# Lodgify — Short-term rental PMS pairing channel sync with a commission-free direct booking website you own. > Source: Landlord Bench — https://landlordbench.com/lodgify (structured, researched, re-verified) Lodgify is short-term rental management software that syncs calendars, rates and content across Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. It also builds a no-code direct booking website with its own booking engine, guest messaging and payment processing. **Best for:** Vacation rental hosts and small short-term rental managers wanting direct bookings | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://lodgify.com | | Category | Short-term rentals, Small property managers | | Open source | No | | Price | $17.85 a month | | Price checked | 28 October 2026 | Screenshot of Lodgify: https://landlordbench.com/img/1920/screenshots/lodgify.webp, captured 30 October 2026 **What we checked** - Pages last read: 28 October 2026 - Price on its site: From $17.85 a month (From its pricing page) ## Lodgify price and terms **Terms** - Free to start: Partly — Seven-day free trial of the software, no credit card required — there is no standing free plan, and Dynamic Pricing is separately free for three months on Basic and Starter. - Sign up without sales: Yes **What needs a higher plan** - Professional: Security deposits, Rent paid in cash - Ultimate: Rent receipts, Maintenance requests, Work orders to contractors, Move-in and move-out inspections, Owner portal and statements, Management fees Pricing page as we captured it: https://landlordbench.com/img/1920/screenshots/lodgify/pricing.webp, captured 30 October 2026 Read on https://subscriptions.lodgify.com/api/v3/plan-prices/usd?numberOfRentals=100, 28 October 2026. ## What we checked on Lodgify ### What it costs for 25 units **What the price is based on** · Yes — Priced per property on a subscription, with the plan fee rising as you add properties and the two cheapest plans capped by property count. > Pricing varies based on the number of properties you manage and the features included. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · All your questions, answered FAQ, "What's the difference between the pricing plans?", checked 28 October 2026 **Rent payment fees** · Yes — Guest payments taken through a gateway carry Lodgify's 1% transaction fee plus the gateway's own processing fee, while cash or bank transfers you record manually carry none. > A transaction fee of 1% applies to payments your guests make online through a payment gateway such as Stripe or PayPal. Your gateway also charges its own processing fee, which is separate. Payments you collect manually (cash, bank transfer) have no transaction fee. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · All your questions, answered FAQ, "Are there any transaction fees?", checked 28 October 2026 **Minimum units or minimum fee** · No — The cheapest plan is sold for a single property, and the vendor pitches itself from one property upwards, so no block of units or monthly floor is imposed. > Lodgify is designed to help all types of short-term rental businesses grow, whether you have one property or 30+. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · All your questions, answered FAQ, "Who is Lodgify for?", checked 28 October 2026 **Unit caps** · Yes — Basic is restricted to one property and Starter to two, so a third property forces the Professional plan; Professional and Ultimate then price by property count. > This plan is only available for 1 property or less > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Plan cards, Basic card footnote, checked 28 October 2026 **Promotion and regular price** · Yes — yearly shown monthly: the plan cards open on the Yearly control, so the headline per-month figures are the discounted annual rate, not the month-to-month price. > Yearly > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Billing control above the plan cards, with Yearly carrying the active state on page load, checked 28 October 2026 **Setup or onboarding fee** · No — Lodgify states plainly that joining carries no setup fee and that onboarding with a product expert is included rather than billed. > No, there’s no setup fee when joining Lodgify. Free onboarding is included. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · All your questions, answered FAQ, "Is there a setup fee?", checked 28 October 2026 ### Finding a tenant **Listing your vacancy** · Yes — Two-way API sync with Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com on every plan, iCal for other sites, and Google Vacation Rentals only from Professional up. > Sync your calendars, prices, and content with top booking platforms. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Channel Manager section, "API for Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com" row, checked 28 October 2026 ### Leases and rent **Rent collected online** · Partly — Guests pay by card through a gateway such as Stripe, and payout speed is the gateway's; only Lodgify's own US-only processing states daily payouts. > Your vacation rental booking system connects with trusted payment gateways so you can accept cards, bank transfers or manual payments. > — https://www.lodgify.com/payment-processing/ · "Get paid your way with secure payments" section, checked 28 October 2026 **Autopay and reminders** · Partly — Lodgify can charge a guest's card automatically and chase overdue balances, but automated charging is absent from the Basic plan. > Charge guests automatically when needed. