Travel · head to head
Opera PMS vs Uplisting
Opera PMS
Travel
Oracle property management system used by large hotel groups and chain estates
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Uplisting
Travel
Short-term rental management with a flat per-property price and no percentage of revenue
- From
- $100/month
- Rated
- -
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.; Uplisting the 100 US dollar monthly minimum means an owner with one or two properties pays roughly fifty dollars per unit, five times the effective rate a twenty-unit manager pays.
- They diverge on capability: Opera PMS covers Reservations and front desk, Uplisting covers Channel sync.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Opera PMS and Uplisting actually diverge.
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 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 Uplisting
- Channel sync
- Direct booking site
- Automated messaging
- Cleaning and team management
- Guest verification
- Smart lock codes
- Unified inbox
- Multi-unit handling
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 Uplisting
- A conference hotel where function space, banquet orders and group blocks drive most revenuenot Uplisting
- A franchisee whose brand agreement mandates OPERA and a specific central reservation systemnot Uplisting
- A resort with multiple outlets that needs tight posting between POS, spa and the guest folionot Uplisting
Uplisting
- A manager with fifteen city apartments who wants fixed software cost rather than a percentage of high nightly ratesnot Opera PMS
- An operator burned by double bookings across Airbnb and Booking.com wanting hard sync protectionnot Opera PMS
- A team coordinating cleaners across same-day turnovers with automated task assignmentnot Opera PMS
- A host issuing smart lock codes automatically instead of arranging key handoversnot 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.
Uplisting
- The 100 US dollar monthly minimum means an owner with one or two properties pays roughly fifty dollars per unit, five times the effective rate a twenty-unit manager pays.
- Owner statements and trust accounting are effectively absent, so agencies that must report to and pay property owners need separate bookkeeping alongside it.
- Payments are tied to Stripe for direct bookings, which limits operators in countries Stripe does not serve well or who want to keep an existing acquiring relationship.
- Channel coverage is narrower than the larger platforms: Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo are solid but regional OTAs and wholesale distribution are not there.
- Reporting is basic, with limited custom report building, so investors or multi-entity operators typically export data and analyse it elsewhere.
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
Uplisting
$100/month- Pro$100/month
- 100 USD monthly minimum
- About 20 USD per property per month
- Channel manager, direct booking site and automation included
- Pro at scale (21 to 100 listings)$undefined/month
- About 10 USD per additional listing beyond twenty
- Same feature set
- No revenue share
- Pro above 100 listings$undefined/month
- About 5 USD per additional listing beyond one hundred
- Volume rate for larger portfolios
- No revenue share
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.
Choose Uplisting if
- You need channel sync.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want direct booking site.
Questions people ask
- Is Opera PMS or Uplisting better?
- Neither clearly leads. Opera PMS starts at On request and Uplisting at $100/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Opera PMS or Uplisting?
- Opera PMS starts at On request and Uplisting at $100/month.
- Does Opera PMS or Uplisting run on more platforms?
- Opera PMS runs on Web, Windows, iOS, Android. Uplisting 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 Uplisting is typically brought in for.
- What can Opera PMS do that Uplisting cannot?
- Opera PMS covers Reservations and front desk, Rate and yield management, Sales and catering, Housekeeping and maintenance. Uplisting covers Channel sync, Direct booking site, Automated messaging, Cleaning and team management.
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.
Uplisting: Does Uplisting take a percentage of bookings?
No. It charges a flat monthly rate per property and takes no cut of reservation value, including on direct bookings.
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.
Uplisting: What is the minimum I can spend?
One hundred US dollars a month, regardless of whether you have one property or five.
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.
Uplisting: Does it do owner payouts and statements?
Not meaningfully. Managers who owe monthly statements to property owners generally run accounting separately or choose Hostaway or Guesty instead.
Opera PMS: How long does implementation take?
Plan for three to six months for a single complex property, longer for a multi-property rollout.
Uplisting: Which channels connect?
Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo are the core two-way connections, plus its own direct booking site and Google Vacation Rentals.
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