# Boom review (2026): is it worth $30 a month? > AI-based PMS for rentals, with a flat per-listing plan for small hosts Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Boom sells two property management systems with built-in AI: Boom Host for 1-19 listings and Boom AI-PMS for 20 or more. Host covers the calendar, reservations, guest inbox, AI guest replies, cleaning automation and a direct booking site. AI-PMS adds a channel manager, trust accounting and owner reporting, and is priced by quote. - **Category:** Vacation Rental Software - **Made by:** Boom (since 2023) - **Website:** https://www.boomnow.com/home - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you have many listings, since $30 each adds up quickly. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Boom is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $30 per listing / month (Boom Host). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** First month free on Boom Host, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Boom Host | $30 per listing / month, for 1-19 listings | Calendar, reservations, guest inbox, AI guest replies, cleaning automation and a direct booking website. The first month is free. | | Boom AI-PMS | Custom | For 20 or more listings. Quoted per portfolio. Adds channel manager, direct bookings, trust accounting, owner reporting and team features. | Read from https://www.boomnow.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Boom before buying. ## Key features - **AI guest replies:** Boom Host answers guest messages with AI and automates cleaning tasks, with the calendar and inbox in one place. - **BAM, the AI agent:** BAM, which Boom calls its Business Agentic Manager, works across property data and workflows in both products. - **Direct booking website:** Every Boom Host listing gets its own booking website, and AI-PMS includes direct bookings alongside the channel manager. - **Trust accounting and owner reporting:** Listed as part of Boom AI-PMS for managers with 20 or more listings. - **Airbnb-first setup:** Boom Host starts by connecting an Airbnb account and following a setup checklist; Booking.com and Vrbo are also mentioned on the site. ## Good for - Independent hosts with up to 19 listings who want an AI-assisted PMS - Growing managers who want to start small and move to AI-PMS at 20 listings - Managers who want trust accounting without moving to a legacy system ## Worth knowing - The flat $30 price applies only to Boom Host; the 20+ listing product has no published price. - The listing count, not team size, decides which product you buy, and a move to AI-PMS is needed at 20 listings. - Boom Host's feature list on the pricing page is short and does not mention a channel manager; that comes with AI-PMS. - The site gives a first-month-free offer but does not state a cancellation or minimum-term policy on the pricing page. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Boom Host is $30 per listing a month for hosts with 1 to 19 listings, with AI guest replies and cleaning automation, and the first month is free. Its feature list is short, and at 20 listings you move to a quote-only product. - **Value for money: C.** $30 a listing a month, at the dearer end of the category's $15.99 to $30 range. The 20-plus product has no published price. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The first month is free with no card, then $30 a listing. There is no free plan. - **Features: C.** AI replies, cleaning automation and a booking site on Host. The channel manager, trust accounting and owner reporting come only with AI-PMS at 20 listings. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Setup starts by connecting an Airbnb account and following a checklist. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo mentioned. No phone app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Boom's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among vacation rental tools - Boom's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 26 of the 53 other vacation rental tools we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 4 of 53) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $30 a month, against a middle price of $19.99 for the category: 26 of the 35 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/vacation-rentals ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Boom you would be making two-way connections to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $360 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Two-way connections to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: Client trust accounts kept the way bar rules require. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo **Tags:** Channel manager, AI features, AI agents, Trust accounting, Reports, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Hospitable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hospitable): Guest messaging, channel sync and operations for short-term rentals. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boom-vs-hospitable) - [Hostaway](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostaway): Vacation rental PMS and channel manager for property managers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boom-vs-hostaway) - [Guesty](https://toolgpa.com/tools/guesty): Property management software for short-term rental hosts and managers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boom-vs-guesty) - [Hostfully](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostfully): Vacation rental property management software and digital guidebooks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boom-vs-hostfully) - [Smoobu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smoobu): Vacation rental channel manager and booking system, priced by unit. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boom-vs-smoobu) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.boomnow.com/home - https://www.boomnow.com/pricing - https://www.boomnow.com/about-us Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/boom Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).