are public, so there's no sales call required to find out what it costs.

How much does it cost?

Hospitable

Hospitable offers a free Essentials plan with unlimited properties, covering calendar sync, a unified inbox and basic automation, with no per-property fee. Paid plans start at Host, $29/month for 1 property (an additional property costs $10/month), Professional at $59/month for 2 properties ($15/month per additional property), and Mogul at $99/month for 3 properties ($15/month per additional property).

Dynamic Pricing is included at no extra cost on Host, Professional and Mogul.

Guesty

Guesty Lite is Guesty's only tier with published pricing: roughly $9 to $29 per listing per month depending on the billing option, for up to 3 listings. Pro (4 to 199 listings) and Enterprise (200 or more) are both quote-only, so cost depends on your portfolio and the features you add.

Alternative: Lodgify

Lodgify offers 4 transparent plans, each with clear pricing and no surprises about what's included. Basic is the lower-priced entry plan, starting at $14/month (billed annually), with a unified calendar and AI-powered unified inbox for hosts with 1 property. Starter, Professional and Ultimate scale up from there, starting at $26, $42 and $62/month respectively.

Starter, Professional and Ultimate include commission-free direct bookings through your Lodgify website: you pay your Lodgify subscription instead of an additional booking commission, though payment processing fees may still apply. (Bookings made through Airbnb, Vrbo or Booking.com still carry those platforms' own host fees, which Lodgify doesn't control.)

Dynamic Pricing is included on Professional and Ultimate, with a trial available on Starter and Basic. It adjusts your nightly rates automatically based on demand, seasonality and market signals, so your calendar stays competitively priced without manually checking rates every day.

What are the main differences?

Onboarding

Hospitable

Hospitable includes free self-serve setup and a free orientation call during the trial. A more hands-on guided program, Rapid Rollout, is available as a paid 1:1 option.

Guesty

Onboarding isn't included on Guesty Lite. Pro and Enterprise include guided onboarding, with more tailored onboarding reserved for Enterprise.

Alternative: Lodgify

Starter, Professional and Ultimate include free, personalized 1:1 onboarding with a product expert, who helps set up your account, import your listings and connect your channels. Basic uses guided self-onboarding.

Guest messaging and AI

Hospitable

Hospitable's Host plan includes AI Guest Issue Alerts that flag guest problems needing attention. Mogul adds Inbox AI, which fully automates guest messaging rather than just suggesting replies. Hospitable's unified inbox pulls messages from Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and your own direct booking site, though it doesn't support WhatsApp.

Guesty

Guesty's unified inbox includes Guesty ReplyAI™ on a freemium basis across all plans: a basic version is included, and deeper functionality requires an upgrade. WhatsApp messaging works through the inbox but requires a business account, and those messages can only be viewed on the guest's phone, not in the relevant channel's own inbox.

Alternative: Lodgify

Lodgify's unified inbox brings every guest conversation, across all your booking channels and your own website, into one place, with saved replies, automated messages, a built-in AI writing assistant and WhatsApp messaging from the same dashboard.

Beyond the inbox, Lodgify AI Co-Host is in early access. It surfaces relevant insights and recommendations across your bookings, guests, tasks and revenue, so you stay in control and can act on what needs attention rather than digging for it.

Website builder

Hospitable

Hospitable's direct booking site, Hospitable Sites, isn't available on the Host plan; you need Professional or Mogul to access it.

Guesty

A basic direct booking site is available on Guesty Lite. A fully branded, customizable website (Guesty Advanced Websites) is a paid add-on on Lite and Pro, with pricing available on request rather than published upfront.

Alternative: Lodgify

Lodgify's website builder is included on Starter, Professional and Ultimate, and lets hosts launch a bookable website under their own domain. It's fully customizable, with templates, widgets and unlimited pages, and every site takes direct bookings from day 1.

Hosts who already have a WordPress, Squarespace or Wix site can embed the Lodgify booking widget instead, turning an existing site into one that takes direct bookings.

