Hoxell 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, Hoxell takes it overall, 7/10 against 6/10.
Hoxell is built for european hotels wanting digitised housekeeping operations with Swiss data jurisdiction. RoomChecking is built for european boutique and mid-scale hotels wanting configurable housekeeping workflows.
| Hoxell | RoomChecking | |
|---|---|---|
| Our rating | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | Custom pricing, requires sales call | From $199/month (~$2.50/room/month) |
| Best for | European hotels wanting digitised housekeeping operations with Swiss data jurisdiction | European boutique and mid-scale hotels wanting configurable housekeeping workflows |
| HQ | Switzerland (Lugano) | France (Paris) |
| Founded | 2013 | 2013 |
| Reviewed by | anna | james |
What each one costs
Hoxell pricing
- Custom quote Sales call required
- No published figures and no tier structure. The rate depends on your property, which is the standard explanation in this category and no more satisfying here than elsewhere.
I'd rather evaluate a product against a published number, and Hoxell doesn't give you one. What I'd add is that the pricing conversation is the right moment to ask the questions that actually matter here, because they aren't on the website either: where the data sits, what the processing terms say, and who the sub-processors are. I read the DPA before I looked at the room status dashboard, and it held up. Ask for it before you ask for a discount.
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 Hoxell pricing and RoomChecking pricing.
Common questions
Which is better, Hoxell or RoomChecking?
On our ratings Hoxell scores 7/10 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 Hoxell and RoomChecking cost?
Hoxell: Custom pricing, requires sales call
RoomChecking: From $199/month (~$2.50/room/month)
Read the full reviews
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Hoxell
Hoxell is Swiss, built by a real hotelier, and keeps your data under European law. I read the DPA before I looked at the room status dashboard. Here's what I found.
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RoomChecking
I tested RoomChecking across my three English properties because the flexibility promise sounded right for multi-property operations. Some of that promise held up. Some of it didn't survive contact with a Tuesday morning housekeeping briefing.