Do you charge a commission on direct bookings?

Yes, 3% on direct bookings through our optional booking site, at every tier. Lodgify now shows a 0% booking fee on every plan, so on direct bookings alone Lodgify is the cheaper of the two. Channel bookings and upsells are 0% on both.

Is Lodgify's website better than yours?

For design control and template choice, yes. We ship seven templates built automatically from listings you have already imported, selling from the same synced calendar. If the website is the purchase, theirs is the better one.

Is Lodgify cheaper than Santara AI?

It depends on the size and on the plan you would need. Billed monthly, Lodgify Professional is about $58 for one property against our $29, about $177 at six against our $154, and below ours from around fifteen — $295 against $344. But task management and owner statements are Ultimate-only on Lodgify and included from our Operator tier. The table above shows both at four sizes.

Can I keep my Lodgify website and still use Santara AI?

Yes. Plenty of operators keep a site they like and use us for the calendar, the channels and the operations. Our own engine is optional and off by default.

What does Santara AI add over Lodgify?

The operations layer: a daily brief emailed to you, cleaning plans written for your staff and shared to WhatsApp or Zalo, maintenance tickets with photos, owner statements, and — from Operator up — upsells at 0% commission and AI guest replies with approval.

Comparison · Verified 2026-10-14

Lodgify alternatives

People rarely leave Lodgify over the website — that is the part they like. They leave when the portfolio grows and the plan that does the work, priced per property, grows with it.

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Lodgify publishes every price, shows a 0% booking fee on every plan, charges no setup fee, and its no-code website builder is still the best thing it makes. What changes as you add properties is the plan: Basic covers one property and Starter two, automated messages start on Professional, and task management and owner statements only arrive on Ultimate. The bill follows the property count at each step.

If the website is what you bought Lodgify for, staying may well be the right call. If the work has moved to cleaners, turnovers and owners, the options below are worth reading. Each has its own sourced row on this site and a link to the full comparison, and where a vendor publishes no price this page says so rather than repeating a figure from a review.

Lodgify alternatives

1. Santara AI
$154 /mo
Operators of 2–40 doors with on-site teams, in South-East Asia and beyond.
Built for the part Lodgify keeps for Ultimate: a 6am daily brief, the day's cleans written for your staff and shared to WhatsApp or Zalo, maintenance tickets and owner statements — all from Operator up, alongside AI-drafted guest replies on Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia that a person approves before they send. 0% on channel bookings and upsells; 3% only on bookings through our optional direct site. Two honest caveats: Lodgify's website builder is ahead of our templates, and its Professional plan costs less than ours from around six properties on annual billing and around fifteen on monthly.
14 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
2. OwnerRez
$96 /mo
Owner-operators and small managers in the US who want control and clean accounting.
If the per-property climb is why you are looking, OwnerRez has one of the lowest published base prices here — $40 for the first property and a falling rate for each one after — with no commission, booking fee or contract. Its hosted websites, owner-statement module and Rezzy AI messaging are separate monthly add-ons, and the product is built around the US market.
8 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
Full comparison with OwnerRez →
3. Hospitable
$119 /mo
Solo hosts and small portfolios who want messaging automation above all else.
The cheapest way to test leaving: a free Essentials plan with a unified inbox, automated messaging, upsells and Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda sync. A direct booking website starts on Professional and owner statements on Mogul, and custom upsells carry a processing fee — 10% on Essentials, 7% on the paid plans.
5 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
Full comparison with Hospitable →
4. Guesty
Quote only
Professional managers and portfolios — Lite at 1–3 listings, Pro to 199, Enterprise beyond.
A deeper platform than Lodgify for a management company that is growing into one, with a direct booking engine that takes no percentage of reservations. Lite is published for one to three listings; from four, Guesty quotes rather than publishes.
6 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
Full comparison with Guesty →
5. Hostaway
Quote only
Property managers from roughly 5 doors upward, sold to rather than signed up.
For the operator whose problem is reach rather than the website: the widest channel distribution in the category. There is no published price — the pricing page is a lead form that starts by asking how many listings you manage.
7 of the 16 capabilities compared on this site
Full comparison with Hostaway →

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

Does Lodgify charge a booking fee?

Not on its current published plans. Basic, Starter, Professional and Ultimate all show a 0% booking fee, and Lodgify's pricing FAQ says it takes no cut of bookings; payment processing is separate. Santara AI takes 0% on channel bookings and upsells and 3% only on bookings through its optional direct site — so on direct bookings alone, Lodgify is the cheaper of the two.

What is the cheapest Lodgify alternative?

To start, Hospitable — its Essentials plan is free. On base subscription as the portfolio grows, OwnerRez: $40 for one property and a falling per-property rate after that, with AI messaging and owner statements as paid add-ons. Santara AI's per-door ladder is on the pricing page. Hostaway publishes nothing, and Guesty only publishes Lite.

Is there a Lodgify alternative with a better website builder?

Not on this list. The website builder is why most people chose Lodgify, and nothing here beats its templates — ours included. Santara AI's booking site is optional, so the website decision and the operations decision do not have to be the same purchase.

Which Lodgify alternative is best for cleaning and staff?

Lodgify adds task management on Ultimate, Hospitable includes cleaning workflows from its free plan, and Guesty and Hostaway manage tasks inside their own apps. Santara AI is the option that writes the day's cleans for your staff and shares them to WhatsApp or Zalo in one tap, next to a 6am brief and maintenance tickets with photos.

Does Lodgify connect Agoda or Expedia?

Lodgify's pricing page lists API connections to Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com, Google Vacation Rentals from Professional, and iCal for other sites. Santara AI connects 54 channels, including Agoda, Expedia, Trip.com and Google Vacation Rentals. Hospitable syncs four; Hostaway has the widest list.

Sources

All product and company names are the property of their respective owners and are used here for identification only. Competitor information is summarised in good faith from the sources listed above; confirm current terms with each provider before relying on it.

Lodgify alternatives

Lodgify alternatives

1. Santara AI

2. OwnerRez

3. Hospitable

4. Guesty

5. Hostaway

Questions people actually ask

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