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Comparison

Cloudbeds vs Track Hospitality

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

Cloudbeds

All-in-one hospitality management platform for independent properties

Best for Scale

Enterprise-grade hospitality platform with broad channel coverage

Contact sales • No free trial

Property Management Software

Track Hospitality

Enterprise vacation rental PMS with deep accounting and distribution

Best for Enterprise

Enterprise PMS with best-in-class accounting — if you can stomach the onboarding

From $5,000 • No free trial

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✓Editorial verdict

Which Should You Pick: Cloudbeds or Track Hospitality?

Pick Cloudbeds if you run independent hotels or mixed hospitality properties and need 300+ OTA connections with a unified PMS at a fraction of Track's cost. Pick Track Hospitality if you manage 50+ vacation rental listings where enterprise-grade accounting, owner statements, and premium channels like Marriott Homes & Villas justify the $5,000/mo minimum.

Editorial perspective from the Cloudbeds side; factual claims about Track Hospitality are drawn from its review.

Pricing Side-by-Side

Contact sales • No free trial

Flex

Custom quote

Small independent properties

  • Core PMS functionality
  • Channel manager for major OTAs
  • Built-in booking engine
Try Cloudbeds

One

Custom quote

Growing independent hotels

  • Everything in Flex
  • Expanded reporting and analytics
  • Enhanced channel distribution
Try Cloudbeds

Experience

Custom quote

Multi-property operators

  • Everything in One
  • Multi-property management tools
  • Revenue management features
  • Advanced integrations
Try Cloudbeds

Enterprise

Custom quote

Large portfolios and hotel groups

  • Everything in Experience
  • Dedicated account management
  • Custom integrations and API access
  • Priority support
Try Cloudbeds

Track Hospitality

Full pricing →

From $5,000 • No free trial

Custom

Starts at $5,000/month per Capterra. Custom pricing based on portfolio size — contact sales for exact quote. Users report auto-renewing contracts and price increases without notice. No free trial available.

Try Track Hospitality

What each tool does well — and where it falls short

What Cloudbeds does well

  • Operational efficiency through deep integration

    Users praise the all-in-one platform that centralizes reservation management, reduces errors, and streamlines processes. OTA integrations across 300+ channels simplify multi-channel distribution.

  • Intuitive interface and ease of use

    Users consistently highlight the ease of use and intuitive design, appreciating how it streamlines hotel management tasks in one platform despite the system's breadth.

  • Strong customer support

    Multiple users note excellent support quality through chat and dedicated account managers, helping offset the platform's complexity.

  • Commission-free direct bookings

    Built-in booking engine charges zero commission on direct reservations, making it attractive for operators building a direct-booking strategy.

What Track Hospitality does well

  • User-friendly interface and cost-effectiveness for large portfolios

    Reviews stated that Track was user-friendly and cost-effective — though 'cost-effective' applies mainly at scale where $5K/mo is spread across many units.

  • Strongest-in-class accounting and tax features

    The accounting & tax side of TRACK is its strongest feature, per GetApp reviews. Critical for operators managing owner statements and tax compliance across many properties.

  • Measurable revenue performance improvement

    On average, customers see a 27% boost in RevPAR according to Track's official website. Likely attributable to distribution breadth and revenue management integrations.

Where Cloudbeds falls short

  • Reporting system limitations

    Users note significant flaws in the reporting system, with some reports being completely unreadable by accountants due to accuracy issues — a dealbreaker for operators who need clean financials.

  • Hidden fees and aggressive upselling

    Users report constant upselling of features expected to be included at the advertised price. ITQlick notes users report unexpected charges for add-on features.

  • Technical reliability issues

    Users experience connectivity problems, system bugs, and availability matrix glitches that can block inventory and prevent guest bookings during critical periods.

  • Opaque pricing makes cost comparison difficult

    Cloudbeds publishes no prices — all four plans require custom quotes. Third-party sources give conflicting figures ($99–$180 starting points), making budgeting impossible before engaging sales.

