Apaleo vs Mews
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Munich API-first cloud PMS for modern hotels and aparthotels with open marketplace of 150+ integrations; Accel-backed competing with Mews and Cloudbeds for hospitality technology modernization from legacy OPERA.
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Apaleo is a Munich-based cloud-native property management system (PMS) — backed with €8 million raised from Accel and other investors — designed for modern hotels, serviced apartments, aparthotels, and hospitality groups that need a flexible, API-first technology core rather than monolithic legacy PMS installations. Founded in 2016 by Jens Böckenstedt and Martin Reichenbach, Apaleo serves hospitality operators across Europe and globally with an open platform approach that connects through APIs to any booking engine, channel manager, revenue management system, payment processor, or guest communication tool — enabling hoteliers to compose their ideal technology stack without being locked into a single vendor's ecosystem.
Cloud-native hotel PMS with $1.2B valuation serving 5,500 properties; open API marketplace with 500+ integrations and Mews Payments for modern boutique and independent hotels.
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Mews is a cloud-native hotel property management system (PMS) for independent hotels, boutique properties, serviced apartments, and small hotel groups, providing check-in/checkout management, reservations, payment processing, revenue management, and distribution channel connectivity in a modern, API-first platform. Founded in 2012 by Richard Valtr and Matt Welle in Prague, Czech Republic and having raised over $250 million at a $1.2 billion valuation, Mews serves approximately 5,500 properties globally and is widely regarded as the most modern cloud PMS in the hospitality technology market.
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