Hotel Software Name List India 2026: 10 PMS, Prices + Demo
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Hotel software name list for India, 2026
Here is the hotel software name list for India in 2026: Codingclave Hotel PMS, Hotelogix, eZee Absolute, IDS Next FortuneNEXT, Djubo, Stayflexi, mycloud Hospitality, AxisRooms, RoomRaccoon and Clock PMS. Ten names, all with GST billing and OTA sync, priced from ₹2,500 a month (Codingclave Cloud) to custom quotes (IDS Next). I am Ashish Sharma, founder of Codingclave, and we have built and installed hotel software since 2017 for properties from 10-room homestays to 200-room business hotels. The table below gives each name, what it is for and the current price. The ranked review and a department-by-department breakdown follow.
Prices below are list prices I checked on 4 October 2026 from each vendor's pricing page or its Capterra, itqlick or costbench listing. Where a vendor quotes only in US dollars I show the dollar figure and a rupee conversion at ₹85 to the dollar, rounded. Vendors change prices often, so treat the rupee figures as a budgeting guide and confirm on the vendor's site before you sign.
Hotel software list: all 10 names, what each is for, and price
| # | Software name | What it is for | 2026 starting price | Cloud? | GST billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Codingclave Hotel PMS | Full PMS for 10 to 200 rooms, flat price, source code option | ₹2,500/month, ₹22,000/year or ₹1,00,000 one-time | Cloud or self-hosted | Yes, with e-invoicing |
| 2 | Hotelogix | Cloud PMS for small and mid-size hotels | US$3.99/room/month (about ₹340/room) + US$350 setup | Cloud | Yes |
| 3 | eZee Absolute | Budget hotels and small chains, modular suite | US$23.86/month for 5 rooms (about ₹2,000) | Cloud | Yes |
| 4 | IDS Next FortuneNEXT | Enterprise hotel ERP for chains and five-star properties | Custom quote | Cloud and on-premise | Yes |
| 5 | Djubo | Revenue and direct-booking focused independent hotels | From US$46/month (about ₹3,900) | Cloud | Yes |
| 6 | Stayflexi | Budget and transit hotels, hourly and flexible check-in | From US$40/month or US$2/room (about ₹3,400) | Cloud | Yes |
| 7 | mycloud Hospitality | Mid-size hotels wanting an all-in-one cloud suite | US$8 to US$16/room/month (about ₹680 to ₹1,360/room) | Cloud | Yes |
| 8 | AxisRooms | Channel manager first, basic PMS second | US$50 to US$270/month (about ₹4,250 to ₹23,000) | Cloud | Partial |
| 9 | RoomRaccoon | Boutique hotels and B&Bs, automation heavy | From about US$207/month (about ₹17,600) | Cloud | Basic |
| 10 | Clock PMS+ | Tech-forward luxury and boutique hotels | About US$150/month for 20 rooms, revenue based | Cloud | Needs configuration |
Other names you will hear in India that did not make my top 10: Cloudbeds (US$200 to US$1,000 a month, quote only), Oracle OPERA Cloud (chains and five-star), Innkey PMS (Ahmedabad), Cheerze Connect (Chennai), Aatithya HMS, ShawMan and the open-source QloApps. If you want the wider 30-plus list with POS, locks and accounting tools, read our hotel software list for India.
Software used in the hotel industry in India (by department)
Searchers asking "software used in hotel industry in India" usually want to know which tool each department runs, not a ranking. This is what I see inside Indian hotels in 2026.
