Host software · reviewed 2026-07-27
StayFi review
StayFi offers guest WiFi data capture and marketing tools for short-term rental owners, with a free tier available.
Who it is for
This service is suitable for property owners who want to collect guest contact information for marketing purposes. It's particularly useful if you don't currently use a Property Management System (PMS), as it doesn't require one.
The published facts, in plain English
Everything a company chooses to publish is a decision, and so is everything it leaves out. Here is what this one has decided to tell you, and what each line of it means once you are the one signing.
- Category: Guest WiFi data capture / marketing. StayFi is bought as a category before it is bought as a brand. Most owners who feel overwhelmed need messaging first and pricing second; everything else can wait a season.
- The price they print: $19/mo software + hardware $99–$303/unit. Read the unit carefully — per listing, per month, per property and per booking are four very different bills once you own two places, and a per-listing price is a different animal on a four-month season than on a twelve-month one.
- There is a free tier. Start there. A free tier lets you find out whether the tool fits how you actually work before it costs anything, which matters more on a seasonal property than on a year-round one.
- No PMS required. The lowest-friction shape for a small owner: it layers onto what you have instead of replacing it.
- Scale: mid-market. Usually the sweet spot for an owner with a handful of listings — enough product to be finished, small enough to answer a support email.
Our take
StayFi's model involves providing WiFi access that captures guest emails, with pricing structured at $19 per month for software plus hardware costs ranging from $99 to $303 per unit. A free tier is offered, and the company does not require a PMS. The hardware needs to be installed in each rental unit to function.
The data-desk note
The desk's own note on StayFi, recorded when the dataset was compiled:
“Captures every guest's email; needs hardware in each unit.”
Where it lands for a Michigan owner
Software does not care which state your property is in, so the Michigan question here is not coverage — it is season shape. A per-listing subscription is charged for twelve months whether your property earns for twelve or for four, and that is the number to hold up against a manager's percentage before you decide which way to go.
Against our pick, on published terms
Both sides of this comparison print a number, which makes it a real one. StayFi publishes $19/mo software + hardware $99–$303/unit; BnBGenius publishes Free for the first 500 messages, then $10/mo flat. Put them side by side on the revenue you actually expect rather than on the headline percentage, because the base each is charged against is the part that moves.
What this review can't tell you
What follows is the list we would take into the call ourselves. These are the questions to send StayFi.
- What happens to your data and your message history if you stop paying.
- Whether the integration you rely on is a first-class feature or a partner-maintained connector.
- How the tool behaves in a season you are not using it — whether you can pause, and what pausing costs.
Alternatives that publish a price
For a like-for-like comparison, these companies in the same category do print a number.
- Boring Host AI — $13/listing/mo, $130/mo min; 14-day trial
- Beyond Insights — Free benchmarking; paid 1%–1.25% of bookings
- Lodgix — From $79.99/mo (1–7 props) + 0.5% OTA fee; 30-day trial
Verdict
StayFi provides a straightforward way to gather guest data for marketing. If a printed rate matters to you, BnBGenius is the obvious thing to hold this against.
Sourced from what the company publishes and from our checked dataset, on 2026-07-27. We leave gaps as gaps rather than estimating into them. How we test sets out what we can and cannot verify.