Hosty review (2026): is it worth $10 a month?
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Hosty report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for managing several Airbnb accounts in one dashboard
Hosty manages several Airbnb accounts in one inbox and calendar from $10 per active listing a month. It's built mainly around Airbnb, the price rises with each listing, and the tier table can't be read as text.
Who Hosty is for
- Fits if you manage listings across several Airbnb accounts
- Works for hosts who hand out cleaning tasks to a team
Who Hosty is not for
- Pricey if you add listings, since you pay per active listing
- Skip it if you mostly use other channels, as it's built around Airbnb
- Tight if you want to cancel online, because you email the vendor
- Watch out: the tier table uses icons, so check which plan has dynamic pricing and payments before buying
Why Hosty gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$10 per active listing a month on Basic, which sits at the top of the cheaper quarter of rental tools ($10). Pro is $20.
- CFree plan and trialA 14-day trial, and the listing doesn't say whether it needs a card. No free plan.
- CFeaturesInbox, calendar, automation, tasks and a channel manager. Built mainly around Airbnb.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You connect each Airbnb account and set up messages and tasks.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iOS and Android, with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, TripAdvisor, Expedia and Stripe. No desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hosty's own pages on 13 November 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/hosty#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/hosty.svg" alt="Hosty: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Hosty stands among vacation rental tools
Hosty'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 value for money (B, above 43 of 53) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $19.99 for the category: 9 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 54 vacation rental tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hosty’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 43 of 53, level with 9
- CFree plan and trialAbove 24 of 53, level with 25
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 53, level with 28
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 53, level with 52
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 4 of 53, level with 49
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 36 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 Hosty, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Hosty 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 $120 a year.
What you could make
- Calendar 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.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Hosty’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 Hosty?
Hosty is property management software built around Airbnb, with a multi-account dashboard, a shared inbox, a multi-calendar and automated messages, reviews and tasks. A channel manager syncs calendars with other booking sites, and billing is a flat monthly rate per active listing.
Worth knowing
- Built mainly around Airbnb; other platforms connect through the channel manager.
- The price is per active, listed listing, so it rises with each listing you add.
- Cancelling is done by emailing the vendor and takes effect on the next billing date.
- The pricing page marks tier features with icons that are not readable as text, so check which tier includes the tools you need.
Key features
- Multiple Airbnb accounts
- Connect and manage listings from several Airbnb accounts in one dashboard without logging in and out of each.
- Central inbox
- Read and reply to guest messages from every connected Airbnb account in one inbox, also from the mobile app.
- Multi-calendar and bookings
- See all listings on one calendar, edit prices and availability, and accept or decline requests and reservations.
- Automation
- Auto-message, auto-review and auto-task features send guest messages and reviews and create cleaning or maintenance tasks.
- Channel manager
- Syncs calendars with other platforms such as Vrbo, Booking.com and TripAdvisor to reduce double bookings.
- Team and task management
- Add team members with permissions and assign tasks such as cleaning, from the web app or the mobile app.
Hosty pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hosty is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $10 per active listing / month.
- Starts at
- $10 per active listing / month
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- Free trial, 14 days according to the homepage
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $10per active listing / month | Entry tier; the pricing page marks which of its tools each tier includes, and the unit is an active, listed Airbnb listing. |
| Advance | $15per active listing / month | Middle tier with more tools from the page's feature table; billed per active listing every 30 days. |
| Pro | $20per active listing / month | Top tier; the feature table also lists payments, a website builder and dynamic pricing among the tools. |
Read from hostyapp.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hosty before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Hosty have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Hosty is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Hosty have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Hosty is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Hosty open source?
Hosty is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.