The short version. The single most common published price in short-term rental software is $19.99 per unit per month. It is the list rate for Breezeway Operations, PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing and Wheelhouse's flat plan, three different categories that landed on the same number. At published rates, a full mid-market stack (property management system, turnover operations, dynamic pricing, guest screening and AI messaging) runs roughly $55 to $110 per unit per month as of July 2026.
The catch: more than half of the category leaders, including Guesty Pro and Hostaway, do not publish a rate at all. "Quote-only" is the honest answer for those, and this page records it as such rather than guessing.
If you run operations at a 100-unit-plus property management company, you have hit this wall: you want to size the cost of a tool before you spend 45 minutes on a sales call, and the pricing page just says "Get a demo." Buyers, writers and analysts search for these numbers constantly, and the answers are scattered across vendor pages, app marketplaces and review sites that all quote slightly different figures.
So we compiled them. Below is every price we could verify for the tools a mid-market STR operator actually evaluates, grouped by category, with the source next to each figure and an as-of date on the whole thing. Where a vendor genuinely does not publish a number, the cell says Not published, which is itself a citable fact. Prices marked Reported come from marketplace or review listings rather than the vendor's own page.
The 2026 STR software pricing table
Prices are current as of July 2026 and reflect United States rates where a vendor lists by region. Every figure links to the exact source in the numbered list at the bottom. The colored pill on each row marks the pricing model, which matters as much as the number: a percentage-of-revenue tool and a flat per-unit tool can list the same headline and cost wildly different amounts at scale.
Property Management Systems
6 tools| Tool | Model | Published price (Jul 2026) | Notes & minimums |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guesty | Per listing / Quote | Lite from $9/listing/mo7 | Lite covers 1–3 listings. Pro (4–199) and Enterprise (200+) are quote-only. |
| Hostaway | Quote-only | Not published8 | Every prospect routes through a "get a free quote" form. No public per-listing rate. |
| Hostfully | Per property | Growth from $15/property/mo; Pro from $253 | Plus a platform fee. Growth adds a 1% gateway + 0.85% direct-booking fee; Pro waives both. Enterprise (200+) custom. |
| OwnerRez | Base + per property | $40/mo minimum4 | Minimum covers 1 property; sliding scale makes the per-property fee cheaper as the portfolio grows. No booking or setup fees. |
| Lodgify | Per property, tiered | Starter $33 / Pro $53 / Ultimate $77/mo list5 | Plan price covers one rental and scales with property count; 0% booking fee on all plans. Heavy promotional discounting is common (July 2026 promo: $24/$26/$39). |
| Hospitable | Base + per property | Essentials free; +$2–$3/extra property/mo6 | Essentials free for 1 property. Professional adds $2/property, Mogul $3/property. Base plan rate loads dynamically and is not shown statically. |
Turnover & Field Operations
3 tools| Tool | Model | Published price (Jul 2026) | Notes & minimums |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breezeway | Per unit | Operations from $19.99/unit/mo1 | First property free (freemium). Guest Messaging, Guide and Assist are a-la-carte add-ons. Volume discounts for 5+ units are quoted during a demo. |
| Turno | Per property | $10/property/mo; $8 annual2 | Free for a single property or when you only use Marketplace cleaners. Payments to Marketplace cleaners run through Turno and carry a payment-processing fee (discounted for ACH, $1.50 minimum); no flat percentage is published. |
| Operto Teams | From, then quote | From $7/moReported12 | Formerly VRScheduler. Marketplace listings show a $7/mo starting point; full pricing is customized to portfolio size on request. |
Dynamic Pricing
3 tools| Tool | Model | Published price (Jul 2026) | Notes & minimums |
|---|---|---|---|
| PriceLabs | Per listing / % rev | $19.99/listing/mo (US), or 1% of revenue9 | US/UK/EU standard rate is $19.99; a sliding scale discounts from the second listing onward. A 1%-of-booking-revenue plan is also offered. |
