Travel · head to head
Uplisting vs Wheelhouse
Uplisting
Travel
Short-term rental management with a flat per-property price and no percentage of revenue
- From
- $100/month
- Rated
- -
Wheelhouse
Travel
Dynamic pricing and market data for short-term rental operators
- From
- $19.99/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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.; 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: Uplisting covers Channel sync, Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Uplisting and Wheelhouse actually diverge.
| Attribute | Uplisting | Wheelhouse |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $100/month | $19.99/month |
| Pricing model | Per property per month | Per listing per month or percentage of revenue |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web, 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 Uplisting
- Channel sync
- Direct booking site
- Automated messaging
- Cleaning and team management
- Guest verification
- Smart lock codes
- Unified inbox
- Multi-unit handling
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.
Uplisting
- A manager with fifteen city apartments who wants fixed software cost rather than a percentage of high nightly ratesnot Wheelhouse
- An operator burned by double bookings across Airbnb and Booking.com wanting hard sync protectionnot Wheelhouse
- A team coordinating cleaners across same-day turnovers with automated task assignmentnot Wheelhouse
- A host issuing smart lock codes automatically instead of arranging key handoversnot 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 Uplisting
- A manager with sixty units wanting one pricing strategy applied across a portfolio with per-unit floorsnot Uplisting
- An owner with a low-occupancy listing who prefers to pay 1% of revenue rather than a fixed monthly fee in quiet monthsnot Uplisting
- An analyst benchmarking a new acquisition against neighbourhood occupancy and ADR before setting an offer pricenot Uplisting
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
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
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
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 Uplisting if
- You need channel sync.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want direct booking site.
Choose Wheelhouse if
- You need dynamic nightly pricing.
- You work on Web, iOS.
- You also want strategy controls.
Questions people ask
- Is Uplisting or Wheelhouse better?
- Neither clearly leads. Uplisting starts at $100/month and Wheelhouse at $19.99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Uplisting or Wheelhouse?
- Uplisting starts at $100/month and Wheelhouse at $19.99/month.
- Does Uplisting or Wheelhouse run on more platforms?
- Uplisting runs on Web, iOS, Android. Wheelhouse runs on Web, iOS.
- What is Uplisting best used for?
- Uplisting is most often used for a manager with fifteen city apartments who wants fixed software cost rather than a percentage of high nightly rates, an operator burned by double bookings across airbnb and booking.com wanting hard sync protection, a team coordinating cleaners across same-day turnovers with automated task assignment, a host issuing smart lock codes automatically instead of arranging key handovers. Of those, a manager with fifteen city apartments who wants fixed software cost rather than a percentage of high nightly rates and an operator burned by double bookings across airbnb and booking.com wanting hard sync protection are not what Wheelhouse is typically brought in for.
- What can Uplisting do that Wheelhouse cannot?
- Uplisting covers Channel sync, Direct booking site, Automated messaging, Cleaning and team management. Wheelhouse covers Dynamic nightly pricing, Strategy controls, Market reports, Dynamic Sets.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
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.
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.
Uplisting: What is the minimum I can spend?
One hundred US dollars a month, regardless of whether you have one property or five.
Wheelhouse: Does it push prices to Airbnb directly?
Yes, and to Vrbo, plus through connected property management systems.
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.
Wheelhouse: Is there a free option?
You can create an account and see market reports without paying, but rate automation requires a paid plan.
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.
Wheelhouse: Is there a contract?
No lock-in. Flex is billed at reservation time and refunded if the booking cancels.
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