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Powerful and Easy to Use Vacation Rental Management Software

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BrightSide - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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BrightSide overview

What is BrightSide?

BrightSide PMS is a cloud-based platform for vacation rental agencies and property management companies.

BrightSide is perfect for small and large businesses alike. Whether you have five properties or five hundred, we have a solution.

Our monthly subscription includes portals for guests, owners, and maintenance teams to manage rates, reservations, housekeeping, accounting, employees, and more.

Our software offers detailed reports on reservations, accounting, discounts, travel insurance, advance fees, and tax requirements.

With the electronic signature capture and online credit card processing tools, payments and contract signing can be carried out directly within the platform.

Additionally, users can track reservation sources and manage guest reviews and feedback for marketing purposes.

BrightSide PMS has a direct API integration with Google Vacation Rentals, Vrbo, Airbnb, Booking.com, and more.

If you are currently using another property management software and move to BrightSide, we can perform a data conversion so you don't lose all the historical data.

Key benefits of using BrightSide

- Direct API Integration with Google Vacation Rentals, Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and more.

- BrightSide is a Google Vacation Rentals, Certified Connectivity Partner. When you use our software, you get listed in Google search results.

- BrightSide support answers the phone or returns your phone call.

- BrightSide support answers email requests in minutes or hours, not days or weeks.

- BrightSide does not charge for add on services. Our base subscription fee is our only monthly charge.

- e-Signatures, automated guest letters, texting services, OTA message integration, are all included in your subscription without extra cost.

Starting price

160 /
per month
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BrightSide’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

BrightSide reviews

Overall rating

4.9

/5

27

Positive reviews

100

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.93/10
Rating distribution

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4

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2

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25

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Pros
“Never had a worry--Brightside has outstanding uptime. Great customer service--the team listens to your concerns and helps you find solutions or answers.”
AG

Amy G.

owner/manager

“I love the fact that we can customize it for the way we need it to work best for the front desk and our guests.”
TH

Tamee H.

Front desk manager

“And the value is solid--we're a small rental business and feel fortunate to have found such an affordable software solution.”
AG

Amy G.

owner/manager

Cons
“If there is anything I disliked about the software it was because of my own lack of understanding.”
SK

Shaun K.

Owner/ President

“Inability to differentiate between discount periods.”
MO

Mike O.

MGR

“To be honest I can't think of anything that stands out. Most of the problems in the software are operator error.”
KH

Kristina H.

Media and Marketing coordinator

Who uses BrightSide?

Based on 27 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Hospitality
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Consumer Services
Real Estate

Use cases

Hospitality Property Management
Vacation Rental
Channel Management
Hotel Management

BrightSide's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from BrightSide users:

Reservations management
Online booking
Rate management
Payment processing
For vacation rentals
Guest experience management

All BrightSide features

Features rating:

Point of sale (pos)
Marketing automation
User management
Data synchronization
Front desk management
GDS/OTA integration
Guest communications
Booking management
Reporting/Analytics
CRM
Channel management
Commission management
Reviews management
Credit card processing
Housekeeping management
Owner statements
Calendar management
Inventory management
Multi-Channel management
Partner portal
Multi-Property
Multi-Location
Multi-Channel marketing
Performance metrics
Price/Margin management
Promotions management
Property management
Ratings/Reviews
Real-Time notifications
Real-Time updates
Reminders
Reporting & statistics
Revenue management
Search/Filter
Single property
Task management
Template management
Third-Party integrations
Website management
Work order management
Accounting
Activity dashboard
Activity tracking
Alerts/Notifications
API
Availability management
Billing rate management
Channel analytics
Contact management
Content management
Customer database
Customizable branding
Customizable reports
Customizable templates
Data import/export
Discount management
Dynamic pricing
Electronic payments
Email management
Email templates
Employee management
Guest check-in/check-out
Inventory control
Invoice management
Lead management
Maintenance management
Multi-Channel distribution

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BrightSide pricing

Value for money rating:

Starting from

160

Per month

Pricing details
Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range
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User opinions about BrightSide price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of BrightSide's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Never had a worry--Brightside has outstanding uptime. Great customer service--the team listens to your concerns and helps you find solutions or answers.”
AG

Amy G.

owner/manager

“I love the fact that we can customize it for the way we need it to work best for the front desk and our guests.”
TH

Tamee H.

Front desk manager

BrightSide integrations (19)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 27 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as BrightSide integrations and how users feel about them.

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Vrbo

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

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Elavon

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

BrightSide support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Phone Support
Email/Help Desk
Chat
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base

Training options

In Person
Webinars
Live Online
Documentation
Videos

BrightSide FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does BrightSide offer?

BrightSide has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $160.00/month
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available | (No Credit Card required)


Q. Who are the typical users of BrightSide?

BrightSide has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business


Q. What languages does BrightSide support?

BrightSide supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does BrightSide offer an API?

Yes, BrightSide has an API available for use.


Q. What other apps does BrightSide integrate with?

BrightSide integrates with the following applications:
authorize.net, BeHome247, Operto, ResortCleaning, Elavon, Brivo Access, PriceLabs, Beyond, StayFi, Turno, RemoteLock, Vrbo, CardConnect, Revinate, Wheelhouse, BookingPal, Mailchimp, VacationRentPayment, Breezeway


Q. What level of support does BrightSide offer?

BrightSide offers the following support options:
Phone Support, Email/Help Desk, Chat, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base

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