The honest comparison
The sales-and-catering platforms the hotel industry standardized on — Amadeus Delphi is the best known — run on the Salesforce platform and are sold to flagged hotels and convention properties: quote-priced, per-user, implemented by project teams. An independent inn or cabin operation needs the guest, group, and follow-up jobs done without the enterprise procurement. Here is the honest math, with sources.
Same jobs, different economics
Both columns are public figures: theirs from the sources linked below, ours from the pricing page on this site.
Delphi-class platforms are quote-priced on Salesforce infrastructure — per-user CRM licensing underneath (commercial Salesforce seats list at $25–$350 per user per month), partner implementation, and ongoing administration, structured for hotel groups with dedicated sales departments.
A property with up to 25 sellable units pays $249 a month: guests, conflict-checked reservations, room blocks, housekeeping tasks, payments, and your website included — with unlimited staff logins and no per-guest fees.
The structural difference
None of this is a discount or a promotion — the product is priced differently on purpose.
Enterprise hospitality CRMs assume a sales department working group leads. Simply Lodging assumes an innkeeper, a front desk, and a housekeeping crew — the reservation, the guest, and the turnover are the product.
Front desk, housekeeping, maintenance, owners — unlimited users are included, so the morning briefing reads from the system, not a printout on the cart.
Setup help starts at $500 for data conversion and $2,500 for guided onboarding. Most properties launch in weeks, without an integration project plan.
Per-property plans, the website, and setup packages are public — model the cost for your property before anyone books a call.
Honest answers
A flagged hotel with brand-mandated systems, a group-sales team, and convention-scale operations belongs on the platforms built for that world — often the flag makes that choice for you. If you are independent and the same software would arrive with a consultant and a quote, talk to us first.
Sources: Amadeus Delphi (built on Salesforce) · Salesforce Sales Cloud pricing · Clear Concise Consulting: implementation costs
Figures are as published at the linked sources in July 2026 — pricing changes, so check the sources for current numbers. Our public plans and professional-service floors are on this site; Custom scope receives a written quote.
Salesforce and all other third-party product names on this page are trademarks of their respective owners, named only for factual comparison. Simply Lodging is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by them.
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