Uplisting vs Host Tools

Hostaway

Lodgify

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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. 

Yanolja Cloud Solution’s Channel Manager helps hotels manage rates, inventory, and availability across multiple OTAs and GDS platforms from one centralized dashboard, ensuring real-time updates, preventing overbookings, and maximizing online visibility and revenue opportunities.

Property manager

They don't run customer service for a hospitality software on the weekends, which to me makes no sense as their customers are all using their platforms on the weekend...

Reservations Manager

There are frequent outages that they won't even be bothered to update you through email about it.

Owner

I felt it was more geared to European customers.

Great onboarding, but issues are slow to get resolved.

The reliable, all-in-one property management system for STR owners, saving them time by centralizing and automating operations.

Accounting

Activity Dashboard

Alerts/Notifications

Availability Management

Billing & Invoicing

Billing Rate Management

Booking Management

Calendar Management

Channel Analytics

Channel Management

Commission Management

Contact Management

Content Management

Credit Card Processing

Customer Database

Customizable Branding

Customizable Reports

Customizable Templates

Data Import/Export

Data Synchronization

Discount Management

Dynamic Pricing

Electronic Payments

Email Management

Email Templates

Employee Management

Extended Stay

For Vacation Rentals

GDS/OTA Integration

Guest Communications

Guest Experience Management

Housekeeping Management

Inbox Management

Inventory Control

Inventory Management

Invoice Management

Lead Management

Marketing Automation

Mobile Access

Multi-Channel Distribution

Multi-Channel Management

Multi-Channel Marketing

Multi-Currency

Multi-Location

Multi-Property

Online Booking

Opportunity Management

Owner Statements

Partner Management

Partner Portal

Payment Processing

Performance Metrics

Price/Margin Management

Property Management

Rate Management

Ratings/Reviews

Real-Time Analytics

Real-Time Data

Real-Time Notifications

Real-Time Updates

Reminders

Reporting/Analytics

Reporting & Statistics

Reservations Management

Revenue Management

Reviews Management

Sales Reports

Search/Filter

Single Property

Task Management

Template Management

Third-Party Integrations

User Management

Website Management

Work Order Management

The Uplisting integrations most frequently cited by reviewers are: PriceLabs (a revenue management product rated 4.9 out of 5 for its integration with Uplisting) and Stripe (a payment processing product, 4.6).

Integrations

By industry, Uplisting reviewers are most commonly professionals in hospitality (52%). The most frequent use case for Uplisting cited by reviewers is channel management (75% of reviewers).

Uplisting

Web-based

iPhone

Android

Guesty

Guesty Lite

Smoobu

OwnerRez

Kigo

Hospitable.com

iGMS

Hostify

Enterprise

Director

I like the interface and the have security deposits, cleaning, smart locks, client statement etc are all integrated within Uplisting without having to connect 3rd party apps.

Payment processing can do better specially the verifying of identity, this should come default and not extra feature that you need to pay.  

Property Manager

It cuts out the need to switch between different platforms and keeps everything in one place, which makes managing the business far easier.

Limited functionality to setup custom notifications.

No option to integrate multiple companies and billing methods

You need to contact support for both of those. If you want to edit the site you'll need a link that you can only get from support even though it belongs on the direct booking site page.

The value is good for paying monthly subscription for 5 properties.

Then your request sits on their desk for hours or days. AND to make it worse, they have no after-hours agents so if you are working on your website at 8pm EST on Tuesday and you just need that TXT file....

That is really a downer for me is the customer service can do a lot more better.  

User interface was not the easiest aspect of this tool.  

Integration with VRBO has limitations which affect the completeness of VRBO listings.

Stripe does not allow for free cancellations for guests so this is something you can't offer to your guests when booking direct. When you compare this to other providers, it's better to pick the bigger providers as they offer built in accounting, detailed owners' dashboard, professional website direct booking website builder/website.

The tool was easier to use as I got familiar with all the nuances.

Includes deposit protection (pre-authorisation) with Stripe so don't have to manage damage deposits any more.  Can ask guests for ID verification - also very helpful.

CS agents are friendly and helpful, but limited availability and seem to not have centralized ticket management.

The app is still very basic, so you often need to switch to the web version for some tasks.

So they keep coming up with new features but even for those who have been with uplisting since the beginning, they want to nickel and dime you for what they consider an "upgrade" which compared to other providers is just standard offerings.

The price is the biggest con for me.   With only one listing $100 / month is on the more expensive side, but I can add up to 5 properties for that price, so as I grow, it will become more economical.

Social media admin

Data doesnt pull correctly, VRBO wont link with account, had multiple accounts of the help bots and people not understanding whats being said.

