Guesty Lite 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Guesty Lite

4.7

(546)

Pricing

Starting at $16.00 per month

About Guesty Lite

Guesty Lite is a property management platform built for short-term rental hosts with one to three listings. It simplifies the day-to-day tasks of managing your properties across multiple booking channels, helping you stay organized, maximize revenue, and deliver a better guest experience.

You can manage bookings, guest messages, calendars, and task assignments from a single dashboard. Guesty Lite connects directly with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and your own direct booking site, so your availability and pricing stay up-to-date everywhere. Features like automated messaging, a shared inbox, and a unified calendar help keep things running smoothly without the need for extra tools.

Hosts who switch to Guesty Lite have seen, on average, +9% revenue growth within their first year.

If you want to add more functionality, Guesty Lite also offers Guesty PriceOptimizer for dynamic pricing based on local market trends and seasonality, and Guesty Shield for damage protection, liability coverage, and guest screening. The Guesty Marketplace has more integrations for cleaning coordination, upsells, and workflow automation.

Trusted in more than 100 countries, Guesty Lite gives independent hosts...

Guesty Lite Screenshots

Guesty Lite Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $16.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Lite

$16.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Mobile Apps
Multi-Calendar
Payment Processing
Task Automation
Unified Inbox
3rd party integrations
Booking Website

Pro

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Open API
Revenue Management
CRM
Owner Portal
Advanced analytics
Direct Booking Management
Accounting

Enterprise

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Custom Onboarding
Customer Analytics
Premium Support
Enterprise-grade security
Advanced Coupons & Promotions
Expense Tracking

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Guesty Lite Features

Popular features found in Vacation Rental
Availability Management
Channel Management
Contact Management
Guest Experience Management
Housekeeping Management
Marketing Automation
Online Booking
Owner Statements
Payment Processing
Property Management
Reservations Management
Work Order Management
More features of Guesty Lite
Accounting
Activity Dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
API
Billing & Invoicing
Booking Management
Calendar Management
Calendar Sync
Channel Analytics
Commission Management
Content Management
Credit Card Processing
CRM
Customer Database
Customer Support
Customizable Branding
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Data Synchronization
Dynamic Pricing
Electronic Payments
Email Management
Email Templates
For Vacation Rentals
Front Desk Management
Guest Check-in/Check-out
Guest Communications
Inbox Management
Inventory Control
Invoice Management
Lead Management
Mobile Access
Multi-Channel Campaigns
Multi-Channel Distribution
Multi-Channel Management
Multi-Channel Marketing
Multi-Currency
Multi-Property
Order Management
Partner Management
Partner Portal
Performance Metrics
Promotions Management
Rate Management
Ratings/Reviews
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Notifications
Real-Time Updates
Reminders
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Room Booking
Search/Filter
Single Property
SMS Messaging
Task Management
Template Management
Third-Party Integrations
Website Integration
Website Management
Workflow Management

Guesty Lite Integrations

PriceLabs

Integration rated 4.8 from 113 reviews

Stripe

Integration rated 4.5 from 29 reviews

PayPal

Beyond

Turno

Guesty Lite User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

78%

16%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.6

Yvette B.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2019

Great tool to manage guest booking and more

Great product & great support staff

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

- fantastic support team behind. - solid, trustworthy company behind the software. - software that fullfills my booking need and more: -- coordinate who has booked on Airbnb and booking.com to avoid doublebooking -- make webpage free via Your Porter App system (they also offer to use own domain for a fee) --Automation of day to day actions, like sending welcome email -possible to test it out before buying (also good because one has not started to earn money yet, so the tool helps one make money first before asking for money). - I only have one listing and the company support me having many questions even though I am very small w/only 1 listing.

Cons:

Have nothing negative to say. It is just a very good tool with extremely good and helpful support staff.

