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Protel vs RoomPriceGenie

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Protel

Travel

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

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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RoomPriceGenie

Travel

Automated revenue management for independent hotels of ten to a hundred and fifty rooms

From
€198/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.; RoomPriceGenie the flat per-property fee is a hard floor with no smaller tier, so a twelve-room property pays roughly seventeen euros per room per month, often more than its property management system costs.
  • They diverge on capability: Protel covers Front desk and reservations, RoomPriceGenie covers Automated rate setting.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Protel and RoomPriceGenie actually diverge.

Attributes where Protel and RoomPriceGenie differ
AttributeProtelRoomPriceGenie
Starting priceOn request€198/month
Pricing modelquotePer property per month
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 RoomPriceGenie

  • Automated rate setting
  • Competitor rate shopping
  • Occupancy-based pricing
  • Room type derivation
  • Event detection
  • Length of stay controls
  • Simple explanations
  • Multi-property dashboard

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 RoomPriceGenie
  • A property with substantial conference and banqueting business that a rooms-only PMS cannot handlenot RoomPriceGenie
  • An existing Protel on-premise site deciding whether to move to the cloud edition or change vendornot RoomPriceGenie
  • A group wanting PMS and card acquiring from one supplier under a single contractnot RoomPriceGenie

RoomPriceGenie

  • A thirty-room independent hotel whose owner currently sets rates by hand each eveningnot Protel
  • A guesthouse losing revenue on high-demand local event dates it does not tracknot Protel
  • A small group wanting consistent pricing policy across three properties without hiring a revenue managernot Protel
  • A property on Mews or Cloudbeds that wants automation without moving to an enterprise revenue systemnot 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.

RoomPriceGenie

  • The flat per-property fee is a hard floor with no smaller tier, so a twelve-room property pays roughly seventeen euros per room per month, often more than its property management system costs.
  • The model is deliberately simple and does not handle segmentation, group displacement or total revenue optimisation, so hotels with substantial conference or wholesale business will find it pricing only the transient shoulder.
  • Automation quality depends entirely on clean data from the PMS, and properties with inconsistent rate plans or room-type setups get poor recommendations until that is fixed, which is a project the vendor does not do for you.
  • Competitor rate shopping is weaker in dispersed rural markets where there is no meaningful comparable set to shop against.
  • Multi-property reporting sits only on the most expensive tier, so a two-property owner must pay 440 euros per property to see them together rather than logging into each separately.

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

RoomPriceGenie

€198/month
  • Core$198/month
    • Per property
    • Automated daily pricing
    • Competitor rate shopping
  • Premium$297/month
    • Per property
    • Extended controls and reporting
    • Event detection and length of stay rules
  • Professional$440/month
    • Per property
    • Multi-property dashboard
    • Group-level reporting

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 RoomPriceGenie if

  • You need automated rate setting.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want competitor rate shopping.
RoomPriceGenie review

Questions people ask

Is Protel or RoomPriceGenie better?
Neither clearly leads. Protel starts at On request and RoomPriceGenie at €198/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Protel or RoomPriceGenie?
Protel starts at On request and RoomPriceGenie at €198/month.
Does Protel or RoomPriceGenie run on more platforms?
Protel runs on Web, Windows, iOS, Android. RoomPriceGenie 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 RoomPriceGenie is typically brought in for.
What can Protel do that RoomPriceGenie cannot?
Protel covers Front desk and reservations, Conference and banqueting, Cloud and on-premise editions, Integrated payments. RoomPriceGenie covers Automated rate setting, Competitor rate shopping, Occupancy-based pricing, Room type derivation.

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.

RoomPriceGenie: How much does RoomPriceGenie cost?

Roughly 198 euros per property per month at the entry tier, 297 for Premium and 440 for the multi-property Professional tier, with about seventeen 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.

RoomPriceGenie: Is it worth it for a fifteen-room hotel?

That is the awkward size. The fee works out around thirteen euros per room per month, so the revenue uplift has to be real rather than assumed before it pays.

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.

RoomPriceGenie: Does it replace a revenue manager?

For a small independent with no analyst, largely yes. For a hotel with group and conference business it does not, because it does not model displacement.

Protel: Where is Protel strongest?

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

RoomPriceGenie: Can I keep manual control?

Yes. It can run in recommendation mode where prices are suggested and you approve them, rather than writing automatically to the PMS.

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