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Hospitable: cost, fit and limits
Hospitable is a short-term rental management platform for hosts and small managers that syncs Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda calendars, automates guest messaging with AI, and offers direct booking, owner statements and an MCP connection for outside AI agents. The vendor's own pages do not name the legal entity.
What to know first
Hospitable sells four plans: a free Essentials tier, then Host, Professional and Mogul, all with a 14-day trial and no card. The pricing page showed dashes in place of the paid amounts when we read it, so only Essentials has a verifiable price. AI sits in layers, from Inbox AI drafts to AI Auto Reply and an AI Copilot that answers questions about the portfolio. The privacy page states SOC 2 Type II.
Hospitable at a glance
| Maker | Not stated on the vendor pages, Not stated on the vendor pages |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Entry price | Free (Essentials) |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI Vacation Rental Software in 2026, rank 1 of 12 |
| Website | hospitable.com |
Who Hospitable is best for
Hosts with one to three homes
Essentials costs nothing and still brings multi-channel sync, a unified inbox and scheduled messages, so the first months cost no subscription while the calendar stays clean.
Managers who delegate cleaning and tasks
Hospitable Tasks assigns jobs automatically on booking events, with role-based access and automatic team pay, which spares a coordinator from texting cleaners about each turnover.
Technical hosts who experiment with agents
The Host plan lists API and App Marketplace access and MCP, so a host can connect an AI agent to the account and ask questions about bookings in plain language.
Hospitable plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | Free | Multi-channel sync with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda, unified inbox and calendar, scheduled guest messages, Cleaner Marketplace and team management. |
| Host | Price not shown on the pricing page | Automated guest messaging, Dynamic Pricing at no extra cost, seasonality discounts, API and App Marketplace access, AI Guest Issue Alerts, inventory management and MCP. |
| Professional | Price not shown on the pricing page | Direct Booking Website with chargeback and damage protection, smart lock and thermostat automations, Google Vacation Rentals listing and installment payments. |
| Mogul | Price not shown on the pricing page | Fully automated guest messaging, owner statements, invoices and payouts, accounting and a Property Manager Marketplace. |
Checked November 2026.
What Hospitable does
- Inbox AI and AI Auto Reply
- Inbox AI drafts, polishes and replies while the host stays in control, and AI Auto Reply handles guest messages with no review step. Hosts choose how much freedom the AI has per conversation.
- AI Copilot
- The AI Copilot answers questions about the portfolio in plain language, such as which listings have gaps next month, so a host does not have to build reports by hand.
- Hospitable Direct Premium
- Direct bookings can carry $5M damage coverage and chargeback protection, which removes one reason hosts give for staying on marketplaces. The feature sits on the Professional plan.
- Dynamic Pricing and Upsells
- Rates and upsells are adjusted across listings, and Dynamic Pricing is included at no extra cost on the Host plan, unlike vendors that sell it as a separate add-on.
- Hospitable MCP
- The MCP connection lets an AI agent act on the account, from reading calendars to running routine work. Scope is not described in detail on the page we read.
How Hospitable handles your data
The privacy page states SOC 2 Type II and membership of RH-ISAC. It says Google user data is not used to train generalized AI or machine learning models, but it does not say whether guest messages or reservation data train any model. Retention periods are not specified apart from cookie lifespans such as two years for the _ga cookie. Hosting is described as unnamed cloud and database providers, with no region. Ask for the data processing agreement before you switch on AI Auto Reply for European guests.
Where Hospitable falls short in practice
- Paid prices are not readable. The Host, Professional and Mogul amounts showed as dashes per month when we read the pricing page, so a host cannot budget from the page alone. A written quote or a trial account is needed before you commit.
- PMS integrations are thin. Guesty, Hostaway, Hostfully, OwnerRez and Lodgify appear in a competitor comparison, not as integrations. Accounting connections are not named, and tax collection and trip insurance commissions are limited to the United States.
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Hospitable: common questions
Does Hospitable have a free plan?
Yes. Essentials is free and includes multi-channel sync with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and Agoda, a unified inbox and calendar, and scheduled guest messages. The pricing page lists Dynamic Pricing and AI Guest Issue Alerts on Host, so the free plan is for calendar and inbox work, not for hands-off automation.
What is the difference between Inbox AI and AI Auto Reply?
Inbox AI drafts and polishes replies while the host stays in control and sends the message. AI Auto Reply handles guest messages with no need to write or review each one. The first suits cautious hosts, while the second suits high-volume portfolios that accept an occasional wrong answer.
Is Hospitable SOC 2 certified?
The privacy page states SOC 2 Type II and membership of RH-ISAC. It does not state ISO 27001, and we did not open an audit report. A security questionnaire from your own company may still require the actual report, which the vendor would need to supply on request.
Where does Hospitable store my data?
The pages we read do not name a hosting region. The privacy policy refers to unnamed cloud hosting and database providers. A host with European guests should ask which region holds reservations and messages, and whether sub-processors are listed, before enabling automated replies.
Can I connect Claude or ChatGPT to Hospitable?
Hospitable lists MCP in its Host plan and describes it as letting an AI agent run the business. The pages do not say which actions an agent may take. Test with read-only questions first, then decide whether to allow changes to rates or messages.