How much does Hostfully cost?

Their pricing page lists Growth from $15 and Pro from $25 per property per month, each plus a platform fee that is not published, and Enterprise (200+ listings) as custom. Growth also has a 1% payment gateway fee and a 0.85% direct booking fee. Monthly billing is available but not discounted. Ask them for the platform fee to get a real total.

Hostfully vs Santara AI: which is cheaper?

On Pro, fifteen or forty properties already cost more per month than our published price before Hostfully's platform fee is added; at six properties they are roughly level before the fee. On Growth, the per-property charge is lower than ours at every size, so whether it ends up cheaper depends on the platform fee and the direct-booking and gateway fees. We take 0% on channel bookings and upsells, and 3% only on direct-site bookings.

Is Hostfully good for property managers in South-East Asia?

It works globally and its guidebooks even translate into Vietnamese. But it is built around US channels and teams on its own app: no South-East Asian OTA is named on its channel page, VND and IDR handling is not published, and staff tasks live in the Hostfully app rather than WhatsApp or Zalo. Those are the gaps we were built for.

Does Santara AI have digital guidebooks like Hostfully?

Yes, a simpler one. Each property gets a QR guidebook page with a public section and a private section that opens with the guest's booking code. Hostfully's guidebooks go much further — AI itineraries, 16+ languages, a marketplace — and if that is what you are buying, theirs is the better product.

Does Hostfully have a free trial?

No. Hostfully says it does not offer free trials and offers a demo instead; its first digital guidebook is free. Santara AI's first three months are free.

Can my owners log in like they do on Hostfully?

Not today. We produce the monthly owner statement — gross minus fees minus expenses, with a CSV export — but there is no owner login. If your owners rely on the Hostfully portal, that is a real reason to stay.

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Hostfully alternatives

People look for a Hostfully alternative for two reasons: the price is per property plus a platform fee they will not see until a call, and the operation they run is not a US one.

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Hostfully is a solid platform and its guidebooks are the best in the category. The reasons operators shop around are consistent: the platform fee on every plan is unpublished, the monthly plan is not discounted, there is no free trial, and the staff side assumes everyone works inside Hostfully's own app.

Every option below has its own sourced row on this site and a full comparison. Where a vendor does not publish a price, this page says so rather than repeating a figure from a review.

Hostfully alternatives

1. Santara AI
$154 /mo
Operators of 2–40 doors with on-site teams, in South-East Asia and beyond.
The whole price on the pricing page, no platform fee, 0% on channel bookings and upsells (3% only on direct-site bookings), and the first three months free. Pick us for the operations half — a 6am brief, cleaning plans shared to WhatsApp or Zalo, tickets with photos — and for South-East Asian channels and currencies. Our guidebook is simpler than Hostfully's, and we have no owner login or white-label.
14 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
2. Guesty
Quote only
Professional managers and portfolios — Lite at 1–3 listings, Pro to 199, Enterprise beyond.
The deeper enterprise platform, with 60+ channels and full trust accounting. Lite is published for one to three listings with a per-reservation fee; above that it is quote-only, so the pricing problem does not go away.
6 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
Full comparison with Guesty →
3. Hostaway
Quote only
Property managers from roughly 5 doors upward, sold to rather than signed up.
The widest distribution here — over 200 booking platforms, by Hostaway's own count. Quote-only at every size and annual by default, so it suits a manager who wants breadth more than a published price.
7 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
Full comparison with Hostaway →
4. OwnerRez
$96 /mo
Owner-operators and small managers in the US who want control and clean accounting.
The cleanest pricing in the category — published, no commission, nothing on upsells — with trust accounting deeper than ours. Like Hostfully, it is built for the United States.
8 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
Full comparison with OwnerRez →
5. Lodgify
$177 /mo
Owners and small managers whose first priority is a direct booking website.
The strongest direct booking website builder on this list, with published per-property prices and a 0% booking fee on every plan. Task management and owner statements wait for Ultimate.
7 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
Full comparison with Lodgify →

We put ourselves first, and we would rather say that than pretend a list we wrote is neutral. Everything else here is a real option: each one has its own sourced row on this site, its own published price, and a line we would stand behind on their own comparison page. The capability count is a crude signal — read the full comparison before it decides anything.

Questions people actually ask

What is Hostfully's platform fee?

We do not know, and neither will you until you ask: their pricing page adds "+ platform fee" to every plan without a figure. That is why our cost table prints Quote only for Hostfully instead of a total.

Which Hostfully alternative is cheapest?

OwnerRez and Lodgify publish full prices; Santara AI publishes every tier and adds no platform fee. Guesty above three listings and Hostaway at any size are quote-only, so they cannot be compared honestly in advance.

Which alternative has guidebooks as good as Hostfully's?

None on this list matches them. Santara AI has a QR guidebook with a public section and a booking-code-protected section, which covers the essentials. If guidebooks decide it, you can also keep Hostfully's guidebook product on its own and run the rest elsewhere.

Which alternative works best outside the US?

For South-East Asia, Santara AI: VND and IDR, Agoda and Trip.com alongside Airbnb and Booking.com, and staff plans shared to WhatsApp or Zalo. Lodgify is strongest in Europe. OwnerRez and Hostfully are built around the US.

Is switching away from Hostfully difficult?

Here it is free and we run it — properties, rooms, rates, availability, reservations and guest history — and most portfolios are live within 24 hours. If you are on Hostfully's yearly plan, time the move for renewal.

Sources

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Hostfully alternatives

Hostfully alternatives

1. Santara AI

2. Guesty

3. Hostaway

4. OwnerRez

5. Lodgify

Questions people actually ask

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