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Leantime vs Hostaway
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Leantime and Hostaway — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Leantime vs Hostaway: at a glance
| Feature | Leantime | Hostaway |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | PM | PM |
| Velocity score | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 0 |
| Top themes | project-management, self-hosted, api, permissions | short-term-rental, pms, channel-management, automation |
| Last editorial update | 10h ago | 11h ago |
| Website | Visit → | — |
What is Leantime?
Leantime is stabilizing its big 3.9 rewrite while extending cross-project planning and a mobile API
Leantime is deep in a modernization cycle. The 3.9.0 release rebuilt the app around a native, fail-closed permission engine, a JSON-RPC API, and a consolidated Blueprints domain; the releases since then mostly stabilize that foundation. Recent point releases fix regressions (repeated Bearer/PAT auth fixes) while adding cross-project program views and a mobile app backend.
What is Hostaway?
After launching AI CoHost, Hostaway pours effort into channel, statement, and direct-booking tooling
Hostaway is shipping at a steady clip across the short-term-rental workflow. Recent releases deepen channel control (Airbnb-specific discounts, Booking.com content sync), automate back-office work (one-click conversion of manual owner statements into scheduled auto-statements), and extend the direct-booking site (new Contact and About page templates). This follows the late-June launch of AI CoHost, a conversational layer over live Hostaway data.
Leantime vs Hostaway: editorial side-by-side
Leantime
6.3PM
Leantime is stabilizing its big 3.9 rewrite while extending cross-project planning and a mobile API
◆ Current state
Leantime is deep in a modernization cycle. The 3.9.0 release rebuilt the app around a native, fail-closed permission engine, a JSON-RPC API, and a consolidated Blueprints domain; the releases since then mostly stabilize that foundation. Recent point releases fix regressions (repeated Bearer/PAT auth fixes) while adding cross-project program views and a mobile app backend.
◆ Where it's heading
The work is consolidation over expansion: hardening the new auth/permission and API layers, closing security IDORs domain by domain, and building the surface a mobile app and program-level planning need. The steady stream of small patch releases reflects shaking out regressions from the 3.9.0 refactor rather than opening new product directions.
◆ Prediction
Expect continued point releases fixing regressions from the permission-engine and JSON-RPC migration, plus buildout of the Leantime Mobile app now that its Bearer-authenticated backend API is landing.
Hostaway
6.3PM
After launching AI CoHost, Hostaway pours effort into channel, statement, and direct-booking tooling
◆ Current state
Hostaway is shipping at a steady clip across the short-term-rental workflow. Recent releases deepen channel control (Airbnb-specific discounts, Booking.com content sync), automate back-office work (one-click conversion of manual owner statements into scheduled auto-statements), and extend the direct-booking site (new Contact and About page templates). This follows the late-June launch of AI CoHost, a conversational layer over live Hostaway data.
◆ Where it's heading
The strategic bet is AI CoHost — 'talk to your data' over the industry's largest PMS dataset — and the current stream of releases is the operational substrate it sits on: the more channel, statement, and content surfaces Hostaway owns natively, the more CoHost can act on. Expect the incremental channel and finance work to keep feeding that assistant rather than existing as standalone features.
◆ Prediction
Expect CoHost's conversational actions to reach into the newly native surfaces — issuing channel discounts, generating statements, editing listings by prompt — and more regional compliance integrations to follow the Italian SDI e-invoicing model.
Alternatives to Leantime and Hostaway
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Leantime or Hostaway.
Celoxis
Celoxis publishes buyer's-guide SEO, not release notes — its product moves stay off this feed.
Notion
Notion is turning itself into the place teams and their AI agents share one board.
Atlassian
Atlassian's feed is AI thought-leadership, but agent visibility just shipped in Jira.
Timeneye
Timeneye, now Lucen Track, adds MCP access and rounds out time tracking
OpenProject
OpenProject grinds out steady releases while hardening against a bug-bounty backlog of CVEs.
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Recent activity from Leantime and Hostaway
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 16h agoLeantimeLeantime 3.9.8: milestone reporting and MCP endpoint fixes
- 22h agoHostawayDrive Conversions with Airbnb Top Rated Guests & Mobile Only Discounts
- 1d agoHostawayBooking Website Pro: Build Guest Trust & Capture More Leads with New Page Templates
- 2d agoHostawayConvert Owner Statements into Auto-Statements in One Click
- 3d agoHostawayItaly: native SDI electronic invoicing (FatturaPA) support
- 3d agoLeantimeLeantime 3.9.7 adds cross-project program views
- 4d agoLeantimeLeantime 3.9.6: security hardening plus content templates
- 5d agoHostawayBooking.com Content Sync: Take More Control of Your Listings
- 8d agoHostawayOwner Statements and Auto-Statements Design Update (View and Edit pages)
- 20d agoLeantimeLeantime 3.9.5 adds mobile notification and calendar APIs
- 25d agoLeantimeLeantime 3.9.4 fixes cross-project 'My Work' loading
- 25d agoLeantimeLeantime 3.9.3 fixes Bearer-token API authentication
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Leantime and Hostaway?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Leantime and Hostaway are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 6.3 vs 6.3, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Leantime better than Hostaway?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Leantime and Hostaway are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 6.3 vs 6.3, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Leantime?
Top Leantime alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Leantime alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/leantime for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Hostaway?
Top Hostaway alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hostaway alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hostaway for the full list with editorial commentary on each.