Smart Home
Lynx
Property automation OS for smart locks, thermostats, and contactless check-in
Solid Option
Solid breadth-of-device automation layer, gated behind a sales call
Contact sales • No free trial
Comparison
Lynx vs BeHome247
Pricing, pros and cons, and buyer-fit side-by-side. Pick the one that matches your operation — or see why neither should.
Smart Home
BeHome247
Smart-device and operations overlay for hospitality and multifamily portfolios
Best for Enterprise
Operator-built operations overlay for portfolios already running a PMS
Contact sales • No free trial
✓Editorial verdict
Which Should You Pick: Lynx or BeHome247?
Pick Lynx if you want a unified property automation OS spanning 300+ devices with Offline Mode, branded Hospitality TV, and gap-day upsell automation bundled in. Pick BeHome247 if you run a mid-to-large hospitality or multifamily portfolio on Hostaway, OwnerRez, LiveRez, or Barefoot and want one overlay across smart-locks, HVAC, noise, and ops. Both are sales-led, so PMS overlap and scope of revenue tooling drive the call.
Editorial perspective from the Lynx side; factual claims about BeHome247 are drawn from its review.
Pricing Side-by-Side
Lynx
Full pricing →Contact sales • No free trial
Contact sales
Vendor publishes two named tiers (Lite and Enterprise) but routes all CTAs to 'Talk to Sales' with no per-listing dollar figure on the public pricing page. The only published unit price is for the Hospitality TV add-on at 'less than 40 cents per unit per night.' Verified 2026-04-25.
Try LynxBeHome247
Full pricing →Contact sales • No free trial
Contact sales
Custom pricing — vendor uses a sales-led quote model. Capterra and GetApp listings (accessed 2026-04-26) both show 'Contact vendor for pricing' with no free trial or free version.
Try BeHome247What each tool does well — and where it falls short
What Lynx does well
Covers 300+ smart devices and 30+ PMSs from one dashboard
The integrations page names Track, Guesty, Hostfully, Cloudbeds, Mews, Streamline, Escapia, and Lodgify alongside locks from Yale, Schlage, August, Igloohome, RemoteLock, Sifely, and Tedee — operators rarely need to swap hardware to onboard.
Offline Mode keeps contactless check-in working during outages
Vendor's contactless page states 'Lynx Offline Mode ensures contactless check-in/Keyless Entry and automation — reducing guest issues and maintaining operations even during internet outages.'
Bulk code management at fleet scale
Operations automation page advertises 'Create users and groups and assign 100s of codes on 1000s of locks in a click' — useful for managers running large multi-unit portfolios.
What BeHome247 does well
Names eight major PMSs as integration partners
Vendor's integrations and hospitality pages (accessed 2026-04-26) list Hostaway, Guesty, OwnerRez, Escapia, Track, Streamline, LiveRez, and Barefoot Technologies, letting operators keep their reservation system and layer BeHome247 for device control.
Unusually broad smart-home hardware coverage
Vendor integrations surface (accessed 2026-04-26) names Schlage, Yale, dormakaba, RemoteLock, Igloohome, Honeywell, Trane, NoiseAware, plus Z-Wave and Zigbee — wider than typical STR ops overlays.
Founded by operators, with hospitality and residential tracks
About page (accessed 2026-04-26) states 'BeHome247 was founded by operators for operators' with 'over 15 years of applied technology at scale,' and the site exposes both Hospitality and Residential industry navigation.
Where Lynx falls short
Pricing is opaque — no published per-listing rate
The vendor pricing page routes every CTA to 'Talk to Sales' and only surfaces a quoted figure for the Hospitality TV add-on. Small operators cannot self-serve a quote without a sales conversation.
Reliability is bounded by the underlying lock hardware
Operto's comparison flags battery drain on WiFi-direct locks like Schlage Encode and warns that algorithm-powered models struggle in spotty-connectivity rural properties — Lynx automation inherits these device-class constraints.
Independent review depth is limited
Capterra's 'Lynx' page surfaces an unrelated school-transportation product, and Hotel Tech Report's listing returned HTTP 403 during research — buyer-side validation leans on vendor testimonials.
