Hostaway vs Lodgify: find the first feature that changes the plan
- Lodgify publishes plan gates and a live calculator for the current price.
- Hostaway lists its features publicly but provides pricing through a sales quote.
- Your decision changes when direct booking, Google, tasks, or owner statements become non-negotiable.
Official pricing and product material checked 27 August 2026.
Use Lodgify's public tiers as the baseline
Both products include an Airbnb channel manager alongside wider operations tools. Lodgify sells messaging, tasks, owner statements, and reporting. Hostaway sells a direct-booking site alongside its channel, owner, team, and accounting tools.
The practical difference is how you buy those capabilities. Lodgify shows which plan unlocks each workflow. Hostaway asks for portfolio details and returns a quote. That means the fair comparison is your lowest viable Lodgify tier against a Hostaway proposal containing the same requirements.
If neither product covers the required operating model, return to the wider Airbnb channel manager shortlist without changing the requirement list.
Lodgify plan ladder
Run the current calculator for the lowest plan containing every required feature and at your property count; do not multiply a one-property promotion. Give Hostaway the same scope and ask it to price every line.
Put Hostaway's proposal beside the viable Lodgify tier
| Requirement | Lodgify | Hostaway |
|---|---|---|
| Direct Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com connections | Included in Basic. Other sites can be connected by iCal; Google Vacation Rentals appears in Professional. | The channel manager advertises direct connections to major booking sites plus additional marketplaces. Confirm every required channel in the quote. |
| A built-in direct-booking website | Starts in Starter. The displayed price varies with property count, currency, billing choice, and current promotions. | A direct-booking site is advertised, but its price and the included site scope are not public. |
| Automated messages and Google Vacation Rentals | Both appear in Professional. The live calculator supplies the current price for your property count and billing choice. | Both are advertised within the platform; confirm inclusion, limits, and channel eligibility in the proposal. |
| Tasks plus owner payments, reports, and statements | All appear in Ultimate. Use the live calculator for the current price. | Tasks, owner statements, and owner portals are documented. The commercial scope is quoted. |
| Trial or buying process | Seven-day trial without a credit card; public monthly and annual plan prices that change with property count. | Sales questionnaire and demo; no public dollar price. |
Lodgify prices vary with property count, currency, and billing period. Re-run its calculator with your own count rather than multiplying the one-property figure.
Sources: Lodgify pricing, Lodgify channel manager, Hostaway pricing, Hostaway channel manager, Hostaway direct booking, Hostaway tasks, Hostaway users, and Hostaway owner statements.
Make one direct booking travel through the whole system
- Quote a stay on the direct site with the same rate, minimum stay, tax, fee, and cancellation rule used on the booking channels.
- Reserve and pay as a guest; verify the confirmation, calendar, payment record, and scheduled messages.
- Change the dates, then cancel; verify the refund, reopened nights, task changes, and audit trail.
- If you manage for owners, carry that reservation into a statement with one expense and one manual adjustment.
- Export the reservation, payment, guest, and owner records produced by the test.
Choose the lowest-cost option that passes. A feature mentioned on a marketing page but absent from your plan or quote does not pass.
Inspect the exit before the migration
Export reservations, guest records, property content, messages, owner statements, and automation rules during the trial or demonstration. Ask which records are machine-readable and which arrive only as PDFs. Confirm how every channel is disconnected and what happens to the direct-booking site and payment records at termination. A platform is not fully evaluated until the business can leave it.
For a quote-to-quote purchase, see Hostaway vs Guesty. If the direct-booking workflow is ready to hand off, book a consultation with the tested access and approval limits.