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Hotelkit vs RoomChecking

Factual side-by-side, not editorial. Both tools have been tested at a working European hotel. For opinions, read the individual reviews linked below.

The short version

On our hands-on ratings, Hotelkit takes it overall, 8/10 against 6/10.

Hotelkit is built for multi-property hotel groups wanting a European operations platform with strong housekeeping and internal communication. RoomChecking is built for european boutique and mid-scale hotels wanting configurable housekeeping workflows.

Hotelkit RoomChecking
Our rating 8/10 6/10
Pricing One-time setup fee + monthly licence, not publicly disclosed. Positioned below category average. From $199/month (~$2.50/room/month)
Best for Multi-property hotel groups wanting a European operations platform with strong housekeeping and internal communication European boutique and mid-scale hotels wanting configurable housekeeping workflows
HQ Austria (Salzburg) France (Paris)
Founded 2012 2013
Reviewed by marc james

What each one costs

Hotelkit pricing

Setup fee (one-time) Quote-only, scaled to room count
A one-off fee based on how many rooms you run, paid once at the start. There is no public figure, so the number for your property only lands after a sales call.
Monthly licence Quote-only, below category average
The recurring cost for the platform and its six modules. For the breadth on offer it came in below what I expected, and the integration fee caps at EUR 199 for non-PMS connections, which is fair.
30-day free trial Free, no credit card
Full onboarding support during the trial, and it was better than most vendors manage after you have paid. Start here before you sign anything, with housekeeping and communication first.

hotelkit will not put a number on a public page, which irritates me the way it irritates every hotelier who wants to compare on a spreadsheet before booking a call. For the breadth on offer it came in below what I expected, and the integration fee caps at EUR 199 for non-PMS connections, which is reasonable. Use the 30-day trial before you commit; the onboarding during it was better than most vendors provide after you have paid.

RoomChecking pricing

Entry From $199/month
Works out around $2.50 per room per month depending on property size. A published starting figure, which after a run of vendors in this category who won't name one is a small mercy.
Volume Discounts for larger operations
Available above the entry level. As ever, the detail arrives in a conversation rather than on a page.

There's a free trial but no free tier, so you can test properly before committing without running it indefinitely on nothing. For a 45-room property, $199 a month isn't expensive if it saves your supervisor half an hour a day and stops the sort of miscommunication that puts a guest into an uncleaned room. That's happened to me twice in four years, both times because a paper handover failed between shifts. A digital system that catches those failures is worth real money. Whether this particular one earns it depends less on price than on whether your staff can read it, which is a separate problem I'd test first.

Prices as last verified during each review. Hotel software pricing moves, and per-room rates behave very differently at 20 rooms and at 200, so run the arithmetic at your own room count. Full detail on Hotelkit pricing and RoomChecking pricing.

Common questions

Which is better, Hotelkit or RoomChecking?

On our ratings Hotelkit scores 8/10 against RoomChecking at 6/10. But the better tool is the one that fits your property, so read both reviews before you decide.

How much do Hotelkit and RoomChecking cost?

Hotelkit: One-time setup fee + monthly licence, not publicly disclosed. Positioned below category average.

RoomChecking: From $199/month (~$2.50/room/month)

Read the full reviews