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Hotelogix vs Kayak

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Hotelogix

Travel

Cloud property management system priced per room for small and mid-sized independent hotels

From
$7.99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Kayak

Travel

Travel search app comparing flights, hotels and car hire across other booking sites, owned by Booking Holdings

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Kayak has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Hotelogix the advertised per-room rate covers the PMS only; the channel manager and accounting connector are separate per-room subscriptions with their own monthly minimums, so a small hotel budgeting from the headline number will underestimate the bill.; Kayak it is owned by Booking Holdings, the same parent as Booking.com and Priceline, so its comparison results are not fully independent of its own group's commercial interests.
  • They diverge on capability: Hotelogix covers Front desk grid, Kayak covers Flight, hotel and car comparison.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hotelogix and Kayak actually diverge.

Attributes where Hotelogix and Kayak differ
AttributeHotelogixKayak
Starting price$7.99/monthFree
Pricing modelPer room per monthFree to users, revenue from referral commissions and advertising
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidiOS, Android, Web

Identical on both: 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 Hotelogix

  • Front desk grid
  • Multi-outlet POS
  • Channel manager
  • Web booking engine
  • Group and corporate bookings
  • Night audit
  • Multi-property view
  • Housekeeping module

Only in Kayak

  • Flight, hotel and car comparison
  • Price alerts
  • Price prediction
  • Flexible date search
  • Trip planning tools
  • Explore/anywhere search

What people use each for

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

Hotelogix

  • A forty-room independent hotel in India replacing spreadsheets and a legacy Windows PMS without a large upfront licencenot Kayak
  • A resort that needs restaurant and spa charges posted to the room folio from separate outletsnot Kayak
  • A small chain of three properties wanting one dashboard without moving to an enterprise systemnot Kayak
  • A hotel with a heavy corporate account book needing negotiated rate plans and agency billingnot Kayak

Kayak

  • Comparing flight prices across multiple airlines and booking sites before purchasingnot Hotelogix
  • Setting a price alert to buy a flight or hotel once the price dropsnot Hotelogix
  • Searching flexible dates or nearby airports to find a cheaper farenot Hotelogix
  • Comparing car hire prices across rental companies for a tripnot Hotelogix

Where each one falls short

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

Hotelogix

  • The advertised per-room rate covers the PMS only; the channel manager and accounting connector are separate per-room subscriptions with their own monthly minimums, so a small hotel budgeting from the headline number will underestimate the bill.
  • Each additional third-party interface, such as a door lock or a payment terminal, is billed as its own monthly fee, which makes an integrated stack expensive to assemble at a property that wants several connections.
  • Multi-property and enterprise pricing is not published, so a growing group cannot compare Hotelogix against alternatives without entering a sales process.
  • The user interface is dated next to Mews or Cloudbeds, and staff coming from a modern consumer app typically need more training time on the tape chart and folio screens.
  • Support quality varies by region and depends heavily on the local reseller rather than on the vendor directly, so response times in markets without a partner presence are inconsistent.

Kayak

  • It is owned by Booking Holdings, the same parent as Booking.com and Priceline, so its comparison results are not fully independent of its own group's commercial interests.
  • Some airlines opt out of listing on metasearch sites entirely, so Kayak's results are not a complete view of every available fare in the market.
  • Revenue comes from referral commissions, and prominence in results can be influenced by which suppliers pay Kayak more, not purely by lowest price.
  • The actual booking typically completes on a third party site, so problems with a booking, cancellation or refund are handled by that site's customer service, not Kayak's.
  • Displayed prices can change or fail to match by the time a user reaches the booking site, since Kayak is not always querying live inventory in real time for every listed fare.

Pricing, plan by plan

Hotelogix

$7.99/month
  • Premium$7.99/month
    • Per room per month
    • Front desk and reservations
    • Housekeeping
  • Premium Plus$11.99/month
    • Per room per month
    • Point of sale outlets
    • Group and corporate bookings
  • Platinum$17.99/month
    • Per room per month
    • Multi-property dashboard
    • Priority support
  • Distribution add-on$undefined/month
    • About 1 USD per room per month for the channel manager
    • Roughly 25 USD monthly minimum
    • Charged on top of the PMS tier

Kayak

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited search and price alerts
    • No subscription tier

Which should you pick?

Choose Hotelogix if

  • You need front desk grid.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want multi-outlet pos.
Hotelogix review

Choose Kayak if

  • You need flight, hotel and car comparison.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on iOS, Android, Web.
  • You also want price alerts.
Kayak review

Questions people ask

Is Hotelogix or Kayak better?
Neither clearly leads. Hotelogix starts at $7.99/month and Kayak at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hotelogix or Kayak?
Kayak has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $7.99/month for Hotelogix and Free for Kayak.
Does Hotelogix or Kayak run on more platforms?
Hotelogix runs on Web, iOS, Android. Kayak runs on iOS, Android, Web.
Can I use Kayak for free?
Yes. Kayak has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Hotelogix starts at $7.99/month.
What is Hotelogix best used for?
Hotelogix is most often used for a forty-room independent hotel in india replacing spreadsheets and a legacy windows pms without a large upfront licence, a resort that needs restaurant and spa charges posted to the room folio from separate outlets, a small chain of three properties wanting one dashboard without moving to an enterprise system, a hotel with a heavy corporate account book needing negotiated rate plans and agency billing. Of those, a forty-room independent hotel in india replacing spreadsheets and a legacy windows pms without a large upfront licence and a resort that needs restaurant and spa charges posted to the room folio from separate outlets are not what Kayak is typically brought in for.
What can Hotelogix do that Kayak cannot?
Hotelogix covers Front desk grid, Multi-outlet POS, Channel manager, Web booking engine. Kayak covers Flight, hotel and car comparison, Price alerts, Price prediction, Flexible date search.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Hotelogix: What does Hotelogix actually cost for a thirty-room hotel?

The core PMS at the entry tier is around 240 US dollars a month at 7.99 per room, but adding the channel manager at about 1 dollar per room with a 25 dollar floor and any interface fees typically pushes the real figure past 300 dollars.

Kayak: Does Kayak charge a booking fee?

No, Kayak itself is free to use; it earns referral commissions from the airlines, hotels and sites it sends bookings to.

Hotelogix: Is the channel manager included?

No. Distribution is a paid add-on charged per room per month on top of whichever PMS tier you are on.

Kayak: Do I book directly through Kayak?

Usually the booking completes on the airline, hotel or travel site's own platform after Kayak hands off the click, though some direct booking options exist for select content.

Hotelogix: Does Hotelogix take commission on direct bookings?

No. The booking engine does not charge a per-reservation commission; you pay only the subscription and your own payment processing.

Kayak: Is Kayak owned by an airline or hotel chain?

No, it is owned by Booking Holdings, which also owns Booking.com, Priceline and Agoda.

Hotelogix: Is it suitable for a hotel group?

It has a multi-property dashboard, but group pricing is quoted rather than published and larger chains generally shortlist Opera or Mews instead.

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