# Rentals United review (2026): is it worth $330 a month? > Channel manager that connects your own PMS to 90+ booking sites Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Rentals United is a channel manager for vacation rental property managers. It connects an existing property management system, or its own open API, to more than 90 booking channels such as Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. It also offers a multi-calendar, a unified inbox, analytics and a direct-booking website as add-ons. - **Category:** Vacation Rental Software - **Made by:** Rentals United (since 2015) - **Website:** https://rentalsunited.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you have one or two homes, because $330 a month is built for 10 to 50 listings. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Rentals United is a paid product, starting at $330 per month and up (Pro, 10-50 listings). - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Pro | $330 per month and up, for 10-50 listings | Syncs with Airbnb, Booking.com, Google Travel and 90+ channels, with guest communication, multi-calendar, unified inbox and analytics. Free onboarding is a limited offer. | | Scale | Custom | For 50-200 listings. Priced by quote, with a commission or a fixed fee available. Adds dedicated support, a dedicated onboarder and a key account manager. | | Enterprise | Custom | For 200+ listings. Priced by quote. Adds a direct API connection to Rentals United, technical support and a strategic account manager. | Read from https://rentalsunited.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Rentals United before buying. ## Key features - **Channel distribution:** Keeps rates, availability and inventory in sync with more than 90 channels, including OTAs, metasearch engines and wholesalers. - **Three ways to connect:** Connect through one of 60+ PMS partners, build on a REST and XML API, or resell it under your own brand as a white-label channel manager. - **Multi-calendar and unified inbox:** One calendar for properties and bookings across channels, and one inbox with automated message templates. - **Analytics:** Property reports and market comparisons, plus AI-generated optimization reports for a portfolio. - **Add-ons:** Screen & Protect, a Website Builder for direct bookings, Elevate for data insights and Google Redirects are listed as extras beyond the channel manager. ## Good for - Managers who already run a PMS and want more channels without migrating - Software companies that need an API or white-label channel manager - Portfolios of 10 or more listings ## Worth knowing - Pro starts at $330 a month and is aimed at 10-50 listings, so it is a poor fit for a single property. - Scale and Enterprise have no published price; both are quoted by the sales team. - It is a distribution layer, not a full PMS; the vendor expects you to keep your own PMS. - Screen & Protect, the Website Builder, Elevate and Google Redirects are add-ons whose prices are not shown on the pricing page. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Rentals United keeps rates and availability in step across more than 90 booking sites, and it sits on top of whatever booking system you already use. Plans start at $330 a month for 10 to 50 listings, there is no trial, and the next tier up has no published price at all. - **Value for money: D.** Pro starts at $330 a month, which is more than six times the $51 where the category's dearest tenth begins, and it is built for 10 to 50 listings. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial are on record. - **Features: C.** Syncs rates, calendars and inventory to 90+ channels, with a shared inbox and reports. But it's a distribution layer, not a full booking system, and the direct-booking site and screening are paid add-ons. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect your property system or build against its API before anything flows, and the vendor wants you to keep that system. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with 60+ system partners, an API and links to Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and Google. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Rentals United's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among vacation rental tools - Rentals United's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 53 other vacation rental tools we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 4 of 53) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $330 a month, against a middle price of $19.99 for the category: 33 of the 35 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 15 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 Rentals United 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: 51 of the 53 other vacation rental tools grade higher. It costs $3,960 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Two-way connections to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo among them, and has an API. - 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, Booking.com, Vrbo, Google Vacation Rentals, Stripe **Tags:** Channel manager, Reports, Public API, AI features ## Alternatives - [KrossBooking](https://toolgpa.com/tools/krossbooking): Property management with channel manager and booking engine. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/krossbooking-vs-rentals-united) - [BookingPal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bookingpal): Channel distribution for vacation rentals, with or without a PMS. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bookingpal-vs-rentals-united) - [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-rentals-united) - [Hostaway](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostaway): Vacation rental PMS and channel manager for property managers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostaway-vs-rentals-united) - [Guesty](https://toolgpa.com/tools/guesty): Property management software for short-term rental hosts and managers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/guesty-vs-rentals-united) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://rentalsunited.com - https://rentalsunited.com/pricing/ - https://rentalsunited.com/about/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/rentals-united Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).