STRYK or Little Hotelier? Hotel software compared head to head in 2026

In short: who the two systems are built for

Little Hotelier is SiteMinder’s offer for small properties. Its pricing page says: “We specialise in software for properties with 1-30 rooms.” The pricing page lists calendar, channel manager, booking engine and a mobile app for iOS and Android as core features. Payments, metasearch, guest communication, a website builder and dynamic pricing recommendations are added as add-ons.

STRYK is a hotel PMS for small and mid-sized properties in the DACH region. The booking engine, gift vouchers and the interface to restaurant or bar tills are included in the core price, as are online check-in and the self check-in kiosk as separate modules. Connect Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb and other channels to STRYK. Manage rates and availability centrally and handle OTA reservations in the calendar. The focus is on the workflow from quote to invoice, with tourist tax and guest registration for Austria.

STRYK and Little Hotelier at a glance (as of 7 October 2026)

Criterion	STRYK	Little Hotelier (according to vendor website)
Target group and size	Small and mid-sized hotels, guesthouses and aparthotels in the DACH region	Small properties with 1 to 30 rooms
Pricing model and public price	€59 base price plus €6 per room per month, net, billed annually	Depends on the number of rooms, amount only via the calculator on the pricing page; according to the pricing page an additional 1% booking fee
Channel manager	Yes, in the core price	Core feature according to the pricing page; according to the vendor more than 450 channels, including Booking.com, Expedia and Airbnb
Booking engine	In the core price, with own subdomain or own domain	Core feature according to the pricing page; website builder as an add-on
Online check-in	Separate module in the core price, with registration details, ID, signature and review by reception	Online check-in via your own website before arrival
Kiosk and self check-in	Self check-in kiosk as a separate module in the core price; shows the room number or a stored key safe code	Kiosk not publicly stated; check-in and check-out also via the app
Invoicing, tourist tax, guest registration	Unchangeable invoices numbered without gaps, tourist tax, Austrian guest registration with deadline monitoring and export	Print invoices or send them by email; tourist tax and guest registration not publicly stated
Payments	Online payment with deposit and automatic balance collection; no card terminal	“Little Hotelier Payments” with no set-up or subscription cost, with transaction fees
Languages	Interface, booking engine, guest pages and documents in 18 languages	Software languages not publicly stated
Trial and contract	14 days free; billed annually or monthly	30 days free, payment details required; payable monthly without a contract, annually with a discount
Set-up fee	None	None for online self set-up

What 10, 25 and 50 rooms cost

With STRYK you can work out the monthly price for any number of rooms yourself: a €59 base price plus €6 per room, net, billed annually. Billed monthly, both amounts are 20% higher. In the first contract year, STRYK grants a 20% discount on the base price. Users are unlimited and there is no set-up fee.

Little Hotelier writes on its pricing page: “Little Hotelier’s pricing depends mainly on the number of rooms your property has.” The vendor does not publish a fixed amount; you only see it in the calculator after entering your number of rooms. We therefore do not estimate a price here. According to the pricing page, there is also a booking fee of 1%, calculated on the booking value. At 50 rooms you are outside the range of 1 to 30 rooms that Little Hotelier says it specialises in.

In both cases, payment fees come on top. With STRYK, direct bookings that guests pay online through STRYK carry a platform fee of 1.9% on the amount paid, in addition to the fees of the payment provider. Without integrated online payment, it does not apply. With Little Hotelier, according to the vendor, “Little Hotelier Payments” carries transaction fees. Add-ons are not included in the figures.

Monthly costs based on the public price, net (as of 7 October 2026)

Rooms	STRYK, billed annually	STRYK, billed monthly	STRYK in the first contract year	Little Hotelier
10 rooms	€119	€142.80	€107.20	Only via calculator, plus 1% booking fee according to the pricing page
25 rooms	€209	€250.80	€197.20	Only via calculator, plus 1% booking fee according to the pricing page
50 rooms	€359	€430.80	€347.20	Outside the 1 to 30 rooms named by the vendor

Where Little Hotelier is strong

Little Hotelier is designed for a quick start. You set the system up online yourself, according to the vendor pay no set-up fee for it, and test for 30 days, twice as long as with STRYK. A fixed-term contract is not required; if you pay annually, you get a discount.

The mobile app for iOS and Android is a real advantage for hosts who are not constantly at a desk. According to the vendor, you can use it to change prices, check guests in and out, create bookings and process credit card payments. STRYK offers the STRYK app for iPhone and Android for this.

Behind Little Hotelier stands SiteMinder with a large distribution network. The vendor names more than 450 booking channels. According to the pricing page, there are insights into competitors’ rates, rate parity alerts and metasearch. STRYK does not offer automatic comparison with competitor rates. According to the vendor, the “Guest Engagement” add-on sends messages by email, SMS, WhatsApp, Airbnb or Booking.com; STRYK has no SMS or WhatsApp.

Where STRYK is strong

STRYK is built for properties where a lot happens around the booking. Calendar, room planning, housekeeping with a daily plan based on actual occupancy, guest profiles, quotes, invoices, payments and reports are in one system. Invoices cannot be changed once issued and are numbered without gaps, the tourist tax appears on the invoice, and for your tax advisor there are exports for DATEV, BMD, CSV and Excel.

For Austria, STRYK includes guest registration: the system monitors the 24-hour deadline and provides the export as CSV or for the registration system. Online check-in and the self check-in kiosk capture registration details, ID and signature, and reception reviews and confirms them. The kiosk shows the room number or a key safe code that you store; there is no door lock integration.

The price is public and can be calculated for any number of rooms, with no booking fee on revenue. The booking engine, gift vouchers and POS interface are in the core price, as are online check-in and the kiosk as separate modules; the channel manager is included in the STRYK core price. The interface posts sales from the restaurant, bar or spa to the room; STRYK is not a restaurant till; for payments at the front desk, Austria and Germany have the ‘Cash register & fiscalisation’ add-on. The interface, booking engine, guest pages and documents are available in 18 languages.

Hotel software should feel good to use. STRYK pairs a modern, clear interface with everyday reception tasks: editing calendar bookings, checking room status and opening guest details directly. Consistent controls across pricing, housekeeping and billing make moving between departments feel familiar.

How switching from Little Hotelier to STRYK works

Plan a quiet cut-over date and test in parallel beforehand. STRYK supports the data migration personally: together we decide which data will be taken over, typically rooms, categories, upcoming bookings and key guest data. Before the final switch, you check the migration in a test run. Which exports Little Hotelier provides we clarify based on your account; this is not publicly stated on the vendor’s website.

The questions that decide

Whether STRYK or Little Hotelier is the better fit depends above all on how your property works.