Zeevou

Zeevou is a hospitality platform for serviced apartment operators, vacation rental managers, and hoteliers. Its free offering brings together a property management system, direct booking website, CRM, channel manager, email automation, and owner portal. The Forever Free plan lists unlimited properties, listings, and seats, along with iCal sync, Google Travel integrations, and a 0% direct booking fee. Paid plans include Direct Booking Starter at £29 a month and Direct Booking Pro at £95 a month; there is no free trial, and paid plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee. ZeeLink lets hosts receive bookings from other hosts and earn commissions by passing along booking leads. The iOS and Android app supports reservation management, guest messaging, task management, and financial insights. Listed integrations include PriceLabs, Stripe, PayPal, Xero, smart locks, and an OpenAPI. Every plan includes 24/7 live chat and email support; paid users can also join three live Q&A sessions each day.

Zeevou combines property operations, direct booking tools, and guest management in one platform, with a free plan and mobile apps. Consider the listed paid-plan terms and the lack of a trial when deciding whether its paid tools fit your needs.

Zeevou suits accommodation operators who need tools for property management, direct bookings, guest communication, and owner access. It may also fit hosts looking to exchange booking leads or manage reservations from an iOS or Android app.

Overview

Zeevou is a hospitality platform for serviced-apartment operators, vacation-rental managers, and hoteliers. It suits teams looking to bring property operations and direct booking into one system, especially those who want to start without a subscription. Its strongest case is the breadth of its free tools; its paid plans make most sense for operators focused on direct bookings.

Key features

The free offering combines a property management system, direct-booking website, CRM, channel manager, email automation, and owner portal. That puts several everyday hosting workflows under one roof, which can spare smaller operators the work of piecing together separate services. The Forever Free plan also lists unlimited properties, listings, and seats, alongside iCal sync and Google Travel integrations—a generous scale allowance, though it does not mean every feature is unlimited.

Direct booking is a prominent part of the package. Forever Free includes a booking website and a stated 0% direct-booking fee, while paid tiers add direct-booking tools and guest automation; the Pro plan promises advanced direct-booking capabilities. Automated card payments and dynamic pricing are also among Zeevou’s capabilities. ZeeLink offers another booking route: hosts can receive bookings from other hosts and earn commissions for passing leads along. That is useful only if an operator wants to take part in a host referral network.

The iOS and Android app handles reservation management, guest messaging, tasks, and financial insights, so operators can keep up with those workflows away from a desk. The integrations directory includes PriceLabs, Stripe, PayPal, Xero, smart locks, and OpenAPI, giving operators several ways to connect pricing, payments, accounting, and devices.

All plans include 24/7 live-chat and email support. Paid users can also join three live Q&A sessions each day, a meaningful extra for teams that prefer scheduled access to guidance. Zeevou describes security measures that may include access controls, encryption, authentication procedures, monitoring, and backups, while cautioning that absolute security cannot be guaranteed. Its data-processing addendum references UK GDPR, EU GDPR, and the UK Data Protection Act 2018.

Pricing

Zeevou uses a freemium model. The Core Plan is free, billed monthly, and includes a property management system, direct-booking website, email automation, automated card payments, and unlimited properties. The separately named Forever Free plan has no listed price; it advertises unlimited properties, listings, and seats, a 0% direct-booking fee, iCal sync, and Google Travel integrations.

Direct Booking Starter costs £29 per month, billed monthly, and includes a direct-booking website, guest automation, and direct-booking tools. It fits operators ready to pay for booking-focused capabilities rather than rely on the free tier. Direct Booking Pro costs £95 per month, billed monthly, and adds advanced direct-booking capabilities alongside guest automation and booking tools. It is aimed at operators who need more from their direct-booking setup; teams that do not prioritize that channel may have less reason to move up.

There is no free trial, so a paid plan cannot be evaluated through a trial period. Paid plans do include a 30-day money-back guarantee. Portfolios exceeding 50 units can request custom enterprise pricing.

Platforms

Zeevou is available on web, iOS, and Android, and offers an API. The mobile apps cover reservations, guest messages, task management, and financial insights.

Who it's for

Zeevou is a good fit for serviced-apartment operators, vacation-rental managers, and hoteliers who want property-management and guest-facing tools together, with a direct-booking option. The free allowances make it especially worth considering for teams seeking room to grow without a per-property or per-seat cap on that tier. Operators comparing paid plans should be specifically looking for direct-booking and guest-automation tools. It is less compelling for anyone who needs to trial paid functionality before deciding, since there is no free trial.

Pros and cons

• Pro: The free plans list unlimited properties, listings, and seats, giving growing teams considerable room before needing a paid tier.
• Pro: The free offering bundles property management, a booking website, CRM, channel management, email automation, and an owner portal, reducing the need to assemble those basics separately.
• Pro: iOS and Android apps cover reservations, guest communication, tasks, and financial insights, while every plan includes round-the-clock live chat and email support.
• Con: Paid plans center on direct booking, so their value is less clear for operators whose priorities lie elsewhere.
• Con: There is no free trial; the 30-day money-back guarantee is the only stated paid-plan safeguard.
• Con: Enterprise pricing is custom for portfolios over 50 units, so larger operators cannot rely on the listed monthly prices to understand their costs.

Alternatives

Uplisting may suit operators who prefer a free trial to Zeevou’s no-trial approach; it has no free plan and charges a per-booking commission on its free option, with the stated rate varying by portfolio size.

Vacation Rental Desk is worth comparing if a free plan and free trial are priorities; its free version has no booking or setup fees, though its trial excludes card processing and Google Vacation Rentals listings.

Hospitable offers a free Essentials plan with unlimited active properties, making it an alternative for operators who want that specific free-plan allowance.

AirHost is another channel-manager and property-management option, with quote-required plans and no free trial.

Hostaway is a paid alternative for operators considering a platform in the same broad category.

CiiRUS may appeal to operators who want a free trial and a published starting price; its CiiRUS One plan starts at $299.99 per month, with flat per-property fees, no setup costs, and no long-term contracts.

GuestWisely uses customized pricing tailored to portfolio size and complexity, features and integrations, and growth stage.

Rental Network Software is a paid, per-property alternative with custom pricing for a platform that includes reservations, trust accounting, owner statements and portals, a unified inbox, work orders, and housekeeping.

For a broader comparison, browse short-term rental management software or property management software.

Verdict

Choose Zeevou if you manage serviced apartments, vacation rentals, or a hotel and want a broad property-operations toolkit with direct-booking options, especially if the free tier meets your needs. Its main advantage is the combination of core tools with generous free-plan property, listing, and seat allowances. Look elsewhere if you need a trial before paying or want a paid plan centered on needs other than direct booking.