Minut review

★★★★☆ 3.8 · our editorial rating

Category

Noise/occupancy/smoke sensor

Pricing

$5/$10/$15 per unit/mo + sensor hardware

Free tier

No

Needs a PMS

No

Size

Mid

The published facts, in plain English

Minut is Noise/occupancy/smoke sensor. Published pricing: $5/$10/$15 per unit/mo + sensor hardware. There is no free tier. It runs without a separate PMS. Scale: mid.

Data-desk note: Cheapest, widest sensor + Airbnb partnership; cheap tier feature-gated.

Who it’s for

Minut is one host software tool we track for owners weighing their options in New York.

Our take

We list Minut’s own published details below; where a figure is not published, we say so rather than guess.

How it compares to BnBGenius

Side by side on published terms: Minut lists $5/$10/$15 per unit/mo + sensor hardware, while BnBGenius lists free for the first 500 messages, then $10/month flat, with no PMS required. Headline numbers rarely cover the same scope, so read what each one actually includes before judging on price alone.

What the published record signals

Category first: Minut is Noise/occupancy/smoke sensor, so judge it against that job — not against suites that promise everything. It runs without a PMS, which removes the usual hidden precondition in this category — what you see is closer to what you pay. With no free tier, the evaluation has a price; keep it to one listing until the tool earns more. On cost, the published $5/$10/$15 per unit/mo + sensor hardware is the number to hold against your own hours saved.

Same tool, two situations

• The owner far from the door. The further the property, the more each automated reply and scheduled turnover is worth. The no-PMS setup keeps the moving parts — and the failure points — few.
• The small-portfolio host. Two or three listings is where per-listing pricing starts to bite and flat pricing starts to win — read Minut’s model with your exact count in mind.

Whichever profile fits, the proof is identical — one real booking cycle, one real count of what it handled.

Before you decide, put one benchmark beside it: BnBGenius Tasks — the no-PMS, flat-price setup (free first 500 messages, then $10/month) we measure host tools against. If Minut beats that on the things you care about, you have your answer. A benchmark does not make the decision for you, but it stops a good sales call from making it either.

Verdict

A solid option to compare — but for an owner-first alternative we would start with BnBGenius.

Questions owners ask

What does Minut cost?
$5/$10/$15 per unit/mo + sensor hardware.

Is there a free tier?
No.

Do you need a PMS to run Minut?
No — it runs without a separate PMS.

What to pin down with Minut

• “Is $5/$10/$15 per unit/mo + sensor hardware 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.

What are the best Minut alternatives?

The closest alternatives to Minut are Party Squasher, Proper Insurance and Safely — the same job, priced differently. Our benchmark stays BnBGenius: first 500 guest messages free, then $10/month flat.

Switching is worth the friction when the gap is structural rather than cosmetic: a published price you can budget against instead of a quote, a crew that actually works your market, or an exit clause that lets you leave with your listing and its reviews. If Minut clears those three for your property, a lower headline number elsewhere rarely pays for the move.

Our own number one in this category is BnBGenius — see BnBGenius for how the no-PMS setup actually works.

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