Software for Airbnb Co-Hosting Businesses: Owners, Fees and Payouts (2026)
Last reviewed: October 2026
A co-hosting business runs Airbnb listings for owners and earns a fee. Money flows the other way from full-service management: the payout often goes to the owner directly, and the co-host charges the owner. So the software has to charge the fee, send a clear monthly statement and keep the owner informed, besides guest messages and cleaning. Rentology handles both models in one account: co-hosting owners are charged their fee, and full-service owners are paid out. Owners get a portal and app, and agreements are signed inside Rentology.
What a co-hosting business needs from software
- Signed co-hosting agreements, kept per owner
- Charging the owner the co-hosting fee, not paying them out
- A monthly statement the owner can check
- An owner portal so owners stop asking for updates by text
- Guest messages and cleaning run the same as for your own homes
The options, compared
| Product | Built for | Co-hosting fit |
|---|---|---|
| Rentology | Short-term, mid-term and long-term rentals in one account | Co-hosting and full-service owners in one account: fees charged or payouts sent, statements, owner portal and app, in-app e-signature |
| Hospitable | Short-term rental hosts and small managers | Strong guest messaging automation for co-hosted listings |
| Hostaway | Short-term rental channel management and operations | Channel manager with owner tools |
| Airbnb's co-host tools | Adding a co-host to an Airbnb listing | Shares listing access and splits payouts on Airbnb only |
1. Rentology
Short-term, mid-term and long-term rentals in one account. Co-hosting and full-service owners in one account: fees charged or payouts sent, statements, owner portal and app, in-app e-signature.
Best for: Co-hosts growing into a management company.
2. Hospitable
Short-term rental hosts and small managers. Strong guest messaging automation for co-hosted listings.
Best for: Co-hosts whose main workload is guest messages.
3. Hostaway
Short-term rental channel management and operations. Channel manager with owner tools.
Best for: Co-hosts who manage the listings' channels themselves.
4. Airbnb's co-host tools
Adding a co-host to an Airbnb listing. Shares listing access and splits payouts on Airbnb only.
Best for: A co-host with one or two Airbnb-only listings.
What Rentology includes for co-hosting businesses
- Co-hosting owners are charged their fee; full-service owners are paid out; both live in one account
- Owner agreements signed electronically inside Rentology
- Monthly statements, receipts and an owner portal and app
- Guest AI, one inbox and cleaning jobs with photo checklists
- Owner onboarding emails that follow the agreement the owner actually signed
How it works in Rentology, step by step
- Add each owner and mark them as co-hosting or full-service.
- Send the owner agreement for electronic signature inside Rentology.
- Run guest messages and cleaning the same way for every home.
- At month end, build each owner's statement.
- Charge co-hosting owners their fee, and pay full-service owners what they are owed.
An example
Two owners, two money directions
Owner A works with you as a co-host: Airbnb pays her directly, so at month end Rentology builds her statement and charges her the co-hosting fee. Owner B has full-service management: the booking income comes to you, so Rentology builds his statement and pays out what he is owed. Both see their statements in the owner portal.
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How we wrote this
Rentology publishes this page, so read it as our view. We describe each product by what it was built for and say plainly where another tool fits better. Check each vendor's site for current prices and features.
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