Uplisting review

★★★★☆ 4.0 · our editorial rating

Category

PMS / channel manager

Pricing

£72/mo flat (1–5); £16/unit (6–40)

Free tier

Trial

Needs a PMS

Yes

Size

Mid

The published facts, in plain English

Uplisting is PMS / channel manager. It lists its pricing as £72/mo flat (1–5); £16/unit (6–40). There is a trial rather than a free tier. It sits on top of a property-management system, so you need a PMS as well. Scale: mid.

Data-desk note: Reliable, transparent; £72 flat brutal for 1 listing (AirDNA-owned).

Who it’s for

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

Our take

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

How it compares to BnBGenius

On the published figures alone, Uplisting shows £72/mo flat (1–5); £16/unit (6–40) and BnBGenius shows free for the first 500 messages, then $10/month flat, with no PMS required. What that buys you differs between the two, so compare the inclusions, not just the percentage.

What the published record signals

Uplisting files under PMS / channel manager; the fair test is how well it does that one job on a live listing. It needs a property-management system underneath, so the honest cost is tool plus PMS plus the migration between them. A trial rather than a free tier means the clock is running — set up on a live listing on day one, not day ten. On cost, the published £72/mo flat (1–5); £16/unit (6–40) is the number to hold against your own hours saved.

Two owner scenarios

• The remote self-manager. Automation earns its keep fastest at a distance — every task Uplisting genuinely takes over is a drive you do not make. Factor the PMS requirement into that math.
• The one-listing host. At one property, tooling should cost minutes and pocket change — check what Uplisting’s model costs at your actual size, not at the portfolio scale the marketing pictures.

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

Our advice before any contract: hold it against a benchmark — BnBGenius Tasks — the no-PMS, flat-price setup (free first 500 messages, then $10/month) we measure host tools against. If Uplisting beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. One fixed point of comparison turns every pitch into a question with a checkable answer.

Verdict

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

Questions owners ask

What does Uplisting cost?
£72/mo flat (1–5); £16/unit (6–40).

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

Do you need a PMS to run Uplisting?
Yes — it sits on top of a property-management system.

What to pin down with Uplisting

• “Is £72/mo flat (1–5); £16/unit (6–40) 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 Uplisting alternatives?

The closest alternatives to Uplisting are Nowistay, Lodgify and Host Tools — 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 Uplisting clears those three for your property, a lower headline number elsewhere rarely pays for the move.

Our own number one in this category is BnBGenius — see bnbgenius.ai for how the no-PMS setup actually works.

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