The project dashboard is a free tool that is only available to verified hoteliers to make adopting new technology easier by streamlining their research and simplifying their communication workflow.
TLDR
We analyzed 325 verified hotelier reviews, compared feature sets, pricing, and real-world case studies to break down where each platform delivers. The right choice depends on your property type and priorities:
Exely shines in support team responsiveness and partnership — especially for extended-stay properties (5.0/5), with exclusive features like Mobile optimized/responsive and Post-stay emails.
Side-by-side ratings based on 325 verified hotelier reviews on HTR.
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| Starting Price | From $200/mo | Contact sales |
| Verified Reviews | 325 | 0 |
After analyzing 325 verified reviews, Exely users most value its support team responsiveness and partnership, booking engine ease of use and guest experience, direct bookings and revenue growth, while Last Minute users highlight . Click any theme to see what reviewers say.
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Support team responsiveness and partnership
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How each product ranks among Booking Engine vendors for different property sizes, types, and regions — based on verified reviews from hoteliers in each segment.
By Hotel Size
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| Small (10-24 rooms) ▾ | #7 110 reviews | — |
| Mid-Size (25-74 rooms) ▾ | #7 125 reviews | — |
| Large (75-199 rooms) ▾ | #2 68 reviews | — |
| X-Large (200+ rooms) ▾ | #5 14 reviews | — |
By Property Type
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| Boutique ▾ | #8 94 reviews | — |
| Luxury ▾ | #10 60 reviews | — |
| Branded / Chain ▾ | #10 48 reviews | — |
| Extended Stay ▾ | #14 12 reviews | — |
By Region
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| North America | #21 3 reviews | — |
| Europe ▾ | #16 24 reviews | — |
| Asia Pacific ▾ | #4 219 reviews | — |
| Middle East ▾ | #1 73 reviews | — |
Exely Booking Engine stands clearly apart from Last Minute in this comparison due to its extensive verified user base, detailed review profile, and dedicated hotel booking functionality. Exely is designed specifically as a booking engine embedded in hotel websites to increase direct bookings, reduce OTA dependence, and simplify rate and inventory management. Last Minute, by contrast, lacks any verified reviews, feature disclosures, or pricing information on Hotel Tech Report, making it impossible to confirm its fit or effectiveness in hotel operations.
Both products aim to improve hotel revenue and guest experience, but only Exely provides a full booking flow embedded on the hotel’s website with multi-room bookings, multi-lingual support, and payment integrations. Last Minute’s AI-driven review management focus is unsubstantiated by evidence in the hotel sector. Thus, Exely is the only product here proven to solve the critical problem of converting website visitors into direct bookings—a core challenge for hotels seeking to control distribution costs and guest data.
If your hotel needs a booking engine that integrates directly with your website and supports managing reservations, rates, and promotions from one dashboard, Exely Booking Engine is the only verified option. Exely’s 4.9/5 overall rating across 325 reviews, with 166 in the last six months, reflects current customer satisfaction. Its features like multi-currency support, GDPR compliance, and payment integrations (PayPal, Stripe, PayU) suit hotels ranging from boutique to luxury, as confirmed by segment ratings including 4.9/5 for branded and city center hotels.
Last Minute has no reviews, no disclosed features, and no verified integrations or pricing, offering no validated evidence of suitability for hotel booking or revenue management. Without operational data or user feedback, Last Minute’s fit remains unknown, and it cannot be recommended for hotels seeking a booking engine.
For hotels prioritizing direct booking growth with proven tools, Exely is the clear choice. For hotels interested in unproven AI review management without booking capabilities, Last Minute’s applicability cannot be confirmed.
Exely Booking Engine earns a 4.9/5 ease of use rating based on 325 reviews, with users praising its intuitive interface that accommodates new users quickly. Reviewers note the booking process is simple for guests on mobile and desktop, enabling multi-room and multi-lingual bookings with minimal friction. The onboarding rating also stands at 4.9/5, highlighting responsive vendor support that helps hotels launch and integrate the system efficiently.
Last Minute provides no data on ease of use or onboarding, leaving its user experience unverified. Without reviews or direct feedback from hotel staff, it is impossible to assess how quickly teams adopt Last Minute or how it fits hotel workflows.
Because Exely’s ratings reflect active and recent user experience, it is clearly easier to adopt and use in hotel operations today.
