Property Management Software
Beds24
Pay-as-you-use channel manager, PMS, and booking engine
Best Value
Unusually cheap, unusually programmable — if you can stomach the UI
From €15.90/listing • No free trial
Comparison
Beds24 vs Octorate
Pricing, pros and cons, and buyer-fit side-by-side. Pick the one that matches your operation — or see why neither should.
Property Management Software
Octorate
All-in-one hospitality platform with Premier OTA connectivity
Solid Option
A credible EU-first all-in-one for small hosts — if you can live with quote-based pricing
Contact sales • Free trial
✓Editorial verdict
Which Should You Pick: Beds24 or Octorate?
Pick Beds24 if you want transparent per-rental pricing starting at €15.90/mo, zero booking commission, Vrbo Preferred Partner 2026 coverage, and an open REST API V2 you can buy without a sales call. Pick Octorate if you want an all-in-one EU hospitality bundle with simultaneous Premier/Preferred certifications across Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Google Hotel Ads, and Agoda plus EU self-check-in compliance and Payment Manager built in.
Editorial perspective from the Beds24 side; factual claims about Octorate are drawn from its review.
Pricing Side-by-Side
Beds24
Full pricing →From €15.90/listing • No free trial
Per listing
Beds24 prices in EUR on its pricing page with multi-currency billing (USD, AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, NZD). Base €15.90/mo for a property with one rental; each channel link costs €0.55/mo. No commission on bookings. EU customers without a valid VAT registration and all customers based in Germany pay VAT on top.
Try Beds24Octorate
Full pricing →Contact sales • Free trial
Octorate PRO
Contact sales
- Channel manager + booking engine
- 14-day free trial available
- Pricing scales with property count and feature set
- Vendor does not publish fixed tiers — quote required
What each tool does well — and where it falls short
What Beds24 does well
Pay-as-you-grow per-rental + per-channel-link pricing with no booking commission
Rather than tiered plans, Beds24 charges only for rentals you run and channels you connect, which makes it cheap to start small and predictable to scale.
Top-tier OTA partnership status across the four largest channels
Beds24 is a Preferred+ Airbnb Software Partner, a Booking.com Premier Partner (10 consecutive years), Expedia Elite Partner for 2025, and Vrbo Preferred Partner for 2026 — certified two-way connectivity means better support paths and faster channel feature rollouts.
Open REST API V2 plus JSON booking webhooks for custom automation
An OpenAPI/Swagger-documented REST API and JSON booking webhooks make Beds24 unusually programmable for a tool in this price range — per the wiki, webhooks can trigger server-side actions to retrieve a new booking via API.
What Octorate does well
Premier/Preferred OTA connectivity across all major channels at once
Octorate's channel-manager page states it is one of the very few hospitality tech companies to simultaneously hold Premier/Preferred Connectivity Partner certifications from Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Google Hotel Ads, and Agoda — meaning update propagation runs at the highest tier those OTAs offer.
Public, well-documented REST API
The Integration Guide at api.octorate.com documents OAuth 2.0 + API-key auth, OpenAPI 3 spec, and a published rate limit of 100 calls per accommodation per 5 minutes — a level of transparency absent from many vacation-rental PMSs in this tier.
No long-term contract and no commission on direct bookings
The vendor pricing page states monthly renewals with no contract obligation and no hidden fees, and the Payment Manager page confirms zero commission on bookings the operator takes through OctoSite.
Where Beds24 falls short
Dated interface and steep learning curve
Beds24 exposes hundreds of granular settings; Capterra reviewers describe the UI as reminiscent of '97's Windows' and note setup can be clunky and tricky to navigate.
Support is primarily email/ticket-based
Fine for self-sufficient operators, but a friction point during high-pressure incidents like double-bookings or payment failures — Research.com notes live support availability could be better.
Third-party payment and app ecosystem lags US-centric incumbents
Gateway and ops-tool coverage exists but is narrower than Hostaway or Guesty — Research.com notes integration breadth is decent but not as broad as some larger platforms.
Where Octorate falls short
Vendor-published pricing is quote-only and aggregator figures disagree
Octorate's own pricing page says price 'depends on the features required and the size of your property' without listing tiers, while GetApp reports $30/mo and SoftwareSuggest reports $55/mo as of 2026-04-24 — operators have to register for a quote to get a real number.
