# Hosty review (2026): is it worth $10 a month? > Airbnb-focused management software with a channel manager and app Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** Vacation Rental Software - **Made by:** Hosty - **Website:** https://hostyapp.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you add listings, since you pay per active listing. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Hosty is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $10 per active listing / month. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial, 14 days according to the homepage. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $10 per 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 | $15 per active listing / month | Middle tier with more tools from the page's feature table; billed per active listing every 30 days. | | Pro | $20 per active listing / month | Top tier; the feature table also lists payments, a website builder and dynamic pricing among the tools. | Read from https://hostyapp.com/airbnb-management-software-pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hosty before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Managers running several Airbnb accounts who want one dashboard - Small portfolios that want a flat per-listing rate and no setup fee - Teams that delegate cleaning and maintenance through a mobile app ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: B.** $10 per active listing a month on Basic, which sits at the top of the cheaper quarter of rental tools ($10). Pro is $20. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 14-day trial, and the listing doesn't say whether it needs a card. No free plan. - **Features: C.** Inbox, calendar, automation, tasks and a channel manager. Built mainly around Airbnb. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect each Airbnb account and set up messages and tasks. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android, with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, TripAdvisor, Expedia and Stripe. No desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/vacation-rentals ## Keep it, 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. - You could make: Calendar and reports: an app builder makes these well. - 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: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. 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, TripAdvisor, Expedia, Stripe **Tags:** Channel manager, Shared inbox, Calendar, Workflow automation, Reports ## Alternatives - [Hospitable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hospitable): Guest messaging, channel sync and operations for short-term rentals. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hospitable-vs-hosty) - [Hostex](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostex): Low-cost channel manager and PMS for short-term rentals. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostex-vs-hosty) - [Smoobu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smoobu): Vacation rental channel manager and booking system, priced by unit. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hosty-vs-smoobu) - [iGMS](https://toolgpa.com/tools/igms): Short-term rental software with a pay-per-booked-night plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hosty-vs-igms) - [Hostaway](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostaway): Vacation rental PMS and channel manager for property managers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostaway-vs-hosty) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://hostyapp.com/ - https://hostyapp.com/airbnb-management-software-pricing/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/hosty Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).