Travel · head to head
Shiji vs Uplisting
Shiji
Travel
Enterprise hospitality platform covering PMS, point of sale and payments, owned by a Chinese listed group
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Uplisting
Travel
Short-term rental management with a flat per-property price and no percentage of revenue
- From
- $100/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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.; Uplisting the 100 US dollar monthly minimum means an owner with one or two properties pays roughly fifty dollars per unit, five times the effective rate a twenty-unit manager pays.
- They diverge on capability: Shiji covers Daylight PMS, Uplisting covers Channel sync.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Shiji and Uplisting actually diverge.
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 Shiji
- Daylight PMS
- Infrasys POS
- Payments
- Distribution
- Guest engagement
- Open API access
- Regional data centres
- Multi-language and multi-currency
Only in Uplisting
- Channel sync
- Direct booking site
- Automated messaging
- Cleaning and team management
- Guest verification
- Smart lock codes
- Unified inbox
- Multi-unit handling
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Shiji
- An international luxury group replacing Opera across dozens of properties without moving to a small cloud vendornot Uplisting
- A resort with a dozen restaurants and bars needing one point of sale across all outletsnot Uplisting
- An Asia Pacific group requiring native multi-currency, multi-language operation across marketsnot Uplisting
- A hotel company consolidating PMS, POS and payment onto a single vendor contractnot Uplisting
Uplisting
- A manager with fifteen city apartments who wants fixed software cost rather than a percentage of high nightly ratesnot Shiji
- An operator burned by double bookings across Airbnb and Booking.com wanting hard sync protectionnot Shiji
- A team coordinating cleaners across same-day turnovers with automated task assignmentnot Shiji
- A host issuing smart lock codes automatically instead of arranging key handoversnot Shiji
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
Uplisting
- The 100 US dollar monthly minimum means an owner with one or two properties pays roughly fifty dollars per unit, five times the effective rate a twenty-unit manager pays.
- Owner statements and trust accounting are effectively absent, so agencies that must report to and pay property owners need separate bookkeeping alongside it.
- Payments are tied to Stripe for direct bookings, which limits operators in countries Stripe does not serve well or who want to keep an existing acquiring relationship.
- Channel coverage is narrower than the larger platforms: Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo are solid but regional OTAs and wholesale distribution are not there.
- Reporting is basic, with limited custom report building, so investors or multi-entity operators typically export data and analyse it elsewhere.
Pricing, plan by plan
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
Uplisting
$100/month- Pro$100/month
- 100 USD monthly minimum
- About 20 USD per property per month
- Channel manager, direct booking site and automation included
- Pro at scale (21 to 100 listings)$undefined/month
- About 10 USD per additional listing beyond twenty
- Same feature set
- No revenue share
- Pro above 100 listings$undefined/month
- About 5 USD per additional listing beyond one hundred
- Volume rate for larger portfolios
- No revenue share
Which should you pick?
Choose Shiji if
- You need daylight pms.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want infrasys pos.
Choose Uplisting if
- You need channel sync.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want direct booking site.
Questions people ask
- Is Shiji or Uplisting better?
- Neither clearly leads. Shiji starts at On request and Uplisting at $100/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Shiji or Uplisting?
- Shiji starts at On request and Uplisting at $100/month.
- Does Shiji or Uplisting run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Shiji best used for?
- Shiji is most often used for an international luxury group replacing opera across dozens of properties without moving to a small cloud vendor, a resort with a dozen restaurants and bars needing one point of sale across all outlets, an asia pacific group requiring native multi-currency, multi-language operation across markets, a hotel company consolidating pms, pos and payment onto a single vendor contract. Of those, an international luxury group replacing opera across dozens of properties without moving to a small cloud vendor and a resort with a dozen restaurants and bars needing one point of sale across all outlets are not what Uplisting is typically brought in for.
- What can Shiji do that Uplisting cannot?
- Shiji covers Daylight PMS, Infrasys POS, Payments, Distribution. Uplisting covers Channel sync, Direct booking site, Automated messaging, Cleaning and team management.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
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.
Uplisting: Does Uplisting take a percentage of bookings?
No. It charges a flat monthly rate per property and takes no cut of reservation value, including on direct bookings.
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.
Uplisting: What is the minimum I can spend?
One hundred US dollars a month, regardless of whether you have one property or five.
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.
Uplisting: Does it do owner payouts and statements?
Not meaningfully. Managers who owe monthly statements to property owners generally run accounting separately or choose Hostaway or Guesty instead.
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.
Uplisting: Which channels connect?
Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo are the core two-way connections, plus its own direct booking site and Google Vacation Rentals.
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