Travel · head to head
Boostly vs Little Hotelier
Boostly
Travel
Done-for-you direct booking websites and marketing coaching for short-term rental hosts
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Little Hotelier
Travel
SiteMinder owned front desk and distribution system for properties under twenty rooms
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Boostly the dominant cost is the one-off build fee, which is quoted rather than published and typically runs into the thousands, so the monthly figure hosts quote to each other badly understates the commitment.; Little Hotelier the product is capped by design at small properties, so a hotel growing past roughly twenty rooms faces a migration rather than an upgrade, usually into SiteMinder plus a separate PMS.
- They diverge on capability: Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Boostly and Little Hotelier actually diverge.
| Attribute | Boostly | Little Hotelier |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Web | Web, iOS, Android |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), 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 Boostly
- Custom WordPress site
- PMS booking widget
- Direct card payments
- Marketing curriculum
- Host community
- Email capture and nurture
- SEO groundwork
- Podcast and content library
Only in Little Hotelier
- Simplified front desk
- Channel management
- Direct booking engine
- Payments
- Mobile app
- Guest communication
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Boostly
- A manager with twenty holiday lets who wants to cut OTA commission on repeat guestsnot Little Hotelier
- An owner with a strong local brand in a destination where Airbnb visibility is expensivenot Little Hotelier
- A host who already runs Hostaway and needs a marketing front end rather than another PMSnot Little Hotelier
- An operator building an email list of past guests to drive off-season occupancynot Little Hotelier
Little Hotelier
- A ten room guesthouse where the owner works reception and wants OTA sync without a separate channel manager contractnot Boostly
- A hostel needing reliable Booking.com and Hostelworld connectivity more than deep property management featuresnot Boostly
- A rural B and B replacing a spreadsheet and manual OTA extranet updatesnot Boostly
- A small property already comfortable with SiteMinder support and wanting one bill for distribution and front desknot Boostly
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Boostly
- The dominant cost is the one-off build fee, which is quoted rather than published and typically runs into the thousands, so the monthly figure hosts quote to each other badly understates the commitment.
- It is a website and a marketing programme, not a property management system; you still need and still pay for a PMS underneath it.
- Results depend entirely on your own effort producing content and email, and a site with no traffic strategy produces no direct bookings regardless of how well it is built.
- The build is WordPress, which means plugin updates, hosting decisions and the security exposure that comes with the platform, all of which land on you or on a paid maintenance arrangement.
- Coaching and community are a large share of what you pay for, which is poor value for an operator who already has marketing capability and only wants the booking site.
Little Hotelier
- The product is capped by design at small properties, so a hotel growing past roughly twenty rooms faces a migration rather than an upgrade, usually into SiteMinder plus a separate PMS.
- Reporting is limited to basic occupancy and revenue summaries, which leaves owners exporting to a spreadsheet for anything an accountant or lender asks for.
- Rate and package logic is simple, so properties with seasonal packages, meal plans or complex tax handling end up adjusting rates manually.
- The non-distribution integration list is short, so accounting, door lock, POS or CRM tools outside the small supported set have to be handled by rekeying data.
- Pricing is banded by room count and paid monthly per property, so an operator with three small properties pays three subscriptions with no consolidated view worth the name.
Pricing, plan by plan
Boostly
On request- Boostly direct booking website$undefined/year
- One-off build and setup fee quoted per customer, commonly in the low thousands
- Ongoing platform and support subscription billed monthly or annually
- Marketing programme and community access included
Little Hotelier
On request- Little Hotelier$undefined/month
- Monthly subscription banded by number of rooms
- Booking engine and channel manager included
- Card processing charged per transaction
Which should you pick?
Choose Little Hotelier if
- You need simplified front desk.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want channel management.
Questions people ask
- Is Boostly or Little Hotelier better?
- Neither clearly leads. Boostly starts at On request and Little Hotelier at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Boostly or Little Hotelier?
- Boostly starts at On request and Little Hotelier at On request.
- Does Boostly or Little Hotelier run on more platforms?
- Boostly runs on Web. Little Hotelier runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- What is Boostly best used for?
- Boostly is most often used for a manager with twenty holiday lets who wants to cut ota commission on repeat guests, an owner with a strong local brand in a destination where airbnb visibility is expensive, a host who already runs hostaway and needs a marketing front end rather than another pms, an operator building an email list of past guests to drive off-season occupancy. Of those, a manager with twenty holiday lets who wants to cut ota commission on repeat guests and an owner with a strong local brand in a destination where airbnb visibility is expensive are not what Little Hotelier is typically brought in for.
- What can Boostly do that Little Hotelier cannot?
- Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, PMS booking widget, Direct card payments, Marketing curriculum. Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk, Channel management, Direct booking engine, Payments.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Boostly: Is Boostly a property management system?
No. It builds direct booking websites and teaches marketing. Your PMS stays where it is and Boostly plugs into it.
Little Hotelier: Who owns Little Hotelier?
SiteMinder. It is the small property product line of the same company that sells the SiteMinder channel manager.
Boostly: What does it actually cost?
Pricing is not published. The structure is a substantial one-off build fee, commonly quoted in the low thousands of US dollars, plus a smaller ongoing subscription.
Little Hotelier: What happens when the property outgrows it?
Most operators move to a fuller PMS and keep SiteMinder for distribution. Expect a data migration rather than a plan change.
Boostly: Do I own the website?
It is built on WordPress, so unlike a closed platform site you retain something transferable, though moving it off Boostly means taking on hosting and maintenance yourself.
Little Hotelier: Does it include a channel manager?
Yes, built on the SiteMinder network, which is the main reason to choose it over other small property tools.
Boostly: Will it replace Airbnb bookings?
Only to the extent you drive traffic to it. The site converts demand you generate; it does not create demand on its own.
Little Hotelier: Can one login manage several properties?
Each property is a separate subscription and the multi-property view is thin, so operators of more than two or three properties usually look elsewhere.
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