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Beds24 vs ThinkReservations

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Beds24

Travel

Low-cost, highly configurable channel manager and booking system for technical operators

From
€15.9/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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ThinkReservations

Travel

Property management and booking system for North American inns, B&Bs and small hotels

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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.; 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: Beds24 covers Broad channel connections, ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Beds24 and ThinkReservations actually diverge.

Attributes where Beds24 and ThinkReservations differ
AttributeBeds24ThinkReservations
Starting price€15.9/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by property and unit countquote
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb

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 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 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.

Beds24

  • A twenty-unit apartment operator who wants multi-channel distribution for under fifty euros a monthnot ThinkReservations
  • A hostel needing Hostelworld and dorm-level bed inventory alongside the major OTAsnot ThinkReservations
  • A developer building a custom guest app on top of a booking system with an open APInot ThinkReservations
  • An owner with unusual rate logic, such as per-person pricing or seasonal minimum stays, that packaged tools cannot expressnot ThinkReservations

ThinkReservations

  • A fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled nativelynot Beds24
  • A B&B selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the bookingnot Beds24
  • An owner of three small New England properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reportingnot Beds24
  • A campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus OTA distribution without buying a separate channel managernot 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.

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

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

ThinkReservations

On request
  • ThinkReservations$undefined/month
    • Property management system
    • Direct booking engine
    • Channel management to major OTAs

Which should you pick?

Choose Beds24 if

  • You need broad channel connections.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want customisable booking page.
Beds24 review

Choose ThinkReservations if

  • You need reservation calendar.
  • You also want direct booking engine.
ThinkReservations review

Questions people ask

Is Beds24 or ThinkReservations better?
Neither clearly leads. Beds24 starts at €15.9/month and ThinkReservations at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Beds24 or ThinkReservations?
Beds24 starts at €15.9/month and ThinkReservations at On request.
Does Beds24 or ThinkReservations run on more platforms?
Beds24 runs on Web, iOS, Android. ThinkReservations runs on Web.
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 ThinkReservations is typically brought in for.
What can Beds24 do that ThinkReservations cannot?
Beds24 covers Broad channel connections, Customisable booking page, Rate and availability rules, Automated messaging. ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, Direct booking engine, Channel management, Integrated payments.

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.

ThinkReservations: How much does ThinkReservations cost?

It is not published. Pricing is quoted per property, generally scaled by room count, after a sales conversation.

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.

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.

Beds24: Does it include dynamic pricing?

No. You connect PriceLabs or a similar tool, which is an additional subscription.

ThinkReservations: Does it work outside the United States?

In practice no. Tax, payments and support are built around North America.

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.

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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