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Payments section, Payment automation row, checked 28 October 2026 **Security deposits** · Partly — A guest's card is pre-authorised before arrival so the deposit is frozen and repairs deducted; this is absent from Basic and Starter. > Your guest's card is pre-authorized before arrival so the deposit amount is frozen. If anything gets damaged, you can deduct repair costs before releasing the deposit. > — https://www.lodgify.com/payment-processing/ · "Vacation rental payment processing, simplified" steps, "Pre-authorize deposits automatically", checked 28 October 2026 **Rent paid in cash** · Partly — Cash and bank payments can be recorded by hand from Professional upwards, but no retail cash-payment network is offered for guests to pay in a shop. > Record cash or bank payments manually. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Payments section, Manual payments row, checked 28 October 2026 **Rent receipts** · Partly — Guests can be sent proper invoices for what they paid, but the invoicing feature sits on the most expensive plan only. > Send clear, professional invoices to guests. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Payments section, Guest invoices row, checked 28 October 2026 ### Maintenance **Maintenance requests** · Partly — Maintenance visits can be raised as tasks with photo proof and inspection, but only on Ultimate and only by you, not by a guest self-service request. > Need a maintenance visit or a last-minute restock? Create individual tasks for specific dates and assign them to the right team member instantly. > — https://www.lodgify.com/task-management/ · "Task management that runs itself" section, "One-time tasks for special requests", checked 28 October 2026 **Work orders to contractors** · Partly — Tasks go to a named person or a role such as any cleaner with push notifications and sign-off, but paying that contractor from the task is not documented. > Assign tasks to a specific team member or a role like 'any cleaner.' Team members get notified instantly through the mobile app. > — https://www.lodgify.com/task-management/ · "How our task management for vacation rentals works", step 2 "Send it to the right person", checked 28 October 2026 **Move-in and move-out inspections** · Partly — Checklists can require mandatory photo uploads and your approval before a turnover is signed off, but it is cleaning inspection, not a move-in/move-out report shared with the occupant. > Add step-by-step checklists to each task. Make photo uploads mandatory so you can see exactly what was done without being on-site. > — https://www.lodgify.com/task-management/ · "Verify work quality before guests arrive" section, "Checklists with photo requirements", checked 28 October 2026 ### The books **Income and expenses by property** · Partly — Booking revenue, fees, expenses and payouts are pulled into statements you can export as PDF, with per-property reporting, but no accountant-ready ledger export is described. > Statements pull booking revenue, fees, expenses and payouts directly from Lodgify. No copy-pasting from spreadsheets or chasing down numbers. > — https://www.lodgify.com/owner-statements/ · "Vacation rental owner statements that build trust" section, "Automatic data pulls", checked 28 October 2026 **Bank accounts from the vendor** · No — Lodgify Payments processes guest payments and pays out to a bank account you already hold; you must supply your own routing and account numbers. > To set up Lodgify Payments, you must provide your email address, first and last name, date of birth, address, routing number, account number, company name, and business owner information. > — https://www.lodgify.com/lodgify-payments/ · Still have questions, "What do I need to set up Lodgify Payments?", checked 28 October 2026 ### Managing for other owners **Owner portal and statements** · Partly — Owner statements are generated, scheduled monthly or quarterly and exported or emailed as PDF, but owners get documents rather than a login of their own. > Export the report as a PDF or send statements straight from Lodgify. Owners get their reports without you opening your email. > — https://www.lodgify.com/owner-statements/ · "How our vacation rental owner statements work", step 4 "Deliver directly to owners", checked 28 October 2026 **Management fees** · Partly — Owner payouts, fees and expenses are tracked and reported on Ultimate, but the vendor does not document calculating a management commission rate for you. > Track payouts and reports for property owners. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Property and Account Management section, Owner payments and reporting row, checked 28 October 2026 **Team users** · Partly — Role-based access for team members is an Ultimate-only feature, and the vendor publishes no per-user price, so staff seats are not separately metered. > Give team members the right access levels. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Property and Account Management section, Permissions management row, checked 28 October 2026 ### Your tenants **Tenant app** · Partly — Guests get a mobile app with their check-in details on Ultimate only; lower plans give them messaging through the host's inbox instead. > Give guests easy access to check-in details. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Mobile Apps section, Mobile app for guests row, checked 28 October 2026 **Renters insurance** · Partly — Damage Protection by Safely is an opt-in add-on covering structure and contents per enrolled property; it is Lodgify's own cover, not proof of a guest's policy. > Unlike OTA-specific insurance, Damage Protection by Safely covers all your reservations, across all your booking channels and your direct booking site. You may, however, decide which properties to enroll in damage protection. > — https://www.lodgify.com/damage-protection/ · "Relax—your properties are covered" section, checked 28 October 2026 **AI features** · Yes — An AI Co-Host handles routine guest messaging and check-in coordination for your approval, the inbox drafts and retones replies, and an MCP server exposes bookings to assistants. > Guest messages, check-in coordination, operational checks. Your AI Co-Host handles the routine and surfaces what needs you. You approve what matters. You skip the rest. > — https://www.lodgify.com/ai/ · "Stop carrying it all alone. Meet your AI Co-Host." section, checked 28 October 2026 ### Trying it, starting and getting help **Free plan or trial** · No — There is no standing free plan; the only free way in is a seven-day trial of the software that needs no card. > Yes, you can test the software for up to 7 days for free before making any payment. No credit card required. