Is Boostly or Shiji better?

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

Which is cheaper, Boostly or Shiji?

Boostly starts at On request and Shiji at On request.

Does Boostly or Shiji run on more platforms?

Boostly runs on Web. Shiji 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 Shiji is typically brought in for.

What can Boostly do that Shiji cannot?

Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, PMS booking widget, Direct card payments, Marketing curriculum. Shiji covers Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, Payments, Distribution.

Travel · head to head

Boostly vs Shiji

Boostly

Travel

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

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Shiji

Travel

Enterprise hospitality platform covering PMS, point of sale and payments, owned by a Chinese listed group

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.; 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: Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, Shiji covers Daylight PMS.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Boostly and Shiji actually diverge.

Attributes where Boostly and Shiji differ
Attribute	Boostly	Shiji
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 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.

Boostly

A manager with twenty holiday lets who wants to cut OTA commission on repeat guestsnot Shiji
An owner with a strong local brand in a destination where Airbnb visibility is expensivenot Shiji
A host who already runs Hostaway and needs a marketing front end rather than another PMSnot Shiji
An operator building an email list of past guests to drive off-season occupancynot Shiji

Shiji

An international luxury group replacing Opera across dozens of properties without moving to a small cloud vendornot Boostly
A resort with a dozen restaurants and bars needing one point of sale across all outletsnot Boostly
An Asia Pacific group requiring native multi-currency, multi-language operation across marketsnot Boostly
A hotel company consolidating PMS, POS and payment onto a single vendor 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.

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

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

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 Boostly if

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

Boostly review

Choose Shiji if

You need daylight pms.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want infrasys pos.

Shiji review

Questions people ask

Is Boostly or Shiji better?: Neither clearly leads. Boostly starts at On request and Shiji at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Boostly or Shiji?: Boostly starts at On request and Shiji at On request.
Does Boostly or Shiji run on more platforms?: Boostly runs on Web. Shiji 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 Shiji is typically brought in for.
What can Boostly do that Shiji cannot?: Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, PMS booking widget, Direct card payments, Marketing curriculum. Shiji covers Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, Payments, Distribution.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Boostly vs Shiji

Boostly

Shiji

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Boostly

Only in Shiji

What people use each for

Boostly

Shiji

Where each one falls short

Boostly

Shiji

Pricing, plan by plan

Boostly

Shiji

Which should you pick?

Choose Boostly if

Choose Shiji if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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