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Smily
What Smily is
Smily is a vacation-rental platform for owners and managers who need one system for distribution, bookings, payments, guest communication, tasks, and performance. Its channel manager synchronizes listings, calendars, and prices across more than 1,000 websites and is intended to help prevent double bookings. The property-management system brings bookings, guests, payments, communication, and performance together. Smart Replies drafts responses to inbox messages and reviews using booking, guest, and property context, but does not send those replies automatically. Smily also provides a website builder for branded rental sites and direct bookings. Listed App Center connections include Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, PriceLabs, and Zapier. The service supports API and web access and offers dynamic pricing and payment processing. The displayed plan costs €2,287 a month, billed for the entered property count, with setup fees starting at €690. The monthly charge is the higher of a fixed fee or 1.2% of gross booking value.
Who it suits
Smily suits vacation-rental owners and managers, from a few properties to hundreds or thousands, who want distribution, booking operations, messaging, payments, and direct-booking tools together.
What it does well
- Synchronizes listings across more than 1,000 websites
- Centralizes bookings, guests, payments, and communication
- Drafts contextual guest and review replies
- Includes branded direct-booking website builder
- Supports dynamic pricing and payment processing
What to know first
- No free plan
- Displayed plan costs €2,287 a month
- Setup fees start at €690
- 2,000+ properties require contacting Smily
Limits
The listed plan is shown for 1 property at €2,287 a month, with the charge based on the higher of a fixed fee or 1.2% of gross booking value and a minimum based on property count. Operators with 2,000 or more properties must contact Smily; setup fees start at €690.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Smily vacation rental software | For [Input] properties; displayed as €2287 per month, with 30% savings shown against €3267. The page says it charges the higher of the fixed fee or 1.2% of gross booking value. Setup fees start at €690. · Minimum based on number of properties · For 2000+ properties, contact Smily · Setup fees from €690 | €2,287 a month |
As smily.com lists them, read 9 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open Smily’s website
- Review the monthly plan and enter the property count
- Choose the web or API access route
- Connect channels and apps through the App Center
- Configure the direct-booking website
- Set up messaging, payments, and dynamic pricing
Verdict
Smily combines channel management, property operations, messaging drafts, and direct-booking tools in one vacation-rental platform. Its paid pricing uses the higher of a fixed fee or 1.2% of gross booking value, so larger operators need a direct pricing discussion.
Questions
Does Smily offer a free plan?
No. Smily is listed as paid and has no free plan.
How much is the listed Smily plan?
The plan “Smily vacation rental software” is listed at €2,287 a month, billed for the entered property count. Setup fees start at €690.
Which platforms does Smily support?
Smily supports web and API access.
Which integrations are listed?
Connections include Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, PriceLabs, and Zapier.
Does Smily provide direct bookings?
Yes. It includes a website builder for branded vacation-rental websites and direct bookings.
Are Smart Replies automatic?
Smart Replies drafts inbox and review responses using booking, guest, and property context, but replies are not sent automatically.
Facts from Smily's own pages
- Cancellation Protection availability
- Cancellation Protection is available for Airbnb and Booking.com, while direct booking website and Google Vacation Rentals support is described as coming next. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Channel manager
- Smily says its channel manager synchronizes listings, calendars, and prices across more than 1,000 websites and helps prevent double bookings. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Company
- Smily says BookingSync, the company behind Smily, is a French startup; its About page says the first investment round was raised in early 2014. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Direct bookings
- Smily offers a website builder for branded vacation rental websites and direct bookings. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Guest messaging
- Smart Replies drafts inbox and review responses using booking, guest, and property context, and replies are not sent automatically. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Névache, France · smily.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Smily lists Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, PriceLabs, and Zapier among its App Center connections. · secure.smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Pricing limits
- The pricing page says the monthly charge is the higher of a fixed fee or a 1.2% commission on gross booking value, with a minimum based on property count; 2,000+ properties must contact Smily. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Property management
- Its PMS centralizes bookings, guests, payments, communication, and performance in one system. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- Smily says sensitive data is encrypted at rest and in transit, card processing applications adhere to PCI-DSS Level 3, and it does not store card numbers on client devices. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The pricing page says the monthly subscription includes customer support, hosting, security, maintenance, and updates. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- Target users
- Smily describes the product as designed for vacation rental owners and managers, including operators managing from a few properties to hundreds or thousands. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Smily is an all-in-one vacation rental platform for managing distribution, payments, guest communication, tasks, and performance. · smily.com, 9 Oct 2026