Where BeHome247 falls short
No published pricing or self-serve trial
Capterra (accessed 2026-04-26) lists 'Starting Price: Contact vendor for pricing' and 'Free Trial: Not available,' adding procurement friction vs. competitors with public price cards.
Verified 1.0/5.0 review cites support and data gaps
Capterra review by 'Charles S., President in Real Estate' dated 2023-07-11 (accessed 2026-04-26) describes the product as offering 'nothing. Offered zero value to me as a user' and references missing access details such as a 'security gate code.'
Thin third-party review surface
GetApp (accessed 2026-04-26) shows only a single 1-star review and 'No pricing info'; Software Advice's profile likewise did not surface starting price or tier list when fetched.
Which Should You Pick
Pick Lynx if
Multi-property STR managers (5-50+ units) consolidating smart-lock, thermostat, TV, and contactless check-in automation under one PMS-connected platform.
Skip Lynx if
You manage 1-3 owner-operated cabins on a tight DIY budget — Enterprise sales-cycle pricing and the IoT scope will be overkill.
Pick BeHome247 if
Mid-to-large hospitality and multifamily portfolios on Hostaway, Guesty, Track, Streamline, Escapia, or LiveRez who want a single overlay for smart-device control and ops.
Skip BeHome247 if
You have fewer than ~10 listings and need transparent self-serve pricing with a free trial — BeHome247 is sales-led and contact-quote only.
Where Lynx and BeHome247 actually differ
- PMS coverage: Lynx names Track, Guesty, Hostfully, Cloudbeds, Mews, Streamline, Escapia, and Lodgify; BeHome247 names Hostaway, Guesty, OwnerRez, Escapia, Track, Streamline, LiveRez, and Barefoot — Hostfully, Cloudbeds, Mews, and Lodgify are Lynx-only, while Hostaway, OwnerRez, LiveRez, and Barefoot are BeHome247-only.
- Resilience: Lynx markets an Offline Mode that keeps contactless check-in and keyless entry working during internet outages; BeHome247's vendor materials don't surface an equivalent offline failover.
- Revenue tooling: Lynx bundles early check-in/out upsell automation, gap-day workflows, and a branded Hospitality TV add-on priced 'less than 40 cents per unit per night'; BeHome247 is positioned as an ops and device overlay without bundled upsell or TV products.
- Portfolio fit: BeHome247 explicitly serves both Hospitality and Residential (multifamily) tracks with operator-built positioning; Lynx targets STR managers, boutique hotels, B&Bs, resorts, HOAs, and apart-hotels but doesn't market a multifamily track.
- Hardware breadth: Lynx claims 300+ supported devices including Yale, Schlage, August, Igloohome, RemoteLock, Sifely, and Tedee; BeHome247 names Schlage, Yale, dormakaba, RemoteLock, Igloohome, Honeywell, Trane, NoiseAware, Z-Wave, and Zigbee — Lynx leans wider on lock brands while BeHome247 covers HVAC and noise more explicitly.
Common objections
- Both vendors hide pricing — why pick Lynx over BeHome247 if I have to call sales either way?
- Fair — neither publishes a per-listing rate, and both Capterra entries confirm contact-sales only with no free trial. The tiebreaker is fit: if your PMS is Hostfully, Cloudbeds, Mews, or Lodgify, Lynx has the integration and BeHome247 doesn't; if it's Hostaway, OwnerRez, LiveRez, or Barefoot, BeHome247 wins.
- If I run a mixed STR + multifamily portfolio, isn't BeHome247 the more honest fit?
- Yes — BeHome247 explicitly markets Hospitality and Residential tracks, and Lynx doesn't. If multifamily is a real part of your inventory, BeHome247's positioning matches your operating model better than Lynx's STR/hotel-centric pitch.
- Does Lynx actually beat BeHome247 on reliability, or is Offline Mode just marketing?
- It's a documented Lynx feature that keeps contactless check-in and keyless entry working during internet outages — a real operational benefit if your properties sit in marginal-WiFi locations. BeHome247's public materials don't claim equivalent offline failover, so weight this if connectivity is fragile.
Keep Digging
Lynx
Solid breadth-of-device automation layer, gated behind a sales call
BeHome247
Operator-built operations overlay for portfolios already running a PMS