GHASA Property Management System (PMS) Comparison · Guesthouses & Small Hotels
Fill more rooms.
Keep more of the revenue.
We compared every booking system a South African guesthouse can run on, and scored each on what actually grows your business: more direct bookings, commission saved, and revenue per guest. One comes out clearly ahead. Every claim is sourced, every price is current.
Pricing verified July 2026 · Inn Style & NightsBridge in ZAR incl VAT (SA-published) · Foreign-currency platforms at indicative rates: R24.00/GBP · R18.50/USD · R20.00/EUR
Quick Verdicts
Which system makes you the most money?
★ Best for more bookings & revenue
Inn Style
The familiar basic
NightsBridge
Powerful, but pricey
RoomRaccoon
Cheap, with trade-offs
Hotelogix
What Guesthouses Care About #1
Monthly cost
Platform
- Inn Style
- NightsBridge
- RoomRaccoon
- Hotelogix
- Semper
- Little Hotelier
- Cloudbeds
- Beds24
- eviivo
2 rooms
- R672
- R759
- ~R2,832
- ~R148
- Quote-based (~$9/room/mo)
- ~R722+1%
- Quote-based (typically ~R3,700+/mo)
- R390
- ~R740
5 rooms
- R672
- R759
- ~R2,832+
- R369
- Quote-based (~$9/room/mo)
- ~R722+1%
- Quote-based (typically ~R3,700+/mo)
- ~R450
- ~R900
10 rooms
- R1,158
- R1,322.50
- ~R3,600+
- ~R738
- Quote-based (~$9/room/mo)
- ~R2,017
- Quote-based (typically ~R3,700+/mo)
- ~R550
- ~R1,400
20 rooms
- On request
- R1,587
- ~R5,300+
- ~R1,476
- Quote-based (~$9/room/mo)
- Quote
- Quote-based (typically ~R3,700+/mo)
- ~R750
- ~R2,200
Pricing model
- Flat to 5 rooms, then per room (ZAR incl VAT, Jul 2026)
- Flat tiers incl VAT (nightsbridge.com; confirm)
- Tiered + room calculator (roomraccoon.co.za)
- $3.99/room/mo, or $0.20/occupied night
- Tailored/modular (semperpms.com)
- Basics $39/mo + 1% booking fee; Pro ~$109/mo
- Custom quote only
- €15.90 base + per-unit + €0.55/channel link
- Per-room + $0.50 per confirmed booking
- Semper - Quote-based (~$9/room/mo basic per Capterra — confirm directly)
- Cloudbeds - Quote-based — typically ~R3,700+/mo ($200+)
The Full Comparison
Feature by feature, all nine platforms
✓ included · ~ partial or via add-on/marketplace · ✗ not available. Sourced from vendor sites and published documentation, June–July 2026.
* Hotelogix Plan B charges $0.20 per occupied room night instead of a per-room fee. Semper is modular, so feature availability depends on the modules quoted. Booking protection is currently offered to UK customers only and is not yet available in South Africa. Download the full GHASA comparison reports for row-level sources.
The Verdict, Weighted
Scored for a typical GHASA member
We weighted eight categories for a 5–15 room owner-run guesthouse: value for money (20%), SA channel coverage (15%), direct bookings & Google visibility (15%), SA payments (10%), guest experience (10%), revenue extras (10%), ease of use (10%), support (10%). Change the weights and the winner changes — that’s the point of showing them.
Platform
- Winner - Inn Style
- NightsBridge
- RoomRaccoon
- Semper
- Little Hotelier
- Hotelogix
- eviivo
- Cloudbeds
- Beds24
Value
- 8
- 9
- 3
- 7
- 6
- 9
- 8
- 3
- 10
SA channels
- 7
- 10
- 8
- 8
- 7
- 5
- 5
- 7
- 6
Direct + Google
- 10
- 5
- 9
- 6
- 9
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 6
Payments
- 9
- 4
- 7
- 5
- 5
- 7
- 5
- 7
- 4
Guest exp.
