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Stayntouch vs Wheelhouse

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Stayntouch

Travel

Cloud property management system for independent hotels

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Wheelhouse

Travel

Dynamic pricing and market data for short-term rental operators

From
$19.99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Stayntouch quote-only pricing scaled by rooms, with no published rates; Wheelhouse the two plans cross over at roughly $2,000 of monthly booking revenue per listing, and Wheelhouse does not flag which plan is cheaper for you, so most users are on the wrong one.
  • They diverge on capability: Stayntouch covers Mobile check-in, Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Stayntouch and Wheelhouse actually diverge.

Attributes where Stayntouch and Wheelhouse differ
AttributeStayntouchWheelhouse
Starting priceOn request$19.99/month
Pricing modelquotePer listing per month or percentage of revenue
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, CloudWeb, iOS

Identical on both: 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 Stayntouch

  • Mobile check-in
  • Guest self-service
  • Cloud PMS
  • Open API
  • Housekeeping
  • Payments

Only in Wheelhouse

  • Dynamic nightly pricing
  • Strategy controls
  • Market reports
  • Dynamic Sets
  • Channel push
  • Portfolio view

What people use each for

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

Stayntouch

  • Hotels wanting to check guests in away from a fixed desknot Wheelhouse
  • Properties reducing lobby queuing at peak arrivalnot Wheelhouse
  • Independents replacing an on-premise PMS with cloudnot Wheelhouse

Wheelhouse

  • A host with two cabins in a seasonal market who wants rates shaped by booking pace rather than a fixed summer and winter ratenot Stayntouch
  • A manager with sixty units wanting one pricing strategy applied across a portfolio with per-unit floorsnot Stayntouch
  • An owner with a low-occupancy listing who prefers to pay 1% of revenue rather than a fixed monthly fee in quiet monthsnot Stayntouch
  • An analyst benchmarking a new acquisition against neighbourhood occupancy and ADR before setting an offer pricenot Stayntouch

Where each one falls short

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

Stayntouch

  • Quote-only pricing scaled by rooms, with no published rates
  • Mobile-first depends on property-wide wireless coverage that many older hotels do not have
  • A smaller vendor than the major PMS providers, with a narrower integration ecosystem
  • Strongest in North America, with less coverage elsewhere

Wheelhouse

  • The two plans cross over at roughly $2,000 of monthly booking revenue per listing, and Wheelhouse does not flag which plan is cheaper for you, so most users are on the wrong one.
  • Dynamic Sets, the tool for defining accurate comparable sets, is charged separately at $12.99 per set per month, so genuinely good market analysis costs more than the pricing engine itself.
  • Data quality depends on local listing density, and in thin or rural markets the recommendations become unreliable because there are too few comparables to model against.
  • Rate pushes depend on channel and PMS connections, and a lag or failed sync means a stale price sits live on the OTA with no obvious alert to the operator.
  • The strategy controls that make it attractive to professionals also mean the tool underperforms if left on defaults, so an operator who wanted to set and forget will not get the benefit they paid for.

Pricing, plan by plan

Stayntouch

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Stayntouch review.

Wheelhouse

$19.99/month
  • Pro Flex$undefined/month
    • 1% of booked revenue
    • $2.99 minimum monthly fee
    • Billed at reservation time, refunded on cancellation
  • Pro Flat$19.99/month
    • $19.99 per listing per month
    • $16.99 per listing at 10 to 49 listings
    • Custom pricing above 50 listings
  • Dynamic Sets$12.99/month
    • $12.99 per set per month
    • Navigator mapping interface
    • Eighteen filter categories for comparable selection

Which should you pick?

Choose Stayntouch if

  • You need mobile check-in.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Cloud.
  • You also want guest self-service.
Stayntouch review

Choose Wheelhouse if

  • You need dynamic nightly pricing.
  • You work on Web, iOS.
  • You also want strategy controls.
Wheelhouse review

Questions people ask

Is Stayntouch or Wheelhouse better?
Neither clearly leads. Stayntouch starts at On request and Wheelhouse at $19.99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Stayntouch or Wheelhouse?
Stayntouch starts at On request and Wheelhouse at $19.99/month.
Does Stayntouch or Wheelhouse run on more platforms?
Stayntouch runs on Web, iOS, Android, Cloud. Wheelhouse runs on Web, iOS.
What is Stayntouch best used for?
Stayntouch is most often used for hotels wanting to check guests in away from a fixed desk, properties reducing lobby queuing at peak arrival, independents replacing an on-premise pms with cloud. Of those, hotels wanting to check guests in away from a fixed desk and properties reducing lobby queuing at peak arrival are not what Wheelhouse is typically brought in for.
What can Stayntouch do that Wheelhouse cannot?
Stayntouch covers Mobile check-in, Guest self-service, Cloud PMS, Open API. Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing, Strategy controls, Market reports, Dynamic Sets.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Stayntouch: What does Stayntouch cost?

Quoted per property by room count; not published.

Wheelhouse: Which plan should I be on?

Flat below about $2,000 of monthly revenue per listing is the more expensive option; above that Flat is cheaper. Compare 1% of your actual monthly booking revenue against $19.99.

Stayntouch: What does mobile-first actually change?

Check-in happens on a tablet anywhere in the property or on the guest's own phone, rather than at a fixed counter, which changes both queuing and front-desk staffing.

Wheelhouse: Does it push prices to Airbnb directly?

Yes, and to Vrbo, plus through connected property management systems.

Stayntouch: What does it need to work well?

Reliable property-wide wireless. A mobile-first PMS is only as good as the network it runs on.

Wheelhouse: Is there a free option?

You can create an account and see market reports without paying, but rate automation requires a paid plan.

Wheelhouse: Is there a contract?

No lock-in. Flex is billed at reservation time and refunded if the booking cancels.

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