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Alternatives to Chekin
23 travel tools sit alongside Chekin in this directory. Below is what separates each from Chekin on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Chekin starts at
- €3.95/month
Why people look past Chekin
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Chekin entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Chekin carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 11 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Property management platform for short-term rentals
- Sold on a quote model rather than Per property per month.
Vacation rental management platform for professional operators
- Sold on a quote model rather than Per property per month.
All-in-one channel manager and PMS for hosts with a handful of holiday rentals
- Starts $25.05 a month dearer, at €29/month.
- Sold on a Per unit per month model rather than Per property per month.
Southeast Asia super-app combining ride hailing, food delivery and payments across around eight countries in the region
- Can be used without paying; Chekin cannot.
- Sold on a Free app, pay per ride and per order with dynamic pricing model rather than Per property per month.
- 1 tier to Chekin's 3.
Dominant ride hailing app in China from Didi Chuxing, which acquired Uber China in 2016 and now operates almost entirely within China plus a handful of other markets
- Can be used without paying; Chekin cannot.
- Sold on a Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing model rather than Per property per month.
- 1 tier to Chekin's 3.
Travel booking marketplace and package deal platform, part of Expedia Group, earning commission from hotels and margin on bundled packages
- Can be used without paying; Chekin cannot.
- Sold on a Free for travellers, commission and package margin model rather than Per property per month.
- 1 tier to Chekin's 3.
Every Chekin alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chekin (this page) | €3.95/month | Per property per month | 3 | |
| GuestyIf you want check-in handled inside a full property management platform rather than as a separate subscription | On request | Quote | - | vs Chekin |
| HostawayIf your compliance needs are light and you mainly want automated guest messaging | On request | Quote | - | vs Chekin |
| SmoobuIf you are a small EU host and want check-in bundled with channel management | €29/month | Per unit per month | 3 | vs Chekin |
| Grab | Free | Free app, pay per ride and per order with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Didi | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Expedia | Free | Free for travellers, commission and package margin | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Lyft | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Booking.com | Free | Free for travellers, commission charged to listed properties | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Kayak | Free | Free to users, revenue from referral commissions and advertising | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Skyscanner | Free | Free for travellers, referral fees from booking partners | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Careem | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Ola | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Hopper | Free | Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility | 3 | vs Chekin |
| Bolt | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Egencia | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Center | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chekin |
| myCWT | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chekin |
| BCD TripSource | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Sabre Red 360 | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Travelport Smartpoint | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Spotnana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Corporate Traveller | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chekin |
| Amadeus Selling Platform Connect | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chekin |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Chekin badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Grab , Free
- Didi , Free
- Expedia , Free
- Lyft , Free
- Booking.com , Free
- Kayak , Free
- Skyscanner , Free
- Careem , Free
What you would be giving up
Chekin is most often brought in for a manager with twenty apartments in barcelona who must file guest data with the ministry of the interior for every arrival and cannot do it manually at scale, an italian host needing alloggiati web submissions and city tourist tax collected from the guest rather than absorbed, a property with no staffed reception issuing door codes only after identity documents have been verified, an operator wanting damage deposits taken and released automatically instead of chasing bank transfers. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Chekin is broadly right and the question is cost, the Chekin pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Travel category lists everything the directory holds, and best travel tools ranks them.
Chekin runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Chekin alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Chekin?
- 23 other travel tools are listed in this directory, led by Guesty, Hostaway, Smoobu, Grab. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Chekin?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Grab, Didi, Expedia, Lyft, Booking.com.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Chekin?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Chekin?
- Chekin is most often brought in for a manager with twenty apartments in barcelona who must file guest data with the ministry of the interior for every arrival and cannot do it manually at scale, an italian host needing alloggiati web submissions and city tourist tax collected from the guest rather than absorbed, a property with no staffed reception issuing door codes only after identity documents have been verified, an operator wanting damage deposits taken and released automatically instead of chasing bank transfers. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Chekin?
- None of the travel tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Chekin alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Travel, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Chekin against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Chekin covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every travel tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Travel category, 23 tools beside Chekin. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.