Seekom

RATING:

4.3

(19)

About Seekom

Seekom is a cloud-based solution designed to help small to large businesses in the hospitality industry manage online bookings across multiple channels. Key features include housekeeping, rate management, invoicing, automated emails, text messaging and reporting. Seekom comes with a channel manager, which allows operators to handle occupancies and price distribution across different online platforms. It enables guests to check the availability of rooms or tables and make reservations. Owners can receive daily price recommendations and modify costs of accommodation in real-time via a price optimization engine. It also includes VenueRez, a venue booking module, which helps customers reserve meeting/conference rooms, wedding halls or sports clubs for events. Seek...

Seekom Pricing

Pricing based on number of units, plus plan and features selected Standard package configurations include: ENTRY (starter): $63 per month PROFESSIONAL (comprehensive): $95 per month ENTERPRISE (the works): $229 per month Contact Seekom for a custom package configuration and plan quote.

Starting price: 

$150.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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Seekom Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for Seekom

1 - 5 of 19 Reviews

Paul

Hospitality, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed July 2016

Using Seekom Ibex in the UK for 3 years now - EXCELLENT

We are a 19 bedroom hotel based in Somerset, UK. As we have developed our online presence during the last 3 years, Ibex has been there and managed our changes very well. Our integration with channels such as Booking.com and Expedia have been excellent and the system saves so much time. We have 3 of our own websites and we can tailor our prices for each one automatically; ensuring we target different markets effectively.

PROS

Once set-up (by Ibex) the system is straight-forward to understand and use. It does help if you have some computer knowledge as you feel comfortable clicking options BUT the help guides in text and video format are excellent.

CONS

We'd like to see a couple of minor improvements to Guest Check-In Forms and have suggested these. If more users suggest them it will move up the queue to be implemented. However, it would be handy to have a "cost option" to have something implemented which - if others begin using it - could be refunded at a later date?

Vendor Response

Hi Paul, Thank you for your positive review. We are introducing greater automation to enable our users to have design ccntrol of forms and reports. oneUP will be able to brief you of these changes coming.

Replied July 2016

YUBO

Hospitality, 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2017

good company, good team, excellent support

well, more efficient to summary the data/ manage daily booking/even suport the boom gate

PROS

the team is best, prompt support always, patient, knowedgable, full of energy, keep develop the software

CONS

need offer a trouble trouter brochure, to save time of the team, I believe quite some questioins is frequently been asked by most operaters

Vendor Response

Hi Yubo, Thanks for your positive review. We have help documentation which is accessible within the system but you can aslo access directly at http://help.ibexres.com/. However, our support team are always willing to assist.

Replied August 2017

Grant

Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

2

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

2

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

2

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed November 2020

A reservation system designed by engineers for engineers

We wanted a simple cloud based reservation system with flexibility around pricing and good online booking capability, reporting and integration with key channels. It needs to be easy to use and easy to administer. Seekom ticks some boxes - cloud based, reports - but missed the mark on easy to administer. Seekom makes a typical engineering focused mistake of aiming to deliver flexibility through complication. Overall I find the strengths really pleasing and the weaknesses infuriating.

PROS

The cloud based access is excellent and the primary reason I haven't returned to my old system - Campground master. As the business owner I can easily access the system from anywhere in the world to support our managers. The payment gateways work well and some of the standard reports are very good for end of the month purposes and real time revenue tracking. As long as you don't want to change anything in your set up it is not too cumbersome for a new person to use.

CONS

The user experience is extremely frustration for an administrator and is one of the least intuitive systems I have come across for administrative purposes. The process of making simple changes can be highly complicated and follows a logic that is only obvious to the the engineers that wrote the code. The help section is not much better and is written for an audience that is already deeply intimate with the system. It becomes a little better after you invest hours into getting into their mindset. The AirBNB integration is very poor - we have one piece of accommodation that simply blocks out all future nights on airbnb. Support can reproduce the issue but their response has been along the lines of "it shouldn't do that. try talking to airbnb."

Reasons for switching to Seekom

I did not choose the system. I leased my business to an engineer for a year and came back to find he had replaced our old system. It does some things much better than our old system but other things much worse. I think Seekom is technically superior, I think our old system was written by someone who really understand the industry we are in.

Vendor Response

Hi Grant, I am surprised that you are finding the system difficult to use - we are the largest provider of booking systems to campgrounds in NZ where you are based. The system design and features are based upon suggestions and feedback from users. As you say that you have inherited the system I have requested our system support team to contact you for comprehensive training on the areas you are having difficulty with. It is also possible to turn off menu selections you are not using making the operational selections simpler. Following training our Support Team would welcome suggestions from you that you feel would simplify operation whilst retaining features used by others.

Replied November 2020

Keith

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2018

One of the rep from Seekom was very patient with us. You do not update your website often and he was great.

PROS

It is logical and always changing with the times. I find it easy to use and I really on it for the running of the business.

CONS

The 'help section' needs to be easier to find what you are looking for. I go around in circles and don't seem to find the answer for what I want help with.

Vendor Response

Hi Keith, Thank you for your review and we agree that we need to extensively re work our help documentation and have added it into our project list. Regards, Nicky

Replied April 2018

Adam

Sports, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2017

Great product backed by a great team

We feel that our booking requirements are out of ordinary and doubted that we could ever find a booking system that would work with our challenging requirements. The team at Seekom have gone above and beyond displaying professionalism and proficiency to meet our needs. From the initial consultation right down to the final release, all layers of the team have displayed excellent service and delivered on their promises (which is very hard to find). We would certainly recommend both their product and support team.

PROS

Good platform Excellent customer service Ability to adapt system to our needs

CONS

Backend can take some time to get used to but this is made easy by an excellent customer service team who are more than happy to help.

Vendor Response

Thanks for such a lovely review Adam. We look forward to continuing to support your operation. Regards, Nicky

Replied April 2017