Best Channel Managers in 2026

SiteMinder is a hotel distribution and commerce platform headquartered in Sydney and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: SDR). The company also owns Little Hotelier, an all-in-one management system for small accommodation providers. Its channel manager is the core of a wider platform that includes a booking engine, payments, revenue tools and a Smart Platform of transaction products such as Channels Plus, Dynamic Revenue Plus and the Demand Plus distribution programme.

For the year to 30 June 2026 SiteMinder reported revenue of A$266.1 million (A$224.3 million in FY25), annualised recurring revenue of A$313.7 million and a reported net loss of A$11.3 million, narrowed from A$24.5 million. Properties grew by 5,900 to 56,000, and more than 85% of customer billings are in currencies other than the Australian dollar. The company states that its platform connects to more than 500 distribution partners and handles more than 140 million reservations a year.

SiteMinder's scale and breadth make it a default shortlist choice for independent hotels worldwide. It does not publish prices on a page accessible during this review, and transaction products add usage-based costs on top of the subscription.

Cloudbeds sells a hospitality management platform combining a PMS, booking engine, channel manager (branded Cloudbeds Distribution), payments and revenue-marketing add-ons. The company says its channel manager connects to more than 450 global, regional and niche channels, including Booking.com, Airbnb, Vrbo and Expedia, as well as GDS wholesalers and metasearch engines such as Google.

The channel manager centralises inventory in one pool, mapped from the PMS to the booking engine and OTAs. Cloudbeds lists real-time rate and availability sync, one-click rate changes, bulk updates, real-time logs, per-channel pricing, multiple currencies and automated per-channel emails. Cloudbeds was a 2025 HotelTechReport Best Channel Manager finalist and lists partner badges from Airbnb, Expedia and Booking.com.

Plans are named Flex, One, Experience and Enterprise. Distribution is included in One, optional in Experience and Enterprise, and not included in Flex, which is designed for properties that bring their own channel manager. All plans are priced on request; the marketplace lists more than 400 integration partners.

D-EDGE is a hospitality technology company that provides a central reservation system with a channel manager and booking engine, a connectivity hub, data intelligence, hotel websites, digital media services and customer relationship management. The company states it is located in more than 22 countries and works in 20 languages, and that its channel manager has more than 20,000 users.

D-EDGE's positioning differs from smaller tools: the channel manager is one component of a CRS aimed at hotels and groups that also want direct-booking marketing, websites and analytics from one provider. Its connectivity hub links PMS, revenue management, distribution, payment, CRS and CRM systems.

The vendor does not publish a channel count or prices. It is best suited to hotels that want a managed distribution and digital-marketing service rather than a self-service tool, and to groups needing central inventory control across properties.

eviivo sells eviivo Suite, a combined PMS, channel manager, booking engine and guest-communication system, and says 30,000 accommodations use it worldwide. It targets independent hotels, B&Bs, inns and vacation-rental operators, with prices in US dollars, sterling, euros, Swiss francs and Canadian dollars.

The channel manager offers two-way synchronisation of rates, availability, photos, amenities, promotions, extras, messages and reviews with major OTAs, and access to GDS platforms and hundreds of niche and regional channels through preferred, certified connections. Multiple listings of the same inventory carry no extra charge, unlimited users are included, and eviivo states that it takes no revenue share or commission beyond the OTAs' own rates.

Pricing starts at US$50 a month for a single property and US$125 for multi-property accounts, with per-room add-ons. eviivo does not offer a free trial; instead, the first 30 days are free during onboarding and billing is in arrears.

Octorate is a hospitality software suite whose website lists it as part of the Buffetti Group. The company says it is used in more than 100 countries, manages more than 500,000 bookings a month and connects to more than 160 OTA channels and partners, including Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Vrbo and Google Hotel Ads.

Alongside the channel manager, Octorate sells a PMS, booking engine, website builder, web concierge, unified inbox, payment manager, self check-in, rate checker, metasearch, dynamic pricing, owner portal, mobile app and API, and an AI guest agent called OctoAgent. This breadth covers both hotels and vacation-rental managers.

Plans are billed monthly with no long-term commitment, and Octorate says it charges no commission on direct bookings. A 14-day free trial is available without a credit card. Specific plan prices are not shown on the main site.

Beds24 is a channel manager and property management system known for granular configuration and low entry cost. The site footer identifies Visit Group as the copyright holder. Beds24 serves hotels, hostels, B&Bs and vacation rentals.

Pricing is usage-based. A scalable monthly fee starts at €15.50 depending on the number of rentals, rooms or units. The channel manager costs €0.55 a month and each link, defined as one room type connected to one channel, costs €0.55 a month, so properties pay only for the connections they use. Add-ons include SMS notifications at €0.10 each, extra user logins at €2 a month, private-label subdomains at €19 a month and onboarding from €79. There is no contract, minimum term, set-up fee or booking commission, and a free trial is available without a credit card. Payment is accepted in six currencies.