Edge: Even.
Exely Booking Engine offers 30 unique hotel-relevant features that Last Minute does not disclose. These include multi-room bookings, multi-lingual interface, rate plan comparisons, special offers, booking abandonment recapture, multiple payment options (PayPal, Stripe, PayU), GDPR and PCI compliance, customizable add-ons, meal plans, and automated emails (pre-stay, post-stay, confirmation). These features directly affect front desk and revenue teams by simplifying rate updates, reducing booking drop-offs, and automating guest communication.
Last Minute lists no features on Hotel Tech Report, providing no evidence of booking engine capabilities or distribution tools. Its AI-driven review analysis is not a booking feature and does not replace core booking engine functionality.
Exely’s feature set supports hotels managing diverse guest needs, complex rate strategies, and direct payment processing on their website. Last Minute offers no comparable functionality.
Edge: Exely Booking Engine.
Exely receives a 5/5 customer support rating from 325 reviews, with comments repeatedly highlighting quick, friendly, and solution-oriented assistance. Reviewers emphasize hands-on help during setup, ongoing responsiveness, and a partnership approach to ensuring hotels fully leverage the platform. The onboarding score of 4.9/5 reinforces this positive experience.
Last Minute has no reviews or ratings in this area, so its support quality cannot be judged.
Given the volume and recency of Exely’s positive support feedback, hotels can expect reliable and effective vendor collaboration.
Edge: Even.
Exely Booking Engine lists 10 verified partners, including major PMS and channel management systems: Oracle Hospitality, Mews, Booking.com, Hotelogix, IDeaS, Clock, and Exely’s own ecosystem. This integration breadth supports real-time OTA syncing, centralized inventory control, and rate management, reducing manual errors for revenue and front desk teams.
Last Minute lists zero verified integrations on Hotel Tech Report, meaning no confirmed connections to PMS, payment gateways, or distribution channels.
For hotels requiring seamless data flow between booking engine, PMS, and OTAs, Exely’s integrations are critical and unmatched here.
Edge: Exely Booking Engine.
Exely Booking Engine holds a 4.9/5 overall rating from 325 reviews, including 166 in the last six months, demonstrating consistent, current satisfaction. Segment-specific ratings range from 4.8/5 for limited service hotels to 5/5 for extended stay and vacation rentals, showing wide applicability. Hotels across luxury, boutique, city center, and resort categories consistently rate Exely highly.
Last Minute has no ratings or reviews, so no comparative rating data exists.
Exely’s high volume and recent positive ratings represent a reliable measure of user satisfaction unmatched by Last Minute.
Edge: Even.
Exely Booking Engine publishes a base price of $200.00, with no freemium, monthly flat, or per-room pricing, and no implementation fees. Pricing transparency allows hotels to budget for the solution upfront.
Last Minute does not disclose any pricing or fee structure.
Without published pricing, Last Minute’s cost and value proposition cannot be evaluated or compared.
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Exely Booking Engine is a fully featured, proven booking engine embedded directly on hotel websites, helping properties increase direct bookings, control rates, and reduce OTA commissions. It supports multi-room, multi-lingual bookings, multiple payment gateways, and integrates with 10 major hotel systems, backed by 325 verified reviews with a 4.9/5 rating.
Choose Exely Booking Engine if you want a reliable, scalable booking solution with strong support and integration options that demonstrably improves direct revenue. It suits boutique to luxury hotels, resorts, and city center properties managing complex rate plans and guest communications.
Last Minute lacks any verified hotel reviews, feature disclosure, pricing, or integrations on Hotel Tech Report, providing no evidence it functions as a booking engine. It appears to focus on AI-powered review summarization, which does not replace booking engine needs. Without validated hotel sector data, Last Minute cannot be recommended for hotels looking to manage direct reservations or increase website conversion.
Edge: Exely Booking Engine.
Booking Engine pricing is rarely straightforward. Here is what we know from each vendor's public pricing data. Always request a custom quote for your property size.
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These are the features each vendor has configured, organized by feature group — the same data shown in the vendor dashboard. Expand a group to compare features side by side.
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Merchandising & Packages
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Upselling & Cross Selling
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Payments
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We analyzed 3 verified case studies to compare what hotels actually achieve with each platform across four key business objectives.
