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Little Hotelier vs Roomsy

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Little Hotelier

Travel

SiteMinder owned front desk and distribution system for properties under twenty rooms

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Roomsy

Travel

Per room hotel and hostel PMS with published prices and monthly minimums

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Roomsy has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Little Hotelier the product is capped by design at small properties, so a hotel growing past roughly twenty rooms faces a migration rather than an upgrade, usually into SiteMinder plus a separate PMS.; Roomsy every tier has a monthly floor, so a twelve room property on Essential pays $80 rather than $48 and the advertised per room rate is only real above the break-even room count.
  • They diverge on capability: Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk, Roomsy covers Booking calendar.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Little Hotelier and Roomsy actually diverge.

Attributes where Little Hotelier and Roomsy differ
AttributeLittle HotelierRoomsy
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelquotePer room per month
Free tierNoYes

Identical on both: 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 Little Hotelier

  • Simplified front desk
  • Channel management
  • Direct booking engine
  • Payments
  • Mobile app
  • Guest communication

Only in Roomsy

  • Booking calendar
  • Online booking engine
  • Channel manager
  • Hostel bed management
  • Invoicing and reporting
  • Multi-property

What people use each for

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

Little Hotelier

  • A ten room guesthouse where the owner works reception and wants OTA sync without a separate channel manager contractnot Roomsy
  • A hostel needing reliable Booking.com and Hostelworld connectivity more than deep property management featuresnot Roomsy
  • A rural B and B replacing a spreadsheet and manual OTA extranet updatesnot Roomsy
  • A small property already comfortable with SiteMinder support and wanting one bill for distribution and front desknot Roomsy

Roomsy

  • A twenty five room motel wanting OTA sync and a direct booking engine on a published price with no sales callnot Little Hotelier
  • A hostel needing dorm bed inventory rather than room-only modellingnot Little Hotelier
  • An owner running a very small property who wants a free booking calendar and engine before paying anythingnot Little Hotelier
  • A two-property operator wanting one login and consolidated occupancy figures without enterprise pricingnot Little Hotelier

Where each one falls short

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

Little Hotelier

  • The product is capped by design at small properties, so a hotel growing past roughly twenty rooms faces a migration rather than an upgrade, usually into SiteMinder plus a separate PMS.
  • Reporting is limited to basic occupancy and revenue summaries, which leaves owners exporting to a spreadsheet for anything an accountant or lender asks for.
  • Rate and package logic is simple, so properties with seasonal packages, meal plans or complex tax handling end up adjusting rates manually.
  • The non-distribution integration list is short, so accounting, door lock, POS or CRM tools outside the small supported set have to be handled by rekeying data.
  • Pricing is banded by room count and paid monthly per property, so an operator with three small properties pays three subscriptions with no consolidated view worth the name.

Roomsy

  • Every tier has a monthly floor, so a twelve room property on Essential pays $80 rather than $48 and the advertised per room rate is only real above the break-even room count.
  • Channel management is not on the free or Starter tiers, so the cheapest paid plan cannot connect to Booking.com and buyers regularly select it and then have to upgrade.
  • Some OTA connections are routed through SiteMinder rather than built directly, which introduces a third party into your distribution and a second place for a sync failure to occur.
  • There is no revenue management or dynamic pricing, so rates are manual and go stale unless someone maintains seasonal rules by hand.
  • There is no native point of sale or food and beverage module, so a property with a bar or restaurant runs a separate till and reconciles revenue outside the system.

Pricing, plan by plan

Little Hotelier

On request
  • Little Hotelier$undefined/month
    • Monthly subscription banded by number of rooms
    • Booking engine and channel manager included
    • Card processing charged per transaction

Roomsy

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Booking calendar
    • Reporting
    • Invoicing
  • Starter$2/month
    • $2 per room per month
    • $40 monthly minimum
    • Booking engine and core PMS
  • Essential$4/month
    • $4 per room per month
    • $80 monthly minimum
    • Two-way channel manager to major OTAs
  • Pro$6/month
    • $6 per room per month
    • $160 monthly minimum
    • Additional users and advanced reporting

Which should you pick?

Choose Little Hotelier if

  • You need simplified front desk.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want channel management.
Little Hotelier review

Choose Roomsy if

  • You need booking calendar.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want online booking engine.
Roomsy review

Questions people ask

Is Little Hotelier or Roomsy better?
Neither clearly leads. Little Hotelier starts at On request and Roomsy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Little Hotelier or Roomsy?
Roomsy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Little Hotelier and Free for Roomsy.
Does Little Hotelier or Roomsy run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Roomsy for free?
Yes. Roomsy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Little Hotelier starts at On request.
What is Little Hotelier best used for?
Little Hotelier is most often used for a ten room guesthouse where the owner works reception and wants ota sync without a separate channel manager contract, a hostel needing reliable booking.com and hostelworld connectivity more than deep property management features, a rural b and b replacing a spreadsheet and manual ota extranet updates, a small property already comfortable with siteminder support and wanting one bill for distribution and front desk. Of those, a ten room guesthouse where the owner works reception and wants ota sync without a separate channel manager contract and a hostel needing reliable booking.com and hostelworld connectivity more than deep property management features are not what Roomsy is typically brought in for.
What can Little Hotelier do that Roomsy cannot?
Little Hotelier covers Simplified front desk, Channel management, Direct booking engine, Payments. Roomsy covers Booking calendar, Online booking engine, Channel manager, Hostel bed management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Little Hotelier: Who owns Little Hotelier?

SiteMinder. It is the small property product line of the same company that sells the SiteMinder channel manager.

Roomsy: What does a thirty room hotel pay?

$120 a month on Essential, which is above the $80 floor. Below twenty rooms you pay the floor instead of the per room rate.

Little Hotelier: What happens when the property outgrows it?

Most operators move to a fuller PMS and keep SiteMinder for distribution. Expect a data migration rather than a plan change.

Roomsy: Which plan includes the channel manager?

Essential at $4 per room per month with an $80 minimum. Free and Starter do not include it.

Little Hotelier: Does it include a channel manager?

Yes, built on the SiteMinder network, which is the main reason to choose it over other small property tools.

Roomsy: Is the free plan usable?

For a booking calendar, invoicing and a direct booking engine, yes. Without OTA connections most properties will outgrow it quickly.

Little Hotelier: Can one login manage several properties?

Each property is a separate subscription and the multi-property view is thin, so operators of more than two or three properties usually look elsewhere.

Roomsy: Does Roomsy take commission on bookings?

No. You pay the subscription only.

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