Which is the right fit?
Room-only stays, nothing else to manage? Cloudbeds is built for that, and does it well. Selling accommodation alongside activities, wellness programs, or multi-day packages? That's what Bookinglayer was built for, in one booking flow.
Versus
| Feature | Bookinglayer | Cloudbeds |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Fixed | Fixed |
| Payment Gateways | 35+ | 8 |
| Countries where payments are supported | 140 | 42 |
| Automated Room Transfers | Included | Not included |
| Booking engine with seamless branding | Included | Limited |
| Sell custom packages | Included | Not included |
| Ability to book scheduled activities | Included | Not included |
| Guest Portal | Included | Limited |
| Upsell after booking | Included | Included |
| 24/7 Customer Support | Included | Included |
| API Access | Included | Included |
| Guest messaging dashboard | Not included | Included |
| Flexible cancellation | Included | Not included |
How to get started
Request a demo.
We look at how you sell, your rooms, activities, and packages. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you.
Onboard in two weeks.
Most clients go live in two weeks, working one to two hours a day with a dedicated onboarding specialist.
Go live and let it run.
The reminders send themselves. The deposits register themselves. You just run the retreat.
FAQ
Questions, answered
How is Bookinglayer different from Cloudbeds?
Bookinglayer sells accommodation and activities together in one booking flow, while Cloudbeds is built primarily for room-only stays. That difference runs through the feature set: Bookinglayer includes scheduled activity booking, custom package building, and automated room transfers, none of which Cloudbeds offers, alongside a broader payment footprint of 35+ gateways across 140 countries compared to Cloudbeds' 8 gateways in 42 countries. For a business selling a room and a program as one product, that means one checkout and one guest record instead of a room booking in one system and an activity booking patched together somewhere else.
Can I move from Cloudbeds to Bookinglayer?
Yes. A business can switch from Cloudbeds to Bookinglayer easily. Bookinglayer imports existing guest and reservation data, which gets uploaded during onboarding so names, emails, and booking history land in the right place instead of starting from a blank account. Most clients go live within two weeks, working one to two hours a day with a dedicated onboarding specialist.
Which one is the right fit for my business?
Choosing between Bookinglayer and Cloudbeds depends on what's actually being sold. A property running purely room-only stays, with no activities, programs, or multi-day packages to schedule, is often well served by Cloudbeds, its channel manager and room-focused tools are built for exactly that. Once accommodation needs to be sold alongside scheduled activities, wellness programs, or fixed-date packages, that's the point where Bookinglayer's package model becomes the better fit, since it holds both in one system instead of requiring a second tool to cover the gap.