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Boostly vs ThinkReservations

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Boostly

Travel

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

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On request
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ThinkReservations

Travel

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

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

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.; 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: Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Boostly and ThinkReservations actually diverge.

Attributes where Boostly and ThinkReservations differ
AttributeBoostlyThinkReservations

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web), 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 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.

Boostly

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

ThinkReservations

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

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

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

ThinkReservations

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

Which should you pick?

Choose Boostly if

  • You need custom wordpress site.
  • You also want pms booking widget.
Boostly review

Choose ThinkReservations if

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

Questions people ask

Is Boostly or ThinkReservations better?
Neither clearly leads. Boostly starts at On request and ThinkReservations at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Boostly or ThinkReservations?
Boostly starts at On request and ThinkReservations at On request.
Does Boostly or ThinkReservations run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
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 ThinkReservations is typically brought in for.
What can Boostly do that ThinkReservations cannot?
Boostly covers Custom WordPress site, PMS booking widget, Direct card payments, Marketing curriculum. ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, Direct booking engine, Channel management, 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.

ThinkReservations: How much does ThinkReservations cost?

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

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.

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.

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.

ThinkReservations: Does it work outside the United States?

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

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.

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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