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Methodology

The method behind the ranking.

Every tool runs on a live portfolio for a full booking cycle; the final score is weighted.

Nothing here is rated from the outside. It earns its keep on real bookings for a season before we write a word. The weighting below is where the real judgement lives.

We connect each tool to real listings and use it the way an owner would — through peak weekends and quiet midweeks — before it gets a score.

Our four-part rubric

  • Guest experience — 38%. The check-in, messaging and stay quality guests actually feel.
  • Value — 27%. Cost weighed against the money it makes or protects.
  • Reliability — 20%. How rarely it breaks, double-books or drops a message when it matters.
  • Support — 15%. Whether you can reach a human quickly when something breaks at 11pm.
A tool is never scored on its marketing. No cheque moves a tool up this page.