# Hosthub review (2026): is it worth $21.6 a month, billed yearly? > Channel manager and PMS for vacation rentals, priced per rental Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Hosthub is a channel manager and property management system for vacation rentals. It syncs availability and rates across more than 200 channels, with direct API connections to Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Expedia, and adds a unified inbox, automated messages, expense tracking and team access. Pricing is per rental and falls as the portfolio grows. - **Category:** Vacation Rental Software - **Made by:** Hosthub, Inc. - **Website:** https://www.hosthub.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you have many rentals, as the fee is per rental every month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Hosthub is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $21.6 per rental / month for 1 rental, billed yearly ($27 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | $21.6 per rental / month for 1 rental, billed yearly ($27 billed monthly) | Per-rental price falls with volume: $12.80 for rentals 2 to 10, $9.60 for 11 to 30, $5.60 for 31 to 100, $4 above 100, billed yearly. | | Pro | Custom | Adds 0.7% of net booking value, the AI co-host, priority support and custom team roles. Its own per-rental price was not readable. | Read from https://www.hosthub.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hosthub before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows a Billed annually (-20%) option against billing monthly, and the page's figures match: for example $21.6 instead of $27 for a single rental. Source: https://www.hosthub.com/pricing/ ## Key features - **Channel manager:** Syncs rates and availability across over 200 channels, with direct API integrations for Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Expedia. - **Zero Double Booking Guarantee:** Covers double bookings on API-connected channels, up to 150 USD on Standard and 500 USD on Pro, according to the pricing page. - **Unified inbox and automated messaging:** Guest messages in one inbox with scheduled and personalized messages; the AI co-host that answers guests is listed on Pro. - **Expenses, reports and team access:** Tracks property expenses, produces reports and charts, and gives team members listing access at different permission levels. - **Preparation time and call-in updates:** Preparation time blocks the nights around a booking on every channel, and the vendor says it will update calendars for you by phone. - **Revenue Booster and website services:** Paid extras: channel setup at 75 USD per property per channel, a built website for 799 USD and a booking engine for 599 USD. ## Good for - Owners with one to a few rentals who mainly need reliable calendar sync - Managers with large portfolios, since the per-rental price drops at 11, 31 and 101 rentals - Hosts who want a vendor that adds channels for them ## Worth knowing - Pro adds 0.7% of net booking value on top of the per-rental fee. - The AI co-host is listed under Pro, not Standard. - The Revenue Booster (75 USD per property per channel), website builder (799 USD) and booking engine (599 USD) are separate paid services. - The pricing page loads its figures with JavaScript; the tier prices here were read from the script the page uses, and Pro's own per-rental figure was not. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Hosthub is a channel manager and property system priced per rental, with a double-booking guarantee, a unified inbox and automated messages. $21.6 a rental is mid-pack, and the AI co-host, Pro and several services cost more. - **Value for money: C.** $21.6 a rental a month billed yearly ($27 monthly), between the category's $10 cheaper quarter and $30 dearer quarter. One rental still pays that full price. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day free trial, and the listing does not say a card is needed. There is no free plan. - **Features: B.** Channel manager, double-booking guarantee, inbox, automated messages, expenses and reports, and team access. Nothing core is missing, though the AI co-host sits on Pro. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and channels, rentals and messages must be set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia and PayPal. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hosthub's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among vacation rental tools - Hosthub's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 36 of the 53 other vacation rental tools we grade, and level with 10. - It stands best on features (B, above 30 of 53) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $21.60 a month, against a middle price of $19.99 for the category: 22 of the 35 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/vacation-rentals ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Hosthub 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 2.4 is higher than 36 of the 53 other vacation rental tools we grade. It costs $259.20 a year. - You could not: Two-way connections to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. - You could not: One mailbox that several people work at once. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. 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, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, PayPal **Tags:** Channel manager, Shared inbox, AI features, Public API ## Alternatives - [Hostex](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostex): Low-cost channel manager and PMS for short-term rentals. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostex-vs-hosthub) - [Smoobu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smoobu): Vacation rental channel manager and booking system, priced by unit. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hosthub-vs-smoobu) - [Beds24](https://toolgpa.com/tools/beds24): Pay-as-you-go channel manager and PMS for rentals and small hotels. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/beds24-vs-hosthub) - [Rentals United](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rentals-united): Channel manager that connects your own PMS to 90+ booking sites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hosthub-vs-rentals-united) - [Hospitable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hospitable): Guest messaging, channel sync and operations for short-term rentals. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hospitable-vs-hosthub) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.hosthub.com/ - https://www.hosthub.com/pricing/ - https://www.hosthub.com/faq/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/hosthub Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).