| Department | What the software does | Names used in India |
|---|---|---|
| Front desk and reservations | Check-in, check-out, room grid, guest folios, night audit | Codingclave Hotel PMS, Hotelogix, eZee Absolute, IDS Next, Djubo, Stayflexi |
| Sales and distribution | Pushes rates and availability to OTAs, pulls bookings back | AxisRooms, eZee Centrix, STAAH, SiteMinder, PMS built-in managers |
| Direct bookings | "Book Now" on your own website, commission free | Booking engines built into Djubo, Hotelogix, eZee and Codingclave; Simplotel |
| Restaurant and bar | Table orders, KOT, room-service charges posted to the folio | Petpooja, eZee BurrP, Codingclave Restaurant POS |
| Housekeeping | Clean, dirty and inspected status, task lists, minibar | PMS housekeeping module and mobile app |
| Accounts and GST | Invoices at 5% or 18%, e-invoicing above ₹5 crore turnover, Tally export | PMS billing module plus TallyPrime or Zoho Books |
| Revenue management | Dynamic rates, rate shopping, competitor tracking | RoomRaccoon, Clock PMS, AxisRooms rate shopper, RateGain |
| Guest messaging | Booking confirmation, check-in links, reviews over WhatsApp | WATI, Interakt, PayPerWA |
| Payments | UPI, cards and saved-card no-show charges | Razorpay, PayU |
A 12-room hotel usually runs one PMS that covers the first six rows (we rank those single-product options separately in our best hotel software for small and boutique hotels in India guide). A 100-room hotel with a restaurant and banquet hall typically runs four or five separate products connected by integrations, which is where most implementation time goes.
Best PMS software in India: my pick by hotel size
- Homestays and guesthouses, 5 to 20 rooms: Stayflexi or eZee Absolute. Cheapest to start, 1 to 2 weeks to go live.
- Budget hotels, 20 to 50 rooms: Hotelogix or Codingclave Cloud. Hotelogix has the deeper OTA list; Codingclave is flat ₹2,500 a month regardless of room count.
- Mid-range hotels, 50 to 100 rooms: Codingclave Hotel PMS (one-time licence pays back inside a year against per-room pricing) or Djubo if direct bookings are your priority.
- Luxury and boutique: Clock PMS+ for guest-app features, or Codingclave when you want the guest journey built around your brand.
- Chains, 100+ rooms across properties: IDS Next FortuneNEXT, or our multi-tenant hotel software if you want to own the platform.
Cloud hotel PMS India: which of the 10 are cloud, and what cloud really costs
Nine of the ten names are cloud hosted. Only IDS Next still sells on-premise alongside cloud, and only Codingclave offers a self-hosted licence where the code runs on your own server. For a cloud hotel PMS in India the cost driver is the pricing model, not the brand:
- Per room per month: Hotelogix (US$3.99), mycloud (US$8 to US$16), Stayflexi (US$2). A 40-room hotel on mycloud Standard pays about US$480, roughly ₹40,000 a month.
- Flat per property per month: Codingclave (₹2,500), eZee Absolute (tiered by room band), Djubo (tiered by room band), RoomRaccoon (tiered). Cost stays level as you add rooms within the band.
- Revenue based: Clock PMS+ prices on room count and annual net revenue, so two hotels of the same size pay different amounts.
If you are weighing cloud against a server in the back office, I wrote a separate cloud vs on-premise hotel PMS guide with the five-year numbers.
Key features every hotel PMS must have in 2026
- Reservation management: online booking engine, walk-ins, group bookings
- Channel manager: two-way sync with MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, Booking.com and Agoda
- Front desk operations: check-in and check-out, room assignment, guest folios
- Housekeeping: room status, task assignment, maintenance alerts
- Revenue management: dynamic pricing, occupancy-based rate rules
- GST billing: 5% without input credit on rooms up to ₹7,500 a night and 18% above, the slabs in force since the GST Council's 22 September 2025 change (the 12% slab is gone)
- Restaurant and POS integration: room-service charges must post to the folio automatically
- Reports: occupancy, RevPAR, ADR, and a night audit that reconciles to the rupee
Detailed reviews: the 10 hotel software names ranked
1. Codingclave Hotel PMS
Best for: Hotels that want every module at one flat price, with the option to own the code
- Type: Cloud SaaS or self-hosted licence with source code
- Tech stack: React, Node.js, PostgreSQL
- Pricing: ₹2,500 a month or ₹22,000 a year on cloud; ₹1,00,000 one-time self-hosted (prices from our product page, all modules included on every plan)
- Demo: try the live demo or watch the 5-minute video above
This is our product, so weigh my view accordingly. We built it after seeing hotels pay per room for features they never opened. Every plan includes reservations, front desk, housekeeping, OTA channel manager, restaurant POS and GST billing with e-invoicing. The one-time licence hands you the source code, so a 60-room hotel paying ₹15,000 a month elsewhere breaks even in about seven months.
