Travel · head to head
Clock PMS+ vs Lodgify
Clock PMS+
Travel
All-inclusive cloud hotel PMS priced on annual revenue rather than per room
- From
- €517/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: Clock PMS+ pricing on annual net revenue means a high-ADR boutique pays materially more than a budget property with the same room count, which is a bad deal for exactly the operators with the strongest performance.; 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: Clock PMS+ covers All-inclusive modules, Lodgify covers Website builder.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Clock PMS+ and Lodgify actually diverge.
| Attribute | Clock PMS+ | Lodgify |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | €517/month | $16/month |
| Pricing model | Per month by annual net revenue and room count | Per month by property count and plan |
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 Clock PMS+
- All-inclusive modules
- Guest self service portal
- Events and banqueting
- Point of sale
- Channel connectivity
- Revenue-based tiering
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.
Clock PMS+
- An independent hotel with a restaurant that wants POS posting to the folio without buying and integrating a second systemnot Lodgify
- A conference-heavy property needing banqueting and function space billing inside the PMSnot Lodgify
- A budget or low-ADR property that pays less under revenue-based tiering than it would under per room pricingnot Lodgify
- A hotel replacing an on-premise legacy system that wants online check-in included rather than as a paid add-onnot Lodgify
Lodgify
- An owner with three holiday cottages who wants a branded site to cut Airbnb commissionnot Clock PMS+
- A manager consolidating Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com calendars to stop double bookingsnot Clock PMS+
- A rural property with weak OTA visibility that relies on repeat direct guestsnot Clock PMS+
- A host adding rental agreements and deposit collection to bookings taken off-platformnot Clock PMS+
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Clock PMS+
- Pricing on annual net revenue means a high-ADR boutique pays materially more than a budget property with the same room count, which is a bad deal for exactly the operators with the strongest performance.
- The onboarding fee of 1,650 to 3,900 euros is a real first-year cost that the monthly figure hides, and it applies before the system is producing any value.
- The all-inclusive claim has exceptions: OTA channel connections, extra rate mappings and private analytics are all charged separately on top.
- Contracts are annual with tier reassessment at year end, so a good trading year raises next year subscription automatically unless renegotiated.
- Market presence is concentrated in Europe and the vendor is small relative to Oracle or Mews, which means a thinner integration ecosystem and more dependence on the vendor for anything bespoke.
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
Clock PMS+
€517/month- Clock PMS+$517/month
- Example rate for a 40 room hotel with 1.9 million euros annual revenue
- Tier set by annual net revenue and room count
- PMS, booking engine, POS, messaging and online check-in included
- Add-ons$10/month
- OTA connections via RoomCloud at 10 euros per channel per month, maximum ten
- Extra 50 rate mappings at 50 euros per month
- Private analytics at 50 euros per month
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 Clock PMS+ if
- You need all-inclusive modules.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want guest self service portal.
Choose Lodgify if
- You need website builder.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want channel manager.
Questions people ask
- Is Clock PMS+ or Lodgify better?
- Neither clearly leads. Clock PMS+ starts at €517/month and Lodgify at $16/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Clock PMS+ or Lodgify?
- Clock PMS+ starts at €517/month and Lodgify at $16/month.
- Does Clock PMS+ or Lodgify run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Clock PMS+ best used for?
- Clock PMS+ is most often used for an independent hotel with a restaurant that wants pos posting to the folio without buying and integrating a second system, a conference-heavy property needing banqueting and function space billing inside the pms, a budget or low-adr property that pays less under revenue-based tiering than it would under per room pricing, a hotel replacing an on-premise legacy system that wants online check-in included rather than as a paid add-on. Of those, an independent hotel with a restaurant that wants pos posting to the folio without buying and integrating a second system and a conference-heavy property needing banqueting and function space billing inside the pms are not what Lodgify is typically brought in for.
- What can Clock PMS+ do that Lodgify cannot?
- Clock PMS+ covers All-inclusive modules, Guest self service portal, Events and banqueting, Point of sale. Lodgify covers Website builder, Channel manager, Booking engine, Unified inbox.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Clock PMS+: How is Clock PMS+ priced?
By tier, set from annual net revenue and room count. A 40 room hotel with 1.9 million euros of revenue sits around 517 euros a month.
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.
Clock PMS+: Is there a setup fee?
Yes, onboarding runs roughly 1,650 to 3,900 euros depending on plan.
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.
Clock PMS+: Is the channel manager included?
No. OTA connections come through RoomCloud at 10 euros per channel per month, up to ten channels.
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.
Clock PMS+: Does it include point of sale?
Yes, POS posting to the guest folio is in the base subscription, which is unusual at this price point.
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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