Customer support is the weakest reviewed dimension
Capterra's aggregated user reviews (accessed 2026-04-24) show Customer Service at 3.7/5 — the lowest of four sub-scores — with recurring notes about inconsistent support by country or language and difficulty reaching phone support.
Smart-lock and check-in ecosystem is EU-only
The IoT Partner Hub lists Vikey, Keesy, Nuki, Chekin, and Ok Home — all EU-headquartered vendors. US-favored brands like August, Schlage Encode, and Yale Assure with US Wi-Fi modules are not named.
Which Should You Pick
Pick Beds24 if
Multi-channel hosts and small-to-mid hotels, B&Bs, or vacation-rental managers who want a combined PMS/channel-manager/booking-engine and prefer paying only for rentals and channel connections they actually use.
Skip Beds24 if
You want a polished modern UI with white-glove onboarding and live phone support, or you require a large pre-built US-centric integration ecosystem.
Pick Octorate if
European hosts (especially Italian) running 1–10 short-term-rental units who want one platform for channel manager, PMS, booking engine, payments, and EU check-in compliance.
Skip Octorate if
You run a US-only vacation-rental portfolio that depends on PriceLabs, Wheelhouse, or US smart-lock brands as primary partners.
Where Beds24 and Octorate actually differ
- Pricing transparency: Beds24 publishes €15.90/mo base + €0.55/mo per channel link with no booking commission on a public page. Octorate publishes no fixed tiers and requires a sales quote — third-party aggregators disagree at $30 vs $55/mo as of 2026-04-24.
- Vrbo coverage: Beds24 is a Vrbo Preferred Partner for 2026 with certified two-way connectivity. Vrbo is not named among Octorate's Premier/Preferred certified OTAs — Octorate's named top-tier set is Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Google Hotel Ads, and Agoda.
- Channel breadth and certification mix: Octorate advertises 130+ OTA connections with simultaneous top-tier certifications on five majors. Beds24 references 60+ OTAs with Preferred+ Airbnb, Booking.com Premier (10 years), Expedia Elite 2025, and Vrbo Preferred 2026 — narrower count but certified depth on Vrbo Octorate doesn't reach.
- Bundled scope: Octorate bundles channel manager, PMS, OctoSite booking engine, Payment Manager (Stripe, PayPal, Nexi, SysPay), and EU self-check-in partners (Vikey, Keesy, Chekin, Nuki) in one subscription. Beds24 bundles channel manager + PMS + booking engine but a private-label booking subdomain is a €19/mo add-on and EU compliance check-in is a third-party integration.
- Free trial and onboarding: Octorate offers a 14-day free trial of Octorate PRO; Beds24 does not publish a free trial on its pricing page but offers self-serve signup at a known price.
Common objections
- Octorate holds Premier/Preferred certifications across five major OTAs simultaneously — isn't that broader connectivity than Beds24?
- Octorate's simultaneous top-tier status across Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Google Hotel Ads, and Agoda is genuine and a real edge if those five drive your revenue. Beds24 holds equivalent or higher status on Booking.com (Premier 10 years), Airbnb (Preferred+), Expedia (Elite 2025), and Vrbo (Preferred 2026) — narrower on Agoda and Google Hotel Ads, but broader on Vrbo. If Vrbo matters to your distribution, Beds24 wins; if Agoda or GHA matter more, Octorate wins.
- If Octorate bundles PMS, booking engine, payments, and EU check-in, won't Beds24 end up more expensive once I add the missing pieces?
- Possibly. Beds24 is also a combined PMS + channel manager + booking engine, so the core stack is bundled, but a private-label booking subdomain is a €19/mo add-on and EU self-check-in is a third-party integration. If you need EU compliance check-in and a Payment Manager in one subscription, request an Octorate quote and compare against Beds24's published per-rental math plus the cost of Chekin or Nuki separately.
- I want to avoid quote-based sales processes — does Beds24 really publish its pricing?
- Yes. Beds24's pricing page lists €15.90/mo for a single-rental property, €1.00/mo per additional rental, and €0.55/mo per channel link with no booking commission. Octorate's own pricing page explicitly says price depends on features and property size and asks you to register — so if pricing transparency before a sales call is a hard requirement, Beds24 is the clearer pick.
Keep Digging
Beds24
Unusually cheap, unusually programmable — if you can stomach the UI
Octorate
A credible EU-first all-in-one for small hosts — if you can live with quote-based pricing