Vidimo
Vidimo vs Smoobu
A booking system next to a compliance-first guest operation.
Smoobu is a booking system with a channel manager around it. Vidimo starts from what a French host has to be able to prove, and carries on through the rest of the day: the guest inbox on every channel, the calls, the ID data, and your team's tasks, on your phone. Here is how the two compare, feature by feature, with every claim sourced from Smoobu's own public pages.
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How to read this table
- Included
- Not available
- Partial
- Paid add-on
- In build
- Not stated
"Not stated" means the vendor does not say either way on their public pages. We leave it blank rather than guess against them. "In build" only ever appears in our own column, and means the work is underway and not yet shipped.
We only tick what is live for customers today. Anything still being built says so.
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| How to read this table | Vidimo | Smoobu |
|---|---|---|
| Country compliance | ||
| Meublé de tourisme declarationRegistration number kept with the property and shown on every listing. | In build | Not stated |
| Taxe de séjourTourist tax worked out per guest and per night for a reservation, yours to override. | Included | Partial |
| Fiche de police for foreign guestsThe form generated, signed and kept on file for police inspection. | Not available | Partial |
| Guest operations | ||
| Unified guest inboxAirbnb, Booking.com, WhatsApp and email in one thread list, not four tabs. | In build | Partial |
| WhatsApp guest messagingTwo-way WhatsApp Business conversations from the same inbox. | Included | Not stated |
| Guest phone callsInbound and outbound calls, transcribed and attached to the booking. | In build | Not stated |
| AI copilot on live dataAsk about bookings, guests, tasks or occupancy and get tool-backed answers. | Included | Not stated |
| Guest message translationRead any guest message in your language, and reply with an AI draft in theirs. | Included | Not stated |
| All bookings on one calendarEvery booking across every unit on a single timeline. | Included | Included |
| Cleaning and maintenance tasksCleaning and maintenance work organised and tracked through to done. | Included | Not availablePaid module |
| Online guest check-inGuests submit their details and ID data before they arrive. | Included | Included |
| ID document scanningGuest ID and passport collected and on file without anyone re-keying them. | Included | PartialManual export |
| Channel managerAvailability and rates kept in step with Airbnb and Booking.com. | In build | Included |
| Direct booking engineA site and booking widget that takes direct reservations. | Not available | Included |
| iOS and Android appsInstallable iOS and Android apps, not just a browser tab. | Included | Included |
| Multiple propertiesSeveral properties and units run from one account. | Included | Included |
| How the plan is put together | ||
| One plan, everything in itNo per-module upgrade to unlock what you were shown. | Included | PartialHigher tier only |
| No setup feeNothing to pay before your first month starts. | Included | Included |
| No per-transaction feesNo commission, per-message or per-filing charge on top. | Included | PartialPer-transaction fee |
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Where these claims come from
Every tick and cross in a competitor column was read off that vendor's own public pages on the date shown. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
- Smoobu — https://www.smoobu.com/fr/prix/ (read September 7, 2026)
- Smoobu — https://support.smoobu.com/hc/fr/articles/4517893424530-Comment-ajouter-la-taxe-de-s%C3%A9jour-%C3%A0-mes-r%C3%A9servations (read September 7, 2026)
- Smoobu — https://support.smoobu.com/hc/fr/articles/360003157239-Comment-configurer-l-enregistrement-en-ligne-pour-vos-invit%C3%A9s (read September 7, 2026)
- Smoobu — https://www.smoobu.com/fr/automatisation-communication-voyageur-location-saisonniere/ (read September 7, 2026)
- Smoobu — https://support.smoobu.com/hc/fr/articles/7043645962514-Quelles-int%C3%A9grations-de-m%C3%A9nage-et-de-nettoyage-Smoobu-propose-t-il (read September 7, 2026)
Comparison compiled by Vidimo from the vendors' public pages on September 7, 2026. It has not yet been reviewed by our local partner. All product names and trademarks belong to their owners.
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