Reasons for choosing Guesty Lite

1/ Open regarding pricing. 2/ Easy to just start and not having to wait after the weekend to have an interview or demo and maybe hopefully then getting the price of the product. 3/ Free test period 4/ Seemed serious and not an extremely big cooperation that would not take me who has just one listing seriously. 5/ The research I did indicated this is a up and comping company.

Ruth P.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

Enjoy Using Guesty

It is easy to set up my account. If I have a question I can usually google it and find the Guesty link with step by step directions. It has worked great for sending emails and guest communications.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

That it syncs all my booking platforms quickly to ensure no double bookings

Cons:

There is no live agent support. It is all done thru email

Reasons for switching to Guesty Lite

OwnerRez was too complicated, Guesty's system is easy to use.

Diego R.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2024

Guesty: Overpromising, Under-delivering, and Unethical Billing Practices

My experience with Guesty has been extremely disappointing, especially considering my growing business. I started with 4 properties about 1.5 years ago, and now I manage 40. Throughout this period, I’ve tested several PMS solutions, including Hostaway, Lodgify, and Stays. While none are perfect, Guesty stands out for all the wrong reasons. From the beginning, the sales team overpromised features that weren't even on their roadmap. They painted an unrealistic picture of the platform's capabilities, which led to my decision to move forward with them. The onboarding process was even worse. The team stalled continuously, trying to gain time so they could start billing without delivering any of the promised functionalities. It was clear they were just dragging their feet to begin charging fees while making false assurances about system readiness. When I tested a property integration with Airbnb, the support team falsely claimed that Airbnb was down. However, I was managing my 40 properties through another PMS, and everything was working perfectly with Airbnb, proving this excuse was not valid. Despite knowing they had failed to deliver on their promises, Guesty charged me $1,000 for an onboarding that never happened. Worse, they billed my card $450 for three months, without authorization, while still failing to provide the promised services. Comparing this with the other systems I tested, like Hostaway, Lodgify, and Stays, their issues were more related to support, but none were as deceptive or problematic as Guesty.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The layout of Guesty is visually appealing, but beyond that, I don’t have much positive to say.

Cons:

> Sales team overpromises: They guarantee features that don’t exist and aren’t even on the roadmap. > Onboarding team stalls: They try to buy time, delaying the setup process to start billing while still not delivering the promised functionalities. > Support issues: When testing a property integration with Airbnb, they falsely claimed that Airbnb was down. Meanwhile, my other PMS, which manages 40 properties, worked perfectly fine with Airbnb. > Unethical billing practices: Despite their failure to deliver, I was forced to pay a $1,000 onboarding fee (for services that never took place) and was also charged $450 for three months without my authorization, while they kept stalling, claiming they were preparing the system.

Reasons for switching to Guesty Lite

I initially considered switching from **Hostaway** to **Guesty** because they promised several features that Hostaway didn’t have. To minimize risk, I decided to keep using **Hostaway** for my 40 properties and tested only one property on **Guesty**. Thankfully, this strategy paid off. When I discovered that Guesty was not delivering on their promises and continuously stalling, the impact on my operations was minimal. Their delays and dishonesty made me realize that staying with Hostaway was the better decision, avoiding a larger operational disruption.

Vendor Response

Hi Diego, We are sorry to hear about this experience. We would love to connect with you to help remedy this situation. We work hard to make sure all our users are taking full advantage of what we have to offer and are more than satisfied with our platform. Please provide us with your email and we will get in touch to resolve this matter. The Guesty Customer Experience Team

Replied November 2024

Alexis S.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

Recommend For New Hosts

Over all, Guesty has been a super big help with managing my properties. The platform is easy to use, easy to add automations, and at a good pricepoint.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Guesty saves a lot of time and headache when it comes to managing multiple listings and messaging guests.

Cons:

Every now and then I've noticed my automated messages stop sending and I need to delete and redo them in order for them to work again. We also have had issues with the door lock creating new codes, I'm not sure if this is a Guesty issue or my lock.

Reasons for choosing Guesty Lite

Pricing and did not have to book a demo first.

