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Smoobu vs Uplisting

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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
Uplisting logo

Uplisting

Travel

Short-term rental management with a flat per-property price and no percentage of revenue

From
$100/month
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.; 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: Smoobu covers Channel manager, Uplisting covers Channel sync.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Smoobu and Uplisting actually diverge.

Attributes where Smoobu and Uplisting differ
AttributeSmoobuUplisting
Starting price€29/month$100/month
Pricing modelPer unit per monthPer property 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 Smoobu

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

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.

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

Uplisting

  • A manager with fifteen city apartments who wants fixed software cost rather than a percentage of high nightly ratesnot Smoobu
  • An operator burned by double bookings across Airbnb and Booking.com wanting hard sync protectionnot Smoobu
  • A team coordinating cleaners across same-day turnovers with automated task assignmentnot Smoobu
  • A host issuing smart lock codes automatically instead of arranging key handoversnot 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.

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

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

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 Smoobu if

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

Choose Uplisting if

  • You need channel sync.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want direct booking site.
Uplisting review

Questions people ask

Is Smoobu or Uplisting better?
Neither clearly leads. Smoobu starts at €29/month and Uplisting at $100/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Smoobu or Uplisting?
Smoobu starts at €29/month and Uplisting at $100/month.
Does Smoobu or Uplisting 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 Uplisting is typically brought in for.
What can Smoobu do that Uplisting cannot?
Smoobu covers Channel manager, Website builder, Guest messaging, Unified calendar. Uplisting covers Channel sync, Direct booking site, Automated messaging, Cleaning and team management.

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.

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.

Smoobu: How many properties does the entry price cover?

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

Uplisting: What is the minimum I can spend?

One hundred US dollars a month, regardless of whether you have one property or five.

Smoobu: Does it include dynamic pricing?

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

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.

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.

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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