6 Best Aeve Alternatives for STR Hosts (2026)

Written by Punn Kam, ex-Google AI engineer and Y Combinator repeat founder. He is the co-founder of Conduit, an AI agent platform built for hospitality, serving 300+ hospitality brands in 140+ languages. Last updated October 7, 2026.

The best Aeve alternatives for Guesty and Hostaway hosts in 2026 are Guesty AI and Hostaway AI if you want the AI inside the PMS you already pay for, and Akia, Besty, Conduit, or Enso Connect if you want a separate agent that connects to both. Akia and Conduit also sell AI that answers phone calls, and Besty has one in beta.

Why do Guesty and Hostaway hosts look for Aeve alternatives?

Aeve is an AI autopilot for short- and mid-term rental guest operations, and it is an official marketplace partner of both Guesty and Hostaway. Aeve's product, Eve, answers guests in your voice and within the policies you set, offers upsells such as gap nights and late check-outs, and hands refunds, complaints, and anything that needs judgement to your team with the whole conversation attached. Aeve says operators typically reach 70 to 90 percent of guest enquiries on autopilot, and its Guesty page says it writes its changes back to Guesty and coordinates with cleaners and maintenance.

Hosts look past Aeve for several reasons. The PMS may already include AI, which saves a second contract. Guests who call need an answer too, and that pushes some hosts toward tools with AI voice. Others want a guest portal or task management in the same tool as messaging, or plan to move off Guesty and Hostaway, the two systems Aeve lists.

How did we order these Aeve alternatives?

The six Aeve alternatives on this page are ordered by how they connect to your PMS. AI built into Guesty or Hostaway comes first, because for many hosts the cheapest option is the one already in the account. Standalone tools that integrate with both Guesty and Hostaway come next, in alphabetical order. Every competitor fact links to the vendor's own page, checked in October 2026, and anything a vendor doesn't publish is marked "not published" in the table.

Conduit is our product, and its section includes the trade-offs we'd tell a prospect.

Which Aeve alternatives are built into Guesty and Hostaway?

Guesty AI and Hostaway AI are the Aeve alternatives that come with the PMS itself, so there's no second vendor or integration to maintain. Both go past drafting replies into tasks and escalations. The trade-off is that each AI only works inside its own PMS, which matters if you might switch later.

1. Guesty AI

Guesty sells a set of AI agents inside the PMS, which it says are trained on 500K listings and a decade of short-term rental data. ReplyAI Autopilot reads guest messages, applies sentiment analysis, and responds in brand voice based on rules you set. A message-to-task dispatcher turns issues in guest messages into operational tasks, and a review-to-task dispatcher opens a maintenance task when a review flags damage or cleanliness. Guesty doesn't publish AI pricing on that page. If you're weighing Guesty itself, see our Guesty alternatives guide.

2. Hostaway AI

Hostaway's AI features include AI Replies, which Hostaway says can automate up to 90% of guest communication, following reply rules you can customize. AI Sentiment & Escalations flags negative conversations, AI CoHost recommends and carries out next steps across your Hostaway data, and task management sits in the same product. Hostaway says AI Replies is available to all users on request with no add-on fee. Our best AI tools for Hostaway hosts covers the add-ons in more depth.

Which standalone Aeve alternatives work with both Guesty and Hostaway?

Akia, Besty, Conduit, and Enso Connect each list both Guesty and Hostaway as integrations, so any of them can replace Aeve without a PMS change. They split on scope. Akia and Conduit run AI on the phone, Besty has an AI Voice Receptionist in beta, and Enso Connect leads with a guest portal and upsells. Besty and Conduit also sell task modules for cleaning and maintenance.

3. Akia

Akia automates guest messaging, phone calls, and reviews for hotels and vacation rentals. Its AI Voice product runs your phone line, resolves what the caller needs, and takes a payment before the call ends. On messaging, Akia says up to 90% of messages never reach your team, and its guest messaging page says the agent handles late checkout requests, issues keycodes, and creates housekeeping and maintenance tasks. Guesty and Hostaway are both on its integrations page. Most of Akia's published case studies are hotels, so ask for vacation rental references. Pricing is not published. See our Akia review.

4. Besty

Besty describes itself as one operating system for guest communication, revenue automation, and operations. Its feature list includes autopilot messaging, a unified inbox, an upselling engine, a guest portal, a workflow and SOP builder, VoIP, an AI Voice Receptionist labelled Beta, a Cleaning & Ops module with a field app, and smart lock integrations. Besty's integrations page lists Guesty, Hostaway, Track, Streamline, and Escapia, and says 100+ property managers use its Hostaway integration. Pricing is not published. We compared the two directly in Conduit vs Besty.

5. Conduit

Conduit runs configurable AI agents for guest messaging and voice, with native Guesty and Hostaway connections that write back to the PMS. Each agent has its own instructions, model, guardrails, and a per-tool allowlist on every connection, so you decide which Guesty or Hostaway actions it may take, and it runs in Autopilot or Copilot mode with per-channel overrides. Skills are named, versioned instruction packs attached to an agent. Conduit has handled 50M+ conversations for 300+ hospitality brands, with 70-90% automation as the typical range. Cash Flow Street reached 96% automation across 35 properties, and Haven Vacation Rentals reached 90%. The Messaging package at $18 per unit per month includes inbound and outbound voice AI.

