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AI vacation rental software: what they are and who makes them
guest messaging assistants, ai suites for professional managers, open tools with mcp access, direct-booking and owner tools: Hospitable, Guesty, Hostaway through Smoobu.
Types of AI vacation rental software
Guest messaging assistants
Hospitable's Inbox AI and AI Auto Reply, Guesty's ReplyAI, Hostfully's InboxAI and iGMS AI-Driven Replies sit in the unified inbox. They suit hosts who answer the same check-in, parking and Wi-Fi questions all week and want a draft, or an automatic answer, ready.
AI suites for professional managers
Hostaway lists an AI CoHost, AI Replies and Review Insights, and Guesty names an AI Hub and AI Agents. Both target managers running dozens of homes, who need pricing, messaging and reporting inside one account and accept a sales call before seeing a price.
Open tools with MCP access
Uplisting, Zeevou, Hospitable and OwnerRez name MCP connections for outside assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT. They suit technical hosts who want to ask an assistant about bookings or trigger tasks without waiting for the vendor's own AI features to arrive.
Direct-booking and owner tools
Smoobu, eviivo and Hostfully stress direct booking engines, payments and owner statements, with AI limited or described as an add-on. They fit hosts who care most about taking bookings off the marketplaces and who treat AI as a nice extra.
Facts at a glance
| Tool | Publisher | Based in | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitable | Not stated on the vendor pages | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier + API |
| Guesty | Guesty, Inc. | Not stated on the vendor pages | Trial + API |
| Hostaway | Hostaway Opco Oy (per privacy policy) | Finland | Paid + API |
| Uplisting | Uplisting Limited | Not stated on the vendor pages | Trial + API |
| Zeevou | Zeevou Limited (Jersey) and Zeevou Ltd (England and Wales), as named in the privacy policy | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier |
| iGMS | AirGMS Technologies Inc. | United States | Trial |
| Hostfully | HOSTFULLY INC | Not stated on the vendor pages | Paid + API |
| eviivo | eviivo Limited (registered in England and Wales) | United Kingdom | Trial + API |
| OwnerRez | OwnerRez, Inc. (copyright line) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Trial |
| Smily | Smily & BookingSync SAS (footer copyright) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Paid |
| AxiRent | UAB "Terra IT" (legal name shown on the pricing page) | Not stated on the vendor pages | Free tier + API |
| Smoobu | Smoobu GmbH | Germany | Trial + API |
