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Escapia vs Hostfully Comparison (2026)

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Escapia

Hostfully

Overview

Escapia is vacation rental software for managing reservations, accounting, property listings. maintenance, housekeeping, and more.

Hostfully Property Management Platform is a cloud-based solution designed to help vacation rental businesses manage reservations across multiple channels. Key features include payment processing, instant messaging, team collaboration, upselling, analytics, and reporting.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

186

144

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

84%

would recommend this app

4.2

236

134

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

67%

would recommend this app

Pros

“Etc. - Escapia connects with VRBO seamlessly which is our largest source of bookings and very well with our website which is our second largest source or bookings. ”

Mika G.

Owner Operator

“It ties in with the all Expedia products well and new software typically picks Escapia as one of the first PM management systems that they will API with.”

Lanier M.

Partner

“Being a small business owner and having to learn the majority of the 'nuts and bolts' in Escapia in order to run the business I will outline a few that I like about Escapia.”

Mika G.

Owner Operator

Pros

“What I like least about Hostfully is that some useful features still feel a bit limited or could be more flexible — for example, the stay dates still appear only in English in the variables, we have to manually change it in each message; it’s also currently impossible to assign a new booking to a returning guest without re-entering all their details; there are quite a few duplicates, and the system doesn’t consolidate similar inquiries from the same person.”

Nathalie P.

President

Idk what the issue is, but I don’t have to “update my browser, clear my cookies or my cache” with ANY OTHER APP or SOFTWARE I use.

Shevawn A.

Owner

“You’ll have to message & hope for a response within an hour to 24 hours, depending on the time of day.”

Shevawn A.

Owner

Cons

“The reporting feature is slow and struggles to pull large amounts of historical data at once.”

Jessica E.

Operations Manager

“The only challenge with Escapia is occasional software updates that may affect functionality and existing data. ”

Carla A.

Vacation Property Management - Owner

“The review section, it doesnt allow me to send reminders or review requests.”

Jennifer C.

General Manager

Cons

“Idk why I should have to clear my data every other week so that Hostfully will work, when I don’t need to do this for ABB, VRBO, Stripe, Pricelabs, QB, AWS, Google, etc. And when a guest texts me that my guidebook link is broken, I need to be able to talk to someone.”

Shevawn A.

Owner

“It's inconvenient to sign onto the browser on my phone, find the tabs to navigate, then cancel a scheduled message.”

Kelsey J.

Property Manager

“You double space after the end of a sentence and it sends &nspc after each period; It doesn't have a sort system to show you outstanding balances or pending transactions so you don't know who to follow up with; and there are problems every single day trying to do basic things that the system will not do. ”

Tam L.

Owner