Where Track Hospitality falls short

  • Customer support is unreliable and deteriorating

    There's a revolving door of customer success reps and support has become almost non-existent, with only a 50% chance you'll receive a reply to a ticket. Multiple reviewers corroborate.

  • Aggressive pricing and contract practices

    TRACK raised pricing without customer consent, and when customers tried to cancel, they were told they had to pay for another 12 months due to auto-renewal.

  • Onboarding takes 6+ months with ongoing fees

    The onboarding process is excessively prolonged, lasting over six months, with ongoing fees during the entire period. Budget for a long ramp-up before seeing value.

Which Should You Pick

Pick Cloudbeds if

Multi-property operators seeking all-in-one hospitality management with strong OTA integrations and commission-free direct bookings.

Skip Cloudbeds if

Small operators on tight budgets concerned about hidden fees, upselling tactics, or needing robust reporting capabilities.

Pick Track Hospitality if

Large property managers with 50–500+ listings who need institutional-grade accounting, tax reporting, and broad channel distribution — and have budget for $5K+/mo.

Skip Track Hospitality if

You manage fewer than 20 listings, need fast onboarding, or cannot commit to a $5K/mo minimum with auto-renewing annual contracts.

Where Cloudbeds and Track Hospitality actually differ

  • Cloudbeds offers contact-sales pricing with third-party sources citing starting points well below Track's $5,000/mo minimum — making Cloudbeds accessible to mid-size operators while Track only becomes economical at 50+ units where per-unit cost drops below $100/mo.
  • Cloudbeds connects to 300+ OTAs with 400+ marketplace integrations versus Track's 6 direct channels and 75+ integration partners — Cloudbeds has dramatically broader distribution, though Track offers premium channels (Marriott Homes & Villas, HomeToGo, Hopper) that Cloudbeds lacks as native connections.
  • Track is purpose-built for vacation rentals with best-in-class accounting, tax reporting, and owner statements designed for multi-owner compliance — Cloudbeds is hotel-first and does not position itself on accounting depth, making Track the stronger choice for complex owner-revenue operations.
  • Cloudbeds serves 22,000+ properties across 157 countries with modules for front-desk, housekeeping, and revenue management — it is a broader hospitality platform, while Track focuses narrowly on the vacation rental vertical.
  • Both require sales conversations to finalize pricing, but Track has documented issues with auto-renewing contracts and surprise price increases — Cloudbeds' custom pricing is opaque but lacks the same pattern of reported contract friction.

Common objections

Track has enterprise accounting and Marriott Homes & Villas — is Cloudbeds leaving money on the table?
Only if your business model depends on multi-owner trust accounting or Marriott distribution. Most operators get 90%+ of OTA revenue from Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and Expedia — all of which Cloudbeds covers natively. Cloudbeds' 300+ OTA connections give you far more distribution breadth for regional and boutique channels. If you don't need compliance-grade owner statements or Marriott access, Cloudbeds covers more ground at a lower price.
Cloudbeds is hotel-first — does it actually work for vacation rentals?
Cloudbeds supports vacation rentals and lists them as a core use case alongside hotels and hostels, but its workflows and feature emphasis are hospitality-oriented. Pure STR operators may find features like front-desk management unnecessary. If your portfolio is exclusively vacation rentals at scale, Track's STR-native tooling fits more naturally — but you'll pay an order of magnitude more for that focus.
Both have opaque pricing — how do I compare total cost of ownership?
Track's $5,000/mo minimum per Capterra gives a hard floor. Cloudbeds publishes no dollar amounts but third-party sources cite significantly lower starting points across its four tiers (Flex, One, Experience, Enterprise). At under 50 listings, Cloudbeds will almost certainly cost less. At 100+ listings where Track's per-unit cost drops and its accounting features offset manual work, the ROI calculation tightens — but you need to get quotes from both and factor in onboarding time, which Track users report at 6+ months.

Keep Digging

Cloudbeds

Enterprise-grade hospitality platform with broad channel coverage

Track Hospitality

Enterprise PMS with best-in-class accounting — if you can stomach the onboarding