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Hostaway vs OpenProject
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Hostaway and OpenProject — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Hostaway vs OpenProject: at a glance
| Feature | Hostaway | OpenProject |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | PM | PM |
| Velocity score | 5.0 | 6.3 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 1 |
| Top themes | vacation-rental, direct-booking, site-builder, e-invoicing | resource management, capacity planning, patch releases, enterprise add-ons |
| Last editorial update | 1h ago | 5d ago |
| Website | — | Visit → |
What is Hostaway?
Hostaway builds out the direct-booking stack while tightening who sees what
Hostaway is shipping steadily across three fronts. The direct-booking site gains Property Pages in the Booking Website Pro editor, on top of a two-step checkout with alternative payment methods and 3D Secure. Back-office work covers invoices for all OTA channels including Airbnb with compliant e-invoicing in Spain, Italy and France, PDF export from the analytics board, and granular financial data permissions. The Inbox was redesigned around in-message translation, templates and quick actions.
What is OpenProject?
OpenProject settles into patch work after 17.7 shipped resource management.
17.7.0 was the substantial release — a resource management module with departments and work schedules, pushing OpenProject past task tracking into staffing. The two releases since are patches. 17.7.2 fixes four bugs, among them project-level hourly rates that could not be adjusted and non-working days silently dropped when saved while a reschedule job was running — both in the scheduling and cost areas 17.7 had just expanded.
Hostaway vs OpenProject: editorial side-by-side
Hostaway
5.0PM
Hostaway builds out the direct-booking stack while tightening who sees what
◆ Current state
Hostaway is shipping steadily across three fronts. The direct-booking site gains Property Pages in the Booking Website Pro editor, on top of a two-step checkout with alternative payment methods and 3D Secure. Back-office work covers invoices for all OTA channels including Airbnb with compliant e-invoicing in Spain, Italy and France, PDF export from the analytics board, and granular financial data permissions. The Inbox was redesigned around in-message translation, templates and quick actions.
◆ Where it's heading
The centre of gravity is moving toward direct bookings — a site builder that no longer needs a separate web tool, a checkout that accepts what European guests actually pay with, and invoicing that satisfies the tax regimes those guests sit under. Alongside that runs a quieter permissions thread: financial data restrictions and post-checkout hiding of door codes both narrow what each viewer sees. AI CoHost keeps absorbing more reservation data rather than gaining new surfaces.
◆ Prediction
The Guest Portal redesign that the access-code release flagged is the next visible change, and the invoicing work points toward more market-specific e-invoicing regimes as they come into force. CoHost's reliability push suggests it eventually acts on reservations rather than only answering questions about them.
OpenProject settles into patch work after 17.7 shipped resource management.
◆ Current state
17.7.0 was the substantial release — a resource management module with departments and work schedules, pushing OpenProject past task tracking into staffing. The two releases since are patches. 17.7.2 fixes four bugs, among them project-level hourly rates that could not be adjusted and non-working days silently dropped when saved while a reschedule job was running — both in the scheduling and cost areas 17.7 had just expanded.
◆ Where it's heading
The release rhythm is a feature minor followed by a short tail of patches repairing the surface it just added, and this tail sits squarely in resource-management territory. Rate and non-working-day bugs are the predictable cost of shipping scheduling and cost tracking together. For self-hosted operators the advice does not change between these releases: take the patch.
◆ Prediction
Expect one or two more 17.7.x patches against the resource management surface before 17.8 opens a new feature line.
Alternatives to Hostaway and OpenProject
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Hostaway or OpenProject.
Tracecat
Ten release candidates in, Tracecat is stabilising the sandbox its agents run inside
Hive
Hive keeps tightening the same three seams: planned time, admin control, and AI review scope
Akiflow
Akiflow's newest release finally adds capability, but reliability work still fills the notes.
Sugar Calendar
The changelog turned into a how-to blog — capability news now arrives disguised as tutorials.
Apploye
A time tracker whose blog argues both sides of employee monitoring, and never mentions the product.
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Recent activity from Hostaway and OpenProject
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoHostawayShowcase Your Listings: Property Pages Now Live on Booking Website Pro
- 6d agoOpenProjectPatch fixes hourly rates, non-working days, custom styles
- 8d agoHostawayDownload Data From Your Analytics Board
- 8d agoHostawayInvoices for All Your OTA Channels - Including Airbnb
- 12d agoHostawayNew Hostaway Inbox to help you respond to guests faster
- 13d agoOpenProjectPatch fixes duplicate users on retried imports
- 14d agoOpenProjectResource management module lands with departments and work schedules ⚡
- 15d agoHostawayGuest Portal: Door Codes & WiFi Now Hidden After Checkout
- 20d agoHostawayCustomize Financial Data Permissions
- 1mo agoOpenProjectXWiki integration links work packages to external docs
- 2mo agoOpenProjectPatch fixes work package creation broken by 17.5
- 2mo agoOpenProjectProject-based work package IDs arrive in Beta
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Hostaway and OpenProject?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. OpenProject is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Hostaway better than OpenProject?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. OpenProject is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Hostaway?
Top Hostaway alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hostaway alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hostaway for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to OpenProject?
Top OpenProject alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "OpenProject alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/openproject for the full list with editorial commentary on each.