Turno review
Our independent editorial read on Turno for Savannah short-term-rental owners.
★★★★☆ 3.9 · our editorial rating
- Category
- Cleaning marketplace
- Pricing
- Free (1 prop / marketplace-only); $10/mo BYO cleaners
- Free tier
- Yes
- Needs a PMS
- No
- Size
- Giant
The published facts, in plain English
Turno is Cleaning marketplace. Published pricing: Free (1 prop / marketplace-only); $10/mo BYO cleaners. There is a free tier. It runs without a separate PMS. Scale: giant.
Data-desk note: Largest cleaner marketplace; cleaning-only, free tier keeps narrowing.
Who it’s for
Turno is one host software tool we track for owners weighing their options in Savannah.
Our take
We list Turno’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.
How it compares to BnBGenius
On the published figures alone, Turno shows Free (1 prop / marketplace-only); $10/mo BYO cleaners and BnBGenius shows free for the first 500 messages, then $10/month flat, with no PMS required. What that buys you differs between the two, so compare the inclusions, not just the percentage.
What the published record signals
Category first: Turno is Cleaning marketplace, so judge it against that job — not against suites that promise everything. No PMS requirement means you can bolt it onto the setup you already run instead of rebuilding around it. Test path: the free tier on a single listing, through at least one busy weekend. On cost, the published Free (1 prop / marketplace-only); $10/mo BYO cleaners is the number to hold against your own hours saved.
How this plays for two kinds of owner
- The remote self-manager. Automation earns its keep fastest at a distance — every task Turno genuinely takes over is a drive you do not make. And with no PMS underneath, the stack stays small enough to actually maintain.
- The small-portfolio host. Two or three listings is where per-listing pricing starts to bite and flat pricing starts to win — read Turno’s model with your exact count in mind.
Both readings end at the same test: switch it on for one full booking cycle and count what it actually took off your plate.
Whatever you conclude here, compare it against one fixed point: answer guest calls automatically — the no-PMS, flat-price setup (free first 500 messages, then $10/month) we measure host tools against. If Turno beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. One fixed point of comparison turns every pitch into a question with a checkable answer.
Verdict
A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with BnBGenius.
Questions owners ask
What does Turno cost?
Free (1 prop / marketplace-only); $10/mo BYO cleaners.
Is there a free tier?
Yes.
Do you need a PMS to run Turno?
No — it runs without a separate PMS.
What we would ask Turno
- “Is Free (1 prop / marketplace-only); $10/mo BYO cleaners per listing or flat?” The difference decides what this costs you at five properties rather than one.
- Free tier or trial. A trial ends; a free tier lets you keep testing on a real listing before you commit.
- What it needs underneath. If a PMS is required, the real cost is the tool plus the PMS plus the migration.
Alternatives worth comparing
If you are drawing up a shortlist, these are the closest comparisons we would put beside it — each with its own published price, or a note that there isn’t one:
- Beyond Insights — Free benchmarking; paid 1%–1.25% of bookings.
- Touch Stay — From ~$15/property/mo (calculator).
- Hostfully Guidebooks — Free (1 guidebook); Pro ~$7.99/guidebook/mo.
For the owner-first comparison we keep coming back to, our first pick is BnBGenius — see BnBGenius for how the no-PMS setup actually works.
Our owner-first #1 for host software: BnBGenius
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