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Beds24 vs Travelport Smartpoint

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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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Travelport Smartpoint

Travel

Travelport GDS booking desktop for travel agents, now on version 12

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.; Travelport Smartpoint travelport retires older Smartpoint versions on its own schedule, and agencies that do not track release notes can lose sign-on access to Travelport+ or Apollo with little warning.
  • They diverge on capability: Beds24 covers Broad channel connections, Travelport Smartpoint covers Graphical and cryptic modes.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Beds24 and Travelport Smartpoint actually diverge.

Attributes where Beds24 and Travelport Smartpoint differ
AttributeBeds24Travelport Smartpoint
Starting price€15.9/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by property and unit countquote
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWindows, 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 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 Travelport Smartpoint

  • Graphical and cryptic modes
  • Multi-GDS content
  • Smartpoint Cloud
  • Automation scripting
  • Marketplace distribution
  • Queue and PNR management

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 Travelport Smartpoint
  • A hostel needing Hostelworld and dorm-level bed inventory alongside the major OTAsnot Travelport Smartpoint
  • A developer building a custom guest app on top of a booking system with an open APInot Travelport Smartpoint
  • An owner with unusual rate logic, such as per-person pricing or seasonal minimum stays, that packaged tools cannot expressnot Travelport Smartpoint

Travelport Smartpoint

  • A retail agency already on a Travelport segment agreement needing the current supported desktop versionnot Beds24
  • A TMC running mixed cryptic and graphical booking teams on one workspacenot Beds24
  • An agency migrating from an older Smartpoint build after Travelport retired 8.1 to 9.1not Beds24
  • A consolidator wanting Apollo, Galileo or Worldspan content behind a single agent interfacenot 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.

Travelport Smartpoint

  • Travelport retires older Smartpoint versions on its own schedule, and agencies that do not track release notes can lose sign-on access to Travelport+ or Apollo with little warning.
  • Pricing is never published and is folded into a segment incentive agreement, so two agencies of similar size can be paying materially different effective rates with no way to compare.
  • Cryptic command knowledge is still needed for a meaningful share of servicing tasks, so a newly hired agent takes months to reach full productivity.
  • It is a Windows-weighted desktop product, and agencies wanting fully remote or Mac-based teams need Smartpoint Cloud or virtual desktop infrastructure to compensate.
  • Switching to Sabre or Amadeus means retraining staff on a different command language and renegotiating a separate incentive deal, which locks agencies into their existing GDS relationship longer than pure product quality would justify.

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

Travelport Smartpoint

On request
  • Travelport Smartpoint$undefined/year
    • Usually bundled into a GDS segment agreement
    • Distribution and version entitlement managed per country via the Marketplace
    • Segment incentive payments to the agency

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 Travelport Smartpoint if

  • You need graphical and cryptic modes.
  • You work on Windows, Web.
  • You also want multi-gds content.
Travelport Smartpoint review

Questions people ask

Is Beds24 or Travelport Smartpoint better?
Neither clearly leads. Beds24 starts at €15.9/month and Travelport Smartpoint at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Beds24 or Travelport Smartpoint?
Beds24 starts at €15.9/month and Travelport Smartpoint at On request.
Does Beds24 or Travelport Smartpoint run on more platforms?
Beds24 runs on Web, iOS, Android. Travelport Smartpoint runs on Windows, 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 Travelport Smartpoint is typically brought in for.
What can Beds24 do that Travelport Smartpoint cannot?
Beds24 covers Broad channel connections, Customisable booking page, Rate and availability rules, Automated messaging. Travelport Smartpoint covers Graphical and cryptic modes, Multi-GDS content, Smartpoint Cloud, Automation scripting.

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.

Travelport Smartpoint: Do we pay a separate licence fee for Smartpoint?

Usually not directly. It is typically bundled into a GDS segment agreement in which Travelport pays incentives per booked segment.

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.

Travelport Smartpoint: What happened to older Smartpoint versions?

Travelport retired versions 8.1 through 9.1 as of 30 April 2026; agencies must be on Smartpoint 12.0 to keep signing on to Travelport+ or Apollo.

Beds24: Does it include dynamic pricing?

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

Travelport Smartpoint: Is there a browser version?

Yes, Smartpoint Cloud runs in a browser for agents without a managed Windows desktop.

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.

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