Property Management Software
Beds24
Pay-as-you-use channel manager, PMS, and booking engine
Best Value
Unusually cheap, unusually programmable — if you can stomach the UI
From €15.90/listing • No free trial
Comparison
Beds24 vs Boom
Pricing, pros and cons, and buyer-fit side-by-side. Pick the one that matches your operation — or see why neither should.
Property Management Software
Boom
AI-first property management system for mid-to-large operators
Best for Automation
Ambitious AI-first PMS with real automation chops — but young, unpriced, and unproven at scale
Contact sales • No free trial
✓Editorial verdict
Which Should You Pick: Beds24 or Boom?
Pick Beds24 if you want transparent €15.90/mo + €0.55/mo per channel link pricing with zero booking commission, certified top-tier status across Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, and Vrbo, an open REST API, and a platform you can evaluate today without a sales call. Pick Boom if you manage 50+ listings and want AI-driven 24/7 guest messaging, automated review responses, and auto-generated tasks from guest sentiment — and you're comfortable with a platform that launched September 2024 with no public pricing and documented bugs in early reviews.
Editorial perspective from the Beds24 side; factual claims about Boom are drawn from its review.
Pricing Side-by-Side
Beds24
Full pricing →From €15.90/listing • No free trial
Per listing
Beds24 prices in EUR on its pricing page with multi-currency billing (USD, AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, NZD). Base €15.90/mo for a property with one rental; each channel link costs €0.55/mo. No commission on bookings. EU customers without a valid VAT registration and all customers based in Germany pay VAT on top.
Try Beds24Boom
Full pricing →Contact sales • No free trial
Custom
Pricing is not publicly disclosed; prospective customers must book a demo or contact sales. No pricing page exists on the website (/pricing returns 404). Boom is not listed on G2 or Capterra. Source: Lodgify comparison confirms 'does not provide any information regarding pricing on its site.'
Try BoomWhat each tool does well — and where it falls short
What Beds24 does well
Pay-as-you-grow per-rental + per-channel-link pricing with no booking commission
Rather than tiered plans, Beds24 charges only for rentals you run and channels you connect, which makes it cheap to start small and predictable to scale.
Top-tier OTA partnership status across the four largest channels
Beds24 is a Preferred+ Airbnb Software Partner, a Booking.com Premier Partner (10 consecutive years), Expedia Elite Partner for 2025, and Vrbo Preferred Partner for 2026 — certified two-way connectivity means better support paths and faster channel feature rollouts.
Open REST API V2 plus JSON booking webhooks for custom automation
An OpenAPI/Swagger-documented REST API and JSON booking webhooks make Beds24 unusually programmable for a tool in this price range — per the wiki, webhooks can trigger server-side actions to retrieve a new booking via API.
What Boom does well
Deep AI automation across guest comms and operations
Boom's BAM handles guest messaging 24/7, writes review responses, and auto-creates tasks from guest feedback. One operator said their front office team is 'now available to deal with making our guests happy, rather than dealing with repetitive stuff.'
White-glove onboarding and responsive support
Case studies and reviews consistently highlight hands-on migration support. One operator (250 properties) reported full PMS migration completed in one week with 24/7 support, including weekends.
Consolidates multiple tools, potentially cutting software spend
One reviewer reported saving ~$30k/year in add-on software costs after switching to Boom from a previous PMS stack, managing everything in one place.
Where Beds24 falls short
Dated interface and steep learning curve
Beds24 exposes hundreds of granular settings; Capterra reviewers describe the UI as reminiscent of '97's Windows' and note setup can be clunky and tricky to navigate.
Support is primarily email/ticket-based
Fine for self-sufficient operators, but a friction point during high-pressure incidents like double-bookings or payment failures — Research.com notes live support availability could be better.
Third-party payment and app ecosystem lags US-centric incumbents
Gateway and ops-tool coverage exists but is narrower than Hostaway or Guesty — Research.com notes integration breadth is decent but not as broad as some larger platforms.
Where Boom falls short
No public pricing — must contact sales
Boom discloses no pricing on its website and the /pricing URL returns a 404. This makes comparison shopping impossible and suggests custom enterprise-style quoting.
Young product with reported stability issues
Launched around September 2024, two of ten Trustpilot reviews (1-star each) cite bugs and unfinished features. One reviewer warned: 'go for a grown up PMS who have a product that works.'
