Guesty

Property management platform for short-term rentals

As of 29 August 2026, Guesty's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Short-term rental management: listings, messaging, pricing and operations across Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking. Softwr lists it under Travel. Guesty is available on Web, iOS, Android.

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Overview

What Guesty does

Guesty is a property management platform for short-term and vacation rentals, managing listings across Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com from one system alongside guest messaging, pricing, payments and cleaning operations. Short-term rental management differs from hotel management in a way that shapes the software: the operator often does not own the properties, manages them across several booking platforms simultaneously, and coordinates cleaning and maintenance between every stay. Guesty is built for that operator rather than for a hotel front desk.

What people use it for

Managers running rental properties across several booking platforms
Operators whose margin is lost to cleaning and turnover coordination
Companies producing owner statements for properties under management

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Guesty.

Quote-only pricing, typically scaled by listing count, so small operators find it expensive per unit
Aimed at professional managers rather than individuals with one or two listings
Channel sync depends on the booking platforms, whose API changes and outages surface as your problem
Breadth means individual modules are shallower than dedicated tools

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of Guesty

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

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Cloudbeds
Cloudbeds: Aimed at hotels and hostels rather than distributed rental portfolios
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Hostaway
Hostaway: The closest direct competitor in short-term rental management

Capabilities

Features

Multi-channel listings
One inventory synchronised across Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com
Unified inbox
Guest messaging from every channel in one place
Automation
Templated messaging and task creation triggered by booking events
Dynamic pricing
Rate adjustment based on demand signals
Operations
Cleaning and maintenance task assignment between stays
Owner reporting
Statements for property owners under management

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

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What does Guesty cost?

Guesty quotes based on listing count and modules and does not publish standard rates.

Is Guesty worth it for one property?

Generally not. It is built for professional managers with portfolios; individuals with one or two listings usually find the cost per unit hard to justify.

Which booking channels does it support?

Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com among others, synchronised from one inventory so a booking on one channel closes the dates everywhere.

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