Travel · head to head
Sabre Red 360 vs Shiji
Sabre Red 360
Travel
Agency booking workspace over the Sabre GDS for air, hotel, car and rail
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Shiji
Travel
Enterprise hospitality platform covering PMS, point of sale and payments, owned by a Chinese listed group
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Sabre Red 360 the commercial deal is a multi-year segment volume commitment, so an agency that moves bookings to airline direct connects can end up paying shortfall penalties on volume it no longer books through Sabre.; Shiji chinese ownership and a Shenzhen listing raise data residency and supply chain questions that must be settled during procurement, and in United States government or defence-adjacent accounts they can end the evaluation outright.
- They diverge on capability: Sabre Red 360 covers Graphical and cryptic modes, Shiji covers Daylight PMS.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Sabre Red 360 and Shiji actually diverge.
| Attribute | Sabre Red 360 | Shiji |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Windows, Web | Web, iOS, Android |
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), 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 Sabre Red 360
- Graphical and cryptic modes
- Air shopping and ticketing
- Red App Centre
- Queue management
- Multi-content hotel
- Automation scripting
Only in Shiji
- Daylight PMS
- Infrasys POS
- Payments
- Distribution
- Guest engagement
- Open API access
- Regional data centres
- Multi-language and multi-currency
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Sabre Red 360
- A retail agency whose consultants work by cryptic entry and will not accept a forms-only booking toolnot Shiji
- A TMC that needs queue-driven ticketing and quality control across thousands of daily PNRsnot Shiji
- A consolidator negotiating a segment incentive deal and wanting the agent desktop bundled innot Shiji
- An agency adding NDC airline content without abandoning its existing GDS servicing workflownot Shiji
Shiji
- An international luxury group replacing Opera across dozens of properties without moving to a small cloud vendornot Sabre Red 360
- A resort with a dozen restaurants and bars needing one point of sale across all outletsnot Sabre Red 360
- An Asia Pacific group requiring native multi-currency, multi-language operation across marketsnot Sabre Red 360
- A hotel company consolidating PMS, POS and payment onto a single vendor contractnot Sabre Red 360
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Sabre Red 360
- The commercial deal is a multi-year segment volume commitment, so an agency that moves bookings to airline direct connects can end up paying shortfall penalties on volume it no longer books through Sabre.
- NDC content behaves differently from classic EDIFACT content inside the workspace, and servicing an NDC order often means leaving the normal exchange and refund workflow.
- Cryptic entries remain necessary for a meaningful set of tasks, so training a new consultant to productive speed takes months rather than days.
- It is a desktop-weighted product on Windows, which makes it awkward for agencies running fully remote or Mac-based teams without virtual desktop infrastructure.
- Pricing is never published and is entangled with incentive economics, so two agencies of similar size can be on materially different terms with no visibility of each other.
Shiji
- Chinese ownership and a Shenzhen listing raise data residency and supply chain questions that must be settled during procurement, and in United States government or defence-adjacent accounts they can end the evaluation outright.
- Pricing is entirely quoted with no published figures at any product level, so comparing Shiji against Oracle or Mews on cost requires a full sales engagement.
- The portfolio is partly assembled from acquisitions, and the degree of integration between products varies, so a group buying several Shiji modules should test the joins rather than assume them.
- Implementation timelines at enterprise scale run to many months and require interface development that is charged on top of licence, which is a substantial hidden budget line.
- It is not a realistic option below roughly the mid-scale group level; a single independent hotel will not get sensible pricing or attention.
Pricing, plan by plan
Sabre Red 360
On request- Sabre Red 360$undefined/year
- Typically bundled into a GDS segment agreement
- Segment incentive payments to the agency
- Volume commitments and multi-year terms
Shiji
On request- Shiji Enterprise Platform$undefined/year
- Quoted per property and per portfolio
- PMS, POS and payments priced as separate lines
- Implementation and interface development charged separately
Which should you pick?
Choose Sabre Red 360 if
- You need graphical and cryptic modes.
- You work on Windows, Web.
- You also want air shopping and ticketing.
Choose Shiji if
- You need daylight pms.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want infrasys pos.
Questions people ask
- Is Sabre Red 360 or Shiji better?
- Neither clearly leads. Sabre Red 360 starts at On request and Shiji at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Sabre Red 360 or Shiji?
- Sabre Red 360 starts at On request and Shiji at On request.
- Does Sabre Red 360 or Shiji run on more platforms?
- Sabre Red 360 runs on Windows, Web. Shiji runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- What is Sabre Red 360 best used for?
- Sabre Red 360 is most often used for a retail agency whose consultants work by cryptic entry and will not accept a forms-only booking tool, a tmc that needs queue-driven ticketing and quality control across thousands of daily pnrs, a consolidator negotiating a segment incentive deal and wanting the agent desktop bundled in, an agency adding ndc airline content without abandoning its existing gds servicing workflow. Of those, a retail agency whose consultants work by cryptic entry and will not accept a forms-only booking tool and a tmc that needs queue-driven ticketing and quality control across thousands of daily pnrs are not what Shiji is typically brought in for.
- What can Sabre Red 360 do that Shiji cannot?
- Sabre Red 360 covers Graphical and cryptic modes, Air shopping and ticketing, Red App Centre, Queue management. Shiji covers Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, Payments, Distribution.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Sabre Red 360: Do we pay a licence fee for Sabre Red 360?
Usually not directly. It is bundled into a GDS segment agreement in which Sabre pays your agency incentives per segment, so the negotiation is over volume commitments and incentive rates.
Shiji: What do you actually buy from Shiji?
Most commonly Daylight PMS, Infrasys point of sale, or both, plus payments. The group name covers a wider portfolio than any one hotel purchases.
Sabre Red 360: Can corporates buy it to book their own travel?
No. It is an agent workspace. Corporates buy a TMC or an online booking tool such as GetThere, Egencia or TravelPerk instead.
Shiji: Does Chinese ownership matter?
It can. For United States government-adjacent business and some corporate accounts it triggers data residency and supply chain review, so raise it at the start of procurement rather than at contract stage.
Sabre Red 360: Does it handle NDC?
Yes, Sabre distributes NDC offers from a growing airline list, but servicing NDC orders follows a separate flow from classic GDS bookings.
Shiji: Is Shiji an alternative to Oracle Hospitality?
Yes, and that is largely its positioning at the enterprise end, particularly in international luxury groups where Infrasys already has deployment.
Shiji: Can a single hotel buy it?
In principle, but the commercial model, implementation cost and support structure assume a group, and small properties are better served elsewhere.
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