Is Hostfully or Redeam better?

Neither clearly leads. Hostfully starts at $15/month and Redeam at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Hostfully or Redeam?

Hostfully starts at $15/month and Redeam at On request.

Does Hostfully or Redeam run on more platforms?

Hostfully runs on Web, iOS, Android. Redeam runs on Web, API.

What is Hostfully best used for?

Hostfully is most often used for a manager with thirty units who wants channel sync, an owner portal and a direct booking site under one subscription, a host who only wants professional check-in and local recommendation guidebooks and will buy digital guidebooks without the pms, an operator pushing guests towards direct bookings who needs the pro tier because the growth tier taxes exactly that revenue, a property manager onboarding third-party owners who need visible reporting on their own units. Of those, a manager with thirty units who wants channel sync, an owner portal and a direct booking site under one subscription and a host who only wants professional check-in and local recommendation guidebooks and will buy digital guidebooks without the pms are not what Redeam is typically brought in for.

What can Hostfully do that Redeam cannot?

Hostfully covers Channel management, Digital Guidebooks, Owner portal, Direct booking engine. Redeam covers Reseller connectivity, Ticket redemption, Reconciliation reporting, Rate and availability sync.

Travel · head to head

Hostfully vs Redeam

Hostfully

Travel

Vacation rental property management platform with per-property pricing and digital guidebooks

From: $15/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Redeam

Travel

Channel management and ticket redemption connecting attractions to resellers

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Hostfully the advertised per property price excludes a platform fee that is not published anywhere on the pricing page, so no listed figure is a real monthly cost until sales quotes it.; Redeam pricing is not published, so budgeting requires a sales process and there is no way to sanity check the quote against a market rate.
They diverge on capability: Hostfully covers Channel management, Redeam covers Reseller connectivity.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hostfully and Redeam actually diverge.

Attributes where Hostfully and Redeam differ
Attribute	Hostfully	Redeam
Starting price	$15/month	On request
Pricing model	Per property per month	quote
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web, API

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 Hostfully

Channel management
Digital Guidebooks
Owner portal
Direct booking engine
Unified inbox
Pipeline and lead management

Only in Redeam

Reseller connectivity
Ticket redemption
Reconciliation reporting
Rate and availability sync
Distribution API
Offline channel support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Hostfully

A manager with thirty units who wants channel sync, an owner portal and a direct booking site under one subscriptionnot Redeam
A host who only wants professional check-in and local recommendation guidebooks and will buy Digital Guidebooks without the PMSnot Redeam
An operator pushing guests towards direct bookings who needs the Pro tier because the Growth tier taxes exactly that revenuenot Redeam
A property manager onboarding third-party owners who need visible reporting on their own unitsnot Redeam

Redeam

An attraction with fifteen reseller partners including offline tour desks that reconciles voucher sales by spreadsheet every monthnot Hostfully
A destination operator wanting one integration to reach many OTAs rather than building each connection separatelynot Hostfully
A gate operation needing to scan and validate vouchers issued by any channel without knowing in advance which onenot Hostfully
A business chasing revenue leakage from vouchers redeemed but never invoiced to the reselling partnernot Hostfully

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Hostfully

The advertised per property price excludes a platform fee that is not published anywhere on the pricing page, so no listed figure is a real monthly cost until sales quotes it.
The Growth tier charges 1% on payments and 0.85% on direct bookings, so the operators most focused on direct revenue are penalised on the cheaper plan and effectively forced to Pro.
Pricing is per property, so a portfolio of small low-revenue units pays the same per listing as high-revenue ones and studio-heavy portfolios carry a disproportionate cost.
Accounting is lighter than manager-grade competitors, with no full trust accounting, so client fund segregation has to be handled outside the platform.
Digital Guidebooks are sold and priced separately from the PMS, so the product Hostfully is best known for is an additional line on the invoice rather than part of the subscription.

