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Lodgify vs Wheelhouse

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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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Wheelhouse

Travel

Dynamic pricing and market data for short-term rental operators

From
$19.99/month
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.; Wheelhouse the two plans cross over at roughly $2,000 of monthly booking revenue per listing, and Wheelhouse does not flag which plan is cheaper for you, so most users are on the wrong one.
  • They diverge on capability: Lodgify covers Website builder, Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lodgify and Wheelhouse actually diverge.

Attributes where Lodgify and Wheelhouse differ
AttributeLodgifyWheelhouse
Starting price$16/month$19.99/month
Pricing modelPer month by property count and planPer listing per month or percentage of revenue
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS

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 Wheelhouse

  • Dynamic nightly pricing
  • Strategy controls
  • Market reports
  • Dynamic Sets
  • Channel push
  • Portfolio view

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 Wheelhouse
  • A manager consolidating Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com calendars to stop double bookingsnot Wheelhouse
  • A rural property with weak OTA visibility that relies on repeat direct guestsnot Wheelhouse
  • A host adding rental agreements and deposit collection to bookings taken off-platformnot Wheelhouse

Wheelhouse

  • A host with two cabins in a seasonal market who wants rates shaped by booking pace rather than a fixed summer and winter ratenot Lodgify
  • A manager with sixty units wanting one pricing strategy applied across a portfolio with per-unit floorsnot Lodgify
  • An owner with a low-occupancy listing who prefers to pay 1% of revenue rather than a fixed monthly fee in quiet monthsnot Lodgify
  • An analyst benchmarking a new acquisition against neighbourhood occupancy and ADR before setting an offer pricenot 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.

Wheelhouse

  • The two plans cross over at roughly $2,000 of monthly booking revenue per listing, and Wheelhouse does not flag which plan is cheaper for you, so most users are on the wrong one.
  • Dynamic Sets, the tool for defining accurate comparable sets, is charged separately at $12.99 per set per month, so genuinely good market analysis costs more than the pricing engine itself.
  • Data quality depends on local listing density, and in thin or rural markets the recommendations become unreliable because there are too few comparables to model against.
  • Rate pushes depend on channel and PMS connections, and a lag or failed sync means a stale price sits live on the OTA with no obvious alert to the operator.
  • The strategy controls that make it attractive to professionals also mean the tool underperforms if left on defaults, so an operator who wanted to set and forget will not get the benefit they paid for.

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

Wheelhouse

$19.99/month
  • Pro Flex$undefined/month
    • 1% of booked revenue
    • $2.99 minimum monthly fee
    • Billed at reservation time, refunded on cancellation
  • Pro Flat$19.99/month
    • $19.99 per listing per month
    • $16.99 per listing at 10 to 49 listings
    • Custom pricing above 50 listings
  • Dynamic Sets$12.99/month
    • $12.99 per set per month
    • Navigator mapping interface
    • Eighteen filter categories for comparable selection

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 Wheelhouse if

  • You need dynamic nightly pricing.
  • You work on Web, iOS.
  • You also want strategy controls.
Wheelhouse review

Questions people ask

Is Lodgify or Wheelhouse better?
Neither clearly leads. Lodgify starts at $16/month and Wheelhouse at $19.99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lodgify or Wheelhouse?
Lodgify starts at $16/month and Wheelhouse at $19.99/month.
Does Lodgify or Wheelhouse run on more platforms?
Lodgify runs on Web, iOS, Android. Wheelhouse runs on Web, iOS.
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 Wheelhouse is typically brought in for.
What can Lodgify do that Wheelhouse cannot?
Lodgify covers Website builder, Channel manager, Booking engine, Unified inbox. Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing, Strategy controls, Market reports, Dynamic Sets.

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.

Wheelhouse: Which plan should I be on?

Flat below about $2,000 of monthly revenue per listing is the more expensive option; above that Flat is cheaper. Compare 1% of your actual monthly booking revenue against $19.99.

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.

Wheelhouse: Does it push prices to Airbnb directly?

Yes, and to Vrbo, plus through connected property management systems.

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.

Wheelhouse: Is there a free option?

You can create an account and see market reports without paying, but rate automation requires a paid plan.

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.

Wheelhouse: Is there a contract?

No lock-in. Flex is billed at reservation time and refunded if the booking cancels.

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