A small team building the layer above Airbnb.
restay is a revenue-intelligence platform for short-term rental operators. We built it because the existing tools treat hosts like a spreadsheet column — and the hosts who'll still be in business in five years deserve better than that.
Early-stage, focused, no marketing department
We're a small team as of April 2026. That means decisions happen quickly, you can always reach the people who build the thing, and we don't ship features that aren't already a conviction. It also means we're transparent about what we have and what we don't — you can verify everything on the changelog and the security page.
Who's building this
Host-first background. We built restay because the existing STR stack stops at the dashboard — and the market doesn't reward dashboards anymore. We write the code, answer the email, and read every piece of feedback.
Boring infrastructure, opinionated product
We spend our "interestingness budget" on the product, not the plumbing. Every layer of the stack is boring-on-purpose so we can move quickly on the things that actually matter — the agent reasoning, the audit output, and the honesty of what we ship.
- Frontend
- Next.js 14 · TypeScript · Tailwind · edge-delivered
- Backend
- Python · FastAPI · routed across frontier model providers
- Data
- Managed relational database · row-level security on every table
- Market data
- Live STR market feed · comp + demand signal, refreshed daily
- PMS layer
- 30+ platform integrations · one connect, every write gated by approval
- Auth
- Managed identity · SSO + passwordless
- Payments
- Stripe · card data never touches our servers
- Transactional delivery only · no marketing blasts
Four convictions that shaped the product
1 — Named reasoning beats confident numbers. Every recommendation is paired with the comps, demand signal, and math that produced it. If we can't show our work, we don't ship the number.
2 — Write-capable, not write-happy. Paid tiers can change your listing. Every move is approval-gated by default. Automated execution, where available, is opt-in and guard-railed — and every action is reversible for 24 hours.
3 — No usage-based billing surprises. Every cap is numbered. At 80% we tell you. At 100% the feature gracefully degrades. We will never invoice you for LLM overage.
4 — Your data is yours. No training on user listings, reviews, or analysis. Not by us, not by our model providers. Full stop.
Join the waitlist. Early access, pricing locked for the first year, direct line to the team.