Is Opera PMS or Shiji better?

Neither clearly leads. Opera PMS starts at On request and Shiji at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Opera PMS or Shiji?

Opera PMS starts at On request and Shiji at On request.

Does Opera PMS or Shiji run on more platforms?

Opera PMS runs on Web, Windows, iOS, Android. Shiji runs on Web, iOS, Android.

What is Opera PMS best used for?

Opera PMS is most often used for a hotel group standardising several hundred properties on one reservation and reporting spine, a conference hotel where function space, banquet orders and group blocks drive most revenue, a franchisee whose brand agreement mandates opera and a specific central reservation system, a resort with multiple outlets that needs tight posting between pos, spa and the guest folio. Of those, a hotel group standardising several hundred properties on one reservation and reporting spine and a conference hotel where function space, banquet orders and group blocks drive most revenue are not what Shiji is typically brought in for.

What can Opera PMS do that Shiji cannot?

Opera PMS covers Reservations and front desk, Rate and yield management, Sales and catering, Housekeeping and maintenance. Shiji covers Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, Payments, Distribution.

Travel · head to head

Opera PMS vs Shiji

Opera PMS

Travel

Oracle property management system used by large hotel groups and chain estates

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Shiji

Travel

Enterprise hospitality platform covering PMS, point of sale and payments, owned by a Chinese listed group

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Opera PMS integration is billed rather than open, so every connected system carries a per-property interface fee that inflates the running cost well beyond the quoted subscription.; Shiji chinese ownership and a Shenzhen listing raise data residency and supply chain questions that must be settled during procurement, and in United States government or defence-adjacent accounts they can end the evaluation outright.
They diverge on capability: Opera PMS covers Reservations and front desk, Shiji covers Daylight PMS.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Opera PMS and Shiji actually diverge.

Attributes where Opera PMS and Shiji differ
Attribute	Opera PMS	Shiji
Platforms	Web, Windows, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), 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 Opera PMS

Reservations and front desk
Rate and yield management
Sales and catering
Housekeeping and maintenance
Night audit and accounting
OHIP integration platform

Only in Shiji

Daylight PMS
Infrasys POS
Payments
Distribution
Guest engagement
Open API access
Regional data centres
Multi-language and multi-currency

What people use each for

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

Opera PMS

A hotel group standardising several hundred properties on one reservation and reporting spinenot Shiji
A conference hotel where function space, banquet orders and group blocks drive most revenuenot Shiji
A franchisee whose brand agreement mandates OPERA and a specific central reservation systemnot Shiji
A resort with multiple outlets that needs tight posting between POS, spa and the guest folionot Shiji

Shiji

An international luxury group replacing Opera across dozens of properties without moving to a small cloud vendornot Opera PMS
A resort with a dozen restaurants and bars needing one point of sale across all outletsnot Opera PMS
An Asia Pacific group requiring native multi-currency, multi-language operation across marketsnot Opera PMS
A hotel company consolidating PMS, POS and payment onto a single vendor contractnot Opera PMS

Where each one falls short

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

Opera PMS

Integration is billed rather than open, so every connected system carries a per-property interface fee that inflates the running cost well beyond the quoted subscription.
Implementation typically requires an Oracle partner and runs for months, which puts a property opening timeline at the mercy of partner availability.
Configuration is dense enough that properties rely on one or two trained staff, and losing that person leaves rate and package changes stuck in a support queue.
The older OPERA 5 estate is on a migration path to OPERA Cloud, so on-premise customers face a forced project on a timetable set by Oracle rather than by their own budget cycle.
Small independent properties pay for group, catering and multi-property machinery they will never use, and lighter systems deliver a working front desk in days rather than months.

Shiji

Chinese ownership and a Shenzhen listing raise data residency and supply chain questions that must be settled during procurement, and in United States government or defence-adjacent accounts they can end the evaluation outright.
Pricing is entirely quoted with no published figures at any product level, so comparing Shiji against Oracle or Mews on cost requires a full sales engagement.
The portfolio is partly assembled from acquisitions, and the degree of integration between products varies, so a group buying several Shiji modules should test the joins rather than assume them.
Implementation timelines at enterprise scale run to many months and require interface development that is charged on top of licence, which is a substantial hidden budget line.
It is not a realistic option below roughly the mid-scale group level; a single independent hotel will not get sensible pricing or attention.

Pricing, plan by plan

Opera PMS

On request

OPERA Cloud$undefined/year
- Per-room subscription with tiered functionality
- Implementation and configuration services quoted separately
- Interface and integration fees charged per property

Shiji

On request

Shiji Enterprise Platform$undefined/year
- Quoted per property and per portfolio
- PMS, POS and payments priced as separate lines
- Implementation and interface development charged separately

Which should you pick?

Choose Opera PMS if

You need reservations and front desk.
You work on Web, Windows, iOS, Android.
You also want rate and yield management.

Opera PMS review

Choose Shiji if

You need daylight pms.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want infrasys pos.

Shiji review

Questions people ask

Is Opera PMS or Shiji better?: Neither clearly leads. Opera PMS starts at On request and Shiji at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Opera PMS or Shiji?: Opera PMS starts at On request and Shiji at On request.
Does Opera PMS or Shiji run on more platforms?: Opera PMS runs on Web, Windows, iOS, Android. Shiji runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Opera PMS best used for?: Opera PMS is most often used for a hotel group standardising several hundred properties on one reservation and reporting spine, a conference hotel where function space, banquet orders and group blocks drive most revenue, a franchisee whose brand agreement mandates opera and a specific central reservation system, a resort with multiple outlets that needs tight posting between pos, spa and the guest folio. Of those, a hotel group standardising several hundred properties on one reservation and reporting spine and a conference hotel where function space, banquet orders and group blocks drive most revenue are not what Shiji is typically brought in for.
What can Opera PMS do that Shiji cannot?: Opera PMS covers Reservations and front desk, Rate and yield management, Sales and catering, Housekeeping and maintenance. Shiji covers Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, Payments, Distribution.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Opera PMS: Is OPERA Cloud the same product as OPERA 5?

No. They share a name and much of the data model, but OPERA Cloud is a separate multi-tenant application. Moving between them is a migration project, not an upgrade.

Shiji: What do you actually buy from Shiji?

Most commonly Daylight PMS, Infrasys point of sale, or both, plus payments. The group name covers a wider portfolio than any one hotel purchases.

Opera PMS: Why do integration partners charge a monthly fee per hotel?

Because Oracle charges them for certification and API usage through OHIP. Partners pass that on, so budget for it per connected system per property.

Shiji: Does Chinese ownership matter?

It can. For United States government-adjacent business and some corporate accounts it triggers data residency and supply chain review, so raise it at the start of procurement rather than at contract stage.

Opera PMS: Can a single independent hotel buy OPERA?

Yes, but the economics rarely work below roughly 100 rooms unless a brand agreement requires it.

Shiji: Is Shiji an alternative to Oracle Hospitality?

Yes, and that is largely its positioning at the enterprise end, particularly in international luxury groups where Infrasys already has deployment.

Opera PMS: How long does implementation take?

Plan for three to six months for a single complex property, longer for a multi-property rollout.

Shiji: Can a single hotel buy it?

In principle, but the commercial model, implementation cost and support structure assume a group, and small properties are better served elsewhere.

Opera PMS vs Shiji

Opera PMS

Shiji

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Opera PMS

Only in Shiji

What people use each for

Opera PMS

Shiji

Where each one falls short

Opera PMS

Shiji

Pricing, plan by plan

Opera PMS

Shiji

Which should you pick?

Choose Opera PMS if

Choose Shiji if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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