How we verify every price on this site
Where our numbers come from, how often we check them, what we do when a vendor hides a price, and how we make money without it touching the ranking.
Published 9 September 2026 · Prices checked 14 November 2026 · 4 min read
Every price on ToolsForHosts comes from the vendor's own pricing page, read in a browser on the date shown next to it.
How we read a pricing page
Most vendors build pricing pages with sliders and toggles, so the price changes with the number of properties and the billing period. We set the slider to each listing count we show and write down the total. When we can't confirm a figure, such as the billing period behind a displayed price, we say so on the page.
Some vendors publish prices only for some sizes. OwnerRez publishes totals for 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 properties. For 4 and for 6 to 9 we draw a straight line between the published points and label the result an estimate. Lodgify's page didn't let us confirm how prices grow with more properties, so we only price one property for Lodgify.
When there's no price
Hostaway and Guesty Pro sell by quote. Leaving them out would hide two tools many hosts ask about, so we show the range reported by at least two independent reviews, label it "reported range, not published", link both sources, and rank the plan by the middle of the range. A quote from the vendor beats our range every time.
Currencies and VAT
Vendors charge in euros or dollars. We convert every price into the currency you choose at the top of the page, using the European Central Bank's latest reference rates, and each bill still shows what the vendor charges in its own currency. Vendors quote prices without VAT, so if you're in the EU and not VAT-registered we add your country's standard rate.
How often we check
We recheck every vendor at least once a month and around promotions, such as the Black Friday offers that end on 27 November. Every change goes on our price changes page with the date and the source.
How we make money
Some vendors pay us a referral fee when you sign up through our links. Hospitable pays when a host connects a listing, including on its free plan. Lodgify, Hostaway, Smoobu and PriceLabs pay a share of what you spend. OwnerRez and Guesty pay us nothing, and we list them anyway.
The ranking is the monthly total and nothing else. If a vendor that pays us is more expensive, it ranks lower. The disclosure page has the details.
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