LIKE MAGIC vs SuitePad
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, LIKE MAGIC takes it overall, 7/10 against 6/10.
LIKE MAGIC is built for design-conscious hotels wanting a modern guest journey. SuitePad is built for service-rich, longer-stay properties (resort, spa, luxury, boutique) where guests spend real time in the room.
| LIKE MAGIC | SuitePad | |
|---|---|---|
| Our rating | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | Now published: Core from €350/month, Platform from €400/month, 10% off annual; add-on prices still withheld | Quote-only. Subscription from around $450/month, or a performance-based model with no upfront hardware cost and an agreed annual ceiling. |
| Best for | Design-conscious hotels wanting a modern guest journey | Service-rich, longer-stay properties (resort, spa, luxury, boutique) where guests spend real time in the room |
| HQ | Switzerland (Zurich) | Germany (Berlin) |
| Founded | 2021 | 2012 |
| Reviewed by | elena | sophie |
What each one costs
LIKE MAGIC pricing
- Core From €350/month
- Stated as both the starting price and the monthly minimum. Covers the guest journey: digital, branded, and in likemagic's own framing frictionless.
- Platform From €400/month
- Starting price and monthly minimum again. Adds the operations side, task management and housekeeping monitoring.
- Annual billing 10% discount
- Applied to the per-room pricing and to the monthly minimums alike, which is stated rather than implied.
- Add-ons Price not stated
- Booking engine, digital keys, wallet keys and kiosk are all available on either tier, and none of them carries a published figure. This is the gap left in an otherwise open price list.
likemagic published its pricing during 2026, having hidden it behind a demo call when we reviewed it. That is the single clearest improvement we have recorded in this category, and it answers the loudest complaint in Elena's review directly. Two tiers, both with stated monthly minimums, and an annual discount that is spelled out rather than dangled. The add-on prices are still missing, so a property that needs digital keys or a kiosk is back to asking. But you can now budget for likemagic before you speak to anybody, and a year ago you could not.
SuitePad pricing
- Subscription From around $450/month
- A fixed monthly fee that bundles the tablets (bought outright or leased into the fee), the software, installation by their team, training and support. There is no published per-room figure, so the real number for your property only appears after a sales call.
- Performance-based No upfront cost
- SuitePad owns and maintains the hardware, charges nothing upfront, and takes a share of the revenue the tablets generate, with an annual cost ceiling agreed in advance. It is the model I used for my nine-week pilot, and it shifts the hardware risk off the hotel.
Both models are quote-only. Even after the sales call I could not get a clean per-room figure, a revenue-share percentage, or a contract length for my 80-room hotel. Work out your average in-room time before you commit, because that, not the sticker price, decides whether the tablets earn back their cost. For a resort with week-long stays the maths is easy; for a short-stay city hotel like mine it is thin.
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 LIKE MAGIC pricing and SuitePad pricing.
Common questions
Which is better, LIKE MAGIC or SuitePad?
On our ratings LIKE MAGIC scores 7/10 against SuitePad at 6/10. But the better tool is the one that fits your property, so read both reviews before you decide.
How much do LIKE MAGIC and SuitePad cost?
LIKE MAGIC: Now published: Core from €350/month, Platform from €400/month, 10% off annual; add-on prices still withheld
SuitePad: Quote-only. Subscription from around $450/month, or a performance-based model with no upfront hardware cost and an agreed annual ceiling.
Read the full reviews
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LIKE MAGIC
After Duve made me say 'oh no' out loud, I went looking for something my seasonal staff could learn before the first guest arrived. LIKE MAGIC came close. Not all the way, but close.
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SuitePad
SuitePad makes the best in-room tablets on the market, and I still could not get a straight price out of them. I ran the tablets on one floor of my 80-room Amsterdam hotel for nine weeks. Here is what they earned, and why your guest profile decides everything.