Webkio vs Lodgify
Specialist rental software against one website for the whole business. Both charge a flat plan; neither takes a cut of a booking.
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| Feature | Webkio | Lodgify |
|---|---|---|
| Calendar sync with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com | No - none at all | Yes, and it is the main reason to buy it |
| Commission per booking | None | None |
| Fee on an online payment | 2% on Starter, 1% from Growth up | A small % on gateway payments - see their page |
| How the plan is counted | Rental items - Starter covers 50 | Scales with the number of properties |
| A shop, blog or services on the same site | Yes, same website and same plan | Vacation rentals are the product |
| Depth of rental-specific features | The essentials, done properly | Deeper - it does only this |
| Your own domain and direct bookings | Yes | Yes |
| Deposit held on the card, not taken | Yes, per property | Supported - check their current terms |
Comparison reflects Webkio's built-in capabilities; competitor features vary by plan and available apps. Always check each provider's current plans.
Last reviewed 27 October 2026.
This is not the comparison where we tell you the other side takes commission, because it does not. Lodgify charges a subscription and leaves your bookings alone, which is our model too. So the money argument is mostly a wash and the real question is a different one: are your holiday lets the whole business, or part of one? Lodgify is built for owners whose lettings are everything, and its calendar syncing with the big booking sites is the reason to pay for it. Webkio is built for the owner who also has a farm shop, a blog, a yoga studio or a workshop, and wants one website rather than two.
The verdict
If your holiday lets are the whole business and the big booking sites fill them, buy Lodgify - the channel manager alone earns it and we have no answer to it. If the lettings are one part of something wider and you would rather have a single website for all of it, that is the case for us. Running three cottages beside a shop is the shape Webkio is actually built for.
What each one costs
Neither of us takes a share of a booking, so the comparison is subscription against subscription plus what each adds on a card payment. Lodgify is a monthly plan that scales with how many properties you list, plus a small percentage on payments taken through a gateway, on top of whatever the gateway itself charges; read their pricing page for the current figures, because their own pages disagree with one another and we are not going to quote you a competitor's price second-hand. Ours we can state exactly: a flat plan that counts rental items rather than properties - Starter covers 50 - and a platform fee of 2% per online payment on Starter, 1% from Growth Business up, nothing on Free, again on top of your own processor. So if you run three cottages, Lodgify is priced for three cottages and we are priced the same as if you ran thirty. If you run thirty, look at both carefully.
What moving involves
The honest version is that you may not want to, and you should work out where your bookings come from before you decide. If three quarters of them arrive through Airbnb and Booking.com, a channel manager is doing work for you every day and nothing here replaces it. If three quarters are repeat guests who phone or email, you are paying for syncing you barely use. Either way, export your bookings and your guest list before you move anything, and keep both running through one changeover rather than switching mid-season.
When to choose them instead
The channel manager, and it is not a small thing. Lodgify keeps your calendar in step with Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com, so a booking on one blocks the dates on all of them and you are not double-booked by a guest who found you somewhere else. Webkio has nothing of the kind - no channel manager, no calendar sync, no OTA integration at all. If most of your bookings arrive through the big sites, that IS the job, and Lodgify does it while we do not.
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