Guesty review (2026): is it worth $9 a month?
Property management software for short-term rental hosts and managers
Guesty report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for short-term rental managers growing past a few listings
Guesty syncs Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com, puts guest messages in one inbox and sets cleaning tasks after each checkout. Lite covers 1 to 3 listings from $9 a listing plus 1% of every booking, and past that Pro and Enterprise are quote only. Lock control, damage protection and advanced analytics are paid add-ons, and PriceOptimizer is too unless you're on the 1% plan.
Who Guesty is for
- Fits if you run 1 to 3 listings now and expect to grow into a management company
- Works for teams answering Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com guests from one inbox
Who Guesty is not for
- Pricey if you add extras: LocksManager, damage protection and analytics cost more, and so do GuestyPay and trust accounting on Pro
- Tight if you want more than Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com on Lite, as the 60+ other channels need Pro
- Not for you if you want a published price past 3 listings, because Pro and Enterprise are quote only
- Watch out: the $20 yearly price is marked as a limited-time offer, and the $9 plan adds 1% of every booking
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as there's only a 14-day trial of Lite
Why Guesty gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyThe 1% plan is $9 a listing a month plus 1% of each booking, so about $29 for a listing taking $2,000. The flat price is $20 billed yearly, under this category's $25.52 middle, or $29 monthly, above it. From 4 listings it's Pro, and that's quote only.
- CFree plan and trialA 14-day trial of Guesty Lite with no card needed. There's no free plan, so after two weeks you're paying.
- BFeaturesChannel sync, a multi-calendar, one inbox with drafted AI replies, cleaning tasks after checkout, a booking site and an open API, with owner statements and revenue management on Pro. That covers the whole job, spread across a quoted plan and paid add-ons.
- CEase of useGuesty rates 4.2 on the US App Store from 566 ratings, which puts it at C on our ease ladder.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, an open API with webhooks, and 60+ channels on Pro, Expedia and Google Vacation Rentals among them. There's no desktop app, and Lite reaches only three channels.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Guesty's own pages on 24 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/guesty#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/guesty.svg" alt="Guesty: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Guesty stands among vacation rental tools
Guesty's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 5 of the 10 other vacation rental tools we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on features (B, above 2 of 10) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $22.76 for the category: 0 of the 7 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 11 vacation rental tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Guesty’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 10, level with 8
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 10, level with 7
- BFeaturesAbove 2 of 10, level with 8
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 10, level with 9
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 10, level with 10
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 8 vacation rental tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Guesty, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Guesty 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 $108 a year.
What you could make
- Tasks and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Two-way connections to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo.
- One mailbox that several people work at once.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Guesty’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Guesty?
Guesty is property management software for short-term rentals, from hosts with a few listings to companies with hundreds. It syncs rates, availability and bookings with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and other channels, puts guest messages from every channel in one inbox, and creates cleaning tasks after each checkout. Pro and Enterprise add owner statements, revenue management and more channels, and are priced by quote.
Worth knowing
- Only Guesty Lite has published prices; Pro and Enterprise are quoted by number of listings.
- Lite is for 1 to 3 listings and syncs with Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com only; the 60+ other channels need Pro.
- Many tools are paid add-ons: PriceOptimizer, LocksManager, damage protection, advanced analytics and, on Pro, GuestyPay and trust accounting.
- The pay-as-you-grow Lite plan adds 1% of each reservation to the per-listing fee.
Key features
- Channel manager
- Syncs rates, availability and reservations with Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com in real time on every plan; Pro reaches 60+ channels, including Expedia and Google Vacation Rentals.
- Unified inbox and ReplyAI
- Guest messages from every channel land in one inbox beside the reservation details, and ReplyAI drafts a reply for each one to review and send.
- Multi-calendar
- One calendar shows bookings from all channels, color-coded by source, with cleaning schedules; reservations can be created and moved from it.
- Automated tasks and messages
- Creates cleaning and maintenance tasks after each checkout and sends guests scheduled messages from booking confirmation to checkout.
- Direct booking website
- A booking site built from templates, with rates and availability synced to the channels; Guesty takes no percentage fee on direct bookings.
- Owners portal and open API
- Pro adds an owners portal with customizable owner statements. The open API has webhooks and allows up to 15 calls per second.
Guesty pricing
As of Oct 24, 2026, Guesty is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $9 per listing / month, plus 1% per reservation (LiteOptimizer).
- Starts at
- $9 per listing / month, plus 1% per reservation (LiteOptimizer)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of Guesty Lite, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| LiteOptimizer | $9per listing / month and up, plus 1% per reservation | Guesty Lite on a pay-as-you-grow basis, with the PriceOptimizer pricing tool included. For hosts with 1 to 3 listings. |
| Lite | $20per listing / month and up, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com sync, multi-calendar, unified inbox and a booking website. The annual price is marked as a limited-time offer. |
| Pro | Custom | For 4 to 199 listings: 60+ channels, owners portal and statements, revenue management and 24/7 support. Priced by number of listings. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For 200+ listings: custom reporting and analytics, tailored onboarding and enterprise-grade security. |
Read from guesty.com on Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Guesty before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave up to 50% with annual billing on Lite
The Guesty Lite page marks annual billing as a limited-time offer saving up to 50% (crossed out from 30%): from $20 rather than $29 per listing a month.
Stated on guesty.com - Other savingsGuesty Ultimate bundle: 40% off premium add-ons
The pricing page offers a quoted bundle of premium features, including PriceOptimizer, LocksManager, advanced analytics and premium channels, at a stated 40% saving.
Stated on guesty.com
How people rate the Guesty app
4.2
out of 5 for the iPhone and iPad app
- 5 stars74%
- 4 stars4%
- 3 stars2%
- 2 stars5%
- 1 star15%
566 ratings on the App Store in the United States, read Oct 24, 2026. It rates the app, not everything the product does. See the listing
Works with
- Airbnb
- Vrbo
- Booking.com
- Expedia
- Google Vacation Rentals
- Stripe
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Common questions
Does Guesty have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Guesty is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Guesty have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Guesty is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Guesty open source?
Guesty is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 24, 2026.
Does Guesty have an API?
Yes. Guesty offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026. What people say is linked where it appears.