Channel manager

Hospitable

Hospitable connects to Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda, with a centralized calendar.

Guesty

Guesty Lite covers 3 major channels: Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. Its broader distribution network, the Guesty Distribution Hub with 60+ channels, requires upgrading to Pro or Enterprise.

Alternative: Lodgify

Lodgify's channel manager includes direct API connections to Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com across every plan, with real-time syncing of calendars, rates and content. Lodgify holds preferred partner status with all of them. Additional or local channels can be connected through iCal.

Google Vacation Rentals

Hospitable

Hospitable integrates with Google Vacation Rentals for qualifying properties.

Guesty

Guesty integrates with Google Vacation Rentals, but it isn't available to Lite users. Users without a Guesty Advanced Website pay an additional per-listing fee to use it; confirm the current rate directly with Guesty.

Alternative: Lodgify

Lodgify includes Google Vacation Rentals integration on the Professional and Ultimate plans at no extra cost. Traffic from Google Vacation Rentals goes directly to your own website, not a Lodgify page.

Mobile app

Hospitable

Hospitable's mobile app is rated 4.2 stars on Google Play and 3.1 stars on the App Store.

Guesty

Guesty's mobile app is rated 3.1 stars on Google Play and 4.2 stars on the App Store.

Alternative: Lodgify

Lodgify's mobile app is rated 4.6 stars on Google Play and 4.2 stars on the App Store. Ultimate-plan users can also download the Lodgify PM app to connect with cleaners, check-in agents and rental managers, and guests can use the Lodgify Guest app for guidebooks, Wi-Fi passwords and check-in details.

Customer support

Hospitable

Hospitable doesn't list a direct phone number; support runs through email and chat.

Guesty

Guesty offers 24/7 email support along with dashboard, mobile app and form-based support. Lite users can access Guesty's chatbot through the dashboard; Pro and Enterprise users get access to phone support, described as "urgent phone support," though the exact scope isn't detailed publicly.

Alternative: Lodgify

Support scales with your plan: self-service on Basic, human email support on Starter, phone support on Professional, and priority support via live chat, email and phone on Ultimate. All trial users and subscribers can also reach the Contact team by phone across the U.S. and Canada, the U.K., Australia, Spain and Italy.

Preferred partner awards

Hospitable

Hospitable is an Airbnb Preferred+ Software Partner and a Booking.com Premier Plus Partner.

Guesty

Guesty is described as an Airbnb Preferred+ Software Partner, a Vrbo Elite Partner, and a Booking.com Premier Plus Partner.

Alternative: Lodgify

Lodgify is an Airbnb Preferred+ partner, a Vrbo Elite partner, and a Booking.com Premier Connectivity Partner.

Can I try them before I buy?

Hospitable

Hospitable offers a 14-day free trial. There's no option for a 1:1 demo call, though its Contact page offers a form to reach the sales team.

Guesty

A 14-day free trial is available for Guesty Lite only. Pro and Enterprise require a demo instead.

Alternative: Lodgify

Lodgify offers a free 7-day trial, extendable on request, with no credit card required. You can also check out Lodgify's personalized live demo with a product expert and interactive online demo.

Ratings

Here's how each platform is rated on Trustpilot:

• Hospitable: 3.9 stars | 667 reviews
• Guesty: 4.6 stars | 1,998 reviews
• Lodgify: 4.7 stars | 4,358 reviews

Which should I choose?

Hospitable and Guesty both offer capable tools, but for different scales of operation. Hospitable focuses on messaging automation with a free tier and dynamic pricing included across its paid plans, and its Mogul plan is newer to the enterprise end of the market. Guesty scales further with its Pro and Enterprise tiers, though its entry-level Lite plan is noticeably lighter on features.

Lodgify is built for hosts and small-scale property managers who want a complete platform, channel manager, direct booking website, guest messaging and payments, with transparent, public pricing and no added complexity. If that's what you're looking for, try Lodgify for free.