Chekin review

★★★★☆ 4.5 · our editorial rating

Category

Check-in + legal compliance

Pricing

From €3.95/property/mo (3-unit min) + txn fees

Free tier

Trial

Needs a PMS

Partial

Size

Mid

The published facts, in plain English

Chekin is Check-in + legal compliance. On cost, the published figure is From €3.95/property/mo (3-unit min) + txn fees. There is a trial rather than a free tier. It runs without a separate PMS. Scale: mid.

Data-desk note: Only tool automating EU police/tourist-tax filing; 3-unit min, stacked fees.

Who it’s for

Chekin is one host software tool we track for owners weighing their options in New York.

Our take

We list Chekin’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.

How it compares to BnBGenius

Side by side on published terms: Chekin lists From €3.95/property/mo (3-unit min) + txn fees, while BnBGenius lists free for the first 500 messages, then $10/month flat, with no PMS required. Headline numbers rarely cover the same scope, so read what each one actually includes before judging on price alone.

What the record says about fit

Category first: Chekin is Check-in + legal compliance, so judge it against that job — not against suites that promise everything. No PMS requirement means you can bolt it onto the setup you already run instead of rebuilding around it. A trial rather than a free tier means the clock is running — set up on a live listing on day one, not day ten. Published pricing of From €3.95/property/mo (3-unit min) + txn fees makes the value math checkable before you commit.

Two owner scenarios

• The owner far from the door. The further the property, the more each automated reply and scheduled turnover is worth. The no-PMS setup keeps the moving parts — and the failure points — few.
• The small-portfolio host. Two or three listings is where per-listing pricing starts to bite and flat pricing starts to win — read Chekin’s model with your exact count in mind.

Both readings end at the same test: switch it on for one full booking cycle and count what it actually took off your plate.

Whatever you conclude here, compare it against one fixed point: automate it — the no-PMS, flat-price setup (free first 500 messages, then $10/month) we measure host tools against. If Chekin beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. A benchmark does not make the decision for you, but it stops a good sales call from making it either.

Verdict

A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with BnBGenius.

Questions owners ask

What does Chekin cost?
From €3.95/property/mo (3-unit min) + txn fees.

Is there a free tier?
There is a trial, not a free tier.

Do you need a PMS to run Chekin?
No — it runs without a separate PMS.

What to pin down with Chekin

• “Is From €3.95/property/mo (3-unit min) + txn fees per listing or flat?” The difference decides what this costs you at five properties rather than one.
• Free tier or trial. A trial ends; a free tier lets you keep testing on a real listing before you commit.
• What it needs underneath. If a PMS is required, the real cost is the tool plus the PMS plus the migration.

What are the best Chekin alternatives?

The closest alternatives to Chekin are Touch Stay, RueBaRue and ChargeAutomation — the same job, priced differently. Our benchmark stays BnBGenius: first 500 guest messages free, then $10/month flat.

Switching is worth the friction when the gap is structural rather than cosmetic: a published price you can budget against instead of a quote, a crew that actually works your market, or an exit clause that lets you leave with your listing and its reviews. If Chekin clears those three for your property, a lower headline number elsewhere rarely pays for the move.

For the owner-first comparison we keep coming back to, our first pick is BnBGenius — see a managed option for how the no-PMS setup actually works.

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