| Wheelhouse | Flat / % rev | Pro Flat $19.99/listing/mo; Pro Flex 1% of rev10 | Free plan to explore a market. Flat drops to $16.99 for 10–49 listings. Flex has a $2.99/listing monthly minimum. |
| Beyond | % of revenue | Growth 1% / Pro 1.25% of bookings11 | Percentage-only; no flat option. You pay a share of booked revenue rather than a fixed monthly fee. |
Guest Screening & Damage Protection
3 tools| Tool | Model | Published price (Jul 2026) | Notes & minimums |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safely | Per screening / night | $5/screening, or $0.50/night bundled13 | $5 per guest screening; drops to $0.50/night when bundled with the Safely Protection Policy (coverage from ~$8/night, usually passed to the guest). |
| Superhog (Know Your Guest) | Per booking / quote | Not published · ~$35 waiverReported14 | No official public rate. Reviews report a ~$35 non-refundable damage-waiver option per reservation; damage coverage up to $5M. |
| Autohost | Per property + verification | Not publishedReported15 | Usage-based: a small per-property monthly fee plus a per-verification charge, with volume discounts. Exact rates quoted by tier. |
Guest Messaging & AI
2 tools| Tool | Model | Published price (Jul 2026) | Notes & minimums |
|---|---|---|---|
| HostAI (now Conduit) | Per listing | From $12/listing/mo, to $6 at volumeReported16 | Rebranded to Conduit in 2026. Marketplace listings report $12/listing dropping to ~$6 with volume. |
| Besty AI | Quote-only | Not published17 | 14-day free trial; pricing tiers are not published and are quoted on request. |
What a full 100-unit stack costs
Stacking the published rates gives a defensible floor and ceiling for a mid-market operator running one tool in each category. The percentage-priced categories (dynamic pricing, screening) move with revenue and occupancy rather than unit count, so we express them as a per-unit-per-month equivalent for comparison.
- PMS: $15–$25 per unit at published per-property tiers (Hostfully Growth to Pro); enterprise systems like Guesty and Hostaway quote below list at this size.
- Turnover ops: $8–$20 per unit (Turno annual to Breezeway list), before Breezeway's 5+ volume discount.
- Dynamic pricing: ~$20 per unit flat, or 1–1.25% of revenue.
- Guest screening: ~$5–$15 per unit per month equivalent, most of it passed to guests.
- AI messaging: $6–$12 per unit.
Added together, that is roughly $55 to $110 per unit per month at published rates. For corroboration, SendSquared's 2026 software roundup independently estimates a full STR stack at $80 to $120 per unit per month all-in, which sits inside the same band once you layer in the smart-lock and channel-manager pieces we did not price here. The number a real operator pays lands lower, because volume discounts and quote-only negotiation shave the two biggest line items, the PMS and the ops platform.
How we collected these prices
As-of date. Every figure was verified in July 2026 and reflects United States pricing where a vendor lists by region. STR software pricing changes often; treat this as a July 2026 snapshot and check the linked source before quoting a figure in a contract.
Source priority. We used, in order: (1) the vendor's own pricing page, fetched directly; (2) official app-marketplace or help-center listings; (3) review platforms that publish a starting price. Figures drawn from category (2) or (3) rather than the vendor's own page are tagged Reported.
What "Not published" means. It means the vendor does not display a rate for the tier a mid-market operator would buy, and steers prospects to a demo or quote. That is a real, citable fact about how the tool is sold, not a gap in our research. Seven of the seventeen tools here fall in that bucket for their flagship tier.
What we did not do. We did not estimate, average, or infer any dollar figure. Where a price could not be verified against a source, the cell says Not published rather than a guess.
Cite this page
Parks, Sam. "STR Operations Software Pricing (2026): What Every Tool Actually Costs." RapidEye, July 13, 2026. rapideyeinspections.com/blog/str-software-pricing-2026/
Quick FAQ
How much does short-term rental software cost per unit per month?
