Prostay vs. Little Hotelier
Little Hotelier is friendly. Prostay is friendly with room to grow.
Little Hotelier earned its reputation with very small properties. Prostay competes by giving you the same simplicity for a 6-room B&B, plus the headroom to scale to 60 rooms or 6 properties without changing platforms.
Credit where it’s due.
These are the rows where Little Hotelier genuinely earns its customers. We don’t pretend otherwise.
Simplicity
Approachable for very small properties.
Little Hotelier is well-tuned to owner-operated B&Bs and inns. Setup is friendly and the daily flow is uncluttered.
Brand
Trusted name for tiny hotels.
Recognised brand in the small-property segment, with a community to match.
Channel manager
Channel sync that works.
Distribution is one of Little Hotelier’s historical strengths, reliable across the major OTAs.
Pricing
Entry-level pricing.
Affordable plans aimed at properties that don’t need much beyond the basics.
Where we make a different bet.
These are the rows we built the platform to win. Each one is anchored in a real product surface.
Headroom
A platform that grows with you.
Prostay’s All-in-One scales from 4 rooms to 400, same UX, same data model, no second migration when you grow.
AI
AI Booking Assistant for small teams.
A 6-room B&B benefits the most from AI replies. Prostay ships an AI Booking Assistant that closes the after-hours enquiries you can’t.
Payments
Deposits and pre-auths default-on.
Prostay Pay takes deposits at booking and pre-auths the card on file. Little Hotelier typically requires a separate gateway with manual workflows.
Accounting
Accounting in the platform.
Prostay Accounting auto-posts journals and produces owner statements, useful as soon as you add a second property.
Row by row.
A non-cherry-picked feature matrix. Solid dot for full support, half dot for partial, empty for not available at the time of writing.
| Feature | Prostay | Little Hotelier |
|---|---|---|
Friendly setup for tiny properties | ||
Channel manager included | ||
Booking engine included | ||
Native AI Booking Assistant | ||
Deposits / pre-auths default on | ||
Built-in accounting | ||
Multi-property management Little Hotelier targets single properties; multi-property is limited. | ||
Scales to 100+ rooms | ||
Open REST API + webhooks | ||
SAML / OIDC SSO | ||
EU / US / APAC region pinning | ||
Anomaly detection on folios |
How to choose, honestly.
Pick Little Hotelier if
- You run a single, very small property and don’t plan to grow.
- You don’t need AI replies or in-platform accounting.
- Your team is happy with the Little Hotelier workflow today.
- You’re strictly optimising for entry-level monthly cost.
Pick Prostay if
- You want the same simplicity, with room to grow to 30+ rooms or a second property.
- You want an AI Booking Assistant catching the after-hours enquiries you currently lose.
- You want deposits and pre-auths on by default.
- You want owner statements and accounting baked in.
How a switch from Little Hotelier actually works.
A Little Hotelier → Prostay switch typically takes a week. We do this regularly for growing B&Bs.
Step 01
Export from Little Hotelier.
Reservations, profiles, rate plans pulled via export. Mapping handled by us.
Step 02
Re-author the rates.
Rate plans rebuilt in Prostay with parity verified across channels.
Step 03
Cut over the channels.
Channel manager re-pointed; OTA inventory verified before go-live.
Step 04
Hand off.
Owner / receptionist trained in a single 90-minute session. Audit log compared in week one.
Comparing Prostay to a different PMS?
Honest, side-by-side breakdowns for the systems most teams shortlist alongside Prostay.
A small-property migration done in a week.
Send us a Little Hotelier export and your last quarter of reports. We’ll show you a like-for-like Prostay setup before you commit.
- No-cost migration assessment
- Setup in under 7 days
- No setup fee on All-in-One
- Owner trained in a single session