Optimand Rate Shopper

4.9 (25 REVIEWS)

HT Score

73 out of 100

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Optimand Rate Shopper

Name: Optimand Rate Shopper
Rating: 4.9 (25 reviews)

4.9 (25 REVIEWS)

Ranked 4 (out of 35) in Rate Shopping

Be always at the top of pricing trends and parity issues with the fully integrated, detailed yet simple Rate Shopper

97% recommended by 43 hotels

More than 50% of Optimand’s reviews come from Italy.

What is Optimand?

Founded in 2017 | Headquarters in London (United Kingdom) | 7 employees

This description was generated by AI which analyzed the following sources to summarize a description of Optimand products, features and capabilities. Leveraging user generated verified data sources allows us to generate a more helpful and realistic description for hoteliers free of sales promotion and hyperbole.

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Verified hotelier reviews

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Verified expert recommendations

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Description provided by Optimand

While its important to incorporate analysis from verified user reviews and industry experts to create more balanced content, the way a vendor describes their overall company and vision can also shed light on their unique perspective or way of doing business which is why the AI ingests this information as well to add more context to paint a picture of what the company says vs what users and industry experts say.

Optimand's Provided Description:

"The first Rate Shopper fully integrated with your website to easily analyse competitors’ pricing strategies and long-term trends, monitor parity from several OTAs and metasearch channels, on all room types and multiple point of sales. Get a comprehensive overview of your hotel within the same platform with the fully customizable dashboards including PMS and website demand data, destination demand and also receive relevant alerts regarding price variations or trend changes directly on your mobile devices. Our Rate Shopper tool provides you with scheduled rate shop for 180 days (daily), daily BAR report for 180 days, double OTA Compset and Meta Search Compset (up to 8 competitors), parity check, rates widget for your booking engine, online reviews and unlimited users & shops - this for only € 89 per month."

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Room types analysis

All-in-One

Distribution and parity

Features

Competitor Tracking & Benchmarking

4/5 features

Competitor Strategy Monitoring

Analyze any historical or future dates and keep track of your competitive set’s pricing strategy and how rates evolve over time leading up to the arrival date. Monitor competitor’s pricing movements for different channels and identify their pricing patterns.
Discount Monitoring

Get full visibility of your competitor hotels’ discounting strategies so you can set competitive prices with confidence.
Rate Type Comparisons

Compare different rate types such as public versus member rates, desktop vs. mobile, room types, guests, best flex versus lowest rates, different meal plans and (length of stay) LOS1 versus multiple-night stays.
OTA Rank Tracking

Monitor your ranking and reputation across OTAs and compare your performance to your comp set.
Promotion Impact Report

Understand the impact of promotions on your pricing competitiveness.
Rate Intelligence

Defines your best available rate against your competitors', based on length of stay.
Room Rate Comparison

Compares different room types across channels and competitors' in real time
Vacation Rental Rate Intelligence
Metasearch connectivity
Quick rate shopping filters
Room & rate type filtering

Parity Monitoring

4/5 features

OTA Price Monitoring

Discover in real-time which rates are appearing on OTAs and metasearch websites.
Discrepancy Alerts

Get alerted when there are discrepancies between your brand.com and third-party channels.
12-month Parity Monitoring

View parity issues, up to 12 months in advance.
Real Time Updates

Avoid caching issues by shopping rates on demand.
Parity Report

Receive a clear parity report overview, directly in your inbox.

Data Granularity

4/5 features

Device Type Tracking

Rates are tracked via both desktop as mobile devices for all major OTAs to ensure you never miss a mobile promotion.
Discount Monitoring

Get full visibility of your competitor hotels’ discounting strategies so you can set competitive prices with confidence.
Rate Type Comparisons

Compare different rate types such as public versus member rates, desktop vs. mobile, room types, guests, best flex versus lowest rates, different meal plans and (length of stay) LOS1 versus multiple-night stays.
Historical Trend Analysis

Identify strategic adjustments and revenue opportunities, by comparing current rates versus rates the same time last year.
Local Event Monitoring & Database

Monitor local events and your source markets’ holiday calendars. Gain access to a consolidated events database for a better understanding of what drives demand in your market. View events in the rate shop calendar for a complete picture of demand drivers on any given date.
Room Rate Comparison

Compares different room types across channels and competitors' in real time
Vacation Rental Rate Intelligence
Open API

The ability for other systems to access the loyalty platform to issue, transfer, redeem, or exchange loyalty points/miles - this is not a fundamental requirement of a loyalty program, but increasingly desirable.

Performance Reporting & Analytics

4/5 features

OTA Rank Tracking

Monitor your ranking and reputation across OTAs and compare your performance to your comp set.
On the Books (OTB) Comparisons

Connect your hotel’s OTB (On the books) to analyze the impact of your rate changes on your OTB. Track the evolution of room bookings against lead time, analyze the impact of your rate changes on your OTB and get clear visibility of high demand days, competitor rates along with your current OTB.
Promotion Impact Report

Understand the impact of promotions on your pricing competitiveness.
Performance Reporting

Comprehensive and explanatory reporting in one view showing the performance based on the date range.
Rate Intelligence

Defines your best available rate against your competitors', based on length of stay.
Room Rate Comparison

Compares different room types across channels and competitors' in real time
Multi-property Management
Analytics dashboard
Custom dashboards
Multi-property consolidation

Other

0/1 features

In-app support

Optimand Reviews Summary

4.9

Excellent

25 reviews

Ease of Use

4.8/5

Customer Support

5.0/5

ROI

4.8/5

Implementation

4.9/5

Rate Shopping Ranked #4 out of 35

Direct Booking Tools Ranked #9 out of 56

Optimand Pricing

Average

This product is priced in line with the average product in the category which is usually an indicator that it is a standard product with standard functionality designed for typical operations and use cases and properties.

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Support

Unverified

Optimand has not yet had their customer support processes certified by Hotel Tech Report. We recommend referencing the GCSC rubric during your demo call to make sure that this vendor has strong processes in place to support customers.

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Help Center Product Updates

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HT Score

73/100

Recommended

97%

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