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ThinkReservations vs Uplisting

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ThinkReservations

Travel

Property management and booking system for North American inns, B&Bs and small hotels

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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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: ThinkReservations no pricing is published anywhere, so you cannot compare it against Cloudbeds or Little Hotelier without first sitting through a sales call and extracting a quote.; 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: ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, Uplisting covers Channel sync.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which ThinkReservations and Uplisting actually diverge.

Attributes where ThinkReservations and Uplisting differ
AttributeThinkReservationsUplisting
Starting priceOn request$100/month
Pricing modelquotePer property per month
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android

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 ThinkReservations

  • Reservation calendar
  • Direct booking engine
  • Channel management
  • Integrated payments
  • Yield rules
  • Reporting

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.

ThinkReservations

  • A fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled nativelynot Uplisting
  • A B&B selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the bookingnot Uplisting
  • An owner of three small New England properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reportingnot Uplisting
  • A campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus OTA distribution without buying a separate channel managernot Uplisting

Uplisting

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

Where each one falls short

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

ThinkReservations

  • No pricing is published anywhere, so you cannot compare it against Cloudbeds or Little Hotelier without first sitting through a sales call and extracting a quote.
  • The product is built for North American operations, so European tax handling, guest registration requirements and local OTA mix are not supported and it is effectively unsellable outside the region.
  • There is no revenue management or dynamic pricing, so rates rely on manual seasonal and day of week rules that go stale unless someone actively maintains them.
  • Payment processing is bundled, which is convenient but means the effective card rate is negotiated inside a software deal rather than shopped separately, and operators rarely check it against a standalone merchant account.
  • There is no native point of sale, spa or restaurant module, so an inn with a dining room runs a second system and reconciles revenue by hand.

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

ThinkReservations

On request
  • ThinkReservations$undefined/month
    • Property management system
    • Direct booking engine
    • Channel management to major OTAs

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 ThinkReservations if

  • You need reservation calendar.
  • You also want direct booking engine.
ThinkReservations 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 ThinkReservations or Uplisting better?
Neither clearly leads. ThinkReservations 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, ThinkReservations or Uplisting?
ThinkReservations starts at On request and Uplisting at $100/month.
Does ThinkReservations or Uplisting run on more platforms?
ThinkReservations runs on Web. Uplisting runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is ThinkReservations best used for?
ThinkReservations is most often used for a fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled natively, a b&b selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the booking, an owner of three small new england properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reporting, a campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus ota distribution without buying a separate channel manager. Of those, a fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled natively and a b&b selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the booking are not what Uplisting is typically brought in for.
What can ThinkReservations do that Uplisting cannot?
ThinkReservations covers Reservation calendar, Direct booking engine, Channel management, Integrated payments. Uplisting covers Channel sync, Direct booking site, Automated messaging, Cleaning and team management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

ThinkReservations: How much does ThinkReservations cost?

It is not published. Pricing is quoted per property, generally scaled by room count, after a sales conversation.

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.

ThinkReservations: Is the channel manager an extra subscription?

No. OTA connectivity is part of the platform rather than a separately priced module, which is the main saving against a PMS plus channel manager pairing.

Uplisting: What is the minimum I can spend?

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

ThinkReservations: Does it work outside the United States?

In practice no. Tax, payments and support are built around North America.

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.

ThinkReservations: Can it handle more than one property?

Yes, small portfolios are supported, but it is designed for a handful of properties rather than dozens.

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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