Cloudbeds is an all-in-one hospitality management platform. Over 26,000 properties in 150 countries use it, from boutique hotels to hotel groups with many sites. If you are comparing PMS options, you need to know what Cloudbeds includes. You also need to know what it leaves to a separate payment automation tool. This review covers both.
It breaks down Cloudbeds' core features and its pricing. It also shows where ChargeAutomation's payment and guest verification layer fits alongside it.
Cloudbeds combines a PMS, channel management, a booking engine, payments, and revenue tools on one data model. It also has a built-in unified inbox and an open API for outside tools. It serves everyone from single boutique hotels to large hotel groups.
Users often praise its reports and channel sync. But deeper payment automation is most often handled by partners, not built in. This covers security deposits, guest ID verification, and automatic retries.
Cloudbeds prices by property size and feature tier. Costs grow as a property adds modules like the booking engine or revenue tools. Larger groups with many properties most often agree on custom pricing, not a fixed public rate.
Because pricing is modular, your total cost depends on which Cloudbeds features you use. To compare quotes, first confirm which modules are included.
ChargeAutomation integrates directly with Cloudbeds. It adds the payment automation layer that Cloudbeds leaves to partners. You can collect full or partial payments synced to the Cloudbeds reservation. You can check guest identity with signed agreements before check-in. You can also pre-authorize security deposits that release on their own.
Payments run through 130+ gateways with built-in fraud protection. Upsell offers like early check-in and late checkout run in the same guest flow. Everything syncs back to the Cloudbeds reservation automatically.
Cloudbeds is an all-in-one hospitality management platform. It combines a PMS, channel management, a booking engine, and revenue tools for hotels and hotel groups.
Cloudbeds includes payment processing. But deeper automation, like security deposit pre-authorization and guest ID verification, most often comes from partners like ChargeAutomation.
Pricing grows with property size and the modules you use. Larger groups most often agree on custom pricing rather than a fixed public rate.
Yes. ChargeAutomation links directly with Cloudbeds. It adds automated payments, guest verification, and security deposits, and you do not need to change your PMS.
ChargeAutomation links Cloudbeds to 130+ payment gateways with built-in fraud protection. That goes beyond what Cloudbeds offers on its own.
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