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Travelport Smartpoint vs Uplisting

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Travelport Smartpoint

Travel

Travelport GDS booking desktop for travel agents, now on version 12

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: Travelport Smartpoint travelport retires older Smartpoint versions on its own schedule, and agencies that do not track release notes can lose sign-on access to Travelport+ or Apollo with little warning.; 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: Travelport Smartpoint covers Graphical and cryptic modes, Uplisting covers Channel sync.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Travelport Smartpoint and Uplisting actually diverge.

Attributes where Travelport Smartpoint and Uplisting differ
AttributeTravelport SmartpointUplisting
Starting priceOn request$100/month
Pricing modelquotePer property per month
PlatformsWindows, WebWeb, 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 Travelport Smartpoint

  • Graphical and cryptic modes
  • Multi-GDS content
  • Smartpoint Cloud
  • Automation scripting
  • Marketplace distribution
  • Queue and PNR management

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.

Travelport Smartpoint

  • A retail agency already on a Travelport segment agreement needing the current supported desktop versionnot Uplisting
  • A TMC running mixed cryptic and graphical booking teams on one workspacenot Uplisting
  • An agency migrating from an older Smartpoint build after Travelport retired 8.1 to 9.1not Uplisting
  • A consolidator wanting Apollo, Galileo or Worldspan content behind a single agent interfacenot Uplisting

Uplisting

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

Where each one falls short

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

Travelport Smartpoint

  • Travelport retires older Smartpoint versions on its own schedule, and agencies that do not track release notes can lose sign-on access to Travelport+ or Apollo with little warning.
  • Pricing is never published and is folded into a segment incentive agreement, so two agencies of similar size can be paying materially different effective rates with no way to compare.
  • Cryptic command knowledge is still needed for a meaningful share of servicing tasks, so a newly hired agent takes months to reach full productivity.
  • It is a Windows-weighted desktop product, and agencies wanting fully remote or Mac-based teams need Smartpoint Cloud or virtual desktop infrastructure to compensate.
  • Switching to Sabre or Amadeus means retraining staff on a different command language and renegotiating a separate incentive deal, which locks agencies into their existing GDS relationship longer than pure product quality would justify.

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

Travelport Smartpoint

On request
  • Travelport Smartpoint$undefined/year
    • Usually bundled into a GDS segment agreement
    • Distribution and version entitlement managed per country via the Marketplace
    • Segment incentive payments to the agency

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 Travelport Smartpoint if

  • You need graphical and cryptic modes.
  • You work on Windows, Web.
  • You also want multi-gds content.
Travelport Smartpoint 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 Travelport Smartpoint or Uplisting better?
Neither clearly leads. Travelport Smartpoint 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, Travelport Smartpoint or Uplisting?
Travelport Smartpoint starts at On request and Uplisting at $100/month.
Does Travelport Smartpoint or Uplisting run on more platforms?
Travelport Smartpoint runs on Windows, Web. Uplisting runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Travelport Smartpoint best used for?
Travelport Smartpoint is most often used for a retail agency already on a travelport segment agreement needing the current supported desktop version, a tmc running mixed cryptic and graphical booking teams on one workspace, an agency migrating from an older smartpoint build after travelport retired 8.1 to 9.1, a consolidator wanting apollo, galileo or worldspan content behind a single agent interface. Of those, a retail agency already on a travelport segment agreement needing the current supported desktop version and a tmc running mixed cryptic and graphical booking teams on one workspace are not what Uplisting is typically brought in for.
What can Travelport Smartpoint do that Uplisting cannot?
Travelport Smartpoint covers Graphical and cryptic modes, Multi-GDS content, Smartpoint Cloud, Automation scripting. Uplisting covers Channel sync, Direct booking site, Automated messaging, Cleaning and team management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Travelport Smartpoint: Do we pay a separate licence fee for Smartpoint?

Usually not directly. It is typically bundled into a GDS segment agreement in which Travelport pays incentives per booked segment.

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.

Travelport Smartpoint: What happened to older Smartpoint versions?

Travelport retired versions 8.1 through 9.1 as of 30 April 2026; agencies must be on Smartpoint 12.0 to keep signing on to Travelport+ or Apollo.

Uplisting: What is the minimum I can spend?

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

Travelport Smartpoint: Is there a browser version?

Yes, Smartpoint Cloud runs in a browser for agents without a managed Windows desktop.

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.

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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