QloApps alternative: PHP hotel booking scripts compared

QloApps is a free, open-source hotel booking system by Webkul, built on PrestaShop. If you're looking for a QloApps alternative, it's usually for one of three reasons: you'd rather run a codebase written for PHP 8 than one adapted from an e-commerce platform, you want support from the developers included in the price, or you need owner accounts for several hotels without buying a marketplace module. Our PHP hotel booking scripts answer all three: Panda Resort for one hotel and Panda Multi Resorts for several. Here's how they compare.

QloApps vs Panda Resort and Panda Multi Resorts at a glance

What's included, and what costs extra

QloApps costs nothing to download. What you add is where the budget goes: the channel manager is billed per property, owner accounts need the marketplace module ($199), point of sale ($199) and revenue management ($125) are sold separately, and Webkul charges for installation ($99.99) and for support plans if you want them. Several hotels with their own owners on one site, kept in sync with the platforms, means several of these.

Panda Resort costs $69 and Panda Multi Resorts $79, paid once, with free updates and six months of support from the people who wrote the code. iCal sync with the platforms, Stripe and PayPal payments, verified reviews and the multilingual website are in the price; Panda Multi Resorts adds owner accounts and separate payment accounts for each property. You pay only for your own hosting. If hotels pay you to use your platform, for example as a monthly service, CodeCanyon's Extended licence applies ($399).

Where Panda Resort and Multi Resorts differ

• Written for PHP 8. They run on Pandao CMS 8, built for PHP 8.2 to 8.5, rather than on an e-commerce platform adapted to hotels.
• Multi-vendor out of the box. In Panda Multi Resorts, each property has its own owner, rooms, rates and Stripe or PayPal accounts, with no module to buy. Read how to build a multi-vendor hotel booking platform.
• Website tools built in. A page builder, a blog and forms come with the booking engine, in as many languages as you need, so one tool runs the whole site.
• Support included. Six months of support from the developers come with your purchase; extend to twelve months at checkout or renew later. No forum to wait on.
• Installed in minutes, run by you. The wizard installs the site, the Diagnostic screen checks your server and gives you the exact cron line, and the demo content gives you a complete hotel website to make your own.

Which Pandao script fits your property

• One hotel, resort, villa or guest house: Panda Resort, $69, with its ready-made website and booking engine.
• Several hotels, each with its own owner, or a destination booking platform: Panda Multi Resorts, $79, with owner accounts and per-property payment accounts.
• A website already running Pandao CMS: the Panda Resort and Multi Resorts add-ons bring the same booking engine to your existing site.
• A site on WordPress: Pandao Booking, our free hotel booking plugin, for a single property.

Try before you choose

The quickest way to decide: open the admin demo of Panda Multi Resorts and look at one property's settings. Its owner account, its Stripe and PayPal accounts and its calendar links are there without any module, which is the part a multi-hotel site spends most on elsewhere. Both demos have their admin panel open (username admin, password admin123), and our guide to choosing a PHP hotel booking script lists what to check on any demo.

Panda Multi Resorts demo Panda Resort demo How to install it

Common questions

Can I move my data from QloApps?

There's no automatic import from QloApps. Plan to set up properties, rooms and rates again, and to enter upcoming bookings.

Do your scripts work on shared hosting?

Yes, on standard PHP hosting: PHP 8.2 to 8.5, MySQL 5.7 or MariaDB 10.3 or later, and Apache with mod_rewrite. An installation wizard and a Diagnostic screen help you set up; our installation tutorial goes through it step by step.

Is there a WordPress option?

Yes: Pandao Booking is our free hotel booking plugin for WordPress, for a single property.

Sources for QloApps: QloApps pricing, channel manager limits, its services page (installation and support plans), the Marketplace add-on on store.webkul.com, the QloApps repository on GitHub (version 1.7.0) and its add-on store, read on 13 and 14 October 2026. Products change: check each vendor's site before you decide.