Vendor Response

Hi Alexis, We're truly grateful for your trust in Guesty. It's rewarding to know that we've contributed to your business growth. Thanks! The Guesty Support Team

Replied October 2024

Verified

Reviewer

Hospitality

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

Great booking and management!

Its been a great bonus to have a one stop shop to management the booking process from guest screening to check out!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It simplified the rental and guest management process, streamlining it from start to finish. Great value

Cons:

The biggest hurdle was the learning curve of a new program. working out the bugs as we went and ensuring it didn't prohibit bookings in any way.

Adam G.

Verified reviewer

Media Production

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Guesty for Hosts falls short on feature set

I came from Tokeet which is a great platform with a ton of features but can be overly complicated and not a great UI/UX experience. Due to a lack of VRBO API integration options, I decided to switch to Guesty for Hosts (only 1 rental). Initially, it seemed very powerful until I peeked under the hood too much and realized it lacked a ton of features that I counted on with Tokeet. It made sense to create a basic VRBO/Airbnb and Direct Booking triangle without the PMP in the middle until the platform can be made to be useful. It would be amazing if they listened and allowed single hosts to pay for the Pros version.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Amazing UI and experience on both Mac and iPhone/iOS. Decent price point in comparison to other PMPs. Great workflow for housekeeping and customer communications.Good integration with smart pricing affiliates.

Cons:

Missing a ton of features (included in Guesty for Pros) so much that I had to leave the platform after a brief period. Terrible website templates. No customer invoicing which is key for direct booking. Although nice, customer service takes a minimum of 24 hours to reply to any question. No way to pay more $$ and upgrade to Guesty for Pros.Very little OTA channel connectivity options. Cannot pay for Guesty for Pros upgrade or modules.

Reasons for choosing Guesty Lite

I originally chose it because of their amazing user interface. I have now left it due to its severe lack of functionality and features. Guesty for Hosts is severely dumbed down to the point of unusability in many workflows. Very sad since it has such potential.

Reasons for switching to Guesty Lite

Tokeet is an amazing platform, with great and timely support channels. They do need to do some work on their UI, and APIs to channels. I still use it for their amazing Webready website builder, which means I still have Tokeet on the backend for Invoice processing and basic direct channel communications. The pricing is great, so no issues there.I am leaving Guesty for Hosts today as they simply are too basic for even a single vacation rental who's host is fairly technical. As I mentioned before, I wish they would allow me to use Guesty for Pros, as that is the platform to really be on for anyone wanting a full PMP with great UI.

Vendor Response

Hi Adam, Thank you for your detailed feedback. I am sorry to hear about your experience with Guesty for Host. I would like to redirect this review to the relevant people at Guesty for Host. Are you able to send me your email so that I can begin this process for you? Thank you

Replied March 2023

Sannan G.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

GuestyforHosts Feedback

Overall it has been great the only thing is their customer service department can be improved other than that no issues

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is an easy software to use and makes things soo much easier to keep track of

Cons:

Nothing there is nothing wrong with the software I love this software and I would recommend it to everyone

Francois C.

Verified reviewer

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2024

A good choice for STR business

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I liked most about Guesty For Hosts is its powerful automation tools that simplify managing multiple properties. The seamless integrations with major booking platforms save time and reduce errors. Additionally, the comprehensive reporting and analytics provide valuable insights for optimizing operations. The responsive customer support team also ensures any issues are promptly addressed, enhancing the overall management experience.

Cons:

One aspect I liked least about Guesty For Hosts is its pricing, which can be expensive for smaller operations. Additionally, the platform's extensive features can be overwhelming, resulting in a steep learning curve for new users. Occasionally, customer support response times are slower during peak periods, which can be frustrating.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience, Francois. We're honored to be part of your business toolkit, and we're thrilled to hear that the features of the platform like automations are simplifying your property management!

Replied October 2024

Zach V.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Guesty for Hosts perfect for 1 or 100 STRs