Duve review
Our independent editorial read on Duve for New York City short-term-rental owners.
★★★★☆ 3.7 · our editorial rating
- Category
- Hotel-grade guest experience
- Pricing
- From $120/$150/$200/mo minimum
- Free tier
- No
- Needs a PMS
- Yes
- Size
- Giant (enterprise)
The published facts, in plain English
Duve is Hotel-grade guest experience. It lists its pricing as From $120/$150/$200/mo minimum. There is no free tier. It sits on top of a property-management system, so you need a PMS as well. Scale: giant (enterprise).
Data-desk note: Branded guest app + 0% upsell commission; $120–200 floor, hotel-leaning.
Who it’s for
Duve is one host software tool we track for owners weighing their options in New York City.
Our take
We list Duve’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.
How it compares to BnBGenius
Side by side on published terms: Duve lists From $120/$150/$200/mo minimum, while BnBGenius lists free for the first 500 messages, then $10/month flat, with no PMS required. Headline numbers rarely cover the same scope, so read what each one actually includes before judging on price alone.
Reading the record
Category first: Duve is Hotel-grade guest experience, so judge it against that job — not against suites that promise everything. It needs a property-management system underneath, so the honest cost is tool plus PMS plus the migration between them. Test path: one paid month, one listing, one honest verdict. On cost, the published From $120/$150/$200/mo minimum is the number to hold against your own hours saved.
How this plays for two kinds of owner
- The remote self-manager. Automation earns its keep fastest at a distance — every task Duve genuinely takes over is a drive you do not make. Factor the PMS requirement into that math.
- The small-portfolio host. Two or three listings is where per-listing pricing starts to bite and flat pricing starts to win — read Duve’s model with your exact count in mind.
Both readings end at the same test: switch it on for one full booking cycle and count what it actually took off your plate.
Before you decide, put one benchmark beside it: BnBGenius — the no-PMS, flat-price setup (free first 500 messages, then $10/month) we measure host tools against. If Duve beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. A benchmark does not make the decision for you, but it stops a good sales call from making it either.
Verdict
A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with BnBGenius.
Questions owners ask
What does Duve cost?
From $120/$150/$200/mo minimum.
Is there a free tier?
No.
Do you need a PMS to run Duve?
Yes — it sits on top of a property-management system.
Questions to put to Duve
- “Is From $120/$150/$200/mo minimum 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:
- Changeover — From £6/property/mo (annual); 30-day trial.
- Rentals United — Not published (quote, 5+ props).
- Beyond Insights — Free benchmarking; paid 1%–1.25% of bookings.
For the owner-first comparison we keep coming back to, our first pick is BnBGenius — see an AI phone concierge for hosts for how the no-PMS setup actually works.
Our owner-first #1 for host software: BnBGenius
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