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DIRECT PMS VS GUESTY

Switching from Guesty to Direct PMS

Guesty is short-term rental channel management software. Direct PMS covers the same ground, plus the business lines Guesty-class tools were never built for — leasing, sales, caretaking and fit-outs on the same registry, ledger and calendar.

Guesty is an independent product and this page isn't affiliated with or reviewed by them. Comparisons below describe how Direct PMS is built, not an audited feature-by-feature breakdown of Guesty's current product — features and pricing change, so verify specifics on Guesty's own site before deciding.

How Guesty prices

Guesty prices per listing across three tiers — only the smallest, Lite (1–3 listings), publishes a number, starting from $9 per listing per month. Pro (4–199 listings) and Enterprise (200+) are both quote-gated.

Checked 22 August 2026 — Guesty — Pricing →

At a glance

Direct PMS compared with Guesty, as of 22 August 2026
Direct PMSGuesty
A lease is not a listingTenancies, deposits and arrears live in the same registry as your nightly calendar.Guesty is built around listings and channels — there's no lease object, so any long-term unit in the portfolio needs a different system entirely.
Pools split fairly, per stayIdentical units pool into one product; weekly revenue splits equally among units that were actually rentable that period.Guesty reports revenue per listing — two identical units with different booking luck show different payouts, with no pooling to smooth it.
One price covers what channel management doesn'tLeasing, a sales pipeline and caretaking work orders are included, not billed per listing on top.Guesty's per-listing pricing covers channel and reservation management — a sales pipeline or maintenance tracking is a separate purchase.
Published pricingFree to 2 properties, then from $50/month plus a per-property fee. Every figure is on the pricing page.Guesty prices per listing across three tiers — only the smallest, Lite (1–3 listings), publishes a number, starting from $9 per listing per month. Pro (4–199 listings) and Enterprise (200+) are both quote-gated.
Guesty details checked 22 August 2026 against their own published pricing.

Where Direct PMS is different

A lease is not a listing
WITH DIRECT

Tenancies, deposits and arrears live in the same registry as your nightly calendar.

GUESTY-CLASS TOOLS

Guesty is built around listings and channels — there's no lease object, so any long-term unit in the portfolio needs a different system entirely.

Pools split fairly, per stay
WITH DIRECT

Identical units pool into one product; weekly revenue splits equally among units that were actually rentable that period.

GUESTY-CLASS TOOLS

Guesty reports revenue per listing — two identical units with different booking luck show different payouts, with no pooling to smooth it.

One price covers what channel management doesn't
WITH DIRECT

Leasing, a sales pipeline and caretaking work orders are included, not billed per listing on top.

GUESTY-CLASS TOOLS

Guesty's per-listing pricing covers channel and reservation management — a sales pipeline or maintenance tracking is a separate purchase.

The honest objection

"We already pay Guesty for channel management — switching feels redundant."

Channel management is one piece of what you're paying for. Guesty doesn't run a lease, a sales pipeline, or caretaking work orders — if any of your inventory is long-term, sold, or needs on-site maintenance tracked, that's already a second system today, priced per listing on top of what you're paying now.

Switching from Guesty

We map your Guesty listings, rate calendars and upcoming reservations across directly, so nothing that's already booked falls through the gap on switch-over day.

What you get that Guesty doesn't cover

Direct PMS runs every business line on one registry — you only subscribe to the modules you use.

Short Term Rentals

Your own booking sites (per community and portfolio-wide) at 0% commission, rate calendars with min-stay rules, holds that expire themselves, allocation at check-in.

Caretaking

Off-season home watching, turnovers auto-created at checkout, linen and consumable stock with reorder alerts.

Property Sales

Owners sell eventually — be the one who sells it, and keep the new owner as a client.

Fitouts

Furnishing packages that get a home listing-ready, quoted and invoiced in the same system.

Leasing

Monthly winter lets on the same calendar as summer nightly stays.

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