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Vortex PMS vs Smoobu

Looking for a Smoobu alternative?

Compare Vortex PMS and Smoobu on the workflows, channel coverage, owner reporting, billing terms, and written price for your setup.

If you need owner statements, multi-property reporting, or workflows beyond your current Smoobu setup, compare the required features and written prices before switching.

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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
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How much you'd save

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

Where are you now?
MonthlyAnnualSave 20%
Properties
rooms
1 property× $12/mo =$12
4 rooms× $3/mo (rooms 1 to 15) =$12
Your monthly bill
$24/ mo
$288 / year · or
On Smoobu you’d pay about $36/mo for software.
You save $12/mo (33% less)
$12/property/mo + per room per month, on the rooms of all your properties together: Rooms 1 to 15: $3. Rooms 16 to 50: $2. Above 50: $1.50. 0% of your bookings. Billed monthly, or cheaper on an annual plan if you commit for 12 months. First month free — nothing is charged for 30 days. We move you across ourselves at no charge, and the 30 days start the day your first channel goes live, with the whole product, channel manager and booking engine included. No card is needed to start; we ask for one five days before the free month ends. The first charge is 30 days after go-live, and you can cancel before it.
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Smoobu pricing:EstimateActual cost varies by plan, region, and negotiated discounts.
Balanced view

What Smoobu does well — and where Vortex PMS wins

Smoobu is genuinely good at
Published plan pricing
Smoobu publishes pricing for its plans. Check the features, limits, and billing terms for the plan you would use.
Decent booking-engine widget
Embeddable widget works on most CMSes and looks clean.
German-language strength
Native German support and translated UI. Strong in DACH-region vacation rentals.
Where Vortex PMS is materially better
Owner statements included
Per-unit revenue attribution, OTA commission deduction, monthly owner statements with PDF + CSV. Native, every plan.
Channel manager bundled, not an upsell
$12 + $3/room includes the channel manager. No separate per-channel fee, no upgrade required to connect three OTAs.
Multi-property is native
Run multiple villas, cottages, or apartments from one account with cross-property reporting.
Where Smoobu commonly frustrates operators
Support goes quiet once you're paying
Some Trustpilot reviewers describe difficulty reaching support or getting a timely reply. These are individual reports; ask about current support channels and response targets for the plan you would choose. source
Price increases without matching improvements
Long-time users on Trustpilot describe a recent price increase hitting hardest for those on since 2018, and say the company raises prices while shipping only cosmetic changes — pushing some to cheaper alternatives. source
Slow, buggy app that logs you out
Reviewers report the app and web login are "very slow and temperamental," with calendar and price management lagging and the app logging users out too often. source
Updates that make things worse
Operators on Capterra and Trustpilot note that a January 2025 update made prices harder to see and reservation entry more complicated, citing a lack of attention to customer feedback alongside untested changes. source
Incomplete VRBO connection
Reviewers report a long-standing, unresolved VRBO pricing-sync issue; Smoobu's own help center confirms the Vrbo connection does not sync Vrbo messages or pricing, so those must be managed manually. source
No owner-statement workflow
Property managers running rentals for other owners get no per-unit revenue attribution or statement generation.
Pricing comparison

Smoobu pricing: per-property fees vs per-room rates

Smoobu prices its software per property count rather than per room. On its published pricing page (source: https://www.smoobu.com/en/pricing/, verified 2026-07-14), the comparable Professional Pre-paid plan (which includes two-way channel synchronization and 0% booking fees) is €63.90 per month on an annual plan or €71 per month on a monthly plan for 1–2 units. The Professional Flex tier is €58.50 per month yearly but adds a 0.9% commission on every booking.

For operations that manage boutique hotels, guest houses, or properties with individual rooms or suites under one property banner, per-property or per-unit pricing adds up quickly.

Vortex PMS charges $12 per property plus $3 per room per month (less for big properties) with 0% of bookings. A single 4-room property pays $24 monthly, while an 8-room property pays $36 monthly, with direct booking engine, two-way channel manager, and native unit-owner statements included on paid plans.