Pros:
- Flat price, no per-room or per-booking fee
- Source code ownership on the one-time licence, so no vendor lock-in
- WhatsApp confirmations and check-in links built in
- Multi-property and multi-tenant editions for chains and resellers
- Free installation and onboarding, 3 months of support included
Cons:
- Smaller OTA list than Hotelogix or AxisRooms (the big Indian and global OTAs are covered, long-tail ones are not)
- Self-hosted customers need someone to run the server, or our managed hosting
- Smaller user community than eZee or Hotelogix
- Deep customisation beyond the standard modules is a paid project
Ideal for: 10 to 200 room hotels, heritage properties, resort groups and anyone who wants to stop paying monthly.
2. Hotelogix
Best for: Small to mid-size hotels wanting a proven cloud PMS with a deep OTA list
- Pricing: US$3.99 per room per month (about ₹340) with minimum billing, or US$0.20 per occupied room night; US$350 setup fee that covers training and booking-engine integration (Hotelogix pricing page, checked October 2026). Packaged plans run US$79.90 to US$179.90 a month.
- Deployment: Cloud
Hotelogix is an Indian cloud PMS used in 100-plus countries. GST billing is native and the OTA integrations cover the Indian majors plus the global ones.
Pros:
- Mature product with a large Indian install base
- Channel manager for 100+ OTAs included in higher plans
- GST-compliant billing built in
- Mobile app for owners and managers
Cons:
- Per-room pricing gets expensive past 40 rooms
- US$350 setup fee on top of the subscription
- Interface looks dated against Djubo or Clock
- Customisation is limited to configuration
3. eZee Absolute
Best for: Budget hotels and small chains that want to add modules as they grow
- Pricing: for a 5-room property, Classic (PMS only) US$23.86 a month, Elite (PMS plus booking engine) US$47.73, Star (PMS plus channel manager) US$55.68, Champion (all three) US$79.55, per itqlick's 2026 listing. Prices rise with room count.
- Deployment: Cloud
eZee, owned by Yanolja, is the most common PMS name I hear from Indian budget hotels. The suite splits into eZee Absolute (PMS), eZee Centrix (channel manager) and eZee BurrP (restaurant POS).
Pros:
- Cheapest entry price of the full-suite vendors
- Strong OTA support through Centrix
- Indian support team
- Regular feature updates
Cons:
- Three products means three interfaces and three invoices
- The all-in bundle costs over three times the entry plan
- UI feels dated in places
- Advanced analytics need premium plans
4. IDS Next FortuneNEXT
Best for: Large hotel chains and five-star properties
- Pricing: Custom quote only
- Deployment: Cloud and on-premise
IDS Next, founded in 1987 in Bangalore, serves over 6,000 properties in more than 45 countries, including Best Western's India hotels and the Sarovar and Fortune groups. FortuneNEXT is a 13-module hotel ERP rather than a PMS: central reservations, banquets, spa, loyalty and materials management are all inside.
Pros:
- Built for large Indian hotel operations
- Handles complex multi-property chains
- Strongest banquet and event management on this list
- PCI PA-DSS and GDPR compliant
Cons:
- Not priced for properties under 100 rooms
- Implementation runs months, not weeks
- Long contract commitments
- Customisation needs an enterprise agreement
5. Djubo
Best for: Independent hotels that want more direct bookings
- Pricing: From US$46 a month (about ₹3,900), tiered from 1 to 3 rooms up to 100+ rooms, per Capterra's 2026 listing. Modular, so you pay for the pieces you pick.
- Deployment: Cloud
Djubo, based in Noida since 2014, runs 2,500-plus hotels in 19 countries. Its channel manager syncs 130-plus OTAs and the booking engine connects to Google Hotel Ads, which is why I rank it first for direct-booking growth.
