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Protel vs Regiondo

Protel logo

Protel

Travel

German hotel property management system, now owned and sold by Planet

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Regiondo logo

Regiondo

Travel

Booking software for European tour, activity and leisure operators

From
€59/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Protel the vendor is now a payments company, so the economics of a deal run through card processing rates as much as software fees, and a hotel with good existing acquiring terms may lose more on processing than it saves on licence.; Regiondo a per-ticket fee applies on top of the subscription, so a high-volume operator selling many low-price tickets pays disproportionately compared with one selling few expensive ones.
  • They diverge on capability: Protel covers Front desk and reservations, Regiondo covers Booking widget.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Protel and Regiondo actually diverge.

Attributes where Protel and Regiondo differ
AttributeProtelRegiondo
Starting priceOn request€59/month
Pricing modelquotePer month plus a per-ticket fee
PlatformsWeb, Windows, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android

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 Protel

  • Front desk and reservations
  • Conference and banqueting
  • Cloud and on-premise editions
  • Integrated payments
  • Interface catalogue
  • Multi-property operation
  • Night audit and reporting
  • Tax-free shopping links

Only in Regiondo

  • Booking widget
  • Session and capacity rules
  • Vouchers and gift cards
  • Point of sale
  • OTA channel manager
  • Resource scheduling
  • Invoicing and tax handling
  • API access

What people use each for

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

Protel

  • A German or Austrian hotel needing fiscal and tax compliance handled natively rather than bolted onnot Regiondo
  • A property with substantial conference and banqueting business that a rooms-only PMS cannot handlenot Regiondo
  • An existing Protel on-premise site deciding whether to move to the cloud edition or change vendornot Regiondo
  • A group wanting PMS and card acquiring from one supplier under a single contractnot Regiondo

Regiondo

  • A German escape room chain selling timed slots and gift vouchers with correct local invoicingnot Protel
  • A boat trip operator distributing to GetYourGuide and its own site from one availability poolnot Protel
  • A climbing centre allocating instructors and equipment across sessionsnot Protel
  • A wine tour business taking both online bookings and walk-up sales at the doornot Protel

Where each one falls short

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

Protel

  • The vendor is now a payments company, so the economics of a deal run through card processing rates as much as software fees, and a hotel with good existing acquiring terms may lose more on processing than it saves on licence.
  • The Protel name persists on the product but the corporate identity has moved to Planet, which makes contract, support and roadmap ownership harder to pin down than it looks from the product page.
  • Hotels on the older on-premise edition face a migration to cloud that is a re-implementation rather than an upgrade, with the data and interface work that implies.
  • Nothing about pricing is published, so a buyer cannot benchmark against Mews or Cloudbeds without a full sales process.
  • Strength is concentrated in German-speaking Europe and the Middle East; support depth and partner ecosystem are noticeably thinner in North America and Asia Pacific.

Regiondo

  • A per-ticket fee applies on top of the subscription, so a high-volume operator selling many low-price tickets pays disproportionately compared with one selling few expensive ones.
  • Regiondo now shares an owner with Rezdy and Checkfront, so evaluating the three against each other is evaluating one company presenting three faces.
  • It was owned from 2019 to 2023 by the parent of Jochen Schweizer and mydays, an experience reseller, and operators who signed during that period were running their bookings through a system owned by a distribution competitor.
  • Strength is concentrated in German-speaking Europe; OTA depth, language coverage and support quality drop noticeably for operators in other regions.
  • The product is deliberately simple, and operations with complex shared-resource constraints across many products find the scheduling model too coarse.

Pricing, plan by plan

Protel

On request
  • protel PMS by Planet$undefined/year
    • Quoted per property, no published rate card
    • Cloud and on-premise editions priced differently
    • Payment processing rates negotiated alongside the software

Regiondo

€59/month
  • Grow$59/month
    • For solo operators and small teams
    • Online sales, booking management and OTA connections
    • Per-ticket fee applies to confirmed bookings
  • Scale$99/month
    • For multi-location businesses
    • Unlimited users
    • API access and fuller customisation

Which should you pick?

Choose Protel if

  • You need front desk and reservations.
  • You work on Web, Windows, iOS, Android.
  • You also want conference and banqueting.
Protel review

Choose Regiondo if

  • You need booking widget.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want session and capacity rules.
Regiondo review

Questions people ask

Is Protel or Regiondo better?
Neither clearly leads. Protel starts at On request and Regiondo at €59/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Protel or Regiondo?
Protel starts at On request and Regiondo at €59/month.
Does Protel or Regiondo run on more platforms?
Protel runs on Web, Windows, iOS, Android. Regiondo runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Protel best used for?
Protel is most often used for a german or austrian hotel needing fiscal and tax compliance handled natively rather than bolted on, a property with substantial conference and banqueting business that a rooms-only pms cannot handle, an existing protel on-premise site deciding whether to move to the cloud edition or change vendor, a group wanting pms and card acquiring from one supplier under a single contract. Of those, a german or austrian hotel needing fiscal and tax compliance handled natively rather than bolted on and a property with substantial conference and banqueting business that a rooms-only pms cannot handle are not what Regiondo is typically brought in for.
What can Protel do that Regiondo cannot?
Protel covers Front desk and reservations, Conference and banqueting, Cloud and on-premise editions, Integrated payments. Regiondo covers Booking widget, Session and capacity rules, Vouchers and gift cards, Point of sale.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Protel: Can you still buy Protel?

Yes. Planet acquired it in December 2021 and continues to sell it as protel PMS, though the corporate branding is Planet.

Regiondo: How much does Regiondo cost?

From about 59 euros a month for Grow and 99 euros for the higher tier, with a small per-ticket fee on confirmed bookings and 10 per cent off for annual payment.

Protel: Why does the payments ownership matter?

Because the vendor earns on your card volume. Evaluate the processing rate alongside the software price rather than treating them as separate decisions.

Regiondo: Who owns Regiondo?

Expedition Software Holding, backed by Vertica Capital Partners, since 2023. Before that it was owned by ProSiebenSat.1 within the Jochen Schweizer mydays group.

Protel: Is the on-premise edition still supported?

It remains in the field with a large installed base, but new investment is directed at the cloud edition, so ask for an explicit support horizon in writing.

Regiondo: Does it charge commission on my own website bookings?

Not a percentage commission, but a per-ticket fee applies, so the cost scales with ticket count rather than with revenue.

Protel: Where is Protel strongest?

German-speaking Europe and the Middle East, where its interface catalogue and fiscal compliance are deepest.

Regiondo: Is it a good fit outside Germany?

It works, but the OTA connections, payment methods and support are built around German-speaking Europe first.

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