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Hostaway

Hostaway is a vacation rental PMS and channel manager with a unified inbox, task automation, owner tools and an AI CoHost for reply suggestions. Pricing is quote-based and not published on its pricing page.

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Best use case: Operators with roughly 5-50+ listings who want a mature PMS with a large integration marketplace
Ideal portfolio: 2-50+ listings
Setup difficulty: moderate
Channels: airbnb, vrbo, booking, direct

Pricing was not verified. Check the vendor’s site.

What it automates

Channel sync and multi-calendar
AI reply suggestions in the unified inbox
Task and workflow automation
Automated review requests

What still needs a human

Approving AI-suggested replies
Owner communication
Operations oversight

Verified integrations

Google Vacation Rentals
SMS and WhatsApp messaging
Owner portal

Strengths

Broad feature set
Strong third-party review scores per the vendor's page

Limitations

No public pricing
Third-party reports mention onboarding fees and contracts (unverified)

Verification notes

Pricing not published; could not be verified from the vendor page. Third-party estimates vary widely and are not used.

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