OmniStay or Hostaway? · Comparison updated on 25 October 2026
Hostaway is all-in-one software for short-term rental managers, with pricing on request, depending on the number of properties. OmniStay was designed by a property manager, for property managers and hosts, and costs €9.90 per listing per month. Here are the two tools side by side.
Feature by feature
What Hostaway offers according to its own website, reviewed between 21 and 25 October 2026, compared with OmniStay as it is live today.
| Feature | OmniStay | Hostaway |
|---|---|---|
| Property manager’s showcase website, to find owners | Add-on |
No |
| WhatsApp and SMS messages to guests | Add-on |
Yes SMS and WhatsApp in the unified inbox, with platform messages and emails |
| Instagram and TikTok posts ready every week | Add-on · Beta |
Partly Through the Rentamira app on its marketplace: Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest posts created and scheduled |
| AI assistant that replies and acts in the guest’s language | Add-on |
Yes AI replies, on request, at no extra cost |
| Owner portal: income and statements in real time | Portal included |
Yes Owner portal and automatic statements |
| Referrals: 30 to 50% of your referred clients’ subscription, every month | Up to 50% |
Partly Affiliate programme: 20% of referred clients’ payments for 12 months; referrals: a $300 gift card per referred client |
| Monthly statement and report for each owner | Every month |
Yes Monthly owner statements generated, customised and sent from the software |
| E-invoices in Factur-X format | Factur-X |
Add-on As an add-on, with the partner Invopop (approved platform): invoices transmitted to the French tax authorities |
| Run the software from ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini | With the AI add-on |
No Connecting an external AI agent via MCP isn’t offered at present, according to its AI CoHost page |
| Tourist tax calculated, return ready to file | Calculated |
Yes Configurable tourist tax applied to the price, with rates depending on the length of stay |
| Revenue estimate as a PDF, to win over an owner | PDF in your colours |
No |
| Cleaning team app | App included |
Yes Cleaning, maintenance and inspection tasks, app for staff |
| Inspections with photos | Included |
Yes Cleaning, maintenance and inspection tasks, with before and after photos added by the teams |
| Tracking the owners you want to sign | Included |
No |
| Guest app in 7 languages | Nothing to install |
Yes Guest portal and online check-in |
| Pre-check-in and police registration form | Included |
Yes For properties in France: police registration form data collected online |
| Contracts signed online by owners | Included |
No |
| Rental agreement accepted online | Included |
Yes Rental agreement signed online by the guest (guest portal), with a time-stamped PDF of the signature |
| Prices and calendar approved by the owner | Included |
No |
| Security deposits by card hold | Commission-free |
Yes Card pre-authorisations (Stripe, Authorize.net) |
| Extras sold to guests | Add-on |
Yes Extras bought by the guest in their guest portal, charged immediately by card |
| Entries ready for your accountant | Included |
Partly Through the QuickBooks Online integration: booking invoices and expense bills, created automatically or manually |
| Smart locks: one code per stay | One code per stay |
Yes “Smart Locks” module, billed per lock (Nuki, igloohome, Yale…) |
| A reply ready for every review | Reply ready |
Yes Manual or automatic review replies |
| Profitability, targets and forecast per listing | Included |
Partly Financial analytics per property (rental income, nights booked, occupancy rate), with custom formulas |
| Unified inbox | All in one place |
Yes Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Google, email, SMS and WhatsApp |
| Team invoices issued on their behalf | Included |
Partly Through Breezeway, a partner on its Marketplace: work checked with photo checklists before contractors are paid |
| Automated messages in the guest’s language | In 7 languages |
Yes Yes, by email, SMS or WhatsApp |
| Commission-free direct booking | Add-on |
Yes Website included in the subscription; Pro version as an add-on: €35 a month and a 0.5% fee per booking |
| Linen, stock and laundry | Included |
No |
| Dynamic pricing | With PriceLabs |
Add-on As an add-on; PriceLabs, Beyond, Wheelhouse through the Marketplace |
| Airbnb and Booking.com | Airbnb · Direct connectionBooking.com · Direct connection |
Airbnb · Direct connectionBooking.com · Direct connection |
| Incidents passed to the right contractor | Included |
Partly Through Breezeway, a partner on its Marketplace: issues reported on site turned into tracked work orders |
| Vrbo and Expedia | Vrbo · Direct connectionExpedia · Direct connection |
Vrbo · Direct connectionExpedia · Direct connection |
| Damage and disputes: one file per incident | Included |
Partly Hostaway Insurance damage cover (with Safely), claims made in Hostaway; in the United States, excluding New York State |
| Software entirely in French | All in French |
Yes Yes, dashboard and app |
| Support in French | 7 days a week |
Yes Yes: human support in French and help centre |
| Import from your current software | Automatic |
Partly Import of bookings from other software by CSV file (feature available on request); personalised onboarding support |
| On a phone | iPhone and Android |
Yes iOS and Android app |
| API, Zapier and Make | API, Zapier, Make |
Yes Open API |
| Several companies, one login | Included |
Partly Several Stripe accounts within one account, per property or group of properties; several accounts under one login: not mentioned |
| Price | €9.90per listing per month | Price on request: its pricing page asks for the number of properties, without showing a price |
OmniStay in action
Which one should you choose?
Hostaway at a glance
All-in-one software (PMS and channel manager, with AI) designed for short-term rental managers.
What Hostaway highlights:
OmniStay at a glance
The software designed by a property manager, for property managers and hosts: everything in French, €9.90 per listing per month.
What we highlight:
Switching from Hostaway to OmniStay
Nothing is deleted in Hostaway: you stop your subscription once everything is connected.
FAQ
Yes, for short-term rental property managers and hosts: calendar synced with Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and Vrbo, automated messages, cleaning, owners, deposits and invoices, in a single piece of software in French, at €9.90 per listing per month. The table above shows what each one offers, according to its own website.
Yes. Copy your “Account ID” and your “API key” in Hostaway, then paste these codes into OmniStay: your properties, bookings, blocked dates, prices, photos and team arrive on their own, and every upcoming booking is checked, one by one. Your listings stay online throughout the switch: the guide tells you in which order to connect Airbnb, then Booking.com, and nothing is deleted in Hostaway.
OmniStay costs €9.90 per listing per month, with no commitment and no setup fee: calendar, messages, team, owners and statements included. The AI assistant, the showcase website and payments are available as add-ons, in the app. The demo is free, no account needed.
Comparison drawn up by OmniStay on 25 October 2026, based on Hostaway’s public pages (viewed between 21 and 25 October 2026) and the live OmniStay software. “No”: its website doesn’t offer it; “Partly”: partly, or through a partner tool. Offers change: has something changed, or does it look inaccurate to you? Write to bonjour@omnistay.ai and we’ll correct it.
Hostaway is a trademark of its publisher (Hostaway Opco Oy, Finland). It is mentioned solely for comparison: OmniStay has no connection with this publisher, and is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by it.