Redeam

Pricing is not published, so budgeting requires a sales process and there is no way to sanity check the quote against a market rate.
It is not a booking engine, so you still pay for a reservation system alongside it and Redeam is an additional line rather than a replacement.
The value is proportional to the number of reseller relationships you have, so an operator with two OTA connections gains nothing over the channel manager in their existing platform.
Onboarding involves integrating both your reservation system and each partner, which is a project with dependencies on third parties you do not control.
The vendor is small relative to the OTAs it connects to, which means limited leverage when a major channel changes its API and connections need rework.

Pricing, plan by plan

Hostfully

$15/month

Growth$15/month
- 1 to 50 listings
- $15 per property per month plus a platform fee
- 1% payment gateway fee
Pro$25/month
- 1 to 199 listings
- $25 per property per month plus a platform fee
- No payment gateway fee
Enterprise$undefined/month
- 200 or more listings
- Custom volume pricing plus a platform fee
- Priority support

Redeam

On request

Redeam$undefined/year
- Reseller channel management
- Ticket validation and redemption
- Reconciliation reporting across partners

Which should you pick?

Choose Hostfully if

You need channel management.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want digital guidebooks.

Hostfully review

Choose Redeam if

You need reseller connectivity.
You work on Web, API.
You also want ticket redemption.

Redeam review

Questions people ask

Is Hostfully or Redeam better?: Neither clearly leads. Hostfully starts at $15/month and Redeam at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hostfully or Redeam?: Hostfully starts at $15/month and Redeam at On request.
Does Hostfully or Redeam run on more platforms?: Hostfully runs on Web, iOS, Android. Redeam runs on Web, API.
What is Hostfully best used for?: Hostfully is most often used for a manager with thirty units who wants channel sync, an owner portal and a direct booking site under one subscription, a host who only wants professional check-in and local recommendation guidebooks and will buy digital guidebooks without the pms, an operator pushing guests towards direct bookings who needs the pro tier because the growth tier taxes exactly that revenue, a property manager onboarding third-party owners who need visible reporting on their own units. Of those, a manager with thirty units who wants channel sync, an owner portal and a direct booking site under one subscription and a host who only wants professional check-in and local recommendation guidebooks and will buy digital guidebooks without the pms are not what Redeam is typically brought in for.
What can Hostfully do that Redeam cannot?: Hostfully covers Channel management, Digital Guidebooks, Owner portal, Direct booking engine. Redeam covers Reseller connectivity, Ticket redemption, Reconciliation reporting, Rate and availability sync.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Hostfully: What is the platform fee?

Hostfully does not publish it. Ask for the total monthly figure for your listing count in writing before comparing plans.

Redeam: Is Redeam a booking system?

No. It is connectivity, redemption and reconciliation between your reservation system and your resellers.

Hostfully: Which tier is cheaper in practice?

Pro, for anyone with real direct booking volume. Growth is $10 less per property but adds 1% on payments and 0.85% on direct bookings.

Redeam: What does it cost?

Not published. Expect quoting by transaction volume or number of connections.

Hostfully: Can I buy guidebooks alone?

Yes. Digital Guidebooks are priced separately and are commonly bought without the PMS.

Redeam: Do I still need a booking platform?

Yes. Redeam sits alongside FareHarbor, Bokun or your own system rather than replacing it.

Hostfully: Is there a minimum property count?

No stated minimum, but per property pricing plus a platform fee makes it uneconomic for one or two units.

Redeam: Does it handle offline resellers?

Yes, including pre-issued and paper vouchers from tour desks and agencies, which is the main reason operators buy it.

Hostfully vs Redeam

Hostfully

Redeam

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Hostfully

Only in Redeam

What people use each for

Hostfully

Redeam

Where each one falls short

Hostfully

Redeam

Pricing, plan by plan

Hostfully

Redeam

Which should you pick?

Choose Hostfully if

Choose Redeam if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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