Guesty vs. Lodgify (with Hospitable)
How do the top rental platforms compare?
Guesty and Lodgify are well-known vacation rental automation platforms with years in the market. But neither fully represents the spectrum of short-term rental hosts’ needs. To enrich this comparison, we’re adding Hospitable—a modern, automation-first solution that’s been earning rave reviews for its usability and simplicity.
Analogy—think of it like software
Guesty is like Linux: powerful but built for advanced users
Hospitable is like iOS: intuitive, automated, streamlined
Lodgify is like Android: flexible, feature-rich, but sometimes complex
TL;DR comparison table
Best fit: Hospitable works for hosts, co-hosts, and property managers; Guesty splits Lite (individual hosts) and Pro (PMs); Lodgify focuses on individual hosts.
Pricing & trial: Hospitable starts at $29/month with a 14-day trial; Guesty Lite from $39/month (trial only on Lite); Lodgify from $20/month + 1.9% fee with a 7-day trial.
Reputation: Hospitable leads on reviews (G2 4.9 / Capterra 4.8) vs Guesty (4.5 / 4.3) and Lodgify (4.1 / 4.5).
Platform summaries
Feature comparison
Communication automation and AI
Hospitable is a few steps ahead of Guesty and Lodgify in guest communication automation and AI solutions that don’t require third-party integrations.
Hospitable is the only platform here with full guest reply automation (answering all guest questions with AI without a user’s review), AI performance insights (Copilot answering your questions in plain English related to financial and booking performance, as well guest reviews), AI review automation, and native vacancy-night upsells.
Guesty supports scheduled messaging and AI reply drafts, but relies on integrations for upsells and lacks full automation.
Lodgify covers basics like scheduled messages and AI drafts, but doesn’t offer full guest automation, AI insights, or upsell automation.
Operations
Hospitable offers more value in operations management than Guesty or Lodgify.
Hospitable includes smart lock check-in and smart thermostat sync natively (starting from the Professional plan), while Guesty and Lodgify require paid add-ons or don’t support thermostat sync at all.
Dynamic pricing is included in all Hospitable plans, whereas Guesty and Lodgify only offer it as a paid add-on.
Direct booking
Integrations
Property management solutions
Hospitable is the only platform with built-in owner payouts, allowing property managers to actually transfer funds from their accounts to owners rather than just creating invoices or statements.
Hospitable and Guesty both support owner portals, listing management, and professional accounting integrations, while Lodgify does not.
G2 Ratings: Hospitable (Purple) vs. Guesty & Lodgify (Gray) | Winter 2026
Usability
8.18/10
8.35/10
Results
8.18/10
8.45/10
Implementation
Relationship
Guesty vs. Lodgify vs. Hospitable: summary
Choose Hospitable if you want...
The easiest, most automated platform
Advanced AI guest communication
Dynamic pricing at no extra cost
Smart lock and thermostat management included
Owner payouts
Top-rated usability according to review platforms
Choose Guesty if you want...
CRM
Multi-unit support
Choose Lodgify if you want...
Flexibility in direct booking website design
Multilingual interface options