Scheduling & Booking · head to head
Airbnb vs Oyster
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Airbnb
Scheduling & Booking
Book unique homes and experiences all over the world
- From
- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- Only Oyster has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Airbnb guests pay a service fee of 14.1% to 16.5% of the booking subtotal on top of the nightly rate; Oyster employer of Record is $699 per employee per month, with the discount tied to annual billing
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Airbnb and Oyster actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Airbnb
Nothing recorded that Oyster does not also cover.
Only in Oyster
- Global Employment
- Payroll
- Benefits
- Compliance
- Contractor Management
- Time Off
- Expenses
- BambooHR
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Airbnb
No use cases recorded yet. See the Airbnb review.
Oyster
- Hiring employees abroad without setting up a local legal entitynot Airbnb
- Onboarding and paying international contractorsnot Airbnb
- Getting country specific employment compliance advice for distributed teamsnot Airbnb
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Airbnb
- Guests pay a service fee of 14.1% to 16.5% of the booking subtotal on top of the nightly rate
- Hosts on the split-fee structure pay a further 3% fee, rising to 4% for listings in Brazil and Mexico, or up to 16% under the single-fee structure
Oyster
- Employer of Record is $699 per employee per month, with the discount tied to annual billing
- A refundable deposit is required before an EOR engagement starts
- Contractor management is free for 30 days then $29 per contractor per month
- HR advisory through People Partner Services is billed at $300 per hour on top of the subscription
- A currency conversion fee applies when you pay Oyster in a currency other than the contract currency
- Payments are accepted only by direct debit or wire in USD, EUR, GBP or CAD
Pricing, plan by plan
Airbnb
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Airbnb review.
Oyster
Free- Contractor$29/month
- Contractor Payments
- Compliant Contracts
- Invoicing
- Employee$599/month
- Global Employment
- Payroll
- Benefits
Which should you pick?
Choose Airbnb if
Nothing in the data separates Airbnb from Oyster on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Oyster if
- You need global employment.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want payroll.
Questions people ask
- Is Airbnb or Oyster better?
- Neither clearly leads. Airbnb starts at On request and Oyster at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Airbnb or Oyster?
- Oyster has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Airbnb and Free for Oyster.
- Does Airbnb or Oyster run on more platforms?
- Airbnb runs on Web. Oyster runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- Can I use Oyster for free?
- Yes. Oyster has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Airbnb starts at On request.
- What can Airbnb do that Oyster cannot?
- Oyster covers Global Employment, Payroll, Benefits, Compliance.
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