Apaleo
Hotels · Boutique Hotels · Apartments · Resorts
Apaleo is an API-first, open property management platform designed for tech-forward hospitality businesses. Rather than offering a monolithic all-in-one system, Apaleo provides a lean PMS core and an open app store, allowing operators to build their ideal technology stack by connecting best-of-breed tools.
- Free trial
- No
- Setup fee
- No setup fee
- Multi-property
- Yes
- Features
- 12/14
Apaleo pricing
| Property size | Per month | Per unit |
|---|---|---|
| 10 units | $50 | $5 |
| 20 units | $90 | $4.5 |
| 50 units | $200 | $4 |
| 100 units | $350 | $3.5 |
Indicative list pricing collected from public sources. Confirm with the vendor before deciding.
Features
- Channel Manager
- Booking Engine
- Payments
- Reporting
- Open API
- Multi-Property
- Rate Management
- Online Check-in
- Invoicing
- Guest Messaging
- Multi-Language
- Multi-Currency
Support: Email, Chat
Apaleo: API-First Open Property Management System
Apaleo is a cloud-native, API-first property management system founded in 2016 by former Amadeus technology executives. It is designed for hospitality operators who want to build a fully composable technology stack rather than rely on a traditional all-in-one hotel software suite. Apaleo is particularly popular among aparthotels, serviced apartments, and digital-first hotel brands.
Core PMS Functionality
Apaleo covers the essential functions of a property management system: reservations, rate and inventory management, invoicing, and operational reporting. Its interface is clean and straightforward, built to handle day-to-day front-of-house operations without unnecessary complexity.
The Apaleo Store: Open App Marketplace
The defining feature of Apaleo is the Apaleo Store, an open marketplace where operators can connect third-party applications for any function the core PMS does not cover. Guest experience platforms, revenue management tools, housekeeping apps, upselling engines, and business intelligence solutions can all be added and removed as operational needs evolve.
Developer-Friendly Open API
Apaleo publishes a fully documented public API that makes it straightforward for hospitality technology developers and in-house engineering teams to build custom integrations. This openness is a deliberate design choice, positioning Apaleo as the infrastructure layer of a modern hotel technology stack rather than a closed ecosystem.
Designed for Aparthotels and Hybrid Properties
The platform's flexible data model and billing capabilities make it well suited to aparthotels, serviced apartment operators, and hybrid hospitality concepts that don't fit neatly into the mold of traditional hotels. Its architecture handles complex rate structures and extended-stay billing scenarios that some legacy PMS platforms struggle with.
Integration Over All-in-One
Apaleo takes a deliberate stance against the proprietary all-in-one approach common in hotel software. Rather than building every module internally, it focuses on being the best possible foundation for a connected ecosystem of best-of-breed tools.
Who It Is For
Apaleo is best suited to tech-savvy hospitality operators, aparthotel groups, and innovative hotel brands that prioritize flexibility, interoperability, and custom development. It requires more active technology management than a traditional cloud PMS, making it a stronger fit for organizations with in-house technical resources or dedicated technology partners.
How Apaleo compares to the other 33
Every system here is recorded on the same axes, so these are positions in the field rather than opinions. We publish no user ratings, because we have no reviewers.
- At $50 a month for 10 units, Apaleo is the 4th cheapest of the 27 systems here that publish an entry price in USD — cheaper than 23 of them, and below the field median of $100.
- On features it lists 12 of 14, above the field median of 10 — 4th of 34.
- What it lacks that most peers ship: Mobile App.
- What few peers offer and it does: Multi-Language.
- No published free trial — normal here, since only 13 of 34 publish one.
Apaleo: common questions
- How much does Apaleo cost?
- Apaleo lists $50 a month at 10 units, rising to $350 at 100 units. Setup fee: No setup fee. At $50 a month for 10 units, Apaleo is the 4th cheapest of the 27 systems here that publish an entry price in USD — cheaper than 23 of them, and below the field median of $100.
- Does Apaleo offer a free trial?
- No free trial is published. Only 13 of the 34 systems tracked here publish one, so this is the norm rather than the exception; most run a demo instead.
- What does Apaleo not do that most PMSs do?
- Mobile App — each of those is offered by most of the 34 systems tracked here and is not listed for Apaleo.
- What are the best Apaleo alternatives?
- The closest are Clock PMS, Cloudbeds, Guestline, Mews and Stayntouch — each serves the same property types. Compare any of them against Apaleo side by side below.
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