The configurability that makes Beds24 inexpensive also makes it demanding to set up; the vendor sells paid onboarding for this reason.

Channex is a channel manager built primarily for property-management software companies, rental platforms and technically capable operators who want OTA connectivity through an API. It reports connections to 78 booking channels, including Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb and Agoda, and 477 PMS and technology partners.

There is a single plan, WhiteLabel, which includes API access, a mapping API and white-labelling of the interface, API responses and documentation. Hotels cost US$7 per property per month, falling to US$4 above 2,000 properties; vacation-rental units cost US$0.50 each, falling to US$0.30 above 7,000 units. A US$130 monthly platform fee applies, and only properties with at least one active channel connection are billed. Hotels with more than 20 room types pay US$1 per extra room type, capped at US$7.

A free staging server provides full API access for development, with billing starting at go-live. The model is economical at volume but is not intended for a single property without technical resources.

HotelRunner is a hospitality distribution provider whose website carries a copyright notice dating from 2011 and is offered in English, Spanish, French and Turkish. It lists SSL, PCI-DSS and ISO 27001 badges.

HotelRunner's pricing is unusual in tying the subscription to realised booking revenue. Essential Manage costs 0.75% of monthly realised booking revenue with a US$19.95 minimum; Essential Sell costs 1.25% with a US$29.95 minimum; and Essential Complete costs 1% with a US$39.95 minimum. Yearly Essential subscriptions at a flat fee are available through sales, and Advanced and Elite tiers are quote-based. All Essential plans include 50 rate plans, unlimited users and rooms, assisted onboarding, and chat, email and phone support.

The percentage model aligns cost with occupancy, which suits seasonal properties, but becomes expensive relative to flat-fee tools for high-revenue hotels. HotelRunner does not publish a channel count on its pricing page.

Guesty is a property-management and channel-management platform for short-term rental hosts and professional managers. It sells three plans by portfolio size. Guesty Lite covers one to three listings from US$9 per listing per month, with a channel manager for Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo and a 14-day free trial. Guesty Pro covers four to 199 listings with quote-based pricing and more than 60 listing channels. Enterprise covers 200 or more listings with custom terms.

Beyond distribution, the platform covers guest messaging, task automation, owner reporting and payments, with optional paid add-ons such as PriceOptimizer for dynamic pricing and Damage Protection. Annual billing costs less than monthly.

Guesty's tiering lets a host start with a low per-listing price and move to the Pro platform as the portfolio grows, though Pro and Enterprise prices are not published and the Lite plan is limited to three listings and the three largest channels.

Rentals United is a channel manager for professional vacation-rental managers. It reports more than 90 channels across five categories: OTAs, metasearch engines, vacation-rental sites, website builders and booking engines, and wholesalers.

The company lists GDPR, PCI and SOC 2 compliance badges and supports the industry associations VRMA, APAR and STAA. Its interface is available in English, French and Spanish.

Plans are tied to portfolio size. Pro starts at US$330 a month for 10 to 50 listings, with free onboarding offered at the time of review. Scale covers 50 to 200 listings with custom pricing on commission or fixed-fee bases, and Enterprise covers more than 200 listings with a direct API connection and a dedicated account manager. No free trial is mentioned; a demo is offered instead. The 10-listing minimum on Pro places it beyond the reach of individual hosts.

Hostaway is a vacation-rental management platform combining a channel manager, PMS, unified inbox and automation for short-term rental managers. It lists partner status with major platforms: Airbnb Preferred Partner, Vrbo Elite Partner and Booking.com Premier Partner, together with connections to Expedia, Google Vacation Rentals and Marriott Homes & Villas.

The company cites more than 300 integrations and describes thousands of clients, with a team spread across six continents; its published case studies include managers with 40 to 80 or more properties.

Hostaway does not publish prices. Its pricing page asks prospective customers how many listings they manage, and single-listing hosts are directed to a waitlist, which indicates the product is aimed at managers with at least two listings.

Smoobu is a channel manager and vacation-rental software aimed at private hosts and small rental businesses. It connects to Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia and, by its own account, more than 100 booking portals, with calendar sync included on all plans.

Prices are billed in euros and depend on the number of units. At the time of review the Professional Flex plan cost €29 a month plus a 0.9% booking fee; Professional Prepaid listed at €35 a month and Teams Pro+ at €55 a month, both without a booking fee, though the page displayed temporary promotional discounts. Teams Pro+ adds e-invoicing, priority support and two write-access accounts. Add-ons include dynamic pricing from €12.99 per property and smart-lock connections at €4 per lock a month. A 14-day trial requires no credit card.

Smoobu is simple to set up but has fewer enterprise features than Guesty or Rentals United, and its discount terms on the pricing page were inconsistent with its FAQ at the time of review.