Property Management
Barefoot
Enterprise-grade vacation rental PMS built for customization and scale
Best for Scale
Enterprise PMS that rewards operators who outgrow simpler tools
From $800 • 14-day trial
Comparison
Barefoot vs iGMS
Pricing, pros and cons, and buyer-fit side-by-side. Pick the one that matches your operation — or see why neither should.
Property Management
iGMS
Automate 90% of your vacation rental hosting tasks
Best for Small Hosts
Solid automation for small portfolios, but outgrown quickly by reporting needs
From $14/listing • No free trial
✓Editorial verdict
Which should you pick: Barefoot or iGMS?
Pick iGMS if you manage 2–20 Airbnb/Vrbo/Booking.com listings and want automation at $14–17/listing/mo with no onboarding fees. Pick Barefoot if you run a professional management company with 20+ units and need deep trust accounting, owner statements, and enterprise customization — and can absorb an $800+/mo base plus implementation.
Editorial perspective from the iGMS side; factual claims about Barefoot are drawn from its review.
Pricing side-by-side
Barefoot
Full pricing →From $800 • 14-day trial
1–50 units
$800/mo
50 listings
Booking fee: 1% of rent on Airbnb/VRBO bookings
- Full trust accounting
- Owner statements
- Reservation and booking management
- Customizable workflows, fees, and reporting
- Direct integrations to Airbnb, VRBO, TripAdvisor
- Open API access
51–100 units
$1,100/mo
100 listings
Booking fee: 1% of rent on Airbnb/VRBO bookings
- Everything in 1–50 tier
iGMS
Full pricing →From $14/listing • No free trial
Lite
$14/property/mo
No stated limit
Booking fee: None stated
- Multi-channel calendar sync
- Automated guest messaging
- Cleaning management
- Direct booking tools
Flex
$1/booked night ($20/property minimum)
No stated limit
Booking fee: None stated
- Everything in Lite
- Pay-per-use pricing model
Pro
$18/property/mo
No stated limit
Booking fee: None stated
- Everything in Lite
- Advanced features
Enterprise
Custom
30+ properties
Booking fee: None stated
- Everything in Pro
- Custom pricing
What each tool does well — and where it falls short
What Barefoot does well
Highly configurable platform instead of preset workflows
Teams can customize processes, fees, communication, and reporting to match their operations rather than adapting to rigid defaults. Reviewers on Capterra consistently cite configurability as the top differentiator.
Exceptional customer support with 95% retention rate
Users report submitting questions by end of day and receiving solutions the next morning. The 95% customer retention rate backs up the support quality claims.
Rock-solid system stability after 20+ years
Multiple reviewers note the software has no bugs or glitches. Two decades of development have produced a mature, reliable codebase.
What iGMS does well
Strong automation that drives real portfolio growth
Users report iGMS helped them grow by over 50% and add new units with less effort. The platform automates guest messaging, reviews, and cleaning management.
Zero commission on direct bookings
Direct bookings through iGMS eliminate OTA fees of up to 17%, allowing property managers to keep significantly more revenue compared to listing exclusively on platforms like Airbnb or Vrbo.
Proven scale across global operations
iGMS manages almost 90,000 property listings across 49+ countries and processes more than 500,000 reservations monthly, demonstrating reliable multi-channel sync at scale.
Where Barefoot falls short
Steep learning curve and dated interface
The UI is not modern and onboarding requires significant setup and training investment. Operators should plan for a real ramp-up period.
Airbnb integration is problematic
Some features available before Airbnb integration are lost after connecting, and setting rates through the integration is challenging. Operators heavy on Airbnb should test carefully.
High entry cost shuts out small operators
At $800/mo for up to 50 units, an operator with 10 listings pays effectively $80/unit/mo — far more than per-listing competitors charging $10–20/unit.
Where iGMS falls short
Financial reporting is a weak point
95% of reviews on financial reporting say the system offers limited report variations and customizations, making it difficult for operators who need detailed revenue analytics.
No accounting software integration
iGMS lacks built-in accounting features and has no QuickBooks integration, forcing property managers to maintain a completely separate accounting workflow.
Calendar sync reliability concerns
Some users report booking synchronization problems that can lead to double bookings across platforms, which is a serious operational risk for multi-channel hosts.
Which should you pick
Pick Barefoot if
Established vacation rental companies with 20+ units who need robust customization and don't mind the learning curve.
Skip Barefoot if
You have under 20 units — the $800/mo base cost makes per-unit economics unfavorable compared to per-listing alternatives.
Pick iGMS if
Small to medium property managers who want to automate 90% of daily hosting tasks across multiple OTAs like Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo from one unified calendar.
Skip iGMS if
Large-scale operations requiring advanced financial reporting, QuickBooks integration, or enterprise-level team management tools.
Where Barefoot and iGMS actually differ
- iGMS pricing starts at $14/listing/mo (Lite) and $17/listing/mo (Pro) with self-serve signup. Barefoot starts at $800/mo for 1–50 units ($1,100/mo for 51–100) with a required sales process and onboarding.
- Barefoot ships full trust accounting with owner statements, configurable fees, and 1099-ready reporting built for property management companies. iGMS offers booking analytics and a multi-property dashboard but 95% of user reviews flag its reporting as weak.
- Barefoot is highly configurable with workflow, fee, and reporting customization plus an open API and 60+ technology partners. iGMS is configured around Airbnb/Vrbo/Booking.com standard flows with a narrower integration surface.
- iGMS is mobile-friendly with a unified dashboard processing 500K+ reservations monthly across 49+ countries. Barefoot users consistently call out the UI as dated and desktop-first, with no mobile-first management experience.
- iGMS is Airbnb-native and scales down to single-property hosts. Barefoot explicitly says it's not a fit below 20 units or for Airbnb-heavy operators — Vrbo and direct bookings are where its channel story is strongest.
Common objections
- Barefoot costs $800+/mo versus iGMS at $14/listing — is Barefoot's accounting worth the markup?
- If you run a licensed property management company collecting owner funds, yes — iGMS does not do trust accounting or produce the kind of owner statements an audit would survive. If you self-manage your own units or co-host a handful of listings, you don't need any of that, and Barefoot's base fee alone would be 30–50x your iGMS bill with no offsetting revenue lift.
- Doesn't iGMS's modern UI just mean I'll outgrow it the moment I scale?
- Most iGMS users top out in the 20–50 listing range before reporting and multi-user role limits start to bite. Barefoot is genuinely built for the 50–200 unit professional manager. The right move is usually iGMS until the accounting and owner-reporting pain is concrete, then migrate — not to pay Barefoot enterprise pricing pre-emptively.
- Barefoot integrates 60+ partners and has an open API — doesn't that cover everything iGMS does plus more?
- On paper, yes. In practice, Barefoot's integrations are strongest around Vrbo/Expedia distribution, smart home, and accounting — not Airbnb guest messaging automation where iGMS concentrates. If Airbnb is your dominant channel and guest comms are the problem you're solving, Barefoot's breadth doesn't replace iGMS's depth in that lane.
Keep digging
Barefoot
Enterprise PMS that rewards operators who outgrow simpler tools
iGMS
Solid automation for small portfolios, but outgrown quickly by reporting needs