Host Tools 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

Host Tools

4.7

(157)

Pricing

Starting at $10.00 per month

About Host Tools

Superhost Tools is a cloud-based vacation rental platform, which assists property managers with messaging and price setting for online listings. Key features include predefined templates, review management, automated reminders and booking management.

Users can integrate the application with Airbnb listings, and send automated messages to guests via multiple channels. It enables hosts to send notifications and reminders to guests for review completion before the expiry of the review period. Property managers can maintain a calendar to manage bookings, and email or text cleaning staff to monitor maintenance tasks. Further, the rules-based engine automatically adjusts prices based on seasonal demand and booking trends.

Superhost Tools allows users to manage multiple listings from a centralized dashboard, enabling visibility into booking status and guest communication. It is available on a monthly subscription, with support provided via live chat and other online measures.

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Host Tools Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $10.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Messaging

$10.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Automated Pre-Approvals
Automated Reviews
Automate Messages to Guests
Automate SMS or Email Messages
Homeaway & Houfy)
Multi-Channel (Airbnb
Uniﬁed Inbox
VRBO

Pro

$12.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

A Turnover Calendar URL for Cleaners to See All Upcoming Cleanings
Automated Pre-Approvals
Automated Reviews
Automate Messages to Guests
Automate SMS or Email Messages
Calendar Syncing to Avoid Double Bookings
Homeaway & Houfy)
Multi-Channel (Airbnb
Pricing Tool to Create Pricing Rules and Sync Prices Across Channels
Set Intelligent Automated Availability Rules

Enterprise

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

A Turnover Calendar URL for Cleaners to See All Upcoming Cleanings
Automated Pre-Approvals
Automated Reviews
Automate Messages to Guests
Automate SMS or Email Messages
Calendar Syncing to Avoid Double Bookings
Homeaway & Houfy)
Multi-Channel (Airbnb
Onboarding Session
Pricing Tool to Create Pricing Rules and Sync Prices Across Channels

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Host Tools 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 Host Tools
For Vacation Rentals
Guest Communications
Reminders

Host Tools User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

80%

17%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.7

Customer support

4.7

Functionality

4.5

Kevin L.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

I love Host Tools!

My overall experience has been fantastic and I really appreciate how much time/effort it has saved me!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I have multiple properties listed with both Airbnb and VRBO, Host Tools makes it very easy to sync calendars and view messages all in one site. The automation of messages was icing on the cake for me. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is super responsive to any support issues/needs as well. There are always new features coming available and I look forward to taking advantage of things like lock automation.

Cons:

Sometimes there is a little bit of a lag between the Host Tools calendar synching with the Airbnb/VRBO feeds.

Ged D.

Verified reviewer

Management Consulting

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Great tool for AirBnb Hosts

We think has tools is a wonderful product and are very pleased with its level of functionality in relation to the budget friendly price.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This product has made our AirBnb hosting so much easier. We create custom messages which send at different intervals, we set up reminders for ourselves to get certain things done (such as set up door codes) based up check -in dates, we have the system send text message reminders to our cleaners on the day of check-out, and the automated reviews are fantastic. Host Tools has reduced the amount of time I spend managing these details by at least 80% and has actually made us far more organized than we would've bern otherwise

Cons:

I wish it would remote set our Yale with Nest locks and I wish I could just share my calendars with my cleaners without having to have them texted every time there's a change

Reasons for choosing Host Tools

Price, reliability, functionality, ease of use, customization, customer service

Reasons for switching to Host Tools

We were getting double bookings on our split level unit as it was not updating the calendar correctly.

Verified

Reviewer

Hospitality

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2023

An affordable but unreliable software

Very bad experience. The connection to the OTAs can go down at any moment, and it may take the customer support team (just 2 people) days or weeks to fix it. This is good for a hobbyist host, who is hosting 1-2 properties at most. This software is not suitable for a professional host, or a professional business who needs realiability, or who hosts multiple units.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The price used to be competitive before the 2023 price hike. I also like the website link where your housekeeper can check all the future cleanings in one big list. However, this list doesn't have any optionality to add text or notes onto the reservations.

