Switching from Hostaway to Direct PMS

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

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Hostaway 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 Hostaway's current product — features and pricing change, so verify specifics on Hostaway's own site before deciding.

Where Direct PMS is different

Pools share revenue fairly

WITH DIRECT

Identical villas sell as one product; weekly income splits equally among homes that were rentable — maintenance weeks earn nothing, automatically.

HOSTAWAY-CLASS TOOLS

Per-listing accounting makes owners of identical units compare payouts line by line.

Guests never see software

WITH DIRECT

Booking sites carry your brand, in the guest's language and display currency.

HOSTAWAY-CLASS TOOLS

Checkout on a third-party domain, in English.

One owner statement

WITH DIRECT

Bookings, pool shares, cleans and fees on a single statement in the owner portal.

HOSTAWAY-CLASS TOOLS

A stays report here, a maintenance invoice there.

What you get that Hostaway 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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