- 10
- 3
- 9
- 5
- 5
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 4
Ease
- 8
- 9
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 6
- 7
- 5
- 3
Support
- 6
- 10
- 7
- 9
- 6
- 7
- 6
- 6
- 4
Weighted score
- 8.4
- 7.4
- 6.9
- 6.8
- 6.6
- 6.6
- 6.4
- 6.1
- 5.9
* Hotelogix Plan B charges $0.20 per occupied room night instead of a per-room fee. Semper is modular, so feature availability depends on the modules quoted. Booking protection is currently offered to UK customers only and is not yet available in South Africa. Download the full GHASA comparison reports for row-level sources.
Why It Wins
The case for Inn Style
Inn Style costs less than NightsBridge at 10 rooms (R1,158 vs R1,322.50 incl VAT) and does far more to grow your revenue. Here is how it pays for itself, and then some:
How Inn Style makes you more money
- Gift vouchers: a revenue stream that doesn't exist on NightsBridge. Two R1,500 vouchers a month is R36,000/year.
- Gift vouchers: a revenue stream that doesn't exist on NightsBridge. Two R1,500 vouchers a month is R36,000/year.
- Paystack: card, Instant EFT and mobile pay at checkout, so fewer abandoned bookings from SA guests.
- Contactless check-in: for self-catering and remote properties, this replaces hours of key handovers.
- Unlimited users and HubSpot CRM: add your whole team and sync guests to your marketing, at no extra cost.
When a simpler tool might be enough
- If you only want the basics: a tool like NightsBridge gives you native LekkeSlaap sync and SA phone support. Fine if same-day LekkeSlaap is your whole business, but you give up the direct-booking and revenue tools that pay for themselves.
- Beds24 / Hotelogix: cheaper still — if you're technical (Beds24) or want built-in POS (Hotelogix).
- RoomRaccoon / Cloudbeds: stronger AI revenue management for 15+ room properties with dynamic pricing upside.
- Semper: SA-built with strong local support and POS/events — worth a quote for larger operations.
Thinking of Moving?
Switching PMS sounds like a mission. It isn't.
Changing booking systems feels risky: moving years of bookings, reconnecting every channel, retraining the team. Inn Style does the heavy lifting, and you only go live once you are happy it all works.
01
We import everything
02
Run it in parallel
03
Go live when ready
R2bn+
341k
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What Inn Style handles for you
- Imports your past bookings, guest history, rooms, rates and photos.
- Reconnects your OTAs and channel manager: Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and more.
- Sets up your branded booking engine on your existing website.
- Hands-on onboarding the whole way, with roughly 30 minutes of your time needed.
The worries owners raise, answered
- Will I lose my history? No. Your bookings and guest data are imported before you go live.
- What about LekkeSlaap and my channels? Channels are reconnected during setup; LekkeSlaap syncs via 2-way iCal.
- What if it goes wrong mid-season? You run both systems in parallel and only switch once it is working.
- Am I locked in? No. Month to month, no contract, cancel whenever.
More bookings, free for your first 3 months
GHASA members get 3 months of Inn Style free, with no card and no contract. Put the extra revenue tools to work, then decide. Prefer to test first? Start a free 14-day trial.
How we compared & disclosure. This comparison was prepared by GHASA (Guesthouse Association of South Africa) to help members choose booking technology. Pricing verified July 2026. Inn Style and NightsBridge are SA-published in ZAR including 15% VAT, via innstyle.co.za/inn-style-pricing and nightsbridge.com. Other platforms verified via roomraccoon.co.za, hotelogix.com, semperpms.com, littlehotelier.com, cloudbeds.com, beds24.com and eviivo.com; third-party sources include Capterra and HotelTechReport. Foreign-currency prices are indicative conversions (R24.00/GBP, R18.50/USD, R20.00/EUR), exclude local VAT or duties, and will move with exchange rates. Quote-based platforms (Semper, Cloudbeds, RoomRaccoon above entry tier) are shown as published “from” pricing, so always confirm directly. GHASA is an Inn Style partner and may receive a referral benefit; our category scores and the rows where competitors win are published unchanged. Feature sets change, so verify with vendors before purchasing.
