Travel · head to head
Chekin vs Lodgify
Chekin
Travel
Guest check-in, identity verification and police registration for European rentals
- From
- €3.95/month
- Rated
- -
Lodgify
Travel
Direct booking website builder and channel manager for vacation rental owners and small managers
- From
- $16/month
- 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.; Lodgify the 1.9 per cent booking fee on Starter and Professional applies to direct reservations, the exact bookings you built the site to win, so an owner turning over 200,000 dollars direct pays around 3,800 dollars a year on top of the subscription unless they move to Ultimate.
- They diverge on capability: Chekin covers Police and authority registration, Lodgify covers Website builder.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Chekin and Lodgify actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), 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 Lodgify
- Website builder
- Channel manager
- Booking engine
- Unified inbox
- Automated messaging
- Rental agreements
- Multi-calendar
- Damage deposits
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 Lodgify
- An Italian host needing Alloggiati Web submissions and city tourist tax collected from the guest rather than absorbednot Lodgify
- A property with no staffed reception issuing door codes only after identity documents have been verifiednot Lodgify
- An operator wanting damage deposits taken and released automatically instead of chasing bank transfersnot Lodgify
Lodgify
- An owner with three holiday cottages who wants a branded site to cut Airbnb commissionnot Chekin
- A manager consolidating Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com calendars to stop double bookingsnot Chekin
- A rural property with weak OTA visibility that relies on repeat direct guestsnot Chekin
- A host adding rental agreements and deposit collection to bookings taken off-platformnot 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.
Lodgify
- The 1.9 per cent booking fee on Starter and Professional applies to direct reservations, the exact bookings you built the site to win, so an owner turning over 200,000 dollars direct pays around 3,800 dollars a year on top of the subscription unless they move to Ultimate.
- Operations tooling is thin: there is no real housekeeping scheduling, task assignment or owner statement generation, so managers past roughly twenty units outgrow it.
- Prices shown are annual-commitment rates; paying monthly costs substantially more, which makes the headline figure misleading for anyone unwilling to commit for a year.
- The website templates are constrained, and heavy design customisation means editing within a narrow theme system rather than having real control over layout or markup.
- Payment processing is effectively tied to a small set of gateways, so operators in markets without local acquiring support may struggle to take payments in their own currency without extra cost.
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
Lodgify
$16/month- Starter$16/month
- Billed annually, higher month to month
- Website builder and booking engine
- Channel manager
- Professional$42/month
- Billed annually
- Payment automation
- More integrations and higher limits
- Ultimate$103/month
- Billed annually
- No booking fee on direct reservations
- Priority support
Which should you pick?
Choose Chekin if
- You need police and authority registration.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want identity verification.
Choose Lodgify if
- You need website builder.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want channel manager.
Questions people ask
- Is Chekin or Lodgify better?
- Neither clearly leads. Chekin starts at €3.95/month and Lodgify at $16/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Chekin or Lodgify?
- Chekin starts at €3.95/month and Lodgify at $16/month.
- Does Chekin or Lodgify run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- 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 Lodgify is typically brought in for.
- What can Chekin do that Lodgify cannot?
- Chekin covers Police and authority registration, Identity verification, Tourist tax calculation, Self check-in and digital keys. Lodgify covers Website builder, Channel manager, Booking engine, Unified inbox.
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.
Lodgify: Does Lodgify charge commission on direct bookings?
Yes on the two lower tiers. Starter and Professional take 1.9 per cent of each direct booking; the Ultimate plan removes it.
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.
Lodgify: At what point is Ultimate cheaper than Professional?
Roughly once your direct booking revenue passes about 38,000 dollars a year, at which point the 1.9 per cent fee exceeds the price difference between the plans.
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.
Lodgify: Is Lodgify a full property management system?
No. It is a website, booking engine and channel manager. Housekeeping, task management and owner accounting are largely absent.
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.
Lodgify: Can it run a hotel?
It is designed for whole-unit vacation rentals. Room-level hotel inventory, folios and night audit are not part of the product.
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