Hostaway
Cloud-based property management platform for short-term vacation rentals
- Also known as
- hostaway
What is Hostaway?
A property management system for vacation rental hosts that unifies bookings from multiple channels (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, etc.), automates guest communications using AI, applies dynamic pricing strategies based on market demand, and provides owner reporting through a centralized dashboard.
What Hostaway does
The capabilities that matter for short term rental management, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Unified multi channel inbox and calendar sync
- ✓
- Airbnb vrbo booking com native API integration
- ✓
- Direct booking website builder
- ✓
- Automated trigger based guest messaging
- ✓
- Dynamic yield pricing and minimum stay rules
- ✓
- Automated housekeeping turnover scheduling
- ✓
- Smart lock API integration for automated access codes
- ✓
- Damage protection insurance and security deposit holds
- -
- Owner statement and commission portal
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (15)
Independently observed- Akia⇄
- PriceLabs←
- Beyond Pricing←
- Wheelhouse←
- Airbnb
- Vrbo
- Booking.com
- Expedia
- Tallybreeze
- QuickBooks
- SMS
- Smart Locks
Hostaway FAQ
Common questions about Hostaway, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Hostaway?
A property management system for vacation rental hosts that unifies bookings from multiple channels (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, etc.), automates guest communications using AI, applies dynamic pricing strategies based on market demand, and provides owner reporting through a centralized dashboard. It is indexed under Short Term Rental Management.
What platforms does Hostaway support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Hostaway. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
What does Hostaway integrate with?
We have confirmed 11 integrations for Hostaway, including Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, Google, Tallybreeze, QuickBooks and WhatsApp, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Hostaway have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Hostaway. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Hostaway not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Hostaway alternatives
Other short term rental management we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- HospitableAutomate vacation rental management across multiple booking channels and propertiesmedium · 74%
- GuestyAI-powered property management platform for vacation rentals that syncs listings across multiple booking channels and automates guest communicationsmedium · 74%
- UplistingShort-term rental management platform that consolidates bookings, calendars, and guest communication across all channelshigh · 76%
- OwnerRezVacation rental management platform combining multi-channel booking aggregation, guest communication, and property accounting in one systemhigh · 77%
- TokeetAI-powered property management platform combining channel synchronization, booking automation, and dynamic pricing for vacation rentalshigh · 78%
- SmoobuCloud-based property management platform for vacation rental owners and managershigh · 77%
Compare Hostaway
Side by side against other short term rental management, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.04 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 27 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.10 | 0.0 | - |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 63% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Direct booking website builder, Owner statement and commission portal, Automated trigger based guest messaging, Automated housekeeping turnover scheduling, Dynamic yield pricing and minimum stay rules, Unified multi channel inbox and calendar sync, Airbnb vrbo booking com native api integration, Smart lock api integration for automated access codes | mediumsource · 2026-10-07 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 8 | mediumsource · 2026-10-07 · 60% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | mediumsource · 2026-08-23 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-24 · 75% |
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