What will hotel software actually cost you?

Why you supply their number

We checked the three platforms most often recommended to Philippine hoteliers on 30 July 2026, on their own pricing pages. Cloudbeds asks you to request a quote. Hotelogix says contact us. Little Hotelier will show a figure, but only after you tell it how many rooms and properties you have.

So there is no published price for us to put in this box, and inventing one would make the whole calculator worthless — you would be watching us win an argument against a number we made up. Your quote is the only figure either of us can trust. Ours is on the pricing page, in pesos, without a form.

Three things a monthly figure hides

Per-room pricing grows with you

A price that scales per room means every room you add costs you again, every month, forever. Build four more bungalows and your software bill goes up before the first guest arrives. A flat price within a band does not move until you cross the band — the difference is small at ten rooms and considerable at forty.

A dollar price is a moving peso price

When your software is billed in dollars, your software bill is an exchange-rate position you did not ask for. A ₱3 move against the dollar on a $150 subscription is ₱5,400 a year, in either direction, decided by something no hotelier can forecast or influence. Peso billing removes the question entirely.

The modules are usually where the money is

The headline number and the invoice are often different things. Ask specifically what the quote includes and what it does not: channel manager, booking engine, payments, additional users, additional properties, onboarding, support beyond email. That is the figure to type into the box, not the one on the first slide.

What to ask before you sign anything

• What does this cost at my room count, in pesos, this year? Get the answer in writing rather than as a range.
• What happens to the price when I add five rooms? The answer tells you whether you are on a flat price or a per-room one, whatever the sales page says.
• What is not included? Ask module by module. A quote that only makes sense once three add-ons appear is a different quote.
• Is there a minimum term, and what does leaving involve? Ask how you get your bookings and guests out, and in what format.
• Can I pay without putting a card on file? For a large share of Philippine operators this is not a preference, it is a requirement.

Questions, answered

Why do I have to enter their price myself?

Because they do not publish one. As of 30 July 2026, Cloudbeds and Hotelogix both require a sales conversation, and Little Hotelier shows a figure only after you enter your room and property count. We are not going to hard-code a number we could not verify — use the figure on your own quote.

Is $150 a month a fair starting point?

It is a low one. It is the bottom of the range we hear from Philippine operators on international platforms, and properties we know of pay considerably more than that once channel manager and booking engine modules are added. Replace it with your real quote — that is the only figure worth comparing.

Does MangoHost charge per room?

No. The plan is flat within a room band, so adding a room inside your band costs nothing. That is the structural difference the year figure is showing you: a per-room price grows with the property, a flat price steps.

What is not in this comparison?

Features. The international platforms include OTA channel sync and we do not, which is a real difference and not a small one. This page compares cost, and cost alone is never the whole decision.