Which model fits your business? Let's figure it out.
Four quick questions. About 60 seconds. We'll recommend the right Reservationhub model — and tell you why.
Where are you in your business journey?
This helps us understand whether you need a quick start or you're building for the long haul.
How much technical capacity do you have?
Be honest — there's a right answer at every level of technical depth.
What's your scale — or scale plan?
Where you are now, or where you reasonably expect to be in 12 months.
What matters most for this decision?
If forced to pick one, which is the biggest priority for you right now?
If one of these sounds like you, here's our straight answer.
Common situations and what we'd recommend without the quiz.
I run a small hotel or agency
One or two properties, or a small B2B/B2C agency. I want to be live in a week, not a year, and I don't want to manage servers.
I manage a hotel group or DMC
Multiple properties, hundreds of bookings a day, a small in-house tech team. Need multi-brand controls and reliable mid-office.
I'm building my own travel brand
I want full control, I have a dev team, and I'd rather own the stack than rent it. Big launch coming up.
I'm a developer adding travel
I already have a product — fintech, super-app, marketplace — and I just need travel inventory exposed as clean APIs.
The honest comparison.
Everything that actually matters when choosing between the three.
| What you should care about |
SaaS Model
Hosted · monthly
|
Source Code Edition
Self-hosted · perpetual
|
Travel API
API only · pay-per-call
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Hotels, agencies, tour operators going online or upgrading | Hotel groups, OTAs, large operators who want to own the stack | Developers building their own front end on top of travel data |
| Time to launch | 3–7 days with our onboarding team | 6–12 weeks including build, deploy, and customization | Same day sandbox; production in days |
| Pricing model | $18–$350/month per property + small activation fee | One-time license fee + optional annual support; quoted | $0.04/call with volume discounts; no minimums |
| Hosting & infrastructure | Fully managed by us; nothing to install | You host (cloud, on-prem, or hybrid); we provide IaC | Fully managed by us; you just call endpoints |
| Customization depth | Configuration + theming + workflow rules | Unlimited — you have the source code | You build the UI/UX; API gives you the content layer |
| Code access | No — fully managed | Full source + architecture docs | SDK source only; API is hosted by us |
| Recurring fees | Monthly subscription | None required after license (support optional) | Usage-based — you only pay for what you call |
| Technical capacity needed | None — non-technical OK | Full engineering team to operate | Backend developer to integrate |
| Updates & new features | Automatic, weekly releases | You upgrade on your schedule | Automatic; API versioned |
| Support included | 24/7 chat + email; 99.9% uptime SLA | 12-month implementation support; optional maintenance | Developer docs + community + paid plans for SLAs |
| You can outgrow it? | Yes — migrate to Source Code with zero downtime | No — built to scale; you control growth | No — scales with your volume |
Six factors that should drive your choice.
If you're stuck between options, these are the trade-offs that matter most.
How fast you need to launch
If you need to be live this month, hosted SaaS or the API are your only realistic options. Source Code builds take real engineering time.
Budget shape (capex vs opex)
Subscription-friendly cash flow? SaaS or API. Have capital and want to avoid forever-fees? Source Code's perpetual license wins long-term.
Engineering capacity
No dev team means SaaS — full stop. Strong team that wants ownership leans Source Code. API sits in the middle: you need developers to integrate.
Customization depth
If you need workflows or UI no one else has, Source Code is the only option that lets you change anything. SaaS offers config, not code edits.
Data residency & compliance
If your regulator needs data in a specific country or you have strict procurement rules, Source Code self-hosted is the cleanest path.
Expected scale in 12–24 months
Steady growth fits SaaS comfortably. Explosive growth or 1000+ bookings/day means owning the stack pays off. API scales with volume natively.