Smoobu vs Semper

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Lodgify

Guesty Lite

Trusted by 20,000+ property managers worldwide, Hostaway is the industry leading, AI-powered vacation rental management platform designed for professional short-term rental operators.

Lodgify simplifies the process of managing a vacation rental by enabling anyone to create a bookable website, sync your listings data across channels, and manage tasks in one place. 

Guesty Lite is the leading all-in-one platform for short-term rental hosts with up to three properties. It centralizes bookings, guest messaging, and operations, with seamless OTA sync and optional add-ons. Hosts switching to Guesty Lite see an average 9% revenue growth in just 12 months. 

Smoobu syncs all your booking portals, such as Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, Trip.com, Agoda etc, automatically. One subscription, all tools. Channel Manager, PMS, Website Builder, Booking Engine, Unified Inbox, Online Check-In, Dedicated Guest Guide etc. 14-day free trial. No credit card required.

Owner Statements

Contact Management

Channel Management

Reservations Management

Online Booking

Marketing Automation

Housekeeping Management

Payment Processing

Guest Experience Management

Work Order Management

Most reviewers indicate Smoobu offers a strong price-to-performance ratio and is less expensive than other channel managers. Some users say the base price includes many features, but some reviewers find pricing less favorable for multiple listings or regions.

Value for money

The Smoobu integrations most frequently cited by reviewers are: Stripe (a payment processing product rated 4.8 out of 5 for its integration with Smoobu) and PriceLabs (a revenue management product, 4.9).

Integrations

By industry, Smoobu reviewers are most commonly professionals in hospitality (49%). The most frequent use case for Smoobu cited by reviewers is channel management (62% of reviewers).

Smoobu

Web-based

iPhone

Android

iPad

Professional Flex (Beta)

Professional Prepaid

Teams Pro+

Director

we were with them for a couple of years and it help to tracked our property inventory availablity for our property service accoomdation.

It efficiently centralized booking management and communication, saving time and reducing errors.

Property owner

Attachments on messages, it is not possible as portals like Airbnb and Booking.com block messages with these. As we are still sending messages through their connections, we have to abide by their rules.

The connection to other software that helps with tourist property management is not as extensive as in competing PMSs.

Manager

It has many great features from the automated guest messages, guidebook, booking engine, etc.

I have used Smoobu for 4 years now for my 6 listings and use it as a booking engine on my own website.

Owner and Manager

Frequent product and menu changes have made it increasingly difficult to manage even simple tasks, reducing overall efficiency.

Owner

My guests at Villa Hygge in Ciovo Croatia love the personalised web sites where I can provide in greatest detail all the information required that a guest might be looking for, such as places to to eat, shop, attractions, beaches, activities, etc, etc.

Profesional Cleaner and Organizer

Smoobu made listing multiple properties not be a headache anymore.

email addresses (only with few, not all guests) and phone numbers) of past guests.

The platform significantly simplifies daily operations, resulting in noticeable time savings.

The “ANALYTICS” section could be more comprehensive.

I built my homepage with Smoobu quickly and despite the fact that there are no different graphics or layout options, the site is impressive and loads easily on all devices.

I have recommended it to many people and have used it for several clients as a booking engine on their direct rental sites.

This is crucial to quick and easy bookings that go directly to me.

It's very intuitive, with a simple but effective control panel.

I love everything for set up to auto management for bookings

Messaging: No option to archive messages currently.  

There have never been any duplicate bookings and the support team is good.

The interface was clean and easy to navigate.

Unfortunately any discounts set up apply to all dates.

Forget about centralized messaging, because certain things just won't sync like VRBO.   But for small operators 1-5 peroperties it works great, and price you can't beat

owner

I would also have an ability to block individual apartments leaving the entire property open for bookings by groups.

Furthermore, I value the company's commitment to ongoing platform enhancements.

Just a guy...

The product integrates nicely with those travel sites (and others) to keep things organized (i.e. no double bookings), helps tremendously with communications and provides a great customer experience with all our guests.

I thought it was extremly user friendly …

Administrator

The chanel manager offers us stability majority of time and a website integration.

Pretty satisfied few drawbacks but pretty satisfied

no full API integration with VRBOlack of SMS automationsCustomer

Website is built through smoobu (you can check it - www.poloapartments.lt)As a user for more than 3 years, I can recommend this program as it is easy to use, responsive and gives us a lot of functions.

The speed of the synchronisation, the ease of use and the customer service team are amazing to help resolve any issues.

The messages to VRBO bookings are sent via email and not entered into the VRBO app. And VRBO booking is not downloaded like Airbnb with all the details.

Sometimes it’s quite complicated to do some tasks and the guides available rarely are helpful.

Easy to set up, instant syncing, create team members and check your finances.

There is no free parking selection window.

We currently have 27 properties and all of them are managed through smoobu.

I would highly recommended Smoobu to run your holiday lets with your other team members with relief of mind.

Entrepreneur

Being able to adjust prices and reservations once and apply them automatically to all the different platforms on which our properties are listed saves as a huge amount of work plus it provides a great overview of the reservations of all properties in one place.

Smoobu allows to pull in different airbnb and booking accounts into one software environment. As a property management company specialised in short term rental this was the software to manage our business.

Owner Veritas Vista

The feature that was most impactful is the ability to sync calendars from Airnbn, VRBO onto one calendar that was used to interface on my personal website for my short term rental property.