Pros:
- Best Google Hotel Ads integration of the Indian vendors
- Modern, clean interface
- Modular pricing suits lean operations
- Indian company with local support
Cons:
- Housekeeping and operations modules are lighter than Hotelogix or Codingclave
- Restaurant POS not included
- Not built for 200-room properties
6. Stayflexi
Best for: Budget and transit hotels that sell hourly or flexible stays
- Pricing: From US$40 a month (about ₹3,400) or US$2 per room, with a free tier and free trial, per Capterra's Flex PMS listing (4.7 out of 5 from 163 reviews).
- Deployment: Cloud
Stayflexi's angle is flexible check-in and check-out plus hourly bookings, which makes it the default choice for hotels near stations and airports.
Pros:
- Among the cheapest cloud PMS for small properties
- Hourly booking is unique on this list
- Self-service check-in cuts front-desk load
- Highly rated support
Cons:
- Limited features for full-service hotels
- Housekeeping and banquet modules are basic
- Smaller installed base than eZee or Hotelogix
7. mycloud Hospitality
Best for: Mid-size hotels wanting PMS, POS and channel manager from one vendor
- Pricing: Basic US$8, Standard US$12, Premium US$16 per room per month (about ₹680 to ₹1,360), 30-day free trial, per Capterra's 2026 listing.
- Deployment: Cloud
mycloud comes from Prologic First, founded in 1998 and now headquartered in London with a long Indian history. The suite is complete, but per-room pricing makes it one of the pricier options here once you pass 25 rooms.
Pros:
- Complete suite: PMS, POS, channel manager
- Good understanding of Indian GST and F&B workflows
- Reliable uptime
Cons:
- Per-room pricing adds up quickly (40 rooms on Standard is about ₹40,000 a month)
- Mobile app features are limited
- Support response times vary
8. AxisRooms
Best for: Hotels whose main problem is OTA distribution
- Pricing: Channel manager from US$50 a month for 1 to 10 rooms, US$80 for 11 to 30 rooms, US$120 for 71 to 100 rooms and US$270 for 200-plus rooms (AxisRooms pricing, October 2026). PMS and booking engine are add-ons.
- Deployment: Cloud
AxisRooms has run since 2011 and connects to 100-plus OTAs with native Airbnb integration. The PMS layer exists but I would pair AxisRooms with a dedicated PMS rather than rely on it alone. Our channel manager comparison covers it in detail.
Pros:
- One of the best channel managers in India
- Rate shopper included for competitor pricing
- Transparent room-band pricing
- Strong Indian support
Cons:
- PMS features are basic
- Housekeeping and operations modules are thin
- GST billing is partial, you still need a billing system
9. RoomRaccoon
Best for: Boutique hotels and B&Bs that want automation over customisation
- Pricing: Entry from about US$207 a month (about ₹17,600), rising to around US$620 for the Pro tier, per PricingSaaS and costbench 2026 listings. Quotes depend on room count.
- Deployment: Cloud
RoomRaccoon is a European product with automated yield management, upselling and guest messaging built in. It is excellent software, but at Indian room rates the entry price is hard to justify under 30 rooms.
Pros:
- Automated revenue management included
- Clean, modern interface
- Guest communication automation saves front-desk time
Cons:
- Expensive for Indian budget hotels
- Indian support and OTA coverage still maturing
- GST features are basic
- No restaurant POS
10. Clock PMS+
Best for: Tech-forward luxury and boutique hotels
- Pricing: Revenue based; about US$150 a month for 20 rooms and about US$450 at 100 rooms, plus a one-time onboarding fee of €1,500 to €2,600 (roommaster's 2026 pricing review).
- Deployment: Cloud
Clock PMS+ has the most modern guest-facing stack on this list: contactless check-in, digital keys, a guest app and an open API.
