Property Management
Boom
AI-first property management system for mid-to-large operators
Best for Automation
Ambitious AI-first PMS with real automation chops — but young, unpriced, and unproven at scale
Contact sales • No free trial
Comparison
Boom vs NoiseAware
Pricing, pros and cons, and buyer-fit side-by-side. Pick the one that matches your operation — or see why neither should.
Noise Monitoring
NoiseAware
Privacy-safe noise monitoring that resolves incidents before you get the call
Best for Scale
Hands-off noise resolution that earns its keep at 10+ listings
From $15/listing • No free trial
✓Editorial verdict
Which should you pick: Boom or NoiseAware?
Pick Boom if you need a full AI-powered property management platform with guest messaging, review automation, and task management — noise monitoring is a separate operational layer, not a PMS function. Pick NoiseAware if noise complaints, party damage, or permit risk are your primary operational pain and you need dedicated hardware monitoring with automated guest intervention. These are entirely different product categories that can run side by side.
Editorial perspective from the Boom side; factual claims about NoiseAware are drawn from its review.
Pricing side-by-side
Boom
Full pricing →Contact sales • No free trial
Detailed pricing tiers available on the Boom pricing page.
NoiseAware
Full pricing →From $15/listing • No free trial
Starter
$15/mo ($180/yr) per property
1–9 properties
- One indoor sensor per property
- Real-time noise-level alerts
- Push notifications
- Historical noise data dashboard
Professional
Custom (contact sales)
10+ properties
- Everything in Starter
- AutoResolve automated guest messaging
- Custom pricing
What each tool does well — and where it falls short
What Boom does well
Deep AI automation across guest comms and operations
Boom's BAM handles guest messaging 24/7, writes review responses, and auto-creates tasks from guest feedback. One operator said their front office team is 'now available to deal with making our guests happy, rather than dealing with repetitive stuff.'
White-glove onboarding and responsive support
Case studies and reviews consistently highlight hands-on migration support. One operator (250 properties) reported full PMS migration completed in one week with 24/7 support, including weekends.
Consolidates multiple tools, potentially cutting software spend
One reviewer reported saving ~$30k/year in add-on software costs after switching to Boom from a previous PMS stack, managing everything in one place.
What NoiseAware does well
Privacy-safe monitoring — no audio recording
NoiseAware sensors measure sound-pressure levels without recording audio or identifying specific sounds. The device is FCC-certified privacy safe, removing legal ambiguity around in-unit monitoring.
AutoResolve solves 90% of noise events in under 30 minutes
For 10+ property accounts, AutoResolve automatically texts guests when elevated noise is detected, escalating only unresolved events to the property manager — eliminating most late-night calls.
Historical noise data for dispute resolution
The dashboard stores timestamped noise-level history, letting operators prove or disprove noise complaints from neighbors or HOAs with objective data rather than hearsay.
Where Boom falls short
No public pricing — must contact sales
Boom discloses no pricing on its website and the /pricing URL returns a 404. This makes comparison shopping impossible and suggests custom enterprise-style quoting.
Young product with reported stability issues
Launched around September 2024, two of ten Trustpilot reviews (1-star each) cite bugs and unfinished features. One reviewer warned: 'go for a grown up PMS who have a product that works.'
No built-in direct booking website builder
Unlike Lodgify, Hostaway, and Hospitable, Boom has no native website builder or booking widget. Direct booking sites require a third-party partner integration with ICND.
Where NoiseAware falls short
WiFi dependency creates monitoring gaps
Sensors require a stable 2.4 GHz WiFi connection. NoiseAware's own help center warns that sensors on weak signal have only ~97% reconnection probability and may fail to reconnect over time.
No guest-message customization
Operators cannot edit the automated messages NoiseAware sends to guests. Managers who want brand-consistent or multilingual messaging are stuck with stock templates.
AutoResolve restricted to 10+ property accounts
The flagship automation feature is unavailable on the Starter plan. Hosts with fewer than 10 properties must manually contact guests after receiving a push notification, significantly increasing operational burden.
Which should you pick
Pick Boom if
Mid-to-large STR operators (50–360+ listings) who want an AI-first, all-in-one PMS with automated guest comms, dynamic pricing, and white-glove onboarding support.
Skip Boom if
You're a solo host or small operator who needs transparent pricing, a built-in direct booking website builder, or a mature mobile app — Boom has none of these.
Pick NoiseAware if
Property managers with 10+ listings in party-prone markets who need automated, hands-off noise resolution at scale — AutoResolve handles 90% of incidents without intervention.
Skip NoiseAware if
You balk at recurring per-property fees plus $99 per-sensor hardware, or you host in rural or low-WiFi areas where sensor connectivity is unreliable.
Where Boom and NoiseAware actually differ
- Boom is an AI-first PMS targeting 50–360+ listing operators with 24/7 guest messaging, automated review responses, and auto-generated tasks. NoiseAware is a noise-monitoring layer at $15/mo per property plus $99/sensor hardware — no booking, channel, or guest-messaging features outside of noise events.
- NoiseAware's AutoResolve automatically messages guests during noise events and resolves 90% of incidents in under 30 minutes — but only on 10+ property accounts. Boom's BAM handles guest messaging triggered by booking events and guest inquiries but has no noise-detection capability.
- NoiseAware requires physical FCC-certified sensors installed at each property with no audio recording. Boom is pure software with no property-monitoring hardware of any kind.
- NoiseAware publishes Starter pricing at $15/mo per property with $99/sensor hardware. Boom has no public pricing — must contact sales for a quote.
- Boom claims 40+ channel connections and manages bookings end-to-end. NoiseAware is channel-agnostic — it monitors the physical property regardless of where the guest booked and works alongside any PMS.
Common objections
- Boom's BAM handles 24/7 guest messaging — can it replace NoiseAware for noise incidents?
- No. Boom's BAM responds to guest messages and booking events — it has no way to detect what's physically happening at the property between check-in and checkout. NoiseAware provides the hardware sensor layer that measures real-time sound levels and alerts you (or auto-messages the guest) when thresholds are breached. If a party starts at midnight and no guest messages you about it, Boom won't know. NoiseAware will.
- Neither tool publishes transparent pricing for larger accounts — how do I budget for both?
- NoiseAware's Starter plan is published at $15/mo per property plus $99/sensor, but its Professional plan (10+ properties, where AutoResolve unlocks) requires contacting sales. Boom publishes nothing. If you're running 50+ listings, you're making two separate sales calls to get pricing. Budget NoiseAware's Starter rate as a floor ($15/mo per property) and get a Boom quote that accounts for whatever guest-messaging tools NoiseAware might replace in your current stack.
- Boom's task auto-generation could create a task when a guest complains about noise — isn't that similar to NoiseAware?
- Only if the guest complains via message. Boom's BAM can detect a noise complaint in a guest message and auto-create a task — that's useful but reactive. NoiseAware detects noise from a sensor regardless of whether the guest communicates about it. Many noise events go unreported by guests but still trigger neighbor complaints. NoiseAware catches those; Boom's message-based task generation does not.
Keep digging
Boom
Ambitious AI-first PMS with real automation chops — but young, unpriced, and unproven at scale
NoiseAware
Hands-off noise resolution that earns its keep at 10+ listings