Vortex PMS vs eviivo

Looking for an eviivo alternative?

Vortex PMS is the flat-fee PMS for any property type running on eviivo — B&Bs, guesthouses, boutique hotels, condo-hotels, multi-property groups. Modern UI, transparent pricing, no extra channel-manager bill.

From a single UK B&B to a 5-property group: if eviivo's pricing, support, or UI has worn thin, Vortex PMS covers your core operations at a published flat rate and scales with you.

vortex pms · Villa Marbella · Calendar
Villa Marbella· 4 rooms · USD
Unit
2 May
Sat
3 May
Sun
4 May
Mon
5 May
Tue
6 May
Wed
7 May
Thu
8 May
Fri
Family Room
FAM
BTom Anderson · 3n
$75
$60
$60
AEmma Walker · 4n
Room 1
STD
$50
DMichael Smith · 5n
$40
Room 2
STD
Owner block
$50
ERachel Johnson · 6n
Room 3
STD
$50
$50
ADavid Brown · 7n
PaidDueOwner blockBBooking.comAAirbnbEExpediaDDirect
Cost comparison

How much you'd save

Adjust to your property size. Side-by-side monthly cost.

Properties
1
rooms
1 property×8 rooms total
Note: Three tiers (£50/£95/£125 month-equivalent visible on pricing page). Channel-manager add-on often billed separately on lower tiers.
Vortex PMS
$36
/ month
eviivo
$84
/ month approx.
You'd save $48/mo ($576/yr, 57% less) by switching to Vortex PMS at this size.
Try Vortex PMS free
Vortex PMS: $12/property + $3/room/mo — exact, no plan tiers.
eviivo:✓ Verified— source:eviivo.com/pricing
Actual cost varies by plan, region, and negotiated discounts.
Balanced view

What eviivo does well — and where Vortex PMS wins

eviivo is genuinely good at
Long-standing UK / Ireland presence
eviivo has been the default PMS for British B&Bs for years. Most directories, local listing sites, and trade-press articles know the product.
Comprehensive feature coverage
Channel management, booking engine, payments, guest messaging — eviivo's feature surface is broad and mature.
Where Vortex PMS is materially better
One flat fee covers everything
$12/property + $3/room/mo includes the channel manager, booking engine, payments, digital check-in, upsells, owner reporting. No separate channel-manager bill, no payment-processing surcharge.
Built for every property reality
Vortex PMS's design centre is independents — B&Bs, villas, boutique hotels, condo-hotels, multi-property groups, large independents. Same feature set for a single-room B&B as for a 200-room hotel; no plan tiers, no strip-down for solo operators, no enterprise gating.
Same OTA reach, modern infrastructure
Distribution to Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Agoda + 280 more via the same channel-manager APIs eviivo uses. Sub-second page loads, mobile-responsive throughout.
Owner workflow built in
If you ever manage on behalf of owners or expand into a multi-property group, the per-unit attribution and owner-statement engine is already there.
Where eviivo commonly frustrates operators
Pricing complexity + add-on fees
Operators report that the headline price isn't what they pay; channel-manager subscription, payment-processing fees, and module add-ons stack. Total monthly cost commonly runs 40–80% above the advertised plan.
Support inconsistency
Recent reviews on G2, Capterra, and UK B&B forums cite slow response times and unresolved tickets more than older reviews — a frequent point of frustration.
Interface is dated
The dashboard predates the modern web stack. Operators describe lots of nested screens and slower-than-expected interactions.
No per-unit owner statements
If you manage rooms on behalf of separate owners (cottage clusters, serviced apartments with multiple proprietors), eviivo can't natively split revenue and produce per-owner statements.
Built into every Vortex PMS plan

Owner statements, automated.

Per-unit revenue attribution. Monthly statement generation. OTA commission deducted automatically, management fee applied, PDF + CSV per owner — emailed in one click.

The most-asked-for capability eviivo doesn't have, and the reason multi-property operators switch fastest.

vortex pms · Owner statement · April 2026
Management fee rule20% split

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Owner
Sarah Johnson
Period
Apr 2026
UnitNightsGrossMgmt feeNet payout
Penthouse 4B18$3,420.00−$684.00$2,736.00
Suite 2A14$2,100.00−$420.00$1,680.00
Studio 1F22$1,540.00−$308.00$1,232.00
Total Net Payout$5,648.00
54 reservations · 3 OTAs · 1 currencySent · Apr 30
Side by side

Vortex PMS vs eviivo

Feature-by-feature. We don't hide what the competition does well — balanced comparisons rank better on Google and earn more trust.

FeatureVortex PMSeviivo
Pricing modelFlat $12/property + $3/roomVaries — see pricing source
% of revenue taken0%Varies
Channel manager (300+ OTAs)Included on paid plansTypically included
Booking engine + paymentsIncluded, no commissionIncluded or extra
Digital check-in + ID captureYesAdd-on or absent
Per-unit owner statementsYesNo
Multi-property, one accountYesOften paid upgrade
Full audit log + CSV exportYesPartial
AI-guided setupYesNo
Channel manager includedYesOften paid add-on
Payment processing markupPass-through (Stripe rates)Markup over Stripe
Modern UIYesNo

eviivo information is based on public pricing pages and operator reviews as of 2026. Plans, prices, and features change — verify the latest on the vendor's site before deciding.

vortex pms · Channel manager
Live OTA Connections · 4 properties
BBooking.com47 bookingsLive
AAirbnb12 bookingsLive
EExpedia8 bookingsLive
AAgoda3 bookingsLive
VVrbo6 bookingsLive
HHotels.comLive
+ 280 more channels available · one bill, no per-channel fees
One inventory, every channel

Channel manager included.

Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Agoda, Vrbo + 280 more. Real-time ARI sync (sub-30-second propagation). No separate channel-manager subscription, no per-channel surcharge.

Onboarding

Setup is free — and a human does it with you.

There is no setup fee, no implementation package and no paid training tier. More than that: we set the property up with you — a real call where we build out your rooms, rates, policies and channel connections together, rather than handing you a help centre and wishing you luck.

This isn’t a stripped-back version of onboarding — it’s the opposite. A real person walks your whole setup so your first booking goes out right: rooms mapped, rates correct, channels connected, nothing half-configured. You go live confident, not alone with a help centre. We can give every host this personal setup while we’re small enough to — and as we grow, the AI-guided setup already in the app takes on more of it, so it stays this fast for everyone.

To be clear about what happens when: your free trial runs on a pre-loaded sample property, so there is nothing to migrate on day one and nothing to connect. The hands-on setup is for moving your real property across — connecting Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and Agoda to live inventory is a paid-plan step.

What eviivo charges
No setup fee published

eviivo doesn't charge for onboarding either — worth knowing, and we'd rather tell you than let you find out.

No setup or onboarding fee appears on eviivo's pricing page or on Capterra, and eviivo markets against setup fees directly. Onboarding is self-serve.

This is the absence of any stated fee rather than an explicit "no setup fee" guarantee.

Source: eviivo pricing · retrieved 2026-07-21. Vendors change pricing — check the source before relying on it.

Common questions

Switching from eviivo

About eviivo

eviivo (HQ London) is a well-established PMS for UK and Irish B&Bs and independent hotels, serving an estimated 25,000 properties. Strong regional presence; recent operator reviews flag pricing transparency and support response times.

Make the switch from eviivo.

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Free white-glove migration. We set up your property, reconnect your channels, and move your bookings and rates for you — no downtime.