Travel · head to head
Chekin vs Duetto
Chekin
Travel
Guest check-in, identity verification and police registration for European rentals
- From
- €3.95/month
- Rated
- -
Duetto
Travel
Cloud revenue management for hotels, casinos and multi-property groups
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Chekin there is a three unit minimum on the published plans, so a single-property host cannot buy the entry tier at the advertised rate.; Duetto nothing is published on price, and deals are typically annual per property licences on multi-year terms, so the real commitment is only visible after several sales meetings.
- They diverge on capability: Chekin covers Police and authority registration, Duetto covers Open pricing.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Chekin and Duetto actually diverge.
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 Chekin
- Police and authority registration
- Identity verification
- Tourist tax calculation
- Self check-in and digital keys
- Deposits and damage protection
- Upsells and branded guest app
Only in Duetto
- Open pricing
- Demand forecasting
- Group and business evaluation
- Guest value pricing
- Multi-property management
- Rate shopping integration
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Chekin
- A manager with twenty apartments in Barcelona who must file guest data with the Ministry of the Interior for every arrival and cannot do it manually at scalenot Duetto
- An Italian host needing Alloggiati Web submissions and city tourist tax collected from the guest rather than absorbednot Duetto
- A property with no staffed reception issuing door codes only after identity documents have been verifiednot Duetto
- An operator wanting damage deposits taken and released automatically instead of chasing bank transfersnot Duetto
Duetto
- A casino resort pricing room nights against total guest worth including gaming spend rather than room revenue alonenot Chekin
- A four hundred room city hotel wanting to raise transient retail rates without dragging negotiated corporate rates with themnot Chekin
- A management company standardising revenue strategy across twenty properties with central oversight and local overridenot Chekin
- A resort evaluating a large group enquiry against the transient demand it would displace on the same datesnot Chekin
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Chekin
- There is a three unit minimum on the published plans, so a single-property host cannot buy the entry tier at the advertised rate.
- The compliance value is regional; outside Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece there is often no authority integration to use and the product becomes an ordinary check-in form at a per property price.
- Transaction fees sit on almost every money-handling feature, including 1.5% plus EUR 0.99 on payments and 10% on unified inbox transactions, so the effective cost is far above the subscription for anyone using them.
- It is a layer on top of a PMS rather than a replacement, so you are paying a second per property subscription alongside your existing platform and reconciling two sources of guest data.
- Identity verification and self check-in sit behind the Premium tier and Premium only includes one premium feature, so an operator wanting both verification and digital keys must move to Enterprise.
Duetto
- Nothing is published on price, and deals are typically annual per property licences on multi-year terms, so the real commitment is only visible after several sales meetings.
- Implementation is a project involving data cleansing, PMS integration and configuration, and properties routinely take months to reach useful output, during which the licence is already being paid.
- The system requires a trained revenue manager to interpret and act on recommendations; a hotel without that function will not get value and would be better served by a rules-based tool.
- Value depends on clean historical and segmentation data from the PMS, and properties with inconsistent rate coding or short history get weaker forecasts with no easy remedy.
- It is priced and scoped for upper-midscale and above, so independent hotels under about a hundred rooms are typically outside the economic range regardless of how sophisticated their pricing needs are.
Pricing, plan by plan
Chekin
€3.95/month- Basic$3.95/month
- Minimum three units
- Online check-in and legal compliance filing
- Tourist taxes
- Premium$5.95/month
- Everything in Basic
- One premium feature of your choice
- Options: identity verification, self check-in and digital keys, branded guest app, digital guidebooks or e-invoicing
- Enterprise$7.95/month
- All premium features included
- Identity verification, self check-in, branded app, guidebooks, e-invoicing
- Custom pricing above volume thresholds
Duetto
On request- Duetto$undefined/year
- Pricing and forecasting applications
- Group and business evaluation
- Multi-property portfolio management
Which should you pick?
Choose Chekin if
- You need police and authority registration.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want identity verification.
Questions people ask
- Is Chekin or Duetto better?
- Neither clearly leads. Chekin starts at €3.95/month and Duetto at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Chekin or Duetto?
- Chekin starts at €3.95/month and Duetto at On request.
- Does Chekin or Duetto run on more platforms?
- Chekin runs on Web, iOS, Android. Duetto runs on Web.
- What is Chekin best used for?
- Chekin is most often used for a manager with twenty apartments in barcelona who must file guest data with the ministry of the interior for every arrival and cannot do it manually at scale, an italian host needing alloggiati web submissions and city tourist tax collected from the guest rather than absorbed, a property with no staffed reception issuing door codes only after identity documents have been verified, an operator wanting damage deposits taken and released automatically instead of chasing bank transfers. Of those, a manager with twenty apartments in barcelona who must file guest data with the ministry of the interior for every arrival and cannot do it manually at scale and an italian host needing alloggiati web submissions and city tourist tax collected from the guest rather than absorbed are not what Duetto is typically brought in for.
- What can Chekin do that Duetto cannot?
- Chekin covers Police and authority registration, Identity verification, Tourist tax calculation, Self check-in and digital keys. Duetto covers Open pricing, Demand forecasting, Group and business evaluation, Guest value pricing.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Chekin: Why would I buy this rather than use my PMS check-in form?
Because it files guest data with national police registration systems and calculates local tourist tax, which PMS check-in forms do not do.
Duetto: How much does Duetto cost?
Not published. Expect a per property annual licence scaled by room count, plus implementation, on a multi-year contract.
Chekin: What does it really cost?
From EUR 3.95 per property per month with a three unit minimum, plus 1.5% plus EUR 0.30 on deposits, 1.5% plus EUR 0.99 on payments, 1% on upsells and 10% on unified inbox transactions.
Duetto: What is open pricing?
Yielding each segment, channel and room type independently rather than moving one best available rate and deriving everything else from it.
Chekin: Does it work outside southern Europe?
The check-in, verification and key features do. The automated authority filing that justifies the price largely does not.
Duetto: Is it worth it for a small independent hotel?
Usually not. Below roughly a hundred rooms, and without a dedicated revenue manager, a simpler rules-based pricing tool is a better fit.
Chekin: Can I get both identity verification and digital keys on Premium?
No. Premium includes one premium feature. Both requires Enterprise at EUR 7.95 per property per month.
Duetto: How long does implementation take?
Months rather than weeks, driven mostly by PMS data quality and rate code cleanup.
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