Tokay vs Nowistay

Tokay and Nowistay both answer guest messages with AI. Tokay is the complete front desk: six agents, the host in control, one flat price. Nowistay is a bundle built around a channel manager, with an AI co-host that sends on its own and no accounting behind it. Here is how they compare.

Side by side

Nowistay facts are from their public material as of October 2026; check their site for the current figure.

The Tokay edge

Six agents, not one feature

Nowistay's AI co-host answers guests; the rest of its bundle is plumbing: a channel manager, a booking site, locks. Tokay's six agents cover the work a host actually does each day. Ivo reviews prices every morning. 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 review replies. Leo sends one morning summary. Nowistay has no accounting and no pricing review, so with it those hours stay with the host.

You stay in charge of every decision

Nowistay sends on its own from day one. Tokay earns that trust in a set order: two weeks where every reply comes to you to approve, edit or deny with a tap, then auto-send switched on 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 if a fact is missing Pam asks instead of guessing.

Guests answered in their language, not just translated

Pam answers 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, no per-message fees, no commission, no share of bookings. $29 per listing monthly, $24 yearly, $24 / $20 from 10 listings, $19 / $16 from 25. Nowistay is also one plan, at about $15, for a bundle that does a different job: it moves calendars and sends messages, and leaves prices, books, briefs and reviews to you.

No PMS, no setup project

Tokay connects to your listings in about ten minutes, nothing to install. Nowistay's AI arrives inside a channel manager, so taking it on means moving your calendars and channels into a new system first.

Where Nowistay stops

Nowistay is built around channel management. With it, the host still does by hand:

• Pricing: no morning review, no recommendations, no undo. Tokay's Ivo does this daily and you approve.
• Expenses and bills: no accounting at all. Tokay's Angela turns slip photos into records and flags a late bill.
• Cleaning: tasks, but no nightly brief rewritten when a late checkout is agreed at 9 PM. Tokay's Sam does that and reaches cleaners on LINE.
• Reviews: no stated drafting. Tokay's Andy drafts each reply the morning it lands.
• Control: the AI is autonomous from the start. Tokay gives you two supervised weeks and per-topic switches.

Pricing side by side

Prices as of October 2026, per listing per month.

Tokay's launch price is kept for life if you join before 31 March 2027, with a full refund within 30 days. The difference in price is the difference in what is done for you: Nowistay sells plumbing plus a co-host, Tokay sells the whole front desk with the host approving. Tokay prices are at /#pricing.

How you start

1. Connect your Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo listings. About ten minutes, nothing to install.
2. One short call to tell Tokay your rules in plain sentences: wifi, check-in, house rules, price floors.
3. 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