# Minut review (2026): is it worth $5 a month? > Noise, smoke and occupancy sensors with guest messaging Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Minut makes a battery or wired sensor that tracks noise levels, smoking, crowd size and indoor climate in rental units without a camera. A subscription per rental unit adds alerts, reports, automated guest messages and integrations with Airbnb and property management systems. Newer modules cover tasks and a unified guest inbox. - **Category:** Vacation Rental Software - **Made by:** Minut - **Website:** https://www.minut.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you count hardware, as the sensor is a separate one-time purchase. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Minut is a paid product, starting at $5 per month, billed as $60 a year. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter | $5 per month for 1 property, billed as $60 a year | Smart home integrations, basic reports and 7 days of data retention for a single property. | | Standard | $10 per home / month, billed as $120 a year | Adds multi-property use, Airbnb and other OTA integrations, team access (up to 5 seats) and 30-day retention. | | Pro | $15 per home / month, billed as $180 a year | Adds PMS integrations, advanced reports, up to 20 team seats and unlimited data retention. | | Enterprise | Custom | Custom portfolio setup, guaranteed SLA, dedicated account manager and staff training. | Read from https://www.minut.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Minut before buying. ## Key features - **Noise monitoring:** Tracks decibel levels indoors or outdoors against custom thresholds and quiet hours; the sensor has no camera. - **Smoking and crowd detection:** Flags likely cigarette or marijuana smoke and estimates occupancy from Bluetooth signals. - **Triggered guest messages:** Messages or calls guests automatically when a device event occurs; the Call Assist add-on has operators phone guests. - **Reports and data history:** Basic reports on every plan, advanced incident reports on Pro, and retention from 7 days to unlimited by plan. - **Tasks and unified inbox:** Task management, turnover tasks and a guest inbox for Airbnb, WhatsApp and SMS; the pages mark messaging and tasks as beta. ## Good for - Hosts who need noise alerts to satisfy platform or city rules - Managers wanting party prevention across many units - Teams that already run a supported PMS ## Worth knowing - The sensor is a separate one-time purchase on top of the plan; its price was not read. - Plans are billed per rental unit and listed as billed yearly; the page shows no monthly-billed rate. - Call Assist is an add-on at $10 per rental unit per month. - OTA integrations start on Standard, and PMS integrations only on Pro. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Minut sells a noise, smoke and occupancy sensor with a software plan that texts guests when levels pass a limit. The plan starts at $5 a month, but the sensor is a separate purchase and OTA and PMS links need dearer plans. - **Value for money: B.** Starter is $5 a month billed as $60 a year, under 60% of the category's $10 cheaper quarter. The sensor is a separate one-time cost whose price was not read. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial on record, so every use is paid from day one. - **Features: C.** Noise monitoring, smoke and crowd detection, triggered guest messages, reports and an inbox. It needs a sensor, and Call Assist is a paid add-on. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and a sensor must be installed and linked. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus iOS and Android, with Airbnb, Guesty, Hostaway, Hospitable, Hostfully, Lodgify, OwnerRez and Zapier. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Minut'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 - Minut's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 14 of the 53 other vacation rental tools we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 43 of 53) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $19.99 for the category: 5 of the 35 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 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 Minut you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. 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: 28 of the 53 other vacation rental tools grade higher. It costs $60 a year. - You could make: Reports and tasks: an app builder makes these well. - 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: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. 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, Guesty, Hostaway, Hospitable, Hostfully, Lodgify, OwnerRez, Zapier **Tags:** Reports, Tasks, AI features, Public API, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Operto](https://toolgpa.com/tools/operto): Guest access, messaging and housekeeping for rentals and hotels. 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