Hospitable's AI drafts replies on most plans and sends them on its own only on the Mogul plan, leaving several topics to the host. Nowistay's AI co-host replies on its own on the AI Channel Manager plan. Compare features and pricing for 10, 20 and 50 properties, with Hospitable facts checked on 8 October 2026.
Start with your first month free and watch Nowistay's AI handle guest messages on its own: no reviewing drafts, no approving responses. Just autonomous communication.
Start Free TrialHospitable is a property management software that launched in 2016 as Smartbnb and was renamed in 2021. It connects to major OTAs including Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. Its messaging automation combines templates and triggers, AI-drafted replies, and an “Auto Reply with AI” mode that sends on its own on the top Mogul plan.
Hospitable also offers smart lock integrations, native dynamic pricing, team management capabilities, guest verification as an add-on, and an MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT on paid plans. Current plans run from a free Essentials tier to Host (USD 29/month), Professional (USD 59/month, 2 listings included, then USD 15 each) and Mogul (USD 99/month, 3 listings included, then USD 30 each), with 12% off on annual billing.
Competitor facts checked on hospitable.com and help.hospitable.com on 8 October 2026.
Nowistay is a property management platform combining a full PMS and channel manager with AI guest communication that is autonomous by default on the AI Channel Manager plan. Founded in 2024 in Bordeaux, France.
Nowistay connects directly to Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, and Expedia. Includes digital welcome guide, smart lock integrations (Nuki, igloohome, TTLock, Tedee, HomeIt, plus Yale, Schlage, August and KeyNest as paid options), AI Pricing for dynamic pricing (PriceLabs stays available as an optional integration), team coordination, KYC guest verification, direct booking capabilities, an official ChatGPT app and an MCP connector for Claude.
Hospitable’s AI messaging works differently from Nowistay’s. On most plans, Hospitable’s AI generates drafts that hosts review and approve before sending. Automatic replies (“Auto Reply with AI”) are reserved for the top Mogul plan, and they deliberately skip questions about availability, date changes, refunds, pricing and payments, as well as early check-in and late checkout unless its knowledge base covers them; those stay with the host.
Nowistay’s AI co-host is autonomous by default on the AI Channel Manager plan: it replies to guests on its own, including on the hard questions (availability, early check-in confirmed with the cleaning team, paid extras), and alerts you only when a human is needed. The AI handles the conversation; you see the history.
For hosts managing multiple properties, this distinction is enormous. Below the Mogul plan, your communication time with Hospitable scales with property count. With Nowistay, it stays flat regardless of portfolio size.
Nowistay: Direct integration with Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, and Expedia. Real-time synchronization.
Hospitable: Connects to Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and other channels.
Nowistay: Autonomous AI by default: reads, understands and responds without host review, in about a minute on average, in 90+ languages. A draft mode is available if you prefer to review first.
Hospitable: AI drafts for host review on Host and Professional plans; “Auto Reply with AI” sends automatically on the Mogul plan, except on availability, date changes, refunds, pricing and payments.
Nowistay: Native integration with Nuki, igloohome, TTLock, Tedee and HomeIt, plus Yale, Schlage, August and KeyNest as paid options. Codes can also be set to match the last 6 digits of the guest’s phone number.
Hospitable: Smart lock integrations available.
Nowistay: Embeddable booking widget and hosted booking page, with Stripe payments and 0% Nowistay commission.
Hospitable: Direct booking website builder.
Nowistay: AI Pricing, built in and part of the subscription. It suggests a nightly price for every free night over the next 2 years, with the reason for each change; you apply the suggestions in one click, or turn on Automatic mode per property, and the prices go to every connected channel. PriceLabs stays available as an optional integration (separate PriceLabs subscription).
Hospitable: Native dynamic pricing tool, included at no additional cost on the paid Host, Professional and Mogul plans.
Nowistay: Built-in identity verification, EUR 2 per check.
Hospitable: Guest verification as an add-on.
Nowistay: Digital welcome guide with upselling shop.
Hospitable: No native welcome guide.
Nowistay: EUR 12 (USD 15) per property per month, billed monthly. Automatic volume pricing applies to the whole account: EUR 11 from 5 properties, EUR 10 from 10, EUR 9 from 50, EUR 8 from 100. 10 properties = EUR 100 (USD 130)/month, autonomous AI included. First month free, no credit card required.
Hospitable: Essentials is free; Host costs USD 29/month (1 listing, up to 2); Professional USD 59/month with 2 listings included, then USD 15 per extra listing; Mogul, the only plan with automatic AI replies, USD 99/month with 3 listings included, then USD 30 per extra listing. On Mogul, 10 properties cost about USD 309/month, 20 about USD 609 and 50 about USD 1,509.
Cost analysis with automatic AI replies on both sides: 10 properties cost about USD 309/month on Hospitable Mogul vs USD 130 (EUR 100) on Nowistay; 20 properties about USD 609 vs USD 260 (EUR 200); 50 properties about USD 1,509 vs USD 600 (EUR 450).
Dynamic pricing is in both columns: Hospitable includes its own on the paid Host, Professional and Mogul plans, and Nowistay’s AI Pricing is part of the EUR 12 (USD 15) plan, with no add-on and no separate pricing subscription.
If replies sent on their own without a top-tier plan and a lower bill matter most, Nowistay is the better fit: switch in minutes, with the first month free.
Hospitable is a PMS whose AI drafts replies on most plans and sends them automatically only on its top Mogul plan, from USD 99 per month for 3 listings.
Nowistay’s AI co-host is autonomous by default on the AI Channel Manager plan, including on availability and early check-in questions. At 12 EUR per property per month, with volume pricing down to 8 EUR, plus an official ChatGPT app and a Claude connector, Nowistay costs less than Hospitable’s auto-reply plan at every portfolio size, and you can switch in minutes with the first month free. Both include dynamic pricing in their paid plans (AI Pricing at Nowistay); the difference lies in how the AI replies and what the bill comes to.
Start with the first month free, no credit card required, and let Nowistay's autonomous AI send replies without your approval. Then EUR 12 per property per month, with volume pricing down to EUR 8.
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Over 25 years of experience in real estate investing and a recognized expert in short-term rental automation. Bassel helps property managers increase revenue, cut operating costs, and deliver 5-star guest experiences using AI-powered tools he built from firsthand hosting experience.
