Jonas Chorum vs Little Hotelier

Jonas Chorum is a cloud property management system for independent hotels, management companies, chain hotels, and extended-stay properties. Its hotel operations tools cover front desk work, housekeeping, maintenance, rate management, staff messaging, night audits, and security. Rates can use occupancy-based automated tiers or manual adjustments for events and demand changes. Customizable reports offer real-time views of finances, operations, and performance, including RevPAR, ADR, ARR, and occupancy. Chorum CRS includes a booking engine and channel management, and the company says it connects to major OTAs and the GDS. Chorum POS syncs guest and payment data across ordering kiosks, front-of-house staff, kitchen screens, and guest folios. Staff and guest mobile apps support hotel operations and guest functions, while Offline Sync is designed to keep operations running through connectivity problems and synchronize data when internet access is unavailable. Jonas ARC connects Jonas Hospitality products and third-party systems; the company lists 350 integrations. Client support is stated to be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Pricing is available on request.

Little Hotelier is an all-in-one property management platform designed for small accommodation properties. Its tools include a calendar, channel manager, direct booking engine, reporting, guest communications, website builder, payments, property accounting and mobile app. The pricing FAQ says it specializes in properties with 1–30 rooms, and the site says it connects to more than 450 booking channels. The service is available on the web and through iOS and Android apps. From the mobile app, users can update pricing, manage reservations and check guests in or out. An app store connects customers with third-party services for guest communication, review management, contactless check-ins and marketing; Little Hotelier does not charge to connect apps through SiteMinder Hotel Exchange, though providers set their own prices. Little Hotelier Payments describes its processing as PCI-DSS compliant. A 30-day free trial provides access to the full product. Basics is for properties with 10 rooms or fewer and up to five channels; Pro is for over 10 rooms and 400+ channels. Flex has a variable monthly charge and a 1% booking fee.