"We took a proactive approach and collaborated with Exely, implementing various strategies, such as a loyalty program. The outcome has been outstanding — not only have we been able..."
No published case study for this goal yet.
"Once we switched to Exely, we immediately noticed a significant increase in reservations from online travel agencies. We discovered that our previous system had blocked some availa..."
No published case study for this goal yet.
What hoteliers love
A very large share of reviews praise Exely’s support and customer success teams for quick responses, hands-on setup help, and solution-oriented guidan... A very large share of reviews praise Exely’s support and customer success teams for quick responses, hands-on setup help, and solution-oriented guidance. Hotels often describe the relationship as a true partnership that helps them launch faster, solve issues quickly, and use the platform more effectively.
The Booking Engine is repeatedly described as intuitive, fast, and easy for guests to complete reservations with minimal friction. Reviewers say the c... The Booking Engine is repeatedly described as intuitive, fast, and easy for guests to complete reservations with minimal friction. Reviewers say the clean flow, mobile-friendly behavior, and simple navigation improve the guest journey and help increase completed bookings.
Reviewers most often say Exely helps shift sales from OTAs to the hotel website, improving direct booking conversion and overall revenue. Many note th... Reviewers most often say Exely helps shift sales from OTAs to the hotel website, improving direct booking conversion and overall revenue. Many note that the Booking Engine drives more profitable direct sales, reduces commission costs, and helps hotels better control guest relationships.
Where hoteliers push back
Many reviewers want more advanced reporting, deeper filtering, and more customizable dashboards to better track bookings, revenue, channels, and conve... Many reviewers want more advanced reporting, deeper filtering, and more customizable dashboards to better track bookings, revenue, channels, and conversion performance. While basic reports are useful, buyers clearly see analytics as an area where Exely could become a stronger decision-making tool for revenue teams.
Hotels frequently ask for more control over the booking widget, website design, colors, invoices, emails, and confirmation pages so the experience bet... Hotels frequently ask for more control over the booking widget, website design, colors, invoices, emails, and confirmation pages so the experience better matches their brand. This matters because many reviewers want Exely to feel less templated and more differentiated for each property.
Unique capabilities
It depends on your requirements. Exely Booking Engine and Last Minute share many core Booking Engine features, but each has unique capabilities. Exely Booking Engine offers 10 verified integration partners, while Last Minute offers 0. Review the feature comparison above to see where they differ before switching.
Exely Booking Engine: No. Last Minute: No. Neither product currently offers a free tier. Most Booking Engine vendors offer demos or trials — request one from each to evaluate before committing.
The HT Score is a composite ranking that considers 4 criteria groups and over a dozen variables to help hoteliers objectively compare hotel technology products. Exely has an HT Score of 96 and Last Minute has 0. Here is how the score is calculated.
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How highly do users recommend this product? Ratings Score, Review Volume, Share of Voice, Review Depth, Review Recency, Success Stories ▾ The most heavily weighted factor. Analyzes average satisfaction ratings (likelihood to recommend, ease of use, support, ROI), total review count relative to category peers, review recency (at least 20 reviews in the trailing 6 months), and share of voice across unique hotel clients to detect selection bias. |
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How highly do tech partners recommend this company? Partner Recommendations, Integration Quantity, Integration Quality ▾ Evaluates partner recommendations as expert votes of confidence, the number of verified integrations, and ecosystem quality — the average HT Scores of integration partners. Products with higher-quality integration ecosystems are more likely to deliver a connected tech stack. |
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How customer-centric is this organization? Certified Support, Review Consistency, Profile Completeness ▾ Assesses whether the company has earned HTR Customer Support Certification, maintains consistent review collection over time (an indicator of feedback-driven culture), and keeps product profiles complete with capabilities, screenshots, pricing, and features. |
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How extensive is this company's reach and resourcing? Geographic Reach, Staying Power, Company Resources, Trending Score ▾ Measures global presence (countries and regions served), years in business as a stability proxy, team headcount as a resource proxy, and a trending score based on trailing-twelve-month buyer inquiries, reviews, partner recommendations, and press activity. |
Customer ratings and reviews are by far the most important factor in the HT Score algorithm. HTR does not accept payment for higher rankings. All reviews are verified — only hotel industry practitioners with confirmed affiliations can submit ratings. View full HT Score methodology →
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