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Smoobu vs TicketingHub

Smoobu logo

Smoobu

Travel

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

From
€29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
TicketingHub logo

TicketingHub

Travel

Ticketing and booking for tours and attractions with no subscription, only a percentage per booking

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: 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.; TicketingHub the 3 per cent applies to cash and walk-up sales recorded in the system, not only to online bookings, which operators frequently miss and which makes on-site revenue more expensive than expected.
  • They diverge on capability: Smoobu covers Channel manager, TicketingHub covers No monthly fee.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Smoobu and TicketingHub actually diverge.

Attributes where Smoobu and TicketingHub differ
AttributeSmoobuTicketingHub
Starting price€29/monthOn request
Pricing modelPer unit per monthPer booking, 3 per cent of booking value

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 Smoobu

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

Only in TicketingHub

  • No monthly fee
  • Ticket scanning
  • Walk-up sales
  • Booking widget
  • OTA connections
  • Session and capacity management
  • Reporting
  • Multi-currency and language

What people use each for

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

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 TicketingHub
  • An owner wanting automated check-in instructions and pre-arrival messages sent per channel without logging into each extranetnot TicketingHub
  • A small manager who needs guest invoices that meet German documentation requirements without adding a separate accounting toolnot TicketingHub
  • A host testing dynamic pricing through the bundled trial before deciding whether to subscribe to PriceLabs separatelynot TicketingHub

TicketingHub

  • A seasonal walking tour company that closes for four winter months and refuses to pay a subscription through themnot Smoobu
  • A small attraction wanting door scanning and online booking in one systemnot Smoobu
  • A transport operator selling timed boarding tickets with capacity limitsnot Smoobu
  • A new experience business unwilling to commit to fixed software cost before it has volumenot Smoobu

Where each one falls short

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

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.

TicketingHub

  • The 3 per cent applies to cash and walk-up sales recorded in the system, not only to online bookings, which operators frequently miss and which makes on-site revenue more expensive than expected.
  • At meaningful volume the model is expensive: a hundred thousand pounds of ticket revenue costs three thousand pounds a year, well above what a subscription platform with a lower booking fee would charge.
  • The 3 per cent excludes card processing, so the total take on each ticket is materially higher than the headline rate implies.
  • Enterprise discounts exist but are negotiated privately, so the published price is not the price for anyone with scale and there is no way to benchmark what a good deal looks like.
  • The product is a ticketing engine rather than an operations platform, with limited resource scheduling, customer relationship tooling and reseller management compared with the larger competitors.

Pricing, plan by plan

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

TicketingHub

On request
  • Standard$undefined/month
    • No monthly fee and no setup fee
    • 3% taken on every successful booking
    • Applies to website, OTA, card, cash and walk-up sales

Which should you pick?

Choose Smoobu if

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

Choose TicketingHub if

  • You need no monthly fee.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want ticket scanning.
TicketingHub review

Questions people ask

Is Smoobu or TicketingHub better?
Neither clearly leads. Smoobu starts at €29/month and TicketingHub at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Smoobu or TicketingHub?
Smoobu starts at €29/month and TicketingHub at On request.
Does Smoobu or TicketingHub run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, iOS, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Smoobu best used for?
Smoobu is most often used for 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 commission, an owner wanting automated check-in instructions and pre-arrival messages sent per channel without logging into each extranet, a small manager who needs guest invoices that meet german documentation requirements without adding a separate accounting tool, a host testing dynamic pricing through the bundled trial before deciding whether to subscribe to pricelabs separately. Of those, 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 commission and an owner wanting automated check-in instructions and pre-arrival messages sent per channel without logging into each extranet are not what TicketingHub is typically brought in for.
What can Smoobu do that TicketingHub cannot?
Smoobu covers Channel manager, Website builder, Guest messaging, Unified calendar. TicketingHub covers No monthly fee, Ticket scanning, Walk-up sales, Booking widget.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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.

TicketingHub: What does TicketingHub cost?

There is no subscription. It takes 3 per cent of every successful booking, plus your card processing separately.

Smoobu: How many properties does the entry price cover?

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

TicketingHub: Does the 3 per cent apply to cash sales?

Yes. It applies across the board, including cash and in-person walk-up sales entered into the system, which is the detail most operators overlook.

Smoobu: Does it include dynamic pricing?

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

TicketingHub: At what volume does a subscription platform become cheaper?

Roughly once ticket revenue passes about fifty thousand pounds a year, where 3 per cent begins to exceed a typical monthly subscription plus a lower booking fee.

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.

TicketingHub: Can I negotiate the rate?

Yes for high volume. Enterprise rates are available but are not published, so you will need to ask directly.

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