The honest STR software comparison
Most short-term rental tools were built for enterprise property managers — then tried to fit indie hosts. StayReady was built for independent hosts from day one. Here's what that means for your bill.
What 3 properties actually costs you
Per-property pricing sounds cheap until you do the math. StayReady charges per tier — so the more you grow, the better the deal.
- Fees stack with every booking
- Enterprise tool, indie price tag
- No free trial without a call
- Extra fees for payments & direct bookings
- Complex onboarding
- No free trial without a call
- Cost triples as you scale
- Limited ops & supply tracking
- No free trial without credit card
- ✅ 1–3 properties: $29/mo
- ✅ 4–6 properties: $89/mo
- ✅ 7–10 properties: $149/mo
- ✅ 14-day free trial, no credit card
- ✅ Purpose-built for independent hosts
Feature-by-feature breakdown
What you actually need to run your properties day-to-day.
| Feature | StayReady | Guesty | Hostfully | Hospitable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier pricing (not per property) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| No per-booking fees | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Cleaner scheduling | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Turnover checklists | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Supply tracking & alerts | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Profitability dashboard | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Guest messaging templates | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Maintenance alerts | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| 14-day free trial, no CC | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Built for indie hosts | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Competitor pricing sourced from public pricing pages, accurate as of August 2026. Prices may vary.
One thing we'll say in their defense
Guesty and Hostfully are channel managers — they sync your listings across Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, and more from one place. If managing listings across multiple platforms is your main headache, they solve a problem StayReady doesn't.
StayReady is your operations layer — what happens after the booking is confirmed. Cleaning, turnovers, supplies, maintenance, messaging, and profitability. Many hosts use both a channel manager and StayReady together.
If you're on Airbnb only and want to stop running your operation on spreadsheets and group texts — StayReady is the better fit, at a fraction of the price.
The math is clear. Start free today.
StayReady costs less, does more for operations, and takes 5 minutes to set up — not 5 weeks.
From $29/mo after your trial. No contracts. No setup fees.