Hostfully review (2026): is it worth it?
Vacation rental property management software and digital guidebooks
Hostfully report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for managers who want guest guidebooks with their software
Hostfully syncs Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and 60+ other channels and adds digital guidebooks and direct booking sites to the usual inbox and calendar. It publishes no prices for its property software, so you only get one through a sales demo, and no trial is on record. Booking sites take a cut of each reservation, and accounting, devices and damage cover are add-ons.
Who Hostfully is for
- Fits if you manage a growing set of short-term or mid-term rentals
- Works for hosts who want guest guidebooks and property software from one company
Who Hostfully is not for
- Skip it if you want to see a price first, as the pricing page leads to a sales demo
- Not for you if you want to try before you pay, since no trial of the software is on record
- Pricey if you take direct bookings: 0.85% a booking on Basic, or 1.8% with a $10 monthly minimum on Premium
- Watch out: accounting, connected devices and Screen & Protect damage cover are add-ons, and AI Assist is still coming soon
Why Hostfully gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo price is published for the property software. The pricing page leads to a sales demo, so the price is only given on a sales call. Direct booking sites charge per booking on top: 0.85%, or 1.8% with a $10 monthly minimum.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no trial on record for the property software. Only the first digital guidebook is free, and that's a side product, not the software.
- BFeaturesChannel sync with 60+ channels, a central calendar, one inbox with AI replies, booking sites, guidebooks, owner and task management, reporting and an open API. That covers the whole job, with accounting and devices as add-ons and AI Assist still marked coming soon.
- CEase of useNo app-store rating on record. You start through a demo and connect channels, owners and tasks, so there's a learning curve.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, an open API and 150+ partner integrations, with PayPal and Stripe payments. There's no desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hostfully's own pages on 24 October 2026. Its pricing page shows no price. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Hostfully's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 0 of the 10 other vacation rental tools we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on features (B, above 2 of 10) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 11 vacation rental tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hostfully’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 10, level with 8
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 10, level with 1
- 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
Keep Hostfully, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Hostfully 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.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 9 of the 10 other vacation rental tools grade higher.
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.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Hostfully’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 Hostfully?
Hostfully is property management software for short-term and mid-term rental managers, from single-listing hosts to large companies. It syncs listings with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and 60+ other channels, keeps reservations in a central calendar, and answers guests from a unified inbox. It also builds direct booking sites and digital guidebooks, and connects to 150+ partner tools.
Worth knowing
- Hostfully publishes no prices for its property management software; the pricing page leads to a sales demo.
- Direct booking sites charge per booking: 0.85% on Basic, or 1.8% with a $10 monthly minimum on Premium.
- Accounting, smart devices and Screen & Protect damage cover are add-ons, and AI Assist is listed as coming soon.
Key features
- Channel manager and central calendar
- Syncs listings with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and 60+ channels, and shows every reservation in one calendar.
- Unified inbox and InboxAI
- Guest messages from all channels in one inbox tied to the listing data, with co-hosting support and InboxAI for replies.
- Direct booking sites
- A Basic site at a 0.85% booking fee, or a Premium site at 1.8% of each reservation with a $10 monthly minimum.
- Digital guidebooks
- Guidebooks with property information and paid extras for guests; the first guidebook is free with no credit card.
- Owners, tasks and reporting
- Owner management, task management, user permissions, pre-arrival forms and reporting and analytics within the PMS.
- Open API and integrations
- An open API and 150+ partner integrations, plus payment processing with PayPal, Stripe and Vacation Rent Payment.
Hostfully pricing
We could not confirm Hostfully’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See hostfully.com for current prices.
Ways to pay less
- Other savingsFall savings: up to 30% off until October 31
A banner on Hostfully's site offers up to 30% off everything for customers who book a demo by October 31, 2026.
Stated on hostfully.com
Works with
- Airbnb
- Vrbo
- Booking.com
- Stripe
- PayPal
- PriceLabs
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Common questions
Does Hostfully have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Hostfully is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Hostfully have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Hostfully is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Hostfully open source?
Hostfully is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 24, 2026.
Does Hostfully have an API?
Yes. Hostfully 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.