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 Rentals United
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
Rentals United
Channel manager with 90+ OTA distribution for professional property managers
Best for Enterprise
Deepest OTA channel catalog for managers who already run a PMS
Contact sales • No free trial
✓Editorial verdict
Which Should You Pick: Beds24 or Rentals United?
Pick Beds24 if you want a single platform that bundles PMS, channel manager, and booking engine at published per-rental pricing (from €15.90/mo) with zero booking commission and certified top-tier status across Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, and Vrbo. Pick Rentals United if you already run a PMS like Guesty or Hostfully, manage 50+ listings, and need a dedicated distribution layer reaching 90+ listing channels — including niche OTAs and regional portals beyond the big four.
Editorial perspective from the Beds24 side; factual claims about Rentals United 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 Beds24Rentals United
Full pricing →Contact sales • No free trial
Contact sales
Rentals United does not publish numeric pricing. The vendor's pricing page lists property-band tiers (Pro for 5-99 properties, Business for 100-499, Enterprise for 500+) and states 'Our prices are tailored to your business.' Capterra confirms 'Starting Price: Contact vendor for pricing' and 'Free Trial: Not available.' Confirm pricing directly with Rentals United sales.
Try Rentals UnitedWhat 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 Rentals United does well
Connects to 90+ listing channels including niche regional OTAs
Every tier advertises certified API connections to 50+ channels and access to 90+ listing channels in total, which is the platform's core differentiator versus PMS-bundled channel managers.
API described by integrators as robust and well-documented
A Capterra reviewer called the API 'absolutely phenomenal' and 'unbelievably robust, brilliantly documented,' and the vendor publishes API documentation as a top-level resource.
Preferred-partner status with Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com
Named preferred-partner programs with the largest OTAs can reduce listing-quality friction for managers routing inventory through Rentals United.
Broad PMS interoperability for managers who already have a stack
The partner page lists integrations with Guesty, Track, Hostfully, Escapia, and Streamline, making it a natural distribution layer behind an existing PMS.
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 Rentals United falls short
Interface described as click-heavy and dated
A GetApp reviewer noted that 'navigation through the system requires more clicks than necessary,' which adds up to real daily operator time at scale.
Reports of double-booking incidents and billing disputes
A GetApp reviewer (jeffrey D.) wrote 'They cost me tens of thousands in double bookings and did not pay any of the fees.' This is a minority report but operationally serious when it happens.
No transparent pricing and no free trial
Capterra lists 'Starting Price: Contact vendor for pricing' and 'Free Trial: Not available,' so buyers cannot evaluate cost without a sales call.
Sub-5-listing portfolios are not the core ICP
The vendor's Pro tier starts at 5-99 properties, with only a 'We can still help!' note for smaller portfolios — signaling smaller hosts will not get the typical onboarding path.
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 Rentals United if
Professional property managers with 20+ listings already running a PMS who need maximum OTA distribution breadth across niche regional channels in addition to Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com.
Skip Rentals United if
You have fewer than 5 listings, want self-serve transparent monthly pricing, or only need the top 3 OTAs.
Where Beds24 and Rentals United actually differ
- Product role: Beds24 is a unified PMS + channel manager + booking engine you run as your primary operating system; Rentals United is a distribution layer designed to sit behind an existing PMS, connecting inventory to 90+ listing channels via certified API integrations with 50+ of them.
- Pricing transparency: Beds24 publishes €15.90/mo for one rental plus €0.55/mo per channel link with no booking commission — fully calculable from the pricing page in six currencies. Rentals United is entirely quote-based across Pro (5–99 properties), Business (100–499), and Enterprise (500+) tiers with no published dollar figures.
- Channel breadth vs. depth: Rentals United connects to 90+ listing channels including long-tail OTAs and metasearch surfaces; Beds24 lists 60+ OTAs but holds named top-tier certifications (Airbnb Preferred+, Booking.com Premier, Expedia Elite, Vrbo Preferred 2026) across the four highest-volume channels.
- Segment fit: Beds24 scales linearly from a single rental upward and is rated great for small and mid portfolios; Rentals United's lowest tier starts at 5 properties with sales-led onboarding, and the vendor's explicit ICP is 100–500+ unit managers.
- PMS ecosystem: Rentals United integrates with named PMS partners including Guesty and Hostfully, letting managers keep their existing stack; Beds24 is the stack — operators adopt its built-in PMS, so there is no separate PMS to integrate.
Common objections
- Rentals United connects to 90+ channels — doesn't that automatically make it the better choice for multi-channel distribution?
- Channel count alone doesn't determine value. Beds24 covers 60+ OTAs and holds certified top-tier partner status across all four major OTAs — Airbnb Preferred+, Booking.com Premier, Expedia Elite, and Vrbo Preferred 2026 — which is where the majority of booking revenue concentrates. Rentals United's edge is the long tail: niche OTAs and regional portals a PMS-native channel module won't reach. If your revenue depends on the big four, Beds24's certified depth may matter more than Rentals United's broader count.
- Rentals United doesn't publish pricing and requires a sales call — is it worth the friction when Beds24 is fully transparent?
- For sub-50-listing operators who want to model costs before talking to sales, Beds24's published pricing is a clear advantage. Rentals United's counter is that its target buyer — managers with 100+ units — typically expects negotiated enterprise contracts. If you're in the 5–49 range, the quote-only friction is real and Beds24 lets you calculate total cost from the pricing page; at 100+ units, a sales conversation is standard for platforms at this tier.
- I already use Guesty/Hostfully — can Beds24 replace Rentals United as my channel manager without replacing my PMS?
- No. Beds24 is a unified PMS + channel manager + booking engine — it's designed to be the primary operating system, not a bolt-on distribution layer. If you want to keep your current PMS and add broad channel distribution, Rentals United is built for exactly that role with named PMS partnerships. Switching to Beds24 means migrating your entire operation onto its platform.
Keep Digging
Beds24
Unusually cheap, unusually programmable — if you can stomach the UI
Rentals United
Deepest OTA channel catalog for managers who already run a PMS