Hospitable review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Guest messaging, channel sync and operations for short-term rentals
Our verdict
First of our top three vacation rental tools
For: Most short-term rental hosts
Hospitable syncs Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda and answers guests from one inbox with scheduled messages, and its Essentials plan is free for any number of properties, cleaning workflows included. Host is $25.52 a month for one property billed yearly ($29 monthly). It runs on the web, iPhone and Android. Know the limits: it has no App Store rating on record; free AI stops at 10 uses a week, with no API, lock codes or direct booking; Host stops at 2 properties; each extra property costs $10 to $30 a month by plan; and owner statements need Mogul, sold through a demo.
See all three and how we rankHospitable report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for Airbnb hosts who mostly answer guests
Hospitable syncs Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda and runs guest messages from one inbox, with a free plan for any number of properties. That free plan caps AI at 10 uses a week and has no API, lock codes or direct booking. Host stops at 2 properties, each extra property costs $10 to $30 a month by plan, and owner tools need Mogul, which is sold through a demo.
Who Hospitable is for
- Fits if you host on Airbnb and spend most of your time answering guests
- Works for hosts who want a free plan that doesn't cap the number of properties
Who Hospitable is not for
- Tight if you stay free: AI is capped at 10 uses a week, and there's no API, integrations, lock control or direct booking
- Pricey if you grow: Host stops at 2 properties, and each extra property costs $10 to $30 a month by plan
- Not for you if you need owner statements without a sales call, since they need Mogul, which is sold through a demo
- Watch out: direct bookings start on Professional and cost 1%, or 4% plus 3% processing, per booking
- Watch out: the free plan gets only AI and community support, and upsells on it carry a 10% fee
Why Hospitable gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyHost is $25.52 a month billed yearly, or $29 monthly, for one property, which is this category's middle. A second property is $10. Professional is $51.92 yearly for 2, and owner statements need Mogul at $99 a month for 3, plus $30 for each extra.
- BFree plan and trialEssentials is free for unlimited properties, with channel sync, one inbox, scheduled messages and cleaning tasks, so one host could live on it. AI stops at 10 uses a week, upsells carry a 10% fee, and dynamic pricing is $15 a property after 30 days.
- BFeaturesChannel sync, one inbox with AI replies, cleaning tasks with teammate payouts, dynamic pricing, lock and thermostat automation, a direct booking site, and owner statements and accounting on Mogul. The whole job is there, spread across four plans.
- CEase of useNo app-store rating on record. You connect your channel accounts and set up message schedules and cleaning workflows first, so there's setup to do.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with an API and MCP on paid plans and QuickBooks, PriceLabs and Stripe connections. There's no desktop app, and the free plan has no API access.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hospitable'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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Hospitable's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 8 of the 10 other vacation rental tools we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 10 of 10) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $25.52 a month, against a middle price of $22.76 for the category: 4 of the 7 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 11 vacation rental tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hospitable’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 10, level with 8
- BFree plan and trialAbove 10 of 10
- 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 Hospitable, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Hospitable 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 8 of the 10 other vacation rental tools we grade. It costs $306.24 a year.
What you could make
- Tasks: an app builder makes this 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. Hospitable’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 Hospitable?
Hospitable is short-term rental software that began as an Airbnb messaging tool. It syncs Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda, answers guests from one inbox with scheduled messages and AI replies, and runs cleaning tasks and teammate payouts. Paid plans add dynamic pricing, smart lock automation, a direct booking site and, on Mogul, owner statements and accounting.
Worth knowing
- Host is limited to 2 properties; beyond the included properties, each paid plan charges $10 to $30 per extra active property.
- Direct bookings are only on Professional and Mogul, at a 1% commission (Basic) or 4% plus 3% processing (Premium) per booking.
- Owner portals, owner statements and accounting integrations need the Mogul plan, which is sold through a demo.
- Essentials has AI and community support only; API access, integrations and smart devices need a paid plan.
Key features
- Unified inbox and automated messages
- Guest messages from every connected channel in one inbox, with scheduled messages, Q&A auto-replies and a guest portal.
- Channel sync
- Connects Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda on every plan, with iCal imports and Google Vacation Rentals listing for direct bookings.
- AI replies and Copilot
- Suggested and automatic AI replies, a knowledge hub and AI issue alerts; Essentials is limited to 10 AI uses a week.
- Tasks and teammate payouts
- Cleaning and teammate workflows with a tasks app, and payouts to cleaners for a fee of 2.5% per clean on Essentials or 1.5% on paid plans, capped at $5.
- Smart devices
- Professional and Mogul generate smart lock codes and run thermostat automations, with 2 or 4 devices included per property and $5 for each extra.
- Direct booking and owner tools
- A direct booking website from Professional, at 1% or 4% plus 3% per booking; owner portals, statements and accounting come with Mogul.
Hospitable pricing
As of Oct 24, 2026, Hospitable has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25.52 per month for 1 property, billed annually ($29 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $25.52 per month for 1 property, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Essentials: unlimited properties, unified inbox and automated messages, Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda sync, and cleaning workflows. AI is capped at 10 uses a week; no API, smart devices or direct booking.
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial of all features, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $0 | Free for unlimited properties. Upsells carry a 10% processing fee, and dynamic pricing is $15 per property a month after a short trial. |
| Host | $25.52per month for 1 property, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | For solo hosts, up to 2 properties at $10 for the second. Adds AI message replies, dynamic pricing, the metrics dashboard and API and MCP access. |
| Professional | $51.92per month for 2 properties, billed annually ($59 billed monthly) | Each extra property is $15. Adds a direct booking website, smart lock and thermostat automation and guest payment collection. |
| Mogul | $99per month for 3 properties, billed monthly | Each extra property is $30. Adds owner portal, payouts and statements, accounting with QuickBooks, and commission tracking. Sold through a demo. |
Read from help.hospitable.com on Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hospitable before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 12% with annual billing
Hospitable's pricing page lists a 12% saving for annual billing: Host is $25.52 a month instead of $29, and Professional $51.92 instead of $59.
Stated on hospitable.com
Works with
- Airbnb
- Vrbo
- Booking.com
- Agoda
- Google Vacation Rentals
- QuickBooks
- PriceLabs
- Stripe
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Common questions
Does Hospitable have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Hospitable is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Hospitable have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Hospitable is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Hospitable open source?
Hospitable is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 24, 2026.
Does Hospitable have an API?
Yes. Hospitable 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.