Cons:

The unreliability. The connection can go down at any moment without any prior notice. If the connection doesn't go down fully, there may be other issues with it. Most of the issues are with reservation information from the OTAs not coming through to Host Tools as they should. I also do not like it that Host Tools only supports Airbnb, VRBO and Booking integration (No Google vacation rentals or others).

Reasons for switching to Host Tools

Because of the cleaner/cleaning/housekeeping features.

Amy B.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Great TIme Saving Tool

Overall experience is great. I would highly recommend; the pros far outweigh the cons and this automates messages and saves me so many hours of work each week. I love this tool. I also love that it doesn't try to do too much; it does what it does and it does it well.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This tool automates so much of my correspondence with AirBnB guests. I was spending too much time re-writing the same message, making sure I didn't miss a deadline, and checking the calendar. As my rentals grew, I knew I need a tool to automate this. I wanted something simple and affordable. I didn't want to pay for a solution that offered more functionality that what I would use. Host Tools fit the bill perfectly.

Cons:

There are a few bugs here and there; I had a guest receive 9 'thanks for staying with us' messages once, until I noticed it and disabled the message completely. Sometime those messages will still send twice and I don't know why.

Reasons for choosing Host Tools

I had a friend recommend host tools who was doing the same thing I was doing. I saw the price and knew it worked for him so that's all I needed to know. It had what I needed - nothing more nothing less.

Amanda S.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Excellent functionality; great value!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

After trying several different programs to help automate our small boutique hotel operations, we knew after a short time with Host Tools that this was the program for us. It was clearly created by a fellow property owner and addresses our biggest concerns without unnecessary fluff. The price is fair, and we feel fortunate to have found it.

Cons:

The pricing tools are a little intimidating, and there is a bit of a learning curve all around. Not quite as intuitive as one might hope, but once you get started and learn the lingo, it’s pretty user-friendly.

Reasons for switching to Host Tools

Price and functionality. Did not like having to edit our properties through Hosty, which lacked some of the features we could have otherwise used through Airbnb.

Tanya H.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Host Tools ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Host tools makes everything continue to run perfectly, especially when I happen to not be available. Whenever I have a question it is answered immediately! You can not beat the price point for this product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Automated messaging is the feature I can't live without. Works perfectly and makes everything run smooth.

Cons:

Not very mobile friendly. I run about 95% off my phone.

Reasons for choosing Host Tools

Free trial period. I have never used a tool like this so the free trial period allowed me to make sure it worked for me. Also, the price is so affordable.

Eric F.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2020

Luxury Loft Living

Overall it's been a good experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Super duper easy to navigate. It's the easiest user interface I have ever dealt with for our AirBNB stays.

Cons:

It doesn't give us full control of our AirBNB account. It would be nice if HostTools allowed us to confirm/deny reservations and if the calendar integrated with AirBNB.

Reasons for choosing Host Tools

N/A

Reasons for switching to Host Tools

It was a decision that came from my superiors.

Lizette B.

Verified reviewer

Hospitality

2-10 employees

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed June 2019

A good automation tool...

Easy, fine, relieves the stress of missing a welcome reply while we are travelling out of range.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

...Well worth the investment, and peace of mind for auto-replies.

Cons:

Sometimes the automated template emails did not go out in the best order. Would like to fine-tune that order.

Reasons for choosing Host Tools

AirGMS seemed more heavy-handed than what we needed.

Justin G.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

Great tool with good support

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This total automates a lot of the tasks I would have had to had done manually.

Cons:

There are a few minor quirks, but they seem to get resolved pretty quickly. It would be nice to have a feature to send sms notifications to third parties, like cleaners, when new bookings are made.