Travel · head to head
Apaleo vs ThinkReservations
Apaleo
Travel
API-first hotel property management platform sold per room with a monthly floor
- From
- €8/month
- Rated
- -
ThinkReservations
Travel
Property management and booking system for North American inns, B&Bs and small hotels
- 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.; ThinkReservations no pricing is published anywhere, so you cannot compare it against Cloudbeds or Little Hotelier without first sitting through a sales call and extracting a quote.
- They diverge on capability: Apaleo covers Open REST API, ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Apaleo and ThinkReservations actually diverge.
| Attribute | Apaleo | ThinkReservations |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | €8/month | On request |
| Pricing model | Per room per month | quote |
| Platforms | Web, API | Web |
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 ThinkReservations
- Reservation calendar
- Direct booking engine
- Channel management
- Integrated payments
- Yield rules
- Reporting
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 ThinkReservations
- A European hotel group standardising twenty properties on one system with central rate management and DATEV-ready accounting exportsnot ThinkReservations
- 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 ThinkReservations
- A revenue team that wants to plug Duetto or IDeaS into live inventory without paying a per-connection interface feenot ThinkReservations
ThinkReservations
- A fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled nativelynot Apaleo
- A B&B selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the bookingnot Apaleo
- An owner of three small New England properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reportingnot Apaleo
- A campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus OTA distribution without buying a separate channel managernot 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.
ThinkReservations
- No pricing is published anywhere, so you cannot compare it against Cloudbeds or Little Hotelier without first sitting through a sales call and extracting a quote.
- The product is built for North American operations, so European tax handling, guest registration requirements and local OTA mix are not supported and it is effectively unsellable outside the region.
- There is no revenue management or dynamic pricing, so rates rely on manual seasonal and day of week rules that go stale unless someone actively maintains them.
- Payment processing is bundled, which is convenient but means the effective card rate is negotiated inside a software deal rather than shopped separately, and operators rarely check it against a standalone merchant account.
- There is no native point of sale, spa or restaurant module, so an inn with a dining room runs a second system and reconciles revenue by hand.
Pricing, plan by plan
Apaleo
€8/month- Apaleo Platform$8/month
- €8 per room per month
- Minimum €400 per month regardless of room count
- All APIs included at no extra cost
ThinkReservations
On request- ThinkReservations$undefined/month
- Property management system
- Direct booking engine
- Channel management to major OTAs
Which should you pick?
Choose Apaleo if
- You need open rest api.
- You work on Web, API.
- You also want apaleo store.
Choose ThinkReservations if
- You need reservation calendar.
- You also want direct booking engine.
Questions people ask
- Is Apaleo or ThinkReservations better?
- Neither clearly leads. Apaleo starts at €8/month and ThinkReservations at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Apaleo or ThinkReservations?
- Apaleo starts at €8/month and ThinkReservations at On request.
- Does Apaleo or ThinkReservations run on more platforms?
- Apaleo runs on Web, API. ThinkReservations runs on Web.
- 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 ThinkReservations is typically brought in for.
- What can Apaleo do that ThinkReservations cannot?
- Apaleo covers Open REST API, Apaleo Store, Multi-property inventory, Apaleo Pay. ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, Direct booking engine, Channel management, Integrated payments.
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.
ThinkReservations: How much does ThinkReservations cost?
It is not published. Pricing is quoted per property, generally scaled by room count, after a sales conversation.
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.
ThinkReservations: Is the channel manager an extra subscription?
No. OTA connectivity is part of the platform rather than a separately priced module, which is the main saving against a PMS plus channel manager pairing.
Apaleo: Does it include a channel manager?
No. You connect one from the Store, such as SiteMinder, and pay that vendor separately.
ThinkReservations: Does it work outside the United States?
In practice no. Tax, payments and support are built around North America.
Apaleo: Can it run a full service hotel?
Only with additional systems. There is no native POS, spa or events module.
ThinkReservations: Can it handle more than one property?
Yes, small portfolios are supported, but it is designed for a handful of properties rather than dozens.
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