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TIDY vs ResortCleaning

Pricing, pros and cons, and buyer-fit side-by-side. Pick the one that matches your operation — or see why neither should.

Cleaning & Operations

TIDY

AI property manager for cleaning, maintenance, and guest ops automation

Best for Automation

Strong cleaning-ops automation layer if you already have a PMS and want to skip the 18–35% PM fee

From $39 • No free trial

Full review →Is it worth it?

Cleaning & Operations

ResortCleaning

Turnover scheduling automation for vacation rental cleaning teams

Solid Option

Broad PMS connectivity for turnover automation, tempered by recent reliability concerns

From $20/listing • No free trial

Full review →Is it worth it?
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✓Editorial verdict

Which Should You Pick: TIDY or ResortCleaning?

Pick TIDY if you want an AI-driven ops layer that automates turnovers, inspections, and guest messaging across your existing PMS under a single percentage fee. Pick ResortCleaning if you run a cleaning company (or a lean host op) that just needs PMS-synced schedule generation at the lowest possible per-property cost.

Editorial perspective from the TIDY side; factual claims about ResortCleaning are drawn from its review.

Pricing Side-by-Side

TIDY

Full pricing →

From $39 • No free trial

AI Property Manager

3.9% of gross bookings ($39/mo minimum)

  • Unlimited properties
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited pros
  • Dedicated Account Manager
  • Cancel anytime
Try TIDY

ResortCleaning

Full pricing →

From $20/listing • No free trial

Subscription

$5/property/mo

$20/mo minimum (applies under 4 properties)

All portfolio sizes; minimum kicks in below 4 units

  • PMS-integrated cleaning task scheduling
  • Mobile app for cleaning staff
  • Photo verification of completed turnovers
  • Owner billing and invoicing
  • Predictable monthly cost regardless of booking volume
Try ResortCleaning

Per-Appointment

$1.39/appointment

No monthly minimum; pay only when cleanings happen

Operators with sporadic or seasonal turnover schedules

  • Same scheduling and mobile features as Subscription tier
  • Pay-as-you-go billing
  • Suitable for lower-volume operators where $5/property exceeds appointment cost
Try ResortCleaning

What each tool does well — and where it falls short

What TIDY does well

  • Single percentage fee with unlimited scale built-in

    TIDY's published plan covers Unlimited properties, Unlimited users, and Unlimited pros for 3.9% of gross bookings, flattening the unit-cost curve as a portfolio grows from 5 to 25+ listings.

  • Broad PMS, OTA, and smart-lock integration coverage

    The vendor integrations directory lists named partners across the STR stack — Hostaway, Guesty, OwnerRez, Hospitable, Cloudbeds, Airbnb, Vrbo, RemoteLock, August, and more — so most operators can plug TIDY in without changing PMS.

  • AI-driven turnover, inspection, and guest comms automation

    The rentals product page describes automatic turnover scheduling, photo + checklist quality control, Smart Pro Search, and AI + human guest messaging — pulling job triggers from PMS booking data.

  • Profit Increase Guarantee against traditional PM fees

    TIDY publicly commits to crediting the difference (up to 1 year free) if customers don't make more profit than under a traditional 18–35% property-management arrangement.

What ResortCleaning does well

  • Connects with a wide range of PMS platforms for hands-off turnover scheduling

    The platform integrates with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Guesty, OwnerRez, Hostaway, and many more — cleaning appointments automatically adjust when bookings change.

  • Support team is consistently praised as responsive and development-driven

    Capterra reviewers highlight the team 'developing custom components to help' users and releasing improvements weekly — unusual attentiveness for a sub-$50/mo cleaning tool.

  • Mobile app built for field cleaners with GPS and real-time task tracking

    Cleaners report the app integrates with mapping apps for directions and is easy to navigate, enabling status updates without needing desktop access.

Where TIDY falls short

  • Quality depends on local cleaning pro availability

    TIDY coordinates rather than employs cleaners, and third-party reviewers note booking cancellations attributed to a lack of available pros in some markets.

  • Percentage pricing can exceed flat per-listing tools for high-ADR portfolios

    At 3.9% of gross bookings with no volume break disclosed, owners with high-revenue properties may pay more than they would on a fixed $X/listing/month structure.

  • US-focused marketplace and feature mix

    Independent reviewers flag the platform as U.S.-focused with Smart Pro Search limited to U.S. locations — EU/LATAM/APAC operators won't get the marketplace benefit even if PMS integrations work.

