Travel · head to head
Apaleo vs Sirvoy
Apaleo
Travel
API-first hotel property management platform sold per room with a monthly floor
- From
- €8/month
- Rated
- -
Sirvoy
Travel
Low-cost booking and property management system for small independent accommodation
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Sirvoy 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.; Sirvoy the channel manager is only on the Pro plan, so the Starter plan at €11 cannot connect to Booking.com and many buyers discover this after committing to a workflow.
- They diverge on capability: Apaleo covers Open REST API, Sirvoy covers Commission-free booking engine.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Apaleo and Sirvoy 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 Sirvoy
- Commission-free booking engine
- Channel manager
- Hosted website
- Guest correspondence
- Invoicing
- Multi-currency
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 Sirvoy
- A European hotel group standardising twenty properties on one system with central rate management and DATEV-ready accounting exportsnot Sirvoy
- 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 Sirvoy
- A revenue team that wants to plug Duetto or IDeaS into live inventory without paying a per-connection interface feenot Sirvoy
Sirvoy
- A six room bed and breakfast replacing a paper diary and wanting direct bookings without paying commission on themnot Apaleo
- A hostel that needs Hostelworld and Booking.com kept in sync but cannot justify a channel manager subscription on top of a PMSnot Apaleo
- A campsite or small guesthouse in Scandinavia needing a system in local currency with no annual contractnot Apaleo
- An owner testing whether a direct booking engine reduces OTA dependence before committing to a larger platformnot 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.
Sirvoy
- The channel manager is only on the Pro plan, so the Starter plan at €11 cannot connect to Booking.com and many buyers discover this after committing to a workflow.
- Each additional property costs €20 per month on top of Pro, and the multi-property view is weak, so small chains end up with several loosely linked accounts rather than one portfolio.
- There is no revenue management or dynamic pricing, so rates must be set and adjusted by hand or through a third-party tool that Sirvoy may not integrate with.
- Reporting is limited to basic occupancy and revenue summaries, which is not enough for a lender, an investor or a serious year on year analysis.
- SMS is charged per message on top of the subscription, and at €0.10 per message on Starter a property sending pre-arrival and post-stay texts to a hundred bookings a month adds a meaningful and variable cost.
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
Sirvoy
Free- FreeFree
- One unit only
- Booking engine
- Free hosted website
- Starter$11/month
- Multiple rooms
- Invoicing
- 24/7 support
- Pro$41/month
- Everything in Starter
- Channel manager for Booking.com, Airbnb and Expedia
- Guest history
Which should you pick?
Choose Apaleo if
- You need open rest api.
- You work on Web, API.
- You also want apaleo store.
Choose Sirvoy if
- You need commission-free booking engine.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want channel manager.
Questions people ask
- Is Apaleo or Sirvoy better?
- Neither clearly leads. Apaleo starts at €8/month and Sirvoy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Apaleo or Sirvoy?
- Sirvoy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at €8/month for Apaleo and Free for Sirvoy.
- Does Apaleo or Sirvoy run on more platforms?
- Apaleo runs on Web, API. Sirvoy runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- Can I use Sirvoy for free?
- Yes. Sirvoy 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 Sirvoy is typically brought in for.
- What can Apaleo do that Sirvoy cannot?
- Apaleo covers Open REST API, Apaleo Store, Multi-property inventory, Apaleo Pay. Sirvoy covers Commission-free booking engine, Channel manager, Hosted website, Guest correspondence.
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.
Sirvoy: Does the cheapest paid plan connect to Booking.com?
No. Channel management starts on the Pro plan, at roughly four times the Starter price.
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.
Sirvoy: Does Sirvoy take commission on direct bookings?
No. Direct bookings through its engine carry no Sirvoy commission, which is the main financial argument for adopting it.
Apaleo: Does it include a channel manager?
No. You connect one from the Store, such as SiteMinder, and pay that vendor separately.
Sirvoy: Is there a contract?
No written contract and no setup fee. Billing is monthly or annual, with about 8% off for paying yearly.
Apaleo: Can it run a full service hotel?
Only with additional systems. There is no native POS, spa or events module.
Sirvoy: What is the practical size limit?
It works well up to roughly thirty rooms. Beyond that the lack of revenue management and group handling starts to bite.
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