Pros:
- Best guest app and contactless flow here
- Open API for custom integrations
- Built-in revenue management
Cons:
- Onboarding fee alone is more than a year of Codingclave Cloud
- Limited Indian presence
- GST needs manual configuration
- Needs stable internet
How to choose the right hotel PMS
- 5 to 20 rooms: Stayflexi or eZee Absolute, or Codingclave Cloud if you want POS included
- 20 to 50 rooms: Hotelogix or Codingclave
- 50 to 100 rooms: Codingclave Hotel PMS one-time licence or mycloud
- Luxury and boutique: Clock PMS+ or Codingclave
- Chains: IDS Next FortuneNEXT or Codingclave Multi-Tenant
For the buying process itself, read our hotel management software guide, and for a line-by-line budget see the hotel software cost guide.
Frequently asked questions
What is the name of the software used in hotels in India?
There is no single name. A PMS sits at the centre and the common names are eZee Absolute, Hotelogix, IDS Next FortuneNEXT, Djubo, Stayflexi, mycloud Hospitality and Codingclave Hotel PMS. Around it sit a channel manager (AxisRooms, eZee Centrix), a restaurant POS (Petpooja, eZee BurrP) and accounting (TallyPrime, Zoho Books). Small hotels buy one PMS that bundles the lot.
Which software is used in the hotel industry in India, by department?
Front desk runs the PMS. Distribution runs a channel manager. The restaurant runs a POS that posts to the folio. Housekeeping uses the PMS mobile app. Accounts export to Tally or Zoho Books and file e-invoices above ₹5 crore turnover. Guest messaging runs on WhatsApp through WATI, Interakt or PayPerWA. The department table above lists the names for each.
Which is the best PMS software in India?
For 5 to 25 rooms, Stayflexi or eZee Absolute. For 25 to 100 rooms, Hotelogix, Djubo or Codingclave, with Codingclave the only one offering a one-time licence. For chains, IDS Next. Test the night audit and a GST invoice in every demo.
Which cloud hotel PMS in India is best for a small hotel?
Stayflexi (from about US$40 a month), eZee Absolute (from US$23.86 for 5 rooms) and Djubo (from US$46) are the cheapest at 2026 list prices. Codingclave Cloud is ₹2,500 a month flat with no per-room charge, which wins past about 12 rooms. Hotelogix at US$3.99 per room plus US$350 setup suits 20 rooms and up.
How much does hotel management software cost in India in 2026?
₹2,500 to ₹15,000 a month for a 20-room hotel on cloud, depending on vendor and modules. ₹1,00,000 one-time for a self-hosted licence with source code from us. Custom development from about ₹2,00,000. Enterprise chain systems are quote-only. Budget ₹50,000 to ₹2,00,000 for hardware.
Should I get a PMS with a built-in channel manager or separate ones?
Built-in for hotels under 100 rooms. Separate only when you need a premium channel manager like AxisRooms with native Airbnb and 100-plus OTAs alongside a specialist PMS.
How long does it take to implement a hotel PMS?
Cloud PMS 1 to 2 weeks, with installation and onboarding included free on Codingclave. Custom-built 8 to 12 weeks. Enterprise chains 2 to 4 months. Add 1 to 2 weeks of staff training.
Is a cloud PMS safe for hotel guest data?
Yes, if the vendor encrypts data, backs up daily and lets you export. Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act you remain responsible for guest ID copies, so ask about server location and ID retention. A self-hosted licence keeps the data on your own server if that matters to you.
What changed in hotel software between 2024 and 2026
If your last evaluation was more than 18 months ago, these are the changes that matter.
1. WhatsApp is now the default guest channel
Booking confirmation, check-in links, room-ready alerts, in-stay upsells and review requests go out on WhatsApp through WATI, Interakt or our own PayPerWA (₹0.20 a message platform fee on the Meta Cloud API, no subscription). WhatsApp open rates run above 90% against roughly 25% for email.
2. Dynamic pricing moved into the base plan
RoomRaccoon, Clock and Djubo now ship rate automation as standard rather than as a premium module. Expect an 8 to 15% RevPAR lift inside six months if you let the rules run.
3. GST slabs changed on 22 September 2025
The 12% slab for rooms between ₹1,001 and ₹7,500 is gone. Rooms up to ₹7,500 a night are 5% without input tax credit and rooms above ₹7,500 are 18% with credit. The declared tariff concept was withdrawn from 1 April 2025, so the rate follows the amount actually charged. Make sure your PMS applies the slab per night, per unit, on the transaction value.