  • Single public plan with limited tier transparency

    Beyond the $39/mo floor and 3.9% rate, no enterprise tier or volume-break thresholds are publicly disclosed, so larger portfolios must contact sales for custom terms.

Where ResortCleaning falls short

  • PMS integrations are primarily one-directional

    OwnerRez documentation confirms ResortCleaning 'does not sync cleaning date or expenses via the API connection,' meaning property managers must manually reconcile cleaning costs in their PMS.

  • Recent updates introduced significant reliability regressions

    App Store reviews describe the software as 'more difficult to navigate, more glitchy, appointments are being missed on almost a daily basis' after 2025 updates, with some users calling it 'a nightmare.'

  • QuickBooks integration lacks return data flow

    Users report QuickBooks doesn't communicate back to ResortCleaning, requiring manual double-entry for payment tracking across systems.

Which Should You Pick

Pick TIDY if

Owners and small-to-mid portfolios (3+ properties) who already run a PMS like Hostaway, Guesty, OwnerRez, or Hospitable and want to automate turnovers, vendor coordination, and guest messaging without hiring a traditional property manager.

Skip TIDY if

You're a single-property host with a trusted cleaner in stable cadence, you operate primarily outside the US, or you want a full-service PM to take over end-to-end operations.

Pick ResortCleaning if

Cleaning companies managing 5+ vacation rental turnovers weekly who need PMS-driven scheduling and mobile task management for field staff.

Skip ResortCleaning if

You manage a single property, need advanced operational features beyond cleaning, or require full bidirectional data sync between your cleaning tool and PMS.

Where TIDY and ResortCleaning actually differ

  • TIDY charges 3.9% of gross bookings with a $39/mo floor and unlimited properties on one plan; ResortCleaning charges $5/property/mo with a $20 minimum or $1.39/appointment — for a 10-listing portfolio doing $30K/mo in bookings, TIDY runs ~$1,170/mo vs ResortCleaning's $50/mo.
  • TIDY bundles AI guest messaging, photo/checklist quality control, a US cleaning-pro marketplace, and turnover scheduling; ResortCleaning is scheduling-and-task-tracking only — no guest comms, no marketplace, no inspection workflow.
  • TIDY publishes an open API and lists 100+ integrations across PMS, channel, smart-lock, and accounting categories; ResortCleaning lists 40+ PMS integrations but has limited API access and one-directional sync (e.g., OwnerRez expense sync is not supported).
  • TIDY includes a US-based marketplace to source new cleaners; ResortCleaning has no marketplace and assumes you bring your own cleaning team.
  • ResortCleaning's per-appointment pricing ($1.39/appointment, $20 minimum) suits seasonal or low-turnover portfolios; TIDY has no per-appointment option and the 3.9% rate scales with revenue regardless of cadence.

Common objections

ResortCleaning is dramatically cheaper per-property — why pay TIDY's percentage fee?
Because they're solving different problems. ResortCleaning generates cleaning schedules from PMS data and gives field crews a mobile app — that's it. TIDY layers AI guest messaging, photo-verified inspections, vendor coordination across cleaning and maintenance, and a US pro marketplace on top. If you already have reliable cleaners, a separate guest-comms tool, and your own QA process, ResortCleaning's $5/property is the better deal. If you want a single ops automation layer that replaces a fractional property manager, TIDY's premium buys functionality ResortCleaning doesn't attempt.
Doesn't TIDY's 3.9% of gross bookings get expensive at high ADR?
Yes, and we flag that tradeoff. At a $30K/mo portfolio TIDY runs ~$1,170/mo vs ResortCleaning's $50/mo — that's a real gap. The defense is what TIDY automates beyond scheduling: inspections, guest messaging, and vendor coordination versus traditional 18–35% PM fees. If you're benchmarking against a property manager, TIDY usually wins. If you're benchmarking against a $5/property scheduler, ResortCleaning wins on price alone.
ResortCleaning supports 40+ PMS platforms — does TIDY actually cover the niche ones too?
TIDY's integration directory lists 100+ partners including Hostaway, Guesty, and OwnerRez, so mainstream PMS platforms are covered. ResortCleaning may have an edge on a few smaller cleaning-company-oriented systems. Check both vendor lists against your specific PMS before committing — for niche or regional systems, ResortCleaning's narrower-but-cleaning-focused list sometimes wins.

Keep Digging

TIDY

Strong cleaning-ops automation layer if you already have a PMS and want to skip the 18–35% PM fee

Full TIDY review →Is it worth it?

ResortCleaning

Broad PMS connectivity for turnover automation, tempered by recent reliability concerns

Full ResortCleaning review →Is it worth it?