No built-in direct booking website builder
Unlike Lodgify, Hostaway, and Hospitable, Boom has no native website builder or booking widget. Direct booking sites require a third-party partner integration with ICND.
Which Should You Pick
Pick Beds24 if
Multi-channel hosts and small-to-mid hotels, B&Bs, or vacation-rental managers who want a combined PMS/channel-manager/booking-engine and prefer paying only for rentals and channel connections they actually use.
Skip Beds24 if
You want a polished modern UI with white-glove onboarding and live phone support, or you require a large pre-built US-centric integration ecosystem.
Pick Boom if
Mid-to-large STR operators (50–360+ listings) who want an AI-first, all-in-one PMS with automated guest comms, dynamic pricing, and white-glove onboarding support.
Skip Boom if
You're a solo host or small operator who needs transparent pricing, a built-in direct booking website builder, or a mature mobile app — Boom has none of these.
Where Beds24 and Boom actually differ
- Pricing transparency: beds24 publishes €15.90/mo + €0.55/mo per channel link with zero booking commission on its pricing page; Boom discloses no pricing — the /pricing URL returns a 404 and Boom is not listed on G2 or Capterra, so there are no third-party reference points either.
- Platform maturity: beds24 holds Preferred+ Airbnb Software Partner (Booking.com Premier for 10 consecutive years, Expedia Elite 2025, Vrbo Preferred 2026); Boom launched around September 2024 with $12.7M in funding, 10 Trustpilot reviews, and two 1-star reviews citing bugs and unfinished features.
- AI automation: Boom's BAM provides 24/7 AI guest messaging, automated review responses, and auto-generated tasks from guest feedback as a native agentic system; beds24 supports automation rules and JSON booking webhooks but has no native AI-powered guest messaging or review-response generation.
- Direct booking and channels: beds24 includes a booking engine with a €19/mo private-label subdomain add-on and references 60+ OTAs with named partner certifications; Boom claims 40+ channels including Marriott Homes & Villas but publishes no documentation on which have full two-way API sync versus iCal-only, and direct bookings require a third-party ICND integration.
- API access: beds24 publishes a documented REST API V2 with OpenAPI/Swagger spec plus JSON booking webhooks for custom automation; Boom documents partner integrations on its website but no public developer API or self-serve integration docs were found as of April 2026.
Common objections
- Boom's BAM autonomously handles guest messaging, reviews, and task creation — isn't that a generational advantage over beds24's rule-based automation?
- On AI depth alone, yes — Boom's agentic system goes further than beds24's webhook-and-rules approach for autonomous guest comms. But Boom has been live for under two years with documented bugs, no G2 or Capterra coverage, and no public pricing, while beds24 holds named top-tier OTA certifications and a documented REST API with JSON webhooks you can wire into a third-party AI messaging tool. If AI-first is decisive and you can absorb the platform risk, Boom's value proposition is real; if you want certified channel depth at a known price and would rather layer AI via integration, beds24 is the lower-risk path.
- Boom claims 40+ channels including Marriott Homes & Villas — does beds24 actually compete on distribution?
- On documented certifications, yes — beds24 holds Preferred+ Airbnb, Booking.com Premier (10 years), Expedia Elite 2025, and Vrbo Preferred 2026 with certified two-way connectivity, while Boom publishes no documentation on which of its 40+ channels have full two-way API sync versus iCal-only and holds no public OTA partner designations. Boom reaches Marriott Homes & Villas which beds24 doesn't, but for raw certified depth across the four largest OTAs beds24 is the more proven distributor.
- Boom offers white-glove onboarding with reported 250-property migrations in one week — beds24 is self-serve with a steep UI. Isn't Boom easier to live with?
- On onboarding hand-holding, yes — Boom's white-glove migration is a genuine advantage, and beds24's setup is configuration-heavy with primarily email/ticket support. The trade-off is what you're committing to: Boom asks you to negotiate opaque pricing and bet on an 18-month-old platform with stability concerns in early reviews; beds24 lets you start at €15.90/mo today against a documented platform with 10+ years of OTA partnership history. Different risk shapes — Boom's setup speed is real, beds24's evaluation transparency is real.
Keep Digging
Beds24
Unusually cheap, unusually programmable — if you can stomach the UI
Boom
Ambitious AI-first PMS with real automation chops — but young, unpriced, and unproven at scale