Compare Hostaway and protel - Sep 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Hostaway or protel?

protel is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Hostaway, and Hostaway is rated higher (90/100) than protel (80/100).

Looking for the right Hotel Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Hostaway Vs. Protel

Hostaway: Hostaway is the fastest growing vacation rental software for property managers in the world. Connect in minutes and synchronize reservations, rates and availability with the best channels in the travel industry. This includes integrations to Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, Tripadvisor, HomeAway & dozens of others.

Protel: Developing hotel management solutions since 1994, protel was the first to offer a windows-based PMS that same year. With bookatonce, protel was also the world‘s first to offer a web-based PMS back in 2009. Today, protel hotel management systems are used in more than 80 countries in around 11,000 hotel businesses and schools of all sizes – 4,000 of ...

Who is more expensive? Hostaway or protel Hotel?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Hotel Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Hostaway and protel Hotel.

Hostaway price starts at $100 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Hostaway is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Hotel Management software. protel Hotel accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Hostaway is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Hotel Management software.

Bottom line: Hostaway cost is around the same cost of protel Hotel.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Hostaway Vs. protel based on some of the most important and required Hotel Management features.

Hostaway: We are still working to collect the list of features for Hostaway.

protel Hotel: We are still working to collect the list of features for protel Hotel.

Target customer size

Hostaway's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, and protel Hotel's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.