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RoomPriceGenie vs Smoobu

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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
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Smoobu

Travel

All-in-one channel manager and PMS for hosts with a handful of holiday rentals

From
€29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 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.; Smoobu the Flex plan carries a 0.9% fee on every booking, which on an apartment turning over €40,000 a year costs more than the entire annual subscription saving, and the pricing page presents Flex as the cheaper option.
  • They diverge on capability: RoomPriceGenie covers Automated rate setting, Smoobu covers Channel manager.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which RoomPriceGenie and Smoobu actually diverge.

Attributes where RoomPriceGenie and Smoobu differ
AttributeRoomPriceGenieSmoobu
Starting price€198/month€29/month
Pricing modelPer property per monthPer unit per month

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), 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 RoomPriceGenie

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

Only in Smoobu

  • Channel manager
  • Website builder
  • Guest messaging
  • Unified calendar
  • Invoicing and e-invoicing
  • Mobile apps

What people use each for

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

RoomPriceGenie

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

Smoobu

  • A host with three apartments in Berlin who needs Airbnb and Booking.com calendars kept in sync and wants a direct booking site to cut OTA commissionnot RoomPriceGenie
  • An owner wanting automated check-in instructions and pre-arrival messages sent per channel without logging into each extranetnot RoomPriceGenie
  • A small manager who needs guest invoices that meet German documentation requirements without adding a separate accounting toolnot RoomPriceGenie
  • A host testing dynamic pricing through the bundled trial before deciding whether to subscribe to PriceLabs separatelynot RoomPriceGenie

Where each one falls short

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

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.

Smoobu

  • The Flex plan carries a 0.9% fee on every booking, which on an apartment turning over €40,000 a year costs more than the entire annual subscription saving, and the pricing page presents Flex as the cheaper option.
  • Pricing is per unit, so a ten unit portfolio pays roughly €31.50 plus nine additional units at about €9.60, and the headline monthly figure covers a single apartment only.
  • Write access is charged per account beyond the included seats, so a cleaner, a co-host and an owner all needing to edit bookings turn into a recurring per seat cost.
  • There is no trust accounting or owner statement generation, so anyone managing units on behalf of third-party owners has to build payout reporting outside the system.
  • Housekeeping and maintenance dispatch is minimal compared with manager-grade platforms, so cleaning coordination happens in WhatsApp or a separate tool once you are past a few units.

Pricing, plan by plan

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

Smoobu

€29/month
  • Professional Flex$29/month
    • One unit included
    • 0.9% fee on every booking
    • Channel manager, website builder, messaging
  • Professional Prepaid$31.5/month
    • One unit included
    • No booking fee
    • Website builder, invoicing, chatbot, API access
  • Teams Pro+$49.5/month
    • Everything in Prepaid
    • E-invoicing
    • Two write-access accounts, extra accounts from about €12 each

Which should you pick?

Choose RoomPriceGenie if

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

Choose Smoobu if

  • You need channel manager.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want website builder.
Smoobu review

Questions people ask

Is RoomPriceGenie or Smoobu better?
Neither clearly leads. RoomPriceGenie starts at €198/month and Smoobu at €29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, RoomPriceGenie or Smoobu?
RoomPriceGenie starts at €198/month and Smoobu at €29/month.
Does RoomPriceGenie or Smoobu run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is RoomPriceGenie best used for?
RoomPriceGenie is most often used for a thirty-room independent hotel whose owner currently sets rates by hand each evening, a guesthouse losing revenue on high-demand local event dates it does not track, a small group wanting consistent pricing policy across three properties without hiring a revenue manager, a property on mews or cloudbeds that wants automation without moving to an enterprise revenue system. Of those, a thirty-room independent hotel whose owner currently sets rates by hand each evening and a guesthouse losing revenue on high-demand local event dates it does not track are not what Smoobu is typically brought in for.
What can RoomPriceGenie do that Smoobu cannot?
RoomPriceGenie covers Automated rate setting, Competitor rate shopping, Occupancy-based pricing, Room type derivation. Smoobu covers Channel manager, Website builder, Guest messaging, Unified calendar.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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.

Smoobu: Which plan is actually cheaper, Flex or Prepaid?

Prepaid, for almost anyone with real occupancy. The 0.9% booking fee on Flex exceeds the subscription difference once annual revenue passes a few thousand euros.

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.

Smoobu: How many properties does the entry price cover?

One. Every additional unit adds roughly €9.60 per month.

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.

Smoobu: Does it include dynamic pricing?

Only two months free on the Teams tier. Ongoing dynamic pricing means subscribing to PriceLabs or similar.

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.

Smoobu: Is there a contract?

Billing is monthly, yearly or two-yearly, with 30 days notice required to cancel; longer terms buy 10% or 20% off.

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