Is Boostly or Protel better?

Neither clearly leads. Boostly starts at On request and Protel at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Boostly or Protel?

Boostly starts at On request and Protel at On request.

Does Boostly or Protel run on more platforms?

Boostly runs on Web. Protel runs on Web, Windows, 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 Protel is typically brought in for.

What can Boostly do that Protel cannot?

Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, PMS booking widget, Direct card payments, Marketing curriculum. Protel covers Front desk and reservations, Conference and banqueting, Cloud and on-premise editions, Integrated payments.

Travel · head to head

Boostly vs Protel

Boostly

Travel

Done-for-you direct booking websites and marketing coaching for short-term rental hosts

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Protel

Travel

German hotel property management system, now owned and sold by Planet

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

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.; Protel the vendor is now a payments company, so the economics of a deal run through card processing rates as much as software fees, and a hotel with good existing acquiring terms may lose more on processing than it saves on licence.
They diverge on capability: Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, Protel covers Front desk and reservations.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Boostly and Protel actually diverge.

Attributes where Boostly and Protel differ
Attribute	Boostly	Protel
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, 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 Protel

Front desk and reservations
Conference and banqueting
Cloud and on-premise editions
Integrated payments
Interface catalogue
Multi-property operation
Night audit and reporting
Tax-free shopping links

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 Protel
An owner with a strong local brand in a destination where Airbnb visibility is expensivenot Protel
A host who already runs Hostaway and needs a marketing front end rather than another PMSnot Protel
An operator building an email list of past guests to drive off-season occupancynot Protel

Protel

A German or Austrian hotel needing fiscal and tax compliance handled natively rather than bolted onnot Boostly
A property with substantial conference and banqueting business that a rooms-only PMS cannot handlenot Boostly
An existing Protel on-premise site deciding whether to move to the cloud edition or change vendornot Boostly
A group wanting PMS and card acquiring from one supplier under a single contractnot 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.

Protel

The vendor is now a payments company, so the economics of a deal run through card processing rates as much as software fees, and a hotel with good existing acquiring terms may lose more on processing than it saves on licence.
The Protel name persists on the product but the corporate identity has moved to Planet, which makes contract, support and roadmap ownership harder to pin down than it looks from the product page.
Hotels on the older on-premise edition face a migration to cloud that is a re-implementation rather than an upgrade, with the data and interface work that implies.
Nothing about pricing is published, so a buyer cannot benchmark against Mews or Cloudbeds without a full sales process.
Strength is concentrated in German-speaking Europe and the Middle East; support depth and partner ecosystem are noticeably thinner in North America and Asia Pacific.

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

Protel

On request

protel PMS by Planet$undefined/year
- Quoted per property, no published rate card
- Cloud and on-premise editions priced differently
- Payment processing rates negotiated alongside the software

Which should you pick?

Choose Boostly if

You need custom wordpress site.
You also want pms booking widget.

Boostly review

Choose Protel if

You need front desk and reservations.
You work on Web, Windows, iOS, Android.
You also want conference and banqueting.

Protel review

Questions people ask

Is Boostly or Protel better?: Neither clearly leads. Boostly starts at On request and Protel at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Boostly or Protel?: Boostly starts at On request and Protel at On request.
Does Boostly or Protel run on more platforms?: Boostly runs on Web. Protel runs on Web, Windows, 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 Protel is typically brought in for.
What can Boostly do that Protel cannot?: Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, PMS booking widget, Direct card payments, Marketing curriculum. Protel covers Front desk and reservations, Conference and banqueting, Cloud and on-premise editions, Integrated 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.

Protel: Can you still buy Protel?

Yes. Planet acquired it in December 2021 and continues to sell it as protel PMS, though the corporate branding is Planet.

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.

Protel: Why does the payments ownership matter?

Because the vendor earns on your card volume. Evaluate the processing rate alongside the software price rather than treating them as separate decisions.

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.

Protel: Is the on-premise edition still supported?

It remains in the field with a large installed base, but new investment is directed at the cloud edition, so ask for an explicit support horizon in writing.

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.

Protel: Where is Protel strongest?

German-speaking Europe and the Middle East, where its interface catalogue and fiscal compliance are deepest.

Boostly vs Protel

Boostly

Protel

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Boostly

Only in Protel

What people use each for

Boostly

Protel

Where each one falls short

Boostly

Protel

Pricing, plan by plan

Boostly

Protel

Which should you pick?

Choose Boostly if

Choose Protel if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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