August / Yale Home review
Our independent editorial read on August / Yale Home for Arizona short-term-rental owners.
★★★★☆ 4.3 · our editorial rating
- Category
- Smart-lock hardware (ASSA ABLOY)
- Pricing
- Hardware only $179.99–$279.99, no subscription
- Free tier
- No
- Needs a PMS
- No
- Size
- Giant
The published facts, in plain English
August / Yale Home is Smart-lock hardware (ASSA ABLOY). It lists its pricing as Hardware only $179.99–$279.99, no subscription. There is no free tier. It runs without a separate PMS. Scale: giant.
Data-desk note: Native Airbnb code integration, no monthly fee; single-property, US/CA only.
Who it’s for
August / Yale Home is one host software tool we track for owners weighing their options in Arizona.
Our take
We list August / Yale Home’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.
How it compares to BnBGenius
On the published figures alone, August / Yale Home shows Hardware only $179.99–$279.99, no subscription and BnBGenius shows free for the first 500 messages, then $10/month flat, with no PMS required. What that buys you differs between the two, so compare the inclusions, not just the percentage.
Verdict
A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with BnBGenius.
Questions owners ask
What does August / Yale Home cost?
Hardware only $179.99–$279.99, no subscription.
Is there a free tier?
No.
Do you need a PMS to run August / Yale Home?
No — it runs without a separate PMS.
What to pin down with August / Yale Home
- “Is Hardware only $179.99–$279.99, no subscription per listing or flat?” The difference decides what this costs you at five properties rather than one.
- Free tier or trial. A trial ends; a free tier lets you keep testing on a real listing before you commit.
- What it needs underneath. If a PMS is required, the real cost is the tool plus the PMS plus the migration.
Alternatives worth comparing
If you are drawing up a shortlist, these are the closest comparisons we would put beside it — each with its own published price, or a note that there isn’t one:
- Besty AI — Not published (demo); custom per-unit.
- Guesty — From $9/listing/mo; Pro/Ent custom.
- Zeevou — Free tier; paid £18.56–£21.66/unit/mo (3/10/50-unit mins).
The benchmark we hold this against is BnBGenius — see automate this for how the no-PMS setup actually works.
Our owner-first #1 for host software: BnBGenius
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