Geptu vs Cloudbeds

The short version

Cloudbeds is a well-known cloud hotel platform sold mostly to mid-size and larger independents: a PMS, channel manager and booking engine, with a marketing suite, payments and a website platform sold around it. Pricing is by quote. Third-party listings in 2026 put small-property plans at roughly $100 to $220 a month and the larger plans in the hundreds, before implementation fees and add-ons.

Geptu is built for boutique hotels, lodges and guesthouses that run tours, transport and meals as well as rooms. You pay a one-time setup and then $25 a month per property, with the channel manager, extras catalog, accounting and WhatsApp messaging already inside, and the booking website hosted for $50 a month if you want one.

Side by side

	Cloudbeds	Geptu
Who it is for	Independent hotels of most sizes; strongest for mid-size properties	Boutique and small hotels, eco-lodges, guesthouses (1 to about 60 rooms)
How you pay	Subscription, quoted per property; higher tiers in the hundreds per month	One-time setup; then $25 a month per property for as long as you use it
Booking website	Booking engine included; the website platform is a separate product	Your full public website and booking engine, in English, Spanish, German and French, edited from the PMS, hosted for $50 a month
Channel manager	Included on the plans that carry it	Included through Channex: one Booking.com or Expedia connection per property; each extra channel, such as Airbnb, $15 a month
Tours, transfers, meals	Add-ons and upsells at booking	A full extras catalog: boat and road transfers priced by route, park tickets, tours, meal plans, on the website and in the PMS at once
Accounting	Reports; the books live in a separate accounting system	A monthly financial workbook built from the real bookings: card lots matched to bank deposits, safe box, shopping, payroll, exchange rates, ADR and RevPAR
Guest messaging	Email and messaging tools, some in paid tiers	WhatsApp and email in one inbox, tied to each booking, plus a guest portal
New features	On the vendor's roadmap	Added for your hotel as you need them; fully custom systems are also built
Setup	Implementation fees are common	Set up with you, including the import of your existing bookings

When Cloudbeds is the better choice

If you run a 150-room property, need a large marketplace of third-party integrations, or want a vendor with offices in several countries, Cloudbeds is a sound choice and you should talk to them. Geptu does not try to be that.

When Geptu is the better choice

• Your hotel sells more than rooms: boats, guides, park entries, meal plans, airport runs. Geptu treats those as first-class products, not add-ons.
• You want the website, channel manager and accounting without three more subscriptions.
• You would rather pay a one-time setup and a small monthly fee per property than rent software at $170–$200+ a month, and a low monthly bill matters more than a long feature list.
• Your team is three people and the phone is the second screen.