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# Host Tools

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> Host Tools is a property management system and channel manager for short-term rentals. It runs on certified Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com partner APIs for real-time calendar, rate, and message sync, with AI guest replies, smart lock automation, a public REST API, and webhooks.
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> Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 182 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of Host Tools

No double bookings. Host Tools holds certified partner API connections with Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, so a booking on one channel blocks those dates on the others within seconds. Tools built on iCal update on a schedule and leave a window where two guests can book the same night.

Fewer hours answering the same questions. Automated messages cover check-in details, house rules, mid-stay checks, checkout instructions, and review requests. AI answers booking inquiries in seconds using answers taken from your own past conversations, so the replies sound like you rather than a script.

Cleaners who always know. Every new booking, change, and cancellation sends an SMS or email to the right cleaner, and a shared turnover calendar link lets them check the schedule without an account or a login.

Door codes that take care of themselves. Connect a lock through Seam and Host Tools issues a code for each reservation, activates it at check-in, expires it at checkout, and rewrites it when times change. Low battery warnings go to your cleaner instead of you.

Higher nightly rates without watching the calendar. Pricing rules handle weekends, peak season, orphan nights, and minimum stays, then push the results to every channel with each platform's fee difference applied.

Bookings that skip the platform fee. The direct booking site included with Pro runs on your own domain, takes payment through your Stripe account, supports contracts and guest ID verification, and publishes your properties to Google Vacation Rentals.

Pricing built for independent hosts. One listing is $28 a month on Messaging or $30 on Pro billed yearly, and each listing you add costs less than the one before. Onboarding is free at any portfolio size, the trial runs 14 days, and no credit card is required to start.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 182 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Host Tools
- **Location**: Austin, US
- **Founded**: 2016

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$28,00
- **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Priced by the number of listings you automate, not per user. Messaging is $28 a month and Pro is $30 a month for one listing when billed yearly, or $30 and $32 billed monthly. Each listing you add costs less than the one before, so ten listings on Pro is $106 a month and fifty is $353. Smart lock automation is an optional $3 a month per lock. There is no setup fee and no contract, and the 14-day trial does not require a credit card.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more

## Features

- AI Copilot
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Adaptive Learning
- Alerts/Notifications
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Availability Management
- Calendar Management
- Channel Management
- Contact Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Cross-system Integration
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronization
- Discount Management
- Electronic Payments
- Email Management
- For Vacation Rentals
- Generative AI

## Integrations (11 total)

- August
- IFTTT
- PriceLab
- PriceLabs
- RemoteLock
- Stripe
- Tidy
- Touch Stay
- Turno
- Vrbo
- Zapier

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Chat

## Category

- [Vacation Rental Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/183/vacation-rental/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Hostaway](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/106989/hostaway) — 4.8/5 (1607 reviews)
2. [Lodgify](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/91252/lodgify) — 4.5/5 (1311 reviews)
3. [Guesty Lite](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/111047/your-porter-app) — 4.7/5 (547 reviews)
4. [Breezeway](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/130003/breezeway) — 4.6/5 (195 reviews)
5. [Guesty](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/112215/guesty) — 4.4/5 (480 reviews)

## Reviews

### "I love Host Tools\!" — 5.0/5

> **Kevin** | *08 December 2020* | Hospitality | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: I have multiple properties listed with both Airbnb and VRBO, Host Tools makes it very easy to sync calendars and view messages all in one site. The automation of messages was icing on the cake for me. \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] is super responsive to any support issues/needs as well. There are always new features coming available and I look forward to taking advantage of things like lock automation.
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> **Cons**: Sometimes there is a little bit of a lag between the Host Tools calendar synching with the Airbnb/VRBO feeds.
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> My overall experience has been fantastic and I really appreciate how much time/effort it has saved me\!

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### "Great tool for AirBnb Hosts" — 5.0/5

> **Ged** | *14 December 2020* | Management Consulting | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: This product has made our AirBnb hosting so much easier. We create custom messages which send at different intervals, we set up reminders for ourselves to get certain things done (such as set up door codes) based up check -in dates, we have the system send text message reminders to our cleaners on the day of check-out, and the automated reviews are fantastic. Host Tools has reduced the amount of time I spend managing these details by at least 80% and has actually made us far more organized than we would've bern otherwise
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> **Cons**: I wish it would remote set our Yale with Nest locks and I wish I could just share my calendars with my cleaners without having to have them texted every time there's a change
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> We think has tools is a wonderful product and are very pleased with its level of functionality in relation to the budget friendly price.

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### "One stop shop for your STR" — 5.0/5

> **Brendhan** | *17 August 2026* | Hospitality | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: It simplifies the communication with guests and provides a single solution to pricing. The Host Tools team are very responsive and helpful in answering any questions. Great product and great team\!
> 
> **Cons**: It is reliant on the other platforms to provide communications so there are delays at times from other platforms.
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> The product features and the team support along with the ingenuity and work to provide valuable enhancements makes this a great platform to handle your STR. Highly recommend\!

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### "Unreliable with poor customer support" — 1.0/5

> **Daryoosh** | *21 August 2022* | Professional Training & Coaching | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The pricing rules cover many combinations and flexibility, allowing one to define custom pricing based on dates and other conditions.
> 
> **Cons**: Hosttools still has many bugs and occasionally causes accounts to disconnect, syncing issues, etc.  For example, we have received many double bookings due to sync problems. I reposted many of the bugs to the owners over the years, but even after a few years, many haven't been fixed.
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> The \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] used to be very responsive through the chat window, but it's about a year or so that they either do not reply or reply with a long delay. Quite often, the response isn't helpful either. There is no phone number to call either. They increased their process for better customer service, but it worsen in practice. We're looking to move our business to a different platform.

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### "Hosting Tool necessity\!" — 5.0/5

> **Cory** | *17 August 2026* | Leisure, Travel & Tourism | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Saved me a ton of time\! Automated repeatable tasks. Customer service is top notch and VERY responsive. Highly recommended.
> 
> **Cons**: Nothing. It’s better than I could imagine. Any of the negatives are outside of the tool’s control and all related to the listing sites.

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