Straightforward Monthly Pricing
Vortex PMS charges $12/property + $3/room per month (less for big properties) with 0% of bookings. No booking commission tiers, no separate channel manager fees.
Sources:Smoobu Pricing Page(2026-07-14)
Built into every Vortex PMS plan

Owner statements, automated.

Vortex PMS attributes booking revenue to units and generates owner statements with recorded channel fees and management fees, available as PDF and CSV.

See how owner statements work
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
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Vortex PMS vs Smoobu

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

  1. Pricing model

    Vortex PMS
    $12/property + $3/room (less for big properties), 0% of bookings
    Smoobu
    Varies — see pricing source

  2. % of revenue taken

    Vortex PMS
    0%
    Smoobu
    Varies

  3. Channel manager

    Vortex PMS
    Included on paid plans; Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Agoda and Vrbo
    Smoobu
    Plan and connection dependent

  4. Direct booking website

    Vortex PMS
    Included on paid plans
    Smoobu
    Plan and add-on dependent

  5. Payment processing

    Vortex PMS
    Stripe supported; processor fees apply
    Smoobu
    Provider and plan dependent

  6. Digital check-in + ID capture

    Vortex PMS
    Included
    Smoobu
    Availability varies

  7. Per-unit owner statements

    Vortex PMS
    Included
    Smoobu
    Availability varies

  8. Multi-property, one account

    Vortex PMS
    Supported
    Smoobu
    Plan dependent

  9. Audit log + CSV export

    Vortex PMS
    Available
    Smoobu
    Verify for your plan

  10. Staff AI assistant

    Vortex PMS
    Included
    Smoobu
    Availability varies

  11. Native owner statements

    Vortex PMS
    Yes
    Smoobu
    Confirm current product coverage

  12. Cross-listing reporting

    Vortex PMS
    Yes
    Smoobu
    Confirm current plan and reporting workflow

  13. Channel manager availability

    Vortex PMS
    Yes
    Smoobu
    Included on Smoobu plans

Smoobu 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.com—Live
75+ booking channels managed from one place
One inventory, connected channels

Channel manager included.

Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Agoda and Vrbo. Rate and availability updates typically reach a channel in under five minutes. OTA display timing can vary.

See the channel-manager feature
Onboarding

Setup is free, migration is on us — and a human does it with you.

There is no setup fee, no implementation package and no paid training tier. We set the property up with you by email or WhatsApp while we build out your rooms, rates, policies and channel connections. No call is required.

Our team checks your whole setup so your first booking goes out right: rooms mapped, rates correct, channels connected, nothing half-configured. Every host gets this personal setup today, and the AI-guided setup in the app takes on more of it as we grow.

To be clear about what happens when: start your free month and the hands-on setup runs straight away — we move your real property across and connect Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and Agoda to live inventory first, at no charge. Your 30 free days start the day your first channel goes live (no card is needed to connect it), nothing is charged for those 30 days, and the first charge is 30 days after go-live. If you take the explore trial instead, it runs on a pre-loaded sample property, so there is nothing to migrate and nothing to connect until you subscribe.

What Smoobu charges
No setup fee

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

Smoobu's pricing page answers this directly: "With Smoobu, there are no setup or onboarding fees." Onboarding is self-service.

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

Common questions

Switching from Smoobu

About Smoobu

Smoobu (HQ Berlin) is a budget vacation-rental PMS, around 2,000 customers, strong in DACH region. Tight feature set, low entry price; total cost rises as you add channels and require add-ons.

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Make the switch from Smoobu.

First month free. Migration is on us.

First month free — nothing is charged for 30 days. We move you across ourselves at no charge, and the 30 days start the day your first channel goes live, with the whole product, channel manager and booking engine included. No card is needed to start; we ask for one five days before the free month ends. The first charge is 30 days after go-live, and you can cancel before it. 20-minute AI-guided setup. Monthly plans can be cancelled before any renewal. The annual plan is discounted because it is a 12-month commitment. Free month = your real bookings · explore trial and demo = sample data.

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Migration is on us. We set up your property, reconnect your channels, and move your bookings and rates for you — no downtime.