Clock PMS alternative for small hotels, inns and B&Bs
Innkeeper is a Clock PMS alternative for independent US inns, B&Bs, motels and small hotels with 4 to 80 rooms that want a fixed dollar price and a cloud system with the booking engine and channel sync inside one plan. Clock PMS Suite does not publish a rate card, its own page quotes a range in euros, and directories show starting prices from $100 to $600 a month. Innkeeper publishes every plan: $49 a month for up to 10 rooms, $149 for up to 30 and $499 for up to 80, or about half that billed yearly. Innkeeper (innkeeper.ai) is a separate company and is not affiliated with Clock Software.
Run a full front desk day before you commit
Open the live demo and run an ordinary evening. Drop a walk-in on the tape chart, drag a two night stay to another room, let a Booking.com reservation arrive and watch the same night close on Expedia and your own website. Mark rooms clean from a phone and print the guest invoice with tax lines. Nothing sits between you and the product but a click.
- Tape chart with drag and drop between rooms and dates
- Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb and Google on one calendar
- Direct bookings on your website with no commission
Innkeeper vs Clock PMS Suite at a glance
Clock PMS Suite is a cloud hotel system from Clock Software, a European vendor that sells worldwide and covers front desk, channel manager, booking engine, housekeeping, POS and revenue tools as modules of one suite. The Clock column below comes from the vendor site and public directories, not a price list, because the vendor asks you to request a price. Confirm each line in your own quote.
| What you compare | Innkeeper | Clock PMS Suite |
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| Published pricing | Yes, four plans on the pricing page | No rate card, a price estimator and quote |
| Price for a small property | $49 to $149 a month, about half billed yearly | Vendor page cites about 250 to 810 euros a month for the full suite, directories list $100, $150 or $600 as a starting point |
| Currency | US dollars | Euros on the vendor page, ask how a US customer is invoiced |
| One-time fees | None, no setup fee | Onboarding fee reported by a third party for small properties, ask for it in writing |
| Deployment | Cloud, any browser | Cloud suite |
| Booking engine | Included in every plan, no commission | Part of the suite, confirm what is in your tier |
| Channel manager | Included, 4 channels on Inn, unlimited from Hotel | Native channel manager offered, confirm price |
| Free trial | Live demo and no-lock-in plans | Demo and quote process, confirm trial terms |
| Contract | No lock-in, cancel anytime | Confirm term and renewal in writing |
| Open API | Not offered | API and many integrations offered |
| Best fit | Owner-run properties up to 80 rooms that want one fixed price | Larger or multi-module properties that want POS, revenue tools and APIs in one vendor |
The full cost picture with a yearly table is in our Clock PMS pricing article.
Why owners look past Clock PMS Suite
The price needs a sales process
You start from an estimator and a quote, and the figure depends on your room count and revenue. That is fine for a 120 room hotel with a budget line for software. For a 12 room inn it means a call before you learn whether the system fits at all. Innkeeper's four plans can be added up in a minute.
Directories disagree by a factor of six
Listing sites show a starting price of $100, $150 and $600 a month for the same product. Some of that is room count and some is the module mix, but you cannot budget from a range that wide.
A suite built for bigger operations
Clock covers POS, revenue management and APIs that a group needs. A small inn pays attention to different things: a tape chart that is quick on a phone, channels that never double book and an invoice that prints right. If you will not use the extra modules, ask whether they are in your price.
Where Clock is the better pick
Be fair about it. If you run a larger property or a mix of hotel, restaurant and spa that needs POS, revenue tools and an open API from a single vendor, Clock is built for that and Innkeeper is not. We do not offer an open API. Innkeeper is built for owner-run properties up to 80 rooms, and for a single group up to 200 rooms across properties.
How to move from Clock PMS Suite to Innkeeper
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Export your data
Run reports for future reservations, guest profiles and open balances and save them as spreadsheets, or ask Clock support for the export in writing. Keep the last revenue reports as PDF for your accountant.
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Import and check
Upload the files to Innkeeper. Future stays land on the tape chart with guest, dates, room and total, and guest profiles keep their history.
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Connect channels and your website
Connect Booking.com, Expedia, Airbnb and Google in Innkeeper and put our booking engine where the old Book now button sits on your website. Compare availability for the next 90 nights side by side.
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Check your contract and switch
Read your Clock agreement for the term, renewal and notice period before you cancel, move each OTA to Innkeeper and confirm it is live, then close the old payment setup once the last deposits have settled.
Who should pick Innkeeper, and who should stay on Clock PMS
Innkeeper fits owner-run inns, B&Bs, motels and small hotels up to 80 rooms that sell on two or more OTAs plus their own website and want every piece in one published plan. Our pages on bed and breakfast software, inn management software and small hotel management software show the daily routine for each type of property, and the hotel booking engine page shows how direct bookings work without commission.
Stay on Clock if you need its POS, revenue tools or API, or you have workflows built around it that you do not want to move.
Clock PMS alternative questions
What is the best alternative to Clock PMS for a small hotel?
For an independent inn, B&B, motel or small hotel up to 80 rooms, the best Clock PMS alternative is a cloud PMS with a published dollar price and the booking engine and channels inside the plan. Innkeeper does this from $288 a year for up to 10 rooms. Cloudbeds, ThinkReservations and WebRezPro are other systems small properties compare.
How much does Clock PMS cost?
Clock does not publish a rate card. Its own page cites roughly 250 to 810 euros a month for the full feature set, and directories list starting points of $100 to $600 a month. Ask for a written quote that lists the subscription, onboarding, modules and payment fees, then compare the 12 month totals.
Is Clock PMS cloud based?
Yes, Clock PMS Suite is sold as a cloud system. Innkeeper is also fully cloud based and runs in any browser, so a move does not change where your data lives.
Does Clock PMS have a free trial?
Clock offers a demo and a quote process, and trial terms vary by listing, so confirm in writing. Innkeeper has a live demo you can open without a sales call.
Can I move my reservations from Clock PMS to Innkeeper?
Yes. Export future bookings and guest records as spreadsheets, or ask Clock support for the files, then upload them to Innkeeper, where stays land on the tape chart with guest, dates, room and total. Keep the old OTA connections live until each one is confirmed in Innkeeper.
Is Innkeeper affiliated with Clock PMS?
No. Innkeeper (innkeeper.ai) is a separate company and a separate product. We compare against Clock only from public information, so check your own quote before you decide.
Innkeeper plans for Clock PMS properties
No setup fee, no booking commission and no lock-in on any plan. Full details on the hotel PMS pricing page.
A published price, the booking engine and channels on one bill
Create your account, import your reservations and run Booking.com, Expedia, your website and walk-ins from one calendar, with no commission and no add-on fees.