4. UPI and saved-card no-show charges on the booking engine
Razorpay and PayU on the booking engine take UPI and cards for direct bookings and let the PMS charge no-show fees to a saved card, which typically cuts no-show revenue leakage by 15 to 25%.
5. AI concierge on the PMS
OpenAI or Claude layered on the PMS answers room-service, local-recommendation and late-checkout requests in Hindi and English around the clock, and cuts front-desk queries by 30 to 50%.
6. Channel managers sync 12-plus OTAs in real time
MakeMyTrip, Booking.com, Agoda, Airbnb, Goibibo, Cleartrip, Yatra, Trivago, Ctrip and Expedia sync both ways, which ends overbooking and saves 4 to 6 hours a day of manual rate updates.
7. QR check-in stayed after COVID
Guests scan a QR in the lobby, complete digital check-in and receive the room number and a mobile key. Budget hotels report 30 to 40% less front-desk staffing.
8. e-Invoicing for hotels over ₹5 crore
Hotels with turnover above ₹5 crore must generate e-invoices through the GST IRP (threshold in force since 1 August 2023). A current PMS generates the IRN and prints the QR on the invoice automatically.
More questions I get on hotel PMS
What does a PMS cost for a 50-room hotel in India? Per-room SaaS (Hotelogix, mycloud): about ₹17,000 to ₹50,000 a month. Flat SaaS (Codingclave): ₹2,500 a month or ₹22,000 a year. One-time licence: ₹1,00,000. Custom build: ₹4 to 12 lakh plus ₹15,000 to ₹30,000 a month maintenance. Hardware: ₹50,000 to ₹2 lakh.
Cloud or on-premise? Under 100 rooms, cloud. For 200-plus rooms or chains with strict IT policies, a hybrid: cloud for OTA sync and a local billing fallback for connectivity outages. The cloud vs on-premise guide has the five-year numbers.
Can a PMS handle multi-property chains? Yes. Hotelogix, Djubo, IDS Next and our multi-tenant edition support a central booking engine, consolidated reporting and role-based access per property. We have built multi-property systems for groups with 25-plus properties.
Does hotel PMS integrate with restaurant POS? Yes. Petpooja, eZee BurrP and our own POS post room-service charges to the guest folio. We integrate restaurant POS systems with the hotel PMS as standard for full-service hotels.
Can a PMS handle group bookings and corporate rate contracts? Yes. Multi-room group bookings with shared billing, negotiated corporate rates, GSTIN-aware invoicing and master folios for events are standard in every name on this list except AxisRooms.
Is there a housekeeping mobile app? Hotelogix, eZee, Codingclave, IDS Next and mycloud include one. Staff update room status in real time and the front desk gets a room-ready alert. Expect 20 to 30% less coordination time.
Conclusion
Pick by room count and pricing model, not by brand. Under 25 rooms, Stayflexi or eZee Absolute. 25 to 100 rooms, Hotelogix, Djubo or Codingclave, and Codingclave if you want to stop paying monthly. Chains, IDS Next or our multi-tenant platform. Whatever you shortlist, run the night audit and print a GST invoice in the demo before you sign.
Related resources
- Hotel Software List India 2026: 30+ Names
- Hotel Management Software Cost India 2026
- Hotel Channel Manager Software India 2026
- Best Restaurant POS Software India 2026
- Hotel Management Software UAE 2026
- WATI WhatsApp API Integration for Hotels
- Razorpay Payment Gateway for Hotel Direct Bookings
- OpenAI Integration for AI Concierge
- Codingclave Hotel Management Software and its live demo
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Last updated: 4 October 2026, prices rechecked against vendor pricing pages and Capterra, itqlick and costbench listings. Written by Ashish Sharma, founder of Codingclave Development LLP, Lucknow, building software since 2017 with 200+ projects shipped. Top Rated on Upwork. 4.9 out of 5 on Google from 76 reviews.