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · All your questions, answered FAQ, "Can I try Lodgify without paying?", checked 28 October 2026 **Sign up without a sales call** · Yes — You can start a trial and buy any of the four plans yourself online; booking a call or a demo is offered but never required. > Yes, you can test the software for up to 7 days for free before making any payment. No credit card required. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · All your questions, answered FAQ, "Can I try Lodgify without paying?", beside the Get Basic/Starter/Professional/Ultimate buttons, checked 28 October 2026 **Contract and cancelling** · Yes — No long-term contract: you may cancel at any time, and an annual subscriber keeps access until the paid period ends. > There's no long-term contract. You can cancel your subscription at any time. If you're on an annual plan, you'll retain access until the end of your billing period. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · All your questions, answered FAQ, "Is there a contract or can I cancel anytime?", checked 28 October 2026 **Support** · Partly — Email support and an AI assistant come with every plan, phone support starts at Professional and live chat is Ultimate only; no hours are published. > Talk with a support expert directly. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Support section, Phone row and Live chat row, checked 28 October 2026 **Getting your data out** · Partly — Owner statements export as PDF and an API endpoint is the documented route to your data, but it is absent from Basic and no bulk export of bookings or guests is described. > Connect Lodgify with other tools if needed. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · Compare plans table, Property and Account Management section, API endpoint row, checked 28 October 2026 **Property types** · Partly — The vendor frames it for short-term and vacation rental businesses of any size, from one property to 30+, without naming single-family, multifamily, student or affordable housing. > Lodgify is designed to help all types of short-term rental businesses grow, whether you have one property or 30+. > — https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/ · All your questions, answered FAQ, "Who is Lodgify for?", checked 28 October 2026 **Still sold** · Yes — live: four plans are on sale self-serve today, with a 2026 copyright line and current-season channel partner badges on the site. > #1 short-term rental PMS since 2012 > — https://www.lodgify.com/ai/ · "The numbers speak for themselves" statistics band, checked 28 October 2026 ## Lodgify alternatives - [Rentec Direct](https://landlordbench.com/rentec-direct) · From $25 a month: Property management software for landlords and small managers, priced per unit with free rent payments by bank transfer. - [TenantCloud](https://landlordbench.com/tenantcloud) · From $25 a month: All-in-one rental management: listings, screening, leases, rent collection, maintenance and accounting. - [DoorLoop](https://landlordbench.com/doorloop) · From $239 a month: AI agents answer tenants, run repairs and renewals inside the same system holding your leases and books. - [Yardi Breeze](https://landlordbench.com/yardi-breeze) · From $100 a month: Cloud property management software from Yardi for small and mid-sized residential and commercial portfolios. - [AppFolio Property Manager](https://landlordbench.com/appfolio) · Price on request: Residential portfolio software sold from 50 units up, with AI co-workers that answer renters and code bills. - [ManageCasa](https://landlordbench.com/managecasa) · From $51.14 a month: All-in-one platform for HOAs, rental portfolios and marinas, priced in unit tiers. - [Hemlane](https://landlordbench.com/hemlane) · Free plan, then $36.50 a month: Rental management software with optional 24/7 repair coordination and leasing help, priced per unit. - [Rent Manager](https://landlordbench.com/rent-manager) · Price on request: All-in-one property management software with double-entry accounting, leasing, payments and maintenance, sold by quote. - [Apartments.com Rental Manager](https://landlordbench.com/apartments-com-rental-manager) · Free plan: Free landlord tools bundled with an Apartments.com listing; applicants and card-paying renters carry the costs. 7 of the 9 publish a price. [All 9 alternatives](https://landlordbench.com/lodgify/alternatives/) ## Sources and changes Last changed 30 October 2026 **Sources** (8) - https://www.lodgify.com/pricing/, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.lodgify.com/task-management/, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.lodgify.com/ai/, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.lodgify.com/lodgify-payments/, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.lodgify.com/owner-statements/, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.lodgify.com/payment-processing/, read 28 October 2026 - https://subscriptions.lodgify.com/api/v3/plan-prices/usd?numberOfRentals=100, read 28 October 2026 - https://www.lodgify.com/damage-protection/, read 28 October 2026 ## Is this yours? Claim Lodgify: https://landlordbench.com/claim/lodgify Report an error if a fact is wrong: hello@landlordbench.com, subject "Report an error: Lodgify (lodgify)".