FrontDesk vs Beds24
Beds24 is very cheap and includes a PMS and booking engine, built for rentals of every kind worldwide. FrontDesk is built for the hotel and B&B front desk, with local compliance built in. It depends on what matters most to you.
How we compare: we receive no commission from Beds24 and have no commercial relationship with them. Information about Beds24 comes from its official public pages, checked on September 19, 2026 (link below). Prices change: always check the official source before you decide. FrontDesk's gaps are written on this page just as plainly as its strengths.
How you pay, on each side
Beds24
Pay as you go, based on the number of rental units, with no contract and no setup fees.
- • Starting price: €15.50/month, with no contract, no minimum term and no setup fees ("no contract, no minimum term, no set-up fees").
- • Channel manager, PMS and booking engine fees are based on your actual number of units (rooms, apartments, villas).
- • PMS, booking engine (commission-free direct bookings), online payments and mobile app are included; each channel manager connection costs €0.55/month.
- • Paid extras: SMS at €0.10 each, additional user €2/month, custom subdomain €19/month, personal training from €79.
- • Free trial with no obligation and no credit card. Below €50 of monthly spend, a small handling fee applies.
FrontDesk
One plan, public pricing, no quotes
- • 14-day free trial of every feature, no credit card.
- • €39/month per property — not per room — with a managed cloud database and multi-device sync.
- • No minimum term, no setup fee, cancel anytime yourself from Settings.
- • Planner, folio, housekeeping, reports and local compliance modules (e.g. Italy's tourist tax and Alloggiati Web export) included.
Feature by feature
FrontDesk comes with a 14-day trial of every feature, no credit card asked: you only pay if you keep it.
FrontDesk Pro costs €39/month per property, not per room: your bill doesn't grow as you do.
This gap is real and worth saying plainly: FrontDesk only syncs via public iCal feeds (Booking.com, Airbnb, VRBO), with no certified two-way connection. If you sell on many OTAs and need automatic rate push, a commercial channel manager does a job FrontDesk doesn't do today.
FrontDesk gives every property a public direct-booking page (real availability, prices, and requests that land in your quotes) that you can link from your website or social profiles. It isn't yet a widget you embed on your own site, and guests can't pay online yet: those come later.
Beds24's pricing page doesn't mention Italian compliance: we don't assume it's missing, but before choosing, check with them how they handle the tourist tax and Alloggiati Web guest registration. In FrontDesk it's included in the single plan, no add-on.
Both let you: Beds24 with a free trial and no card, FrontDesk with the online demo at /demo and a 14-day free trial with no card.
Beds24 includes one, commission-free; FrontDesk has no booking engine on your property's website.
Beds24 starts at €15.50/month; FrontDesk costs €39/month per property. For a single unit, Beds24 can cost less than FrontDesk.
When Beds24 makes sense
- • You sell on many OTAs and need channel manager connections, paying only for the ones you use.
- • You want a booking engine for direct bookings already included.
- • You have just a few units and want the lowest possible spend.
When FrontDesk makes sense
- • Your day-to-day is a hotel or B&B front desk, and you want local compliance and receipts built in (e.g. Italy's tourist tax and Alloggiati Web).
- • You want a flat fee that doesn't grow with your units, or to start at zero cost with your data on your own hardware.
- • You prefer an interface designed for hotels and B&Bs, not a generic tool for every kind of rental.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Beds24 pricing shown here up to date?
The figures come from Beds24's official pricing page, checked on September 19, 2026. The exact per-unit price isn't listed: the page only says the total depends on your number of units, starting from €15.50/month. Always check the official page, linked above.
Can FrontDesk replace Beds24's channel manager?
No: FrontDesk syncs availability via iCal with Booking.com, Airbnb and other channels that support it, but it has no certified two-way connections and no automatic rate push. If a channel manager is the reason you're shopping for a PMS, Beds24 does a job today that FrontDesk doesn't.
Can I try FrontDesk before leaving Beds24?
Yes, without touching your real data: the online demo with sample data (/demo), and the 14-day free trial running side by side, where you import your bookings from a file and check the day-to-day workflow before moving your property over.
See it before you decide
The demo is online with a sample hotel's data: no forms, no sales calls, no credit card.