The complexity of keeping track of which features are integrated with which channels, is a pain. Although this is not Uplisting's fault- it is really due to the limitations of the channels.

So you'll go to email and respond to an email of the chat.

very dangerous functionality, in calendar, it may close all your rooms  if you move a guest from ine room to another. And in the company nobody cares of anything.  

People in the team cant get full access despite being given full access meaning they can only see the calander not the whole screen as the owner

It took too long to get help when I had issues.

Uplisiting is indispensable for me, organizing all bookings and automating messages.

Uplisting is a hospitality management tool that makes our business perform operationally with ease, I particularly like how progressive the company is and how they listen to their clients and update the platform accordingly.

I researched dozens of property management systems in depth and UPLISTING had all the features that were important to me.  

It was OK.  Would have liked an easier way to talk to a person

Founder

Some basic features missing, such as markup on Direct booking website.

Owner/Host

Lastly, they have a roadmap available to all users that explains what they are currently working on in terms of improvements, enhancements, etc as well as what is on deck and also what is being considered.

I love that it tasks my cleaning team automatically, and further that I can automate my messaging to the guests ensuring a much richer conversational experience for them.  

Most times the answer they give is either a link to a page I have already read or so vague is of little value.

Company Director

There is no mobile app and that sucks. When managing multiple properties you  need to have access to the software at all times, even when  you are not in front of a computer.

Haven't had as many direct bookings through their web platform/portal as would have hoped.

It has nothing and makes it critical that you use the laptop.

Serviced Accommodation Operator 

My overall experience with Uplisting has been great and has relieved a lot of stress I had with our previous provider.

Business Development 

It has served our small company well and customer service has been fantastic.

we like that almost everything can be shown in the one place

Customer Support

Ease of Use

Booking

Guest Payments

Pricing

Security and Access Control

Channel Manager

Calendar

Setup

Automated Messaging

Small Business

Mid-size Business

Large Enterprises

Freelancers

Cloudbeds

Cloudbeds offers a scalable platform for you to efficiently manage guests, inventory, pricing, and data in real-time. 10+ rooms only.

Little Hotelier

Little Hotelier is the all-in-one software that gives you more bookings and more control of your small property. Try for free for 30 days.

Sirvoy

Sirvoy Hospitality System is a hotel reservation & property management system for small & medium-sized hotels, B&Bs, hostels, motels, lodges, guest houses, and more

The customer service is ridiculous, they don’t respond to anything, nor do they even offer phone support.

Host Tools is a channel management software for short-term vacation rentals. Features include multiple listing management, guest messaging, automated check-in, templates, and checkout messages. 


Host Tools

iPad

rezStream

Icnea

Messaging

I also like the website link where your housekeeper can check all the future cleanings in one big list.

This is a cheap channel manager, but it’s full of bugs and entirely useless.

Professor

Hosttools still has many bugs and occasionally causes accounts to disconnect, syncing issues, etc.  

The price used to be competitive before the 2023 price hike.

The [SENSITIVE CONTENT] used to be very responsive through the chat window, but it's about a year or so that they either do not reply or reply with a long delay.

This is the worst channel manager I have ever worked with.

For example, we have received many double bookings due to sync problems.

Owner, Host

The software gives examples of pre-written replies or allows me to personalize each response in my own words to suit the specific needs of my vacation rental property.

Database Administrator

Better automation features than that provided by AirBnB. Scheduled messaging, automated email capability, flexible pricing options - all superior than that provided by AirBnB at the time of sign up

Chief Hoster :-)

I've only used a fraction of the capabilities, simply using to respond to automatically respond to initial bookings and send check out instructions to my guests, but it works like a charm and has reduced the amount of time I spend communicating with guests.

Host Tools' has given me confidence (and competence) as a vacation rental host that my vacationing guests will get fast and accurate responses to meet their needs.

I have multiple properties listed with both Airbnb and VRBO, Host Tools makes it very easy to sync calendars and view messages all in one site.

Manager

Was a little tricky using multiple accounts and I'm probably a unique case, but I created our listing using an account that is not the primary account but a co-host account, which ended up limited some features.   Since we have 5-6 listings, re-doing our set up under the main account became fairly challenging and time intensive.

IT Analyst

Combined with Instant-Book - it worked out perfectly and allowed me to bypass the Airbnb Algorithm that gives you less money for a booking if you use their "recommended" settings.

Host

This has been  very helffull in taking off some hard work of following up every message and so. And what it is very valuable for me, is that I can send very accurate indications, rules and much more information a need the guest to know prior their arrival and when in the place.

Uplisting vs Host Tools Comparison (2026)

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