Travel · head to head
Apaleo vs Hopper
Apaleo
Travel
API-first hotel property management platform sold per room with a monthly floor
- From
- €8/month
- Rated
- -
Hopper
Travel
Travel booking app known for price prediction and paid Price Freeze and cancellation add-ons
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Hopper has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Apaleo the €400 monthly floor means a property under fifty rooms pays well above the headline €8 per room, so a twenty five room hotel pays €16 per room and the advertised rate is misleading at the small end.; Hopper add-on products like Price Freeze and Cancel for Any Reason are priced to be a meaningfully profitable part of the business, and taking them on every booking can offset much of what the price prediction tool is meant to save.
- They diverge on capability: Apaleo covers Open REST API, Hopper covers Price prediction.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Apaleo and Hopper actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Travel).
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 Apaleo
- Open REST API
- Apaleo Store
- Multi-property inventory
- Apaleo Pay
- Unit group model
- Night audit and accounting export
Only in Hopper
- Price prediction
- Price Freeze
- Cancel/Change for Any Reason
- Price alerts
- Hopper Homes and Car
- Carrot Cash
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Apaleo
- A serviced apartment group building its own branded check-in and access flow that needs full PMS control through an API rather than a vendor-built kiosknot Hopper
- A European hotel group standardising twenty properties on one system with central rate management and DATEV-ready accounting exportsnot Hopper
- A new-build lifestyle hotel operating with no permanent front desk, where door locks, kiosks and messaging come from specialists and the PMS is the record of truthnot Hopper
- A revenue team that wants to plug Duetto or IDeaS into live inventory without paying a per-connection interface feenot Hopper
Hopper
- A traveller wanting data-driven guidance on whether to book now or wait for a lower pricenot Apaleo
- Someone wanting to lock in a fare for a few days while confirming travel plans without fully committingnot Apaleo
- A traveller who wants flexible cancellation on an otherwise restrictive farenot Apaleo
- Someone comparing predicted price trends before choosing travel datesnot Apaleo
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Apaleo
- The €400 monthly floor means a property under fifty rooms pays well above the headline €8 per room, so a twenty five room hotel pays €16 per room and the advertised rate is misleading at the small end.
- Apaleo ships no point of sale, no spa or golf module and no conference and banqueting system, so full service hotels must buy and integrate three or four more products before the stack is complete.
- Because the model assumes you assemble the guest-facing layer from the Store, the real monthly cost is the platform fee plus several third-party subscriptions, and that total is nowhere on the pricing page.
- Support and documentation lean towards developers, so an operator without technical capacity or an implementation partner will find configuration and troubleshooting harder than with a conventional PMS.
- The product and integration ecosystem is strongest in German-speaking Europe, and North American buyers will find fewer local integrations for payments, tax rules and accounting than a US-focused PMS offers.
Hopper
- Add-on products like Price Freeze and Cancel for Any Reason are priced to be a meaningfully profitable part of the business, and taking them on every booking can offset much of what the price prediction tool is meant to save.
- Price predictions are probabilistic and can be wrong, so buy-or-wait guidance is not a guarantee that a price will actually move as predicted.
- The prominent placement of paid add-ons during checkout has drawn criticism as pressuring users into purchases they may not need for every trip.
- Customer service for booking issues has been a recurring complaint, particularly for itinerary changes on cancel or change protected bookings.
- Hopper's own Carrot Cash rewards currency is only redeemable within the app, so it has no value outside future Hopper bookings.
Pricing, plan by plan
Apaleo
€8/month- Apaleo Platform$8/month
- €8 per room per month
- Minimum €400 per month regardless of room count
- All APIs included at no extra cost
Hopper
Free- Standard bookingFree
- No fee beyond the fare or room price itself
- Price Freeze$undefined/per booking
- Fee varies by fare and freeze duration, charged in addition to the eventual ticket price
- Cancel/Change for Any Reason$undefined/per booking
- Add-on fee charged at checkout, priced as a percentage or flat amount depending on the fare
Which should you pick?
Choose Apaleo if
- You need open rest api.
- You work on Web, API.
- You also want apaleo store.
Choose Hopper if
- You need price prediction.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on iOS, Android.
- You also want price freeze.
Questions people ask
- Is Apaleo or Hopper better?
- Neither clearly leads. Apaleo starts at €8/month and Hopper at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Apaleo or Hopper?
- Hopper has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at €8/month for Apaleo and Free for Hopper.
- Does Apaleo or Hopper run on more platforms?
- Apaleo runs on Web, API. Hopper runs on iOS, Android.
- Can I use Hopper for free?
- Yes. Hopper has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Apaleo starts at €8/month.
- What is Apaleo best used for?
- Apaleo is most often used for a serviced apartment group building its own branded check-in and access flow that needs full pms control through an api rather than a vendor-built kiosk, a european hotel group standardising twenty properties on one system with central rate management and datev-ready accounting exports, a new-build lifestyle hotel operating with no permanent front desk, where door locks, kiosks and messaging come from specialists and the pms is the record of truth, a revenue team that wants to plug duetto or ideas into live inventory without paying a per-connection interface fee. Of those, a serviced apartment group building its own branded check-in and access flow that needs full pms control through an api rather than a vendor-built kiosk and a european hotel group standardising twenty properties on one system with central rate management and datev-ready accounting exports are not what Hopper is typically brought in for.
- What can Apaleo do that Hopper cannot?
- Apaleo covers Open REST API, Apaleo Store, Multi-property inventory, Apaleo Pay. Hopper covers Price prediction, Price Freeze, Cancel/Change for Any Reason, Price alerts.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Apaleo: What does Apaleo actually cost for a sixty room hotel?
€480 per month for the platform at €8 per room, plus payment processing from 0.6% and whatever Store integrations you add. Below fifty rooms you pay the €400 floor.
Hopper: Is Hopper free to use for searching and booking?
Yes, the base booking has no extra fee; Price Freeze and cancellation flexibility are separate paid add-ons.
Apaleo: Is API access charged separately?
No. All APIs are included in the per room fee, which is unusual in the PMS market where interface fees per connection are common.
Hopper: How accurate is Hopper's price prediction?
It is based on historical fare data and gives a probability-based recommendation, not a guarantee; predictions can be wrong.
Apaleo: Does it include a channel manager?
No. You connect one from the Store, such as SiteMinder, and pay that vendor separately.
Hopper: What does Price Freeze actually do?
It locks a displayed price for a fee for a set number of days, letting you decide later without committing to the full purchase immediately.
Apaleo: Can it run a full service hotel?
Only with additional systems. There is no native POS, spa or events module.
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