Ownia vs Beds24: Pricing and Features Compared (2026)
Ownia vs Beds24 for vacation rental hosts: what each tool does, what direct bookings really cost per year, and which one fits your rental.
By Anthony, Founder of Ownia · · 5 min read
Beds24 is one of the most affordable channel managers on the market, and it includes a booking engine at no extra cost. That makes it a natural comparison for hosts looking at Ownia. This article lays out where each tool makes sense.
A disclosure first: I am the founder of Ownia, so I am not neutral. I have tried to make this comparison useful anyway, and on price alone, Beds24 wins for many hosts. All Beds24 prices below come from its public pricing page in October 2026.
The Short Answer
- Beds24 is a channel manager and property management system priced per unit, from €15.50/month, plus €0.55/month per channel connection. Its booking engine is included, and it never charges commission on bookings.
- Ownia is a direct booking website builder. It focuses on getting guests to book with you directly, and it syncs your Airbnb and Booking.com calendars through iCal. There is no monthly fee for your first property: you pay 3.7% per booking, card fees included.
If you want the lowest fixed cost and do not mind a more technical tool, Beds24 is hard to beat. If you want a direct booking website that is quick to set up and costs nothing until guests book, Ownia is built for that.
Pricing Side by Side
| Beds24 | Ownia | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No, free trial without a credit card | Yes, 1 property, no time limit |
| Monthly fee, 1 property | €16.60 for one room on Airbnb and Booking.com (€12.90 base + €2.60 per room + €0.55 per channel link) | €0 |
| Booking page on your own domain | +€19/month (private label subdomain) | Included |
| Booking engine / website | Included | Included |
| Booking fee | None | 3.7% per booking on your Ownia website |
| Card processing fees | Paid by you to your payment provider | Included in the 3.7% |
| Cost with no bookings | Your monthly fee | €0 |
What It Really Costs Per Year
Here is the yearly cost of taking direct bookings on a single property connected to Airbnb and Booking.com, assuming €1,000 bookings paid with standard European cards:
| Direct bookings per year | Beds24 | Ownia (Free plan) |
|---|---|---|
| €5,000 | ~€275 | €185 |
| €10,000 | ~€350 | €370 |
| €15,000 | ~€430 | €555 |
| €25,000 | ~€580 | €925 |
| €40,000 | ~€810 | €1,480 |
Beds24 figures include its monthly fee with two channel links and Stripe's processing fees at standard European card rates (about 1.5% + €0.25 per booking).
What the numbers say:
- Below about €9,200 of direct bookings per year, Ownia is cheaper. That covers hosts whose direct channel is just starting.
- Above that, Beds24 is cheaper, and the gap grows with volume. Its fixed fee is low enough that it beats any percentage-based model quickly.
- International guests narrow the gap. On Beds24, a guest paying with a non-European card costs you around 3.15% + €0.25 in card fees. On Ownia, you still pay 3.7%.
- Beds24's fee also covers its channel manager, which you might otherwise pay for separately.
- Your own domain costs extra on Beds24. Putting the booking page on your own subdomain (bookings.yoursite.com) adds €19/month, which moves the break-even point to about €19,700 of direct bookings a year. Ownia includes your own domain on every plan.
Features: Where Each Tool Is Stronger
Where Beds24 is stronger
- Price. Few tools match a full channel manager and booking engine for around €16 a month.
- A real channel manager. Beds24 connects to Airbnb, Booking.com and many other channels directly, and syncs availability and rates far faster than iCal. Ownia's iCal sync updates every couple of hours.
- Depth and flexibility. Beds24 offers a very wide set of settings, rules and integrations, and scales from one unit to large portfolios. No contract, no setup fee.
Where Ownia is stronger
- Nothing to pay before your first booking. Your first property is free with no time limit, which suits a direct channel that is just getting started.
- Card fees included and predictable. 3.7% per booking, whatever card your guest uses. No payment provider fees to manage separately.
- Quick to set up, built for direct bookings. Ownia focuses on one job, getting guests to book with you, so there is far less to configure. Many hosts find Beds24's depth makes its setup more technical.
- Guest-facing features included. Your booking website is automatically translated into more than 80 languages, with AI-assisted property descriptions, automated guest emails, review collection, SEO settings for Google and your own custom domain.
- Security deposits under your control. You choose the deposit amount and decide whether to hold or release it.
Which One Should You Choose?
Choose Beds24 if:
- you want the lowest possible fixed cost, and expect more than about €9,000 a year in direct bookings
- you need a real channel manager across several platforms
- you are comfortable spending time on a detailed setup
Choose Ownia if:
- your direct channel is new and you do not want any fixed cost until bookings come in
- you want a booking website you can set up quickly, without technical configuration
- you prefer one all-in fee per booking, card processing included
Key Takeaways
- Beds24 costs €16.60/month for one property on Airbnb and Booking.com (base, room and channel links), with a booking engine included and no commission. A booking page on your own domain adds €19/month.
- Ownia has no monthly fee for your first property and charges 3.7% per booking, card fees included.
- For a single property, Ownia is cheaper below about €9,200 of direct bookings a year. Above that, Beds24 is cheaper.
- Beds24 is stronger on price, channel management and configurability. Ownia is stronger on ease of setup and zero fixed cost.
Want to start taking direct bookings at no fixed cost? Create your free site with Ownia and go live today.