Hostaway vs Smoobu on price
Smoobu publishes its prices at every size we price, 1 to 50 listings: $39.21 a month for one listing (Professional Prepaid) and $150.09 for 10, on its cheapest plan billed monthly, at $150 a night and 60% occupancy. Hostaway publishes none: its pricing page asks how many listings you manage, then for your email, name and phone before it quotes. So only Smoobu can be costed in advance; a Hostaway quote can be checked against these figures.
What each publishes, by number of listings
| Listings | Hostaway | Smoobu |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waitlist or quote form | $39 Professional Prepaid |
| 2 | Quote form | $52 Professional Prepaid |
| 3 | Quote form | $64 Professional Prepaid |
| 5 | Quote form | $88 Professional Prepaid |
| 10 | Quote form | $150 Professional Prepaid |
| 20 | Quote form | $273 Professional Prepaid |
| 50 | Quote form | $643 Professional Prepaid |
Smoobu: its cheapest plan a month for all the listings together, billed monthly, before taxes, at $150 a night and 60% occupancy, from its pricing page (read October 6, 2026). Hostaway: its pricing page, read October 7, 2026, shows no price at any size.
Smoobu bills in euros; the dollar prices are the ones its own page shows.
How each gives you a price
Hostaway: its pricing page asks “How many listings do you manage?” Picking a band leads to a form headed “Get a free quote” that asks for your email, full name and phone number; no price is shown before you submit it. Its bands are “0 - 1”, “2 - 4”, “5 - 14”, “15 - 49”, “50 - 199”, “200+” on some loads of the page and “2-14 Listings”, “15-49 Listings”, “50+ Listings” on others.
Smoobu: its plans and prices are on its pricing page, $39.21 a month for one listing (Professional Prepaid). Every Smoobu plan at every listing count.
Side by side
| Hostaway | Smoobu | |
|---|---|---|
| Prices published | None | At every size we price, 1 to 50 listings |
| Free trial | None mentioned on its pricing or home page | A 14-day free trial, no credit card needed |
| One listing | A waitlist on one version of its pricing page, a “0 - 1” band and the quote form on another | $39.21 a month (Professional Prepaid) |
| How it charges | Not shown: the pricing page is the quote form | Professional Prepaid and Pro+ charge a monthly fee set by how many listings you have; Professional Flex adds 0.9% of booking revenue to a monthly fee ($32.49 for one listing). |
Hostaway or Smoobu: quick answers
Is Hostaway cheaper than Smoobu?
Published prices can't tell you: Hostaway publishes none and quotes only after you give your email, name and phone. Smoobu publishes its prices at every size we price, 1 to 50 listings: $39.21 a month for one listing (Professional Prepaid) and $150.09 for 10, on its cheapest plan billed monthly, at $150 a night and 60% occupancy. To compare, ask Hostaway for its price at your number of listings, billed monthly and yearly, and set it against Smoobu's price for the same size.
What do Hostaway and Smoobu cost for one listing?
Hostaway: its website doesn't say. When we checked on October 7, 2026, some loads of its pricing page offered bands of “2-14 Listings”, “15-49 Listings” and “50+ Listings” and a link, “Only have 1 listing? Click here for more info.”, to a waitlist page that says “While we're not currently available in your market or for your portfolio size, we're rapidly expanding to serve property managers like you.” Other versions offered bands from “0 - 1” to “200+”, and choosing “0 - 1” led to the same quote form as the other bands. Smoobu: $39.21 a month (Professional Prepaid), billed monthly. Smoobu bills in euros; the dollar prices are the ones its own page shows.
Do Hostaway and Smoobu have a free trial?
Hostaway: neither its pricing page nor its home page mentions one. Smoobu: a 14-day free trial, no credit card needed.
Do Hostaway and Smoobu charge per listing or per booking?
Hostaway: its pricing page shows no prices or fees of any kind, only the quote form. Smoobu: Professional Prepaid and Pro+ charge a monthly fee set by how many listings you have; Professional Flex adds 0.9% of booking revenue to a monthly fee ($32.49 for one listing). Smoobu says “Our Professional Flex plan offers all the benefits of Professional Prepaid with a 0.9% commission fee per booking. All our other plans are commission-free.”
Does using Hostaway or Smoobu change your Airbnb host fee?
Either one does if you are still on Airbnb's split fee. Of its single fee, Airbnb says “This fee structure is mandatory for most hosts, including … hosts who use property management software, and hosts in countries subject to this fee structure.” Most hosts on it pay 15.5% of the nightly price and their own fees, against 3% on the split fee, which Airbnb is phasing out for all home hosts. One listing at $150 a night and 60% occupancy books $32,850 a year, so at the same prices the single fee takes $4,106 more a year, against $471 a year for Smoobu itself.
See Smoobu pricing, Hostaway pricing and what the alternatives cost and the cheapest channel manager at each listing count. Also: Hostaway vs Guesty, Hostaway vs Hospitable, Hostaway vs Hostfully, Hostaway vs OwnerRez, Hostaway vs Uplisting, Hospitable vs Smoobu, Smoobu vs Uplisting, Guesty vs Smoobu.
Sources: Hostaway's pricing page, read October 7, 2026; Smoobu's pricing page, read October 6, 2026.
Prices checked against each vendor's own pricing page on .