Sweeply vs hotelkit
Sweeply and hotelkit both digitise hotel housekeeping and maintenance and connect two-way to the PMS. hotelkit, from Salzburg, combines operations with team collaboration tools such as chats, feeds and a handbook chatbot. Sweeply focuses on running operations on top of the PMS, with a guest request module, AI agents that create tasks from reservation notes, and a staff app that works offline.
Sweeply and hotelkit side by side
Compared
Sweeply
hotelkit
Built for
Independent hotels and small groups, typically 40 to 250 rooms per property
Independent hotels, hotel groups and chains
Modules
Housekeeping, Maintenance, Guest Connect (guest requests) and AI agents
Housekeeping, facility management (maintenance), guest request tracking, team collaboration and a handbook chatbot (Knowledge AI add-on)
Guest-led housekeeping
Yes: with Guest Connect, guests choose how often their room is cleaned, from the pre-arrival email through their stay
Guests can opt out of cleaning with a โGreenโ option
AI agents
Yes: AI agents read arrivals and reservation notes and create tasks for the right team, and assign rooms, with staff staying in control
Knowledge AI, a chatbot that answers staff questions from the hotel handbook (add-on)
Workflows
No-code workflows create tasks around every stay, from before arrival and check-in through stayovers to checkout, with conditions, inspections and automatic room status updates
Checklists, inspections and preventive maintenance tasks
PMS integrations
20+ PMS, including Mews, Oracle OPERA Cloud, Apaleo, Cloudbeds, Guestline and Infor
About 16 PMS named, including Mews, Apaleo, OPERA Cloud, Protel, SIHOT and Stayntouch
PMS sync
Two-way: room status and reservations sync automatically
Two-way PMS interface for housekeeping
Staff languages
Everything is translated into 30+ languages, including the notes, comments and task updates staff type themselves, not only the interface
32 interface languages, with translation into 110+ languages
Pricing model
Per sellable room per month for each module; non-sellable space is free
Monthly licence on a 12-month term; prices not public
Apps
iOS and Android staff app, web app for managers
iOS and Android apps, works in the browser
Works offline
Yes, the staff app syncs when the signal returns
No, cloud based and only accessible online (per hotelkitโs FAQ)
Company
Independent, Sweeply ehf., Iceland
hotelkit GmbH, Salzburg, Austria, launched 2012
Main differences
Ease of use: Sweeply is designed for frontline teams, with colour-coded boards and single-tap updates, so new staff pick it up quickly. Customers praise its ease of use: Volkshotel chose Sweeply for its ease of use and visual clarity, Hotel Vitar saw the whole team take to it, including those who werenโt especially tech-savvy, and Woolacombe Bay reached full adoption across a team of all ages in one month.
Guest-led housekeeping: With Guest Connect, guests choose how often their room is cleaned, from the pre-arrival email through their stay, and housekeeping works from each guestโs choice. At Keahotels, guests declined daily housekeeping 71% of the time in the first month, saving 179 hours. hotelkit offers guests a โGreenโ option to opt out of cleaning.
Offline use: Sweeplyโs staff app keeps working without signal and syncs when it returns. hotelkitโs FAQ says it can only be accessed online.
AI: Sweeplyโs AI agents read arrivals and reservation notes and create tasks for the right team. hotelkitโs Knowledge AI answers staff questions from the hotel handbook.
Pricing and terms: Sweeply prices each module per sellable room per month. hotelkit describes a monthly licence on a 12-month term.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sweeply an alternative to hotelkit?
Yes, for housekeeping, maintenance and guest requests. Sweeply runs on top of the PMS with two-way sync, translates staff updates into 30+ languages and adds AI agents. Hotels on a supported PMS are usually connected within 24 hours.
Which PMS do Sweeply and hotelkit connect to?
Both connect to Mews, Apaleo, Oracle OPERA Cloud, Guestline and SIHOT. Sweeply connects two-way to 20+ PMS, including Cloudbeds, Infor and VisBook; see the integrations page for the full list.
How does pricing compare?
Sweeply is priced per sellable room per month for each module you run, with non-sellable space free. hotelkit does not publish prices. Talk to our sales team for a quote.
Information about hotelkit comes from its public website and FAQ and was checked in October 2026. Products change, so confirm details with each vendor before you decide.
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