Where Aeve's rules decide what gets sent, Conduit lets you mix agent judgment with deterministic workflows. A workflow (conditions, waits, send message, create task, run a PMS tool) can be called by an agent as a tool, so a refund request always walks the same steps. Workflows and agents also start on their own from triggers such as a new or modified reservation in Guesty or Hostaway, a time offset before check-in or check-out, or a task status change, and they run in the background with retries. In the Full Suite package, a guest's photo of a broken shower becomes a maintenance task, the task goes to a contractor by SMS or email with accept and decline links, and the guest hears back when it's done. We walk through that loop in guest messaging and operations in one system.

Watch-outs: Conduit costs more per unit than Aeve's published rate, and tasks and dispatch need the $48 Full Suite package. The configuration depth also means more setup than a policy-locked autopilot. If all you want is reliable replies inside Guesty or Hostaway, that extra scope may not pay for itself.

6. Enso Connect

Enso Connect calls itself the AI agent layer for Guesty, and lists Hostaway with two-way sync on the same page. EnsoAI answers in an inbox that brings together Airbnb, Booking.com, WhatsApp, SMS, email, and phone, in Copilot or Autopilot mode, and Enso's Custom Workflows fire on guest events without code. The Boarding Pass guest app handles verification, guidebooks, and upsells. Enso says it runs on 60,000+ listings, and its published case studies report automation between 65% and 75%. Pricing is not published. Our Enso Connect alternatives guide covers it in depth.

How do the Aeve alternatives compare side by side?

The table below scores Aeve and the six Aeve alternatives on the same criteria, using only what each vendor publishes on the pages linked above. A cell marked "not published" means the vendor's site is silent on it, and the feature may still exist on request. Automation figures are each vendor's own published claim.

How much does Aeve cost compared with the alternatives?

Aeve publishes its price on its pricing page: $12.80 per listing per month on a standard 12-month contract, with every feature included, 20% off for new customers, a flat $192 per month for up to 15 listings, and quotes on enquiry above 100 listings. Among the six alternatives, Conduit publishes package prices per unit per month: Messaging at $18, Guest at $30, Guest + Devices at $36, and Full Suite at $48, with a Startup plan at $899 per month for 0-25 units. Those are starting rates, and pricing scales beyond 50 listings (see pricing). Hostaway says AI Replies has no add-on fee, and Guesty, Akia, Besty, and Enso Connect don't list prices for these products.

On price alone, Aeve is the cheapest published option per listing. Conduit's $18 Messaging package costs more per unit and includes voice, and the higher packages add a guest portal, devices, and tasks. Ask Guesty what its AI costs on your plan first, since it may already be in your bill.

When should you stay with Aeve?

Aeve is a good fit when your portfolio is on Guesty or Hostaway, guests mostly write rather than call, and you want replies that follow your house rules without building an operations stack. Aeve's published per-listing price is lower than Conduit's, the other tool here with a published per-unit price, and its pricing page says every feature is included. Aeve also says a Guesty account can go from connected to handling live messages in 24 hours, so a trial is cheap to run.

Look elsewhere if the phone is a big share of your guest contact, if you want a guest portal and upsells run from one place, or if you want tasks created and dispatched from the conversation in the same system. If you're comparing the wider field, our best AI guest messaging software for short-term rentals scores eight tools on the same criteria, and Hostaway's pricing and alternatives helps if you're also reconsidering the PMS.

FAQ

The questions below cover Aeve's PMS support, pricing, automation claims, and how the main alternatives compare for hosts on Guesty and Hostaway, including which ones answer calls and which ones create maintenance tasks from guest messages. Each answer stands on its own, so you can jump to the question you came for.

Does Aeve only work with Guesty?

Aeve works with Guesty and Hostaway. Its site lists it as an official marketplace partner of both, and it names no other property management system.

How much does Aeve cost?

Aeve charges $12.80 per listing per month on a standard 12-month contract, according to its pricing page. Portfolios of up to 15 listings pay a flat $192 per month, new customers get 20% off, and portfolios over 100 listings are quoted on enquiry.

What is the best Aeve alternative for Guesty hosts?

Guesty AI is the simplest Aeve alternative for Guesty hosts because it is built into the PMS. Akia, Besty, Conduit, and Enso Connect all integrate with Guesty as standalone options, and Akia and Conduit add AI that answers phone calls, with Besty's voice receptionist in beta.

What is the best Aeve alternative for Hostaway hosts?

Hostaway AI is the built-in option, and Hostaway says its AI Replies can automate up to 90% of guest communication with no add-on fee. Akia, Besty, Conduit, and Enso Connect all list Hostaway integrations if you want a separate agent.

Is Aeve's 70 to 90 percent automation claim independently verified?

Aeve's 70 to 90 percent figure is Aeve's own claim, stated in the FAQ on its homepage. Conduit publishes the same range for its own customers, with named results from Cash Flow Street (96%) and Haven Vacation Rentals (90%).

Which Aeve alternative can create maintenance tasks from guest messages?

Guesty AI has a message-to-task dispatcher inside Guesty, and Conduit's Full Suite package creates a task from the conversation, dispatches it to a contractor by SMS or email, and updates the guest when it closes. Besty sells a Cleaning & Ops module with a field app.