HostelMate vs Sirvoy for hostels
Sirvoy is simple and cheap, with a free plan for one room. It assigns rooms rather than single beds, and its channel manager is on the Pro plan. If you run a small place that's mostly private rooms, Sirvoy is a fair choice; if you sell dorm beds one at a time, HostelMate is built for that.
| What we compared | HostelMate | Sirvoy |
|---|---|---|
| Price a month | $19 up to 30 beds, $45 with no bed limit, per property | Free for 1 room, Starter €11, Pro €41 |
| Fees per booking or channel | None | Flat monthly plans |
| Sells single dorm beds | Yes | No, rooms only (4 dorm beds count as 1 room) |
| Channel manager | Included in both plans | Pro plan only |
| Price published | Yes, on our pricing page | Yes, on its pricing page |
| Built for | Hostels, from one small hostel to a small group | Small properties with mostly private rooms |
HostelMate prices are from our pricing page. Sirvoy figures are from its own pricing page and help FAQ, read 5 October 2026.
Where Sirvoy is the better choice
- Sirvoy is simple, cheap and well suited to a small place with mostly private rooms.
- You have one room to let: the free plan costs nothing.
- You don't sell on OTAs yet, so a plan without a channel manager is enough.
- You want a plain calendar and booking page and little else.
Built by people who ran hostels
HostelMate was sketched on a surf-wax box in Bali by two hostel managers who couldn't find software that treated a bunk as something you sell.
That's still the brief: the bed is the unit, and the price is on the website.
What HostelMate does day to day
- Change dorm prices for a whole season at once, by date range, weekend or event.
- Let prices move with demand through the day, if you switch it on.
- Send pre-arrival messages by email or WhatsApp with directions, check-in times and house rules.
- Give staff their own permissions, so the night shift and the owner see different things.
- Keep Booking.com, Hostelworld, Airbnb and the rest on one calendar, with each bed sold once.
- Let guests check in online before they arrive.
- Open smart lockers by Bluetooth from an app, with a PIN as backup.
- Hold unpaid bookings on a waitlist for your OK, while the bed stays on sale.
- Put a group on one booking, with each guest able to pay their own share.
Where HostelMate is the better choice
If most of what you sell is dorm beds and you want one published price, these are the cases where we fit better.
Mostly dorms
Every bed is its own unit for selling, pricing and assignment, so mixed, female and male dorms stay apart.
You want the price first
Both plans are on the pricing page. No call, no quote and no setup fee.
Hostelworld matters
HostelMate is on Hostelworld's list of connected channel managers, and its bookings land bed by bed.
Direct bookings
The booking engine on your own website takes no commission and shares one calendar with every OTA.
Moving over
Send us your export as it is. It's usually loaded within the day, often within the hour.
Volunteers on the desk
Give each person their own permissions, so a two-week volunteer sees what they need and nothing else.
Frequently asked questions
Free for one room, then €11 a month on Starter and €41 on Pro (Sirvoy's pricing page, 5 October 2026). HostelMate is $19 a month for up to 30 beds or $45 with no bed limit.
No. Sirvoy's own FAQ says it does room-level assignments but not individual bed mapping, and its pricing counts four dorm beds as one room.
Pro. The cheaper plans don't connect to OTAs, which matters as soon as you sell on Hostelworld or Booking.com. HostelMate includes the channel manager in both plans.
For a small property with mostly private rooms, yes. For a hostel that sells dorm beds one at a time, it doesn't map beds.
Export your bookings and guest list from Sirvoy and email the files as they are to contact@hostelmate.co. Small files are usually loaded within the hour, a full property within the day, and you keep taking bookings the whole time. How switching works.
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Competitor information comes from public sources, checked on 5 and 6 October 2026. Prices, features and trademarks belong to their owners and may change. HostelMate is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sirvoy.