Airbnb has now added this feature but the Smoobu version works better. When a booking comes in 3 days before the guests arrival but the message is programmed to be sent 6 days in advance than airbnb does not send the message, but Smoobu does ! When handling numerous client accounts it is nearly impossible to handle client communication without a channel manager.

I can highly recommend Smoobu to anyone looking for trouble-free booking management.

There were a couple of times when I needed to contact Smoobu as canceled reservations on Airbnb do not automatically clear on the Smoobu system. Once I realized it was necessary to double check my main calendar after a guest canceled, it wasn't a problem.

I trialed 3 other softare vendors and Smoobu has the absolute most responsive customer service.

The programme is well structured, very intuitive and easy to use.

Great service and prompt help from [sensitive content hidden].

Booking Management

Ease of Use

Guest Communication

Property Management

Synchronization

Messaging

Calendar Management

Website Design

Rental Management

Reservation Management

Small Business

Freelancers

Most reviewers indicate Smoobu offers a very good price-to-performance ratio, with many features and automation options included in the base price. They appreciate that it is less expensive than other channel managers and find it a cost-effective solution, especially for those starting out. Some users say the software provides a complete package at a reasonable price and like that they don’t need to purchase additional packages. However, some reviewers find the pricing less favorable for multiple listings or certain regions, and mention limitations with pricing tools and discount management.

OpenTable

The best restaurant management platform to help you fill seats, run smoother shifts, grow guest relationships, and drive more revenue.

Semper is an all-in-one hotel management system for independent hotels with 50+ rooms. Manage bookings, POS, events, housekeeping, and reporting from one easy platform—backed by 24/7 support and seamless integrations.

Rate Management

Reporting/Analytics

Inventory Management

GDS/OTA Integration

Built-in Accounting

Employee Management

Maintenance Management

Point of Sale (POS)

The Semper integration most frequently cited by reviewers is NightsBridge, a hotel channel management product rated 4.5 out of 5 for its integration with Semper.

By industry, Semper reviewers are most commonly professionals in hospitality (86%). The most frequent use case for Semper cited by reviewers is hospitality property management (62% of reviewers).

Proprietary

Semper

Windows

Chromebook

Basic

Only issue for us is the first recipe of recipe within a recipe is that it creates units instead of also volume or weight, so can't create bulk stuff

Assistant General Manager

Good, I do believe however, there is some fine tuning to do with regards to semper and Knightsbridge links as we are experiencing a lot of over bookings which comes through from Knightsbridge and does not allow us to accommodate the Guests on the Semper calendar.

Operations Manager

This makes it easier for me to track what is happening at my properties and pull any report I want.

e.g. monthly focus communication to allow for more continous indirect training and learnings

I can access Semper from the cloud and quickly generate a quote or invoice and also check availability from my laptop or smart phone

Something to consider are perhaps periodic videos/guides on processing/handling specific kinds of transactions.

Commercial Manager

The system is good for small independent hotels, It serves the daily needs of reservations, front office and housekeeping and accounting.

That the system has glitches like if I transfer stuff on the system it does not add up or subtract the items. If items are read it sometimes the system does not add it to stock on hand.

It's definitely a better experience than Microsoft ;-) - our only frustration at the moment is the outdated conferencing system.

I miss the ability to be able to log into the system remotely via an app in order to perform functions that are not permitted by on-site staff.  

Lodge Manager

Most reports do not have totals When you enter goods recieved - you cannot save - if there is a power cut you have to redo all your work.

general manager

limited access to being able to delete items or invoices - manually without contacting support.

Does everything one needs for an establishment.

We have been trying to get a system we can work on daily to cover all of our basis and have everything in one place.

I am worried about the Cloud Based option as I have received feedback from other clients that the information does not pull through correctly from Nightsbridge.

Property Manager

Export reports not really for debtors use, have to use another method to get accurate report totals

Support is great too, always friendly and willing.

manager

Semper booking system covers all aspects of what is required in the hospitality industry.

Events and Guest Relations Manager

Has many "issues" and takes very long to process table merging or voids.

I would like Semper to have more options of linking to booking engines like booking.com & Safari.

General Manager

It has occasional system problems every now and then, especially with our home currency usage.

the stock system - record and ease of checking as supervisor and correcting entering of items

Support has been great and there seem  to be less issues

I get very frustrated with them because they do not listen to what we want. If I call and it is 1 of them that is answering I will rather wait to speak to someone else even if it takes a day.

Functional Accounting system combined with reservations and Conferencing.

Semper channel manager only connects with limited otas, which is restrictive.

Easy to use and intuitive - does everything we need in one system.

Does not export some reports such as individual debtors accounts to excel

Business owner

Sometimes glitches take a bit of time to correct on the developers side

Semper has gone beyond our expectations by automating alot of admin work, we normally would have done manually

Out of stock items are not displayed on the "Stock on Hand "report.  

I USE CMS AND IT IS EASIER AND ALSO LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU CAN CHANGE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT WITHOUT ANY HUSTLE

The system self can be adjusted to suit the company's needs to an extent.  

It works very well for us as a reservation system and I like the reports available.

IT personnel 

Itvis User friendlyAll in one packages, Pos and reservations syncing

General and Accounts Manager

I like all the different aspects of Semper, especially all the different reports you can generate.

RECEPTIONIST

It has all reports ready for print in almost anything features used .

Setup and the automatic syncronizing of the system is a plus.

Some basic functions are different from other PMS systems which takes some getting used to.

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