Travel · head to head
Beds24 vs Shiji
Beds24
Travel
Low-cost, highly configurable channel manager and booking system for technical operators
- From
- €15.9/month
- Rated
- -
Shiji
Travel
Enterprise hospitality platform covering PMS, point of sale and payments, owned by a Chinese listed group
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Beds24 support is helpful on how to use the product but slow and thin on genuine defects, and the ticketing system does not accept screenshots or attachments properly, which makes reporting a real bug laborious.; Shiji chinese ownership and a Shenzhen listing raise data residency and supply chain questions that must be settled during procurement, and in United States government or defence-adjacent accounts they can end the evaluation outright.
- They diverge on capability: Beds24 covers Broad channel connections, Shiji covers Daylight PMS.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Beds24 and Shiji actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), 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 Beds24
- Broad channel connections
- Customisable booking page
- Rate and availability rules
- Automated messaging
- Open API
- Invoicing and payments
- Multi-property management
- Access control
Only in Shiji
- Daylight PMS
- Infrasys POS
- Payments
- Distribution
- Guest engagement
- Open API access
- Regional data centres
- Multi-language and multi-currency
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Beds24
- A twenty-unit apartment operator who wants multi-channel distribution for under fifty euros a monthnot Shiji
- A hostel needing Hostelworld and dorm-level bed inventory alongside the major OTAsnot Shiji
- A developer building a custom guest app on top of a booking system with an open APInot Shiji
- An owner with unusual rate logic, such as per-person pricing or seasonal minimum stays, that packaged tools cannot expressnot Shiji
Shiji
- An international luxury group replacing Opera across dozens of properties without moving to a small cloud vendornot Beds24
- A resort with a dozen restaurants and bars needing one point of sale across all outletsnot Beds24
- An Asia Pacific group requiring native multi-currency, multi-language operation across marketsnot Beds24
- A hotel company consolidating PMS, POS and payment onto a single vendor contractnot Beds24
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Beds24
- Support is helpful on how to use the product but slow and thin on genuine defects, and the ticketing system does not accept screenshots or attachments properly, which makes reporting a real bug laborious.
- There is no built-in dynamic pricing engine, so revenue management means paying separately for PriceLabs or an equivalent and accepting a second system to maintain.
- No website builder is included; the booking page is templated but a marketing site has to be built and hosted elsewhere.
- Initial configuration is genuinely difficult and largely self-serve, and operators regularly report days rather than hours to get channel mappings and rate rules correct.
- Housekeeping, task management, smart lock support and any hospitality CRM are absent or require third-party tools, so it is a distribution engine rather than an operations platform.
Shiji
- Chinese ownership and a Shenzhen listing raise data residency and supply chain questions that must be settled during procurement, and in United States government or defence-adjacent accounts they can end the evaluation outright.
- Pricing is entirely quoted with no published figures at any product level, so comparing Shiji against Oracle or Mews on cost requires a full sales engagement.
- The portfolio is partly assembled from acquisitions, and the degree of integration between products varies, so a group buying several Shiji modules should test the joins rather than assume them.
- Implementation timelines at enterprise scale run to many months and require interface development that is charged on top of licence, which is a substantial hidden budget line.
- It is not a realistic option below roughly the mid-scale group level; a single independent hotel will not get sensible pricing or attention.
Pricing, plan by plan
Beds24
€15.9/month- Single property$15.9/month
- One property with one rental unit
- Channel manager and booking page included
- All core features, no tier gating
- Additional property$undefined/month
- About EUR 3 per extra property added to the account
- Same full feature set
- No separate distribution charge
- Additional unit$undefined/month
- About EUR 1 per extra rental unit within a property
- Applies to multi-unit buildings and dorms
- No revenue share on bookings
Shiji
On request- Shiji Enterprise Platform$undefined/year
- Quoted per property and per portfolio
- PMS, POS and payments priced as separate lines
- Implementation and interface development charged separately
Which should you pick?
Choose Beds24 if
- You need broad channel connections.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want customisable booking page.
Choose Shiji if
- You need daylight pms.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want infrasys pos.
Questions people ask
- Is Beds24 or Shiji better?
- Neither clearly leads. Beds24 starts at €15.9/month and Shiji at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Beds24 or Shiji?
- Beds24 starts at €15.9/month and Shiji at On request.
- Does Beds24 or Shiji run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Beds24 best used for?
- Beds24 is most often used for a twenty-unit apartment operator who wants multi-channel distribution for under fifty euros a month, a hostel needing hostelworld and dorm-level bed inventory alongside the major otas, a developer building a custom guest app on top of a booking system with an open api, an owner with unusual rate logic, such as per-person pricing or seasonal minimum stays, that packaged tools cannot express. Of those, a twenty-unit apartment operator who wants multi-channel distribution for under fifty euros a month and a hostel needing hostelworld and dorm-level bed inventory alongside the major otas are not what Shiji is typically brought in for.
- What can Beds24 do that Shiji cannot?
- Beds24 covers Broad channel connections, Customisable booking page, Rate and availability rules, Automated messaging. Shiji covers Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, Payments, Distribution.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Beds24: Why is Beds24 so much cheaper than Lodgify or Uplisting?
Because it does not pay for onboarding, guided setup or a website builder. You configure it yourself from raw settings pages, and that labour is the difference.
Shiji: What do you actually buy from Shiji?
Most commonly Daylight PMS, Infrasys point of sale, or both, plus payments. The group name covers a wider portfolio than any one hotel purchases.
Beds24: Is the channel manager restricted on the cheap plan?
No. Unlike most competitors, Beds24 does not gate distribution behind a higher tier; the price scales with property and unit count rather than feature access.
Shiji: Does Chinese ownership matter?
It can. For United States government-adjacent business and some corporate accounts it triggers data residency and supply chain review, so raise it at the start of procurement rather than at contract stage.
Beds24: Does it include dynamic pricing?
No. You connect PriceLabs or a similar tool, which is an additional subscription.
Shiji: Is Shiji an alternative to Oracle Hospitality?
Yes, and that is largely its positioning at the enterprise end, particularly in international luxury groups where Infrasys already has deployment.
Beds24: Is there an API?
Yes, a documented REST API, and it is one of the main reasons technical operators pick Beds24 over packaged alternatives.
Shiji: Can a single hotel buy it?
In principle, but the commercial model, implementation cost and support structure assume a group, and small properties are better served elsewhere.
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