At published rates, a full mid-market stack (PMS, turnover operations, dynamic pricing, guest screening and AI messaging) runs roughly $55 to $110 per unit per month as of July 2026. The single most common published price is $19.99 per unit per month, the list rate for Breezeway Operations, PriceLabs Dynamic Pricing and Wheelhouse's flat plan alike. Most category leaders, including Guesty Pro and Hostaway, quote privately rather than publish a rate.
Why do Guesty and Hostaway not publish their prices?
Both use a quote-based model above their entry tier. Guesty publishes a Lite plan from $9 per listing per month for 1 to 3 listings, but its Pro plan (4 to 199 listings) and Enterprise plan (200+) are quote-only. Hostaway is quote-only across the board. Quote-only pricing lets vendors tailor rates to portfolio size and negotiate at volume, which is standard for enterprise property management systems.
How much does Breezeway cost?
According to Breezeway's published pricing as of July 2026, its Operations platform starts at $19.99 per unit per month, the first property is free on a freemium tier, and Guest Messaging, Guide and Assist are priced as add-ons. Pricing is billed per property with volume discounts for portfolios of five or more units, quoted during a demo.
What is the cheapest way to run a short-term rental software stack?
Several tools have genuine free tiers. Turno is free for a single property or when you only use its Marketplace cleaners, Wheelhouse has a free dynamic-pricing plan, Hospitable Essentials is free for one property, and Breezeway's first property is free. Guest screening tools like Safely charge per booking (from $5 per screening) rather than a monthly subscription, so cost scales with occupancy rather than unit count.
Is percentage-of-revenue or flat monthly pricing better for dynamic pricing?
It depends on how much each unit earns. Flat plans like Wheelhouse Pro Flat and PriceLabs list around $19.99 per listing per month, while percentage plans like Beyond (1 to 1.25 percent of bookings) and Wheelhouse Pro Flex (1 percent of revenue) scale with income. Wheelhouse's own comparison notes that at roughly $4,500 in monthly revenue per property, the 1 percent plan costs about $45 versus $19.99 flat, so the flat plan is cheaper for higher-earning units.
Sources
- Breezeway Pricing (Breezeway, 2026)https://www.breezeway.io/breezeway-pricing
- What Are The Fees for Using Turno as a Host? (Turno Help Center, 2026)https://help.turno.com/en/articles/2142069-what-are-the-fees-for-using-turno-as-a-host
- Property Management Software Pricing (Hostfully, 2026)https://www.hostfully.com/pricing/property-management-software/
- Costs & Fees - The Basics (OwnerRez, 2026)https://www.ownerrez.com/support/articles/costs-and-fees
- Vacation Rental Software Pricing & Plans (Lodgify, 2026)https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/
- Pricing (Hospitable, 2026)https://www.hospitable.com/pricing/
- Pricing (Guesty, 2026)https://www.guesty.com/pricing/
- Pricing (Hostaway, 2026)https://www.hostaway.com/pricing/
- Pricing (PriceLabs, 2026)https://hello.pricelabs.co/pricing/
- Plans & Pricing (Wheelhouse, 2026)https://www.usewheelhouse.com/pricing
- Flexible Pricing Plans (Beyond, 2026)https://beyondpricing.com/plans
- Operto Teams Software Pricing (Capterra, 2026)https://www.capterra.com/p/170587/OpertoTeams/
- Short-Term Rental Guest Screening (Safely, 2026)https://safely.com/guest-screening
- Superhog Reviews: Pricing & Software Features (Hotel Tech Report, 2026)https://hoteltechreport.com/vacation-rental-software/vr-cleaning-operations/superhog
- Autohost Pricing: Cost and Pricing Plans (SaaSworthy, 2026)https://www.saasworthy.com/product/autohost/pricing
- HostAI Software Pricing (Capterra, 2026)https://www.capterra.com/p/10020845/HostAI/
- Besty Software Pricing (Capterra, 2026)https://www.capterra.com/p/10024260/Besty/