Travel · head to head
Apaleo vs Opera PMS
Apaleo
Travel
API-first hotel property management platform sold per room with a monthly floor
- From
- €8/month
- Rated
- -
Opera PMS
Travel
Oracle property management system used by large hotel groups and chain estates
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- 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.; Opera PMS integration is billed rather than open, so every connected system carries a per-property interface fee that inflates the running cost well beyond the quoted subscription.
- They diverge on capability: Apaleo covers Open REST API, Opera PMS covers Reservations and front desk.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Apaleo and Opera PMS actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 Opera PMS
- Reservations and front desk
- Rate and yield management
- Sales and catering
- Housekeeping and maintenance
- Night audit and accounting
- OHIP integration platform
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 Opera PMS
- A European hotel group standardising twenty properties on one system with central rate management and DATEV-ready accounting exportsnot Opera PMS
- 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 Opera PMS
- A revenue team that wants to plug Duetto or IDeaS into live inventory without paying a per-connection interface feenot Opera PMS
Opera PMS
- A hotel group standardising several hundred properties on one reservation and reporting spinenot Apaleo
- A conference hotel where function space, banquet orders and group blocks drive most revenuenot Apaleo
- A franchisee whose brand agreement mandates OPERA and a specific central reservation systemnot Apaleo
- A resort with multiple outlets that needs tight posting between POS, spa and the guest folionot 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.
Opera PMS
- Integration is billed rather than open, so every connected system carries a per-property interface fee that inflates the running cost well beyond the quoted subscription.
- Implementation typically requires an Oracle partner and runs for months, which puts a property opening timeline at the mercy of partner availability.
- Configuration is dense enough that properties rely on one or two trained staff, and losing that person leaves rate and package changes stuck in a support queue.
- The older OPERA 5 estate is on a migration path to OPERA Cloud, so on-premise customers face a forced project on a timetable set by Oracle rather than by their own budget cycle.
- Small independent properties pay for group, catering and multi-property machinery they will never use, and lighter systems deliver a working front desk in days rather than months.
Pricing, plan by plan
Apaleo
€8/month- Apaleo Platform$8/month
- €8 per room per month
- Minimum €400 per month regardless of room count
- All APIs included at no extra cost
Opera PMS
On request- OPERA Cloud$undefined/year
- Per-room subscription with tiered functionality
- Implementation and configuration services quoted separately
- Interface and integration fees charged per property
Which should you pick?
Choose Apaleo if
- You need open rest api.
- You work on Web, API.
- You also want apaleo store.
Choose Opera PMS if
- You need reservations and front desk.
- You work on Web, Windows, iOS, Android.
- You also want rate and yield management.
Questions people ask
- Is Apaleo or Opera PMS better?
- Neither clearly leads. Apaleo starts at €8/month and Opera PMS at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Apaleo or Opera PMS?
- Apaleo starts at €8/month and Opera PMS at On request.
- Does Apaleo or Opera PMS run on more platforms?
- Apaleo runs on Web, API. Opera PMS runs on Web, Windows, iOS, Android.
- 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 Opera PMS is typically brought in for.
- What can Apaleo do that Opera PMS cannot?
- Apaleo covers Open REST API, Apaleo Store, Multi-property inventory, Apaleo Pay. Opera PMS covers Reservations and front desk, Rate and yield management, Sales and catering, Housekeeping and maintenance.
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.
Opera PMS: Is OPERA Cloud the same product as OPERA 5?
No. They share a name and much of the data model, but OPERA Cloud is a separate multi-tenant application. Moving between them is a migration project, not an upgrade.
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.
Opera PMS: Why do integration partners charge a monthly fee per hotel?
Because Oracle charges them for certification and API usage through OHIP. Partners pass that on, so budget for it per connected system per property.
Apaleo: Does it include a channel manager?
No. You connect one from the Store, such as SiteMinder, and pay that vendor separately.
Opera PMS: Can a single independent hotel buy OPERA?
Yes, but the economics rarely work below roughly 100 rooms unless a brand agreement requires it.
Apaleo: Can it run a full service hotel?
Only with additional systems. There is no native POS, spa or events module.
Opera PMS: How long does implementation take?
Plan for three to six months for a single complex property, longer for a multi-property rollout.
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