Is Cabinly enough on its own?

For one to three cabins taking direct bookings, yes: the page, the calendar with per-date prices and rules, guest questions answered on the page, payments through your own Stripe account and two-way iCal with the marketplaces. For managing other people's properties as a business, no.

Can I move from Hostaway to Cabinly?

There is no migration tool. In practice you paste a listing link, the page is built from it, you connect Stripe and import your calendars over iCal. What does not come across is anything a PMS holds and Cabinly does not have: reporting history, owner statements, saved message templates.

What if I grow past three cabins?

Cabinly is built and priced for one to three. Beyond that the honest answer is that a PMS starts earning its subscription, and this page names two.

CabinlyHostaway

Hostaway automates an operation. Cabinly fills the nights you have.

Hostaway is operations software for growing portfolios: channel management, automation, a unified inbox and a team to use it. Cabinly is one direct booking page for an owner with one to three cabins, at 0% commission.

Updated 31 August 2026

Built for: One owner with one to three cabins
Time to a working page: About two minutes, from a listing link
Commission on a direct booking: 0% to Cabinly; Stripe charges its own fee

Side by side

	Cabinly	Hostaway
Built for	One owner with one to three cabins	Property managers and growing portfolios, often with staff
Time to a working page	About two minutes, from a listing link	Onboarding and configuration before the automation pays off
Commission on a direct booking	0% to Cabinly; Stripe charges its own fee	No commission on their own plans; see their pricing
Other portals	Two-way iCal with Booking.com and Airbnb	Channel manager and API integrations across many platforms
What it does beyond a booking page	One page, one calendar, payments into your own Stripe account	Automation, unified inbox, reporting, owner statements, integrations marketplace
What it costs	0% commission on direct bookings, forever; everything free during the alpha	Quoted per listing count – see hostaway.com/pricing

Choose Cabinly if

You are the owner, the cleaner and the person answering messages at eleven at night.
You want a direct channel that costs 0%, not a bigger control panel.
You want the empty nights named and something to do about them.

Cabinly

Choose Hostaway if

You manage properties for other people and owe them statements.
Your workload is messages and turnovers across many listings, not empty midweek nights.
You have someone whose job it is to run the software.

Hostaway

Questions people actually ask

Is Cabinly enough on its own?: For one to three cabins taking direct bookings, yes: the page, the calendar with per-date prices and rules, guest questions answered on the page, payments through your own Stripe account and two-way iCal with the marketplaces. For managing other people's properties as a business, no.
Can I move from Hostaway to Cabinly?: There is no migration tool. In practice you paste a listing link, the page is built from it, you connect Stripe and import your calendars over iCal. What does not come across is anything a PMS holds and Cabinly does not have: reporting history, owner statements, saved message templates.
What if I grow past three cabins?: Cabinly is built and priced for one to three. Beyond that the honest answer is that a PMS starts earning its subscription, and this page names two.
Is there a contract or a minimum term?: No. Everything is free while the alpha runs, the commission is 0% forever, and there is nothing to cancel – no term, no card at sign-up. The flip side is stated where it should be: alpha means no SLA, no status page and no uptime guarantee, all of it declared in agent.json.