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Tokay and Lodgify both answer guest messages with AI. Tokay is the complete front desk: six agents, the host in control, one flat price, live in about ten minutes. Lodgify is a direct booking website builder with a channel manager behind it, and it markets an "AI co-host" that drafts replies for the host to send. Here is how they compare.
Side by side
Lodgify facts are from their public material as of October 2026; check their site for the current figure.
| Tokay | Lodgify | |
|---|---|---|
| Answers guests 24/7 in their own language (10+) | YesThai, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Russian and more | AI drafts only; the host sends |
| Sends on its own, one topic at a time, after a supervised start | Yestwo weeks supervised, then per topic | No |
| Asks you instead of guessing when a fact is missing | Yes | Not stated |
| Price recommendations every morning, two-day undo | Yes | Not stated |
| Expense records from bank slip photos | Yes | No |
| Monthly bill watchdog | Yes | No |
| Nightly cleaning brief, updated on changes | Yes | Not stated |
| Review replies drafted the morning they land | Yes | Not stated |
| One morning summary of what needs you | Yes | No |
| Cleaners and contractors reached on LINE | Yes | No |
| Works without a PMS | Yesconnects to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo directly | It is the PMS |
| Connected in about ten minutes | Yes | Website and channel setup |
| Direct booking website and channel manager | Tokay connects to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo directly, so most hosts under 25 listings never need one | Yesits core product |
| Guest messaging on WhatsApp and LINE | Coming soon | Not stated |
| Smart locks | Coming soon | Not stated |
| Price per listing per month (as of October 2026) | $29, or $24 billed yearly | Professional about $58 for 1 listing; about $23 per listing at 10 |
| Per-message fees or commissions | None | Not stated |
| Yearly billing | $24 per listing | 20% off |
| Money back | Full refund within 30 days | Not stated |
The Tokay edge
Six agents, not one feature
Lodgify's AI co-host is a drafting feature inside a website builder. It writes a suggested reply; the host reads it and presses send, at 3 PM and at 3 AM. Tokay's six agents do the day's work. Pam answers guests around the clock. Ivo reviews prices every morning and you approve. Angela turns bank slips into expense records and flags a bill that has not arrived. Sam writes tomorrow's cleaning brief and rewrites it when plans change. Andy drafts a reply to every review. Leo sends one morning message with what needs you.
You stay in charge of every decision
A tool that only drafts keeps the host in the loop by keeping the host at the keyboard. Tokay keeps you in charge without that. For two weeks every reply comes to you to approve, edit or deny with a tap. Then you switch on what Pam may send alone, one topic at a time. Price changes can be undone for two days. Anything unusual, upset, sensitive or uncertain always comes to you first, and when a fact is missing Pam asks instead of guessing. You decide; you do not type.
Guests answered in their language, not just translated
Pam replies in the guest's own language, more than ten of them including Thai, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean and Russian, on Airbnb, Booking.com or Vrbo where the guest already wrote. Cleaners and contractors are reached on LINE, which is where staff in Thailand actually are.
One price with nothing variable
Tokay is one plan with the whole team included: $29 per listing monthly or $24 yearly, $24 / $20 from 10 listings, $19 / $16 from 25. No per-message fees, no commission, no share of bookings. Lodgify Professional is about $58 for one listing and about $23 per listing at 10, with 20% off yearly, for a website, a channel manager and an AI that drafts.
No PMS, no setup project
Lodgify starts with building a website and moving your channels into its manager. Tokay connects to your listings in about ten minutes, nothing to install, and starts answering guests after one short call about your rules.
Where Lodgify stops
Lodgify is built around the direct booking website. With it, the host still does by hand:
- Every guest reply: the AI co-host drafts, the host sends. Tokay's Pam sends on the topics you switch on and brings the rest to you.
- Pricing: no stated morning review with recommendations and undo. Tokay's Ivo does this daily and you approve.
- Expenses and bills: no bank slip to expense record, no bill watchdog. Tokay's Angela does both.
- Cleaning: no stated nightly brief rewritten on changes and sent to cleaners on LINE. Tokay's Sam does that.
- Reviews and the morning: no stated drafted review replies or morning summary. Tokay's Andy and Leo cover both.
Pricing side by side
Prices as of October 2026, per listing per month.
| Listings | Tokay (monthly / yearly) | Lodgify Professional |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $29 / $24 | About $58, 20% off yearly |
| 10 | $24 / $20 | About $23 per listing, 20% off yearly |
| 25 | $19 / $16 | Check their site |
Tokay's launch price is kept for life if you join before 31 March 2027, with a full refund within 30 days and monthly billing you can stop any time. At one listing Lodgify costs about twice Tokay for an AI that drafts; at ten the two are close, and the difference is what gets done for you. Tokay prices are at /#pricing.
How you start
- Connect your Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo listings. About ten minutes, nothing to install.
- One short call to tell Tokay your rules in plain sentences: wifi, check-in, house rules, price floors.
- Two supervised weeks where every reply comes to you first. Then switch on what Tokay may send on its own, one topic at a time.
Questions hosts ask
Can I use Tokay with Lodgify? Tokay connects to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo directly; it does not plug into Lodgify. Two tools answering the same guest means two replies, so you pick one, and Tokay is the one that sends in the guest's language on the topics you choose, reviews prices, keeps the books and briefs the cleaners.
Is an AI co-host the same as an AI front desk? An AI co-host like Lodgify's drafts a reply and waits for the host. An AI front desk answers the guest, within rules the host set, and brings the exceptions to the host. Tokay is the second kind, with five more agents behind the front desk. The longer answer is at /resources/ai-front-desk-vs-pms-vs-ai-co-host.
Does Tokay build a direct booking website? That is not what Tokay is for. Tokay connects to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo directly and runs the front desk and back office on top. Guests keep writing where they booked, and nothing changes for them.
Lodgify's site is at https://www.lodgify.com.
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