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Lodgify vs Redeam

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Lodgify

Travel

Direct booking website builder and channel manager for vacation rental owners and small managers

From
$16/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Redeam

Travel

Channel management and ticket redemption connecting attractions to resellers

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 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.; 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: Lodgify covers Website builder, Redeam covers Reseller connectivity.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lodgify and Redeam actually diverge.

Attributes where Lodgify and Redeam differ
AttributeLodgifyRedeam
Starting price$16/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer month by property count and planquote
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, 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 Lodgify

  • Website builder
  • Channel manager
  • Booking engine
  • Unified inbox
  • Automated messaging
  • Rental agreements
  • Multi-calendar
  • Damage deposits

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.

Lodgify

  • An owner with three holiday cottages who wants a branded site to cut Airbnb commissionnot Redeam
  • A manager consolidating Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com calendars to stop double bookingsnot Redeam
  • A rural property with weak OTA visibility that relies on repeat direct guestsnot Redeam
  • A host adding rental agreements and deposit collection to bookings taken off-platformnot Redeam

Redeam

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

Where each one falls short

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

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.

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

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

Redeam

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

Which should you pick?

Choose Lodgify if

  • You need website builder.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want channel manager.
Lodgify review

Choose Redeam if

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

Questions people ask

Is Lodgify or Redeam better?
Neither clearly leads. Lodgify starts at $16/month and Redeam at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lodgify or Redeam?
Lodgify starts at $16/month and Redeam at On request.
Does Lodgify or Redeam run on more platforms?
Lodgify runs on Web, iOS, Android. Redeam runs on Web, API.
What is Lodgify best used for?
Lodgify is most often used for an owner with three holiday cottages who wants a branded site to cut airbnb commission, a manager consolidating airbnb, vrbo and booking.com calendars to stop double bookings, a rural property with weak ota visibility that relies on repeat direct guests, a host adding rental agreements and deposit collection to bookings taken off-platform. Of those, an owner with three holiday cottages who wants a branded site to cut airbnb commission and a manager consolidating airbnb, vrbo and booking.com calendars to stop double bookings are not what Redeam is typically brought in for.
What can Lodgify do that Redeam cannot?
Lodgify covers Website builder, Channel manager, Booking engine, Unified inbox. Redeam covers Reseller connectivity, Ticket redemption, Reconciliation reporting, Rate and availability sync.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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.

Redeam: Is Redeam a booking system?

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

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.

Redeam: What does it cost?

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

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.

Redeam: Do I still need a booking platform?

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

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.

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.

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