Tech4Pioneers Key is the all-in-one platform for short-term rental and apartment operators. Your own commission-free booking website and app, every channel in one calendar, cleaning scheduling on autopilot, payments, invoicing and a 7-language guest experience with AI — in one place.
Most operators juggle a channel manager, a payment tool, a cleaning chat, an invoicing app and a website that doesn't take bookings — while OTAs take 15–20% of every stay.
Key brings all of it into one platform — so you spend less time on operations and keep more of every booking.
From the first enquiry to the final receipt — every part of the guest journey and the back office, built to work together.
Channels are great for reach — but every direct booking you win back is pure margin. Key makes direct the easiest option for your guests.
We set it up with you — your apartments, your brand, your channels. No technical work on your side.
Whether you manage a handful of apartments or a growing portfolio, Key scales with you.
How Key feels day to day — from running operations to protecting margin.
What used to take the whole morning now takes a moment.
Before Key we were juggling Airbnb, Booking, a separate cleaning spreadsheet, several inboxes and WhatsApp. Now it's all in one calendar — channels sync automatically so double-bookings are no longer a worry, cleanings are allocated to the cleaners the moment a guest checks out, and I reply to guests in any language without leaving the app. One view replaced five tools.
Direct bookings go straight to the bottom line — with no OTA commission.
Key gave us our own booking website and app, so a growing share of our nights now comes in as direct bookings with no OTA commission — and it shows directly in our margin. Payments, receipts, invoicing and a polished 7-language guest experience let us take on more properties without admin work growing at the same pace.
Von Hartzen Apartments (Oulu) runs its entire short-stay business on Key — its own booking website, guest & cleaner app, channel sync and payments.
Everything you need to know about running your short-stay business on Key.
Tech4Pioneers Key is an all-in-one management platform for short-term rental and apartment operators. It combines your own commission-free booking website and app, channel-manager synchronisation, automated cleaning scheduling, payments, invoicing and a 7-language guest experience with AI messaging — in one place, instead of five disconnected tools.
Key keeps Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo in a single calendar through channel-manager synchronisation, so availability stays consistent across every channel and double-bookings are prevented.
Yes. Key gives you your own branded booking website and mobile app, so guests can book you directly with 0% OTA commission — that margin stays with you instead of going to a platform.
Cleaning tasks are allocated automatically to your cleaners based on check-outs and availability, and overdue turnovers are carried forward to today, so nothing slips through between guests.
The guest experience and automated emails are localized in seven languages — Finnish, English, Swedish, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese — with AI-assisted two-way message translation and reply suggestions that you approve before sending.
Yes. Secure guest payments and automated invoicing are built in, so you can take payment and send compliant invoices without bolting on separate tools.
Key is a progressive web app (PWA) that installs on both iOS and Android, so you and your guests get a real app experience without app-store friction.
Pricing is tailored to your portfolio size. Book a demo and we'll put together a plan that fits your number of apartments and the channels you use.
Book a personal demo and we'll show you Key with your apartments, your channels and your brand — and tailor pricing to your portfolio.