Staying vs Gjestfri
Gjestfri is a focused, well-priced Norwegian tool for filling your calendar. Staying is a platform for earning more from the guests already in the building. If you rent out one cabin, read the honest assessment below before you switch.
One fills the calendar. One earns from the stay.
Gjestfri and Staying overlap on the basics, then go in different directions. Knowing which direction you need makes the choice easy.
Gjestfri
- Publishes to Booking.com and Airbnb with calendar sync
- Built in Norwegian for Norwegian hosts, with a fast setup
- Dynamic pricing, a direct booking site and a cleaning app included
Where it stops
- No in-stay revenue: no service catalog, ordering, POS or upsells
- No B2B channel — no travel agent portal, allotments or commission statements
Staying
A hospitality platform that turns the stay itself into revenue, then gives you the team, compliance and reach to run it at scale.
- Guests order dining, activities, transport and wellness during the stay — you take a cut of each
- POS, kitchen display, ticketing and gift cards for what you sell on site
- 30 languages and 15 currencies, so you are not limited to one market
- Roles for owners, admins, staff and support — plus a travel agent portal for group business
- GDPR tooling, two-factor authentication and full audit logging
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
Scored honestly — Gjestfri wins several of these, and we say so.
| Feature | Staying | Gjestfri | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Norwegian interface | Tie | ||
| Commission-free direct booking site | Tie | ||
| Channel sync (Booking.com, Airbnb) | Calendars via iCal | Publishing + calendar sync | |
| Dynamic pricing rules | Tie | ||
| Housekeeping | Tasks, routes & staff app | Task list in app | Tie |
| Automated guest messaging | Tie | ||
| In-stay upsell marketplace | |||
| POS & kitchen display | |||
| Travel agent portal (B2B) | |||
| GDPR tooling (DSAR, retention, consent log) | |||
| 2FA & audit logging | |||
| Gift cards |
Gjestfri column: as published on gjestfri.com (checked 2026-10-04): first month free, then from 99 kr per month per rental unit; six modules including channel sync, a direct booking site and a TV welcome screen.
Staying vs Gjestfri, answered
When Gjestfri is the better choice
When Gjestfri is the right call
- You rent out one or two places to Norwegian guests and want the lowest possible price — 99 kr is less than our paid plans, and our free tier may be tighter than you need
- Publishing rates and inventory straight to Booking.com and Airbnb is your main job to be done — we sync calendars over iCal today, which blocks double bookings but does not push rates
- You want six modules and one price, not a platform you grow into
- You want everything in Norwegian from a Norwegian vendor, end to end
If you sell services to guests during the stay, run more than a couple of properties, have staff, or host guests from outside Norway, Staying covers ground that Gjestfri does not.
Which Staying plan to start with alongside Gjestfri
We suggest Free as a starting point next to Gjestfri. Every plan is self-serve, so you can start on any of them.
Earn from the stay, not just the booking
Free for one property, no card required. Paid plans from €49/month, 0% commission.