FrontDesk vs Scidoo
Scidoo is a very broad Italian suite (PMS, channel manager, booking engine, restaurant, spa). You get a price after a demo. FrontDesk does less, and you can read the price right away.
How we compare: we receive no commission from Scidoo and have no commercial relationship with them. Information about Scidoo 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
Scidoo
No public price list: price on request after a demo or a call with a consultant.
- • The official website shows no figures: the calls to action are "Request a demo" and "Talk to a consultant".
- • The platform includes PMS, booking engine, channel manager and CRM, plus modules for restaurant, spa, beach and campsite.
- • Listed features include payments (Scidoo Pay), reporting, document scanning and privacy tools, home automation and access control.
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.
In Italy these are legal requirements, so any PMS sold there covers them. In FrontDesk they're included in the single plan, no add-on.
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.
The FrontDesk demo is online with sample data and asks for nothing: /demo. No forms, no calls.
FrontDesk's price is public and simple (€39/month per property, 14-day free trial). With Scidoo, you get a number after a demo or a call with a consultant.
Scidoo covers departments FrontDesk doesn't: if your property has a restaurant, spa or beach club, an integrated suite does more than a front desk PMS.
When Scidoo makes sense
- • Your property runs departments beyond accommodation (restaurant, spa, beach, campsite) and you want them in one system.
- • You need channel manager, booking engine and CRM already integrated, with Italian-language sales support.
- • You don't mind going through a demo before you know what you'll spend.
When FrontDesk makes sense
- • You want to decide today, by reading a price, without a round of quotes.
- • What you need is the day-to-day front desk of a small hotel or B&B, not a multi-department suite.
- • You want a predictable bill that doesn't depend on room count, or to start at zero cost with your data on your own hardware.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Scidoo cost?
The official website, checked on September 19, 2026, shows no figures: the options offered are requesting a demo or talking to a consultant. We don't report third-party estimates here: they'd be numbers nobody can verify.
Is FrontDesk a full alternative to a suite like Scidoo?
No. A suite like Scidoo includes a channel manager, booking engine and modules for other departments; FrontDesk covers the PMS (planner, bookings, folio, housekeeping, rates, reports, local compliance) and syncs OTAs via iCal only. If you need everything in one product, the suite does more.
What does it cost me to try FrontDesk?
Nothing, and you don't have to talk to anyone: the online demo with sample data is at /demo, and the 14-day free trial needs no credit card.
See it before you decide
The demo is online with a sample hotel's data: no forms, no sales calls, no credit card.