Frequently asked questions
There is no single name. Indian hotels run a property management system (PMS) at the centre and the common PMS names are eZee Absolute, Hotelogix, IDS Next FortuneNEXT, Djubo, Stayflexi, mycloud Hospitality and our own Codingclave Hotel PMS. Around the PMS you will usually find a channel manager such as AxisRooms or eZee Centrix for OTA sync, a restaurant POS such as Petpooja or eZee BurrP, and TallyPrime or Zoho Books for the accounts. A 10 to 30 room hotel normally needs one PMS that bundles billing, OTA sync and a booking engine. Chains buy the pieces separately.
Front desk and reservations run on the PMS (Hotelogix, eZee Absolute, Codingclave, IDS Next). Sales and distribution use a channel manager (AxisRooms, eZee Centrix, STAAH) to push rates to MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, Booking.com and Agoda. The restaurant runs a POS (Petpooja, eZee BurrP, or our Restaurant POS) that posts room-service charges to the guest folio. Housekeeping uses the PMS room-status module or its mobile app. Accounts export from the PMS to TallyPrime or Zoho Books and file GST e-invoices when turnover crosses ₹5 crore. Guest messaging increasingly runs on WhatsApp through WATI, Interakt or PayPerWA.
It depends on room count and budget. For 5 to 25 rooms I rank Stayflexi and eZee Absolute highest on price and setup time (both start around ₹2,000 to ₹3,400 a month at 2026 prices). For 25 to 100 rooms Hotelogix, Djubo and our Codingclave Hotel PMS give the best feature-to-price balance, and Codingclave is the only one of the three with a ₹1,00,000 one-time licence that ends monthly fees. For chains with 100+ rooms across several properties, IDS Next FortuneNEXT is the proven Indian enterprise choice. Test the night audit and GST invoice in every demo before you sign.
Every name on this list except the self-hosted Codingclave licence is cloud hosted, so the real question is price per room. Stayflexi (from about US$40 a month), eZee Absolute (from US$23.86 a month for 5 rooms) and Djubo (from US$46 a month) are the cheapest cloud PMS for a small Indian hotel at 2026 list prices. Codingclave Cloud is ₹2,500 a month flat for all modules, with no per-room charge, which works out cheaper once you pass about 12 rooms. Hotelogix charges US$3.99 per room per month plus a US$350 setup fee, so it suits 20 rooms and up.
Cloud PMS for a 20-room hotel runs ₹2,500 to ₹15,000 a month depending on the vendor and modules. Per-room products (Hotelogix at US$3.99 per room, mycloud at US$8 to US$16 per room) scale with every room you add. Flat products (Codingclave at ₹2,500 a month or ₹22,000 a year) do not. A one-time self-hosted licence with source code is ₹1,00,000 from us. Custom development of a PMS from scratch starts around ₹2,00,000 and enterprise chain systems from IDS Next are quote-only. Add ₹50,000 to ₹2,00,000 for hardware such as key-card encoders, printers and terminals.
Built-in is better for most hotels under 100 rooms: one dashboard, one invoice and no sync delay between the two systems, which is where double bookings come from. Separate tools make sense only when you need a premium channel manager with native Airbnb and 100+ OTA connections, such as AxisRooms (US$50 to US$270 a month), alongside a specialist PMS. Ask the PMS vendor how many OTAs the built-in manager covers and whether MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, Booking.com and Agoda are all two-way.
Cloud PMS: 1 to 2 weeks for a single property, including rate setup and OTA mapping. Codingclave installs sit at the short end of that range because installation and onboarding are included free. Custom-built PMS: 8 to 12 weeks. Enterprise PMS for chains: 2 to 4 months. Staff training adds 1 to 2 weeks in every case, and the night audit is the step your front desk will take longest to trust.
Yes, provided the vendor encrypts data in transit and at rest, takes daily backups and lets you export your guest database. Cloud is safer than a PC under the front desk for most hotels because patching and backups are handled by the vendor. India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act means you remain responsible for guest ID copies, so ask where the servers are and how long ID scans are retained. If you want data on your own server, a self-hosted licence like ours gives you that option.