A Hostaway alternative for a single Airbnb listing
Hostaway is a vacation-rental PMS and channel manager priced per listing, $20 to $40 a month depending on portfolio size, connecting to 26+ booking channels via direct API with a strong 4.7/5 rating across 338 G2 reviews. getfursat's free tier covers Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda sync for one or two listings at $0.
- Connects to 26+ booking channels via direct API, including Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia and Google, per its own marketing.
- Claims to automate 93% of repetitive guest communication via AI Replies, and states it is trusted by 20,000+ property managers, per its own site.
- Strong, high-volume reviews: 4.7/5 on G2 from 338 reviews, with 89% five-star.
- Not free at any tier: pricing runs $20 to $40 per listing per month depending on portfolio size, per its own pricing page.
- Some users report an initial learning curve, a dated interface, and a mobile app with fewer features than desktop, per its Capterra reviews.
- We found no country-by-country compliance guidance in its published materials as of 2026-07-07.
| Dimension | Hostaway | Fursat (free tier) |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Vacation-rental PMS + channel manager, priced per listing | Free channel manager for individual Airbnb hosts |
| Starting price | $20 to $40 per listing per month | $0, no card, no subscription, at getfursat.com/str-connect |
| Reviews | 4.7/5 G2 (338 reviews, 89% five-star) | N/A, new product |
| Channels | 26+ via direct API | Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda |
| Country-specific guides | Not published | Free guides for US, UK, UAE, Philippines, Indonesia, Germany, Canada and Australia |
Other Hostaway alternatives worth knowing about
- Guesty (Guesty Lite): Starting at $23 to $27 per listing per month, two-way sync across 60+ OTAs; by its own positioning, most value shows up above 20 listings.
- Hospitable: A genuinely free "Essentials" plan (iCal sync, unified inbox), capped at 10 AI-assisted replies a week; official Airbnb Preferred+ and Booking.com Premier Plus partner, 4.9/5 on G2 as of 2026-07-07.
- OwnerRez: Starts at $40/month on a per-property sliding scale, builds its own direct OTA integrations rather than a third-party sync layer, 5.0 on G2 and 4.9 on Capterra as of 2026-07-11.
Your Airbnb search ranking and reviews live on Airbnb, tied to the listing itself, not to whichever channel manager sits behind it. Disconnecting Hostaway and connecting a different tool does not reset either one.
The real risk during a switch is not ranking, it is a double-booking in the handoff window: a night held on the old tool's calendar that the new one has not picked up yet. Check both calendars for overlaps before you disconnect anything, not after.
Check Hostaway's own cancellation and data-export terms before switching; those vary by vendor and we have not verified them beyond what is in the comparison table above.
- You manage or are scaling a portfolio and want task management plus AI-automated guest replies across 26+ channels.
- You want a proven, high-review-volume vendor.
- You are ready to pay per listing today.
- You run one or two Airbnb listings and want to start at zero cost first.
- You want the listing-density guidebook and free country-specific compliance guides, neither part of Hostaway's public marketing.
- You would rather try a free tier before committing to per-listing pricing.
Is Hostaway free?
No. Per its own pricing checked 2026-07-07, Hostaway runs $20 to $40 per listing per month depending on portfolio size. getfursat's free tier has no cost.
How many channels does Hostaway connect to?
26+ booking channels via direct API integrations per its own marketing, including Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia and Google, broader than getfursat's free tier's Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda.
Is Hostaway good for a single Airbnb listing?
Hostaway is priced and positioned per listing for growing portfolios. At one or two listings, a free tier built for that scale, like getfursat's, is likely the better starting point before a paid, per-listing tool.
Facts about Hostaway reflect public sources as of June 2026 and may change. Spotted an error? Write to hi@fursat.fun and we will fix it.