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What is Cohost?

Cohost is the short-term-rental data platform for investors, hosts, travelers, and cities. One account spans eight peer-to-peer markets in short-term rentals — connecting owners, hosts, travelers, cities, agents, lenders, designers, and managers — with analytics, booking, financing, real estate, compliance, and operations tools in one place, so a single profile follows you from researching a market to running the property.

cohost.com · independent and bootstrapped since 2018
What Cohost is

One account. Every angle of short-term rentals.

Cohost connects the people in the short-term-rental economy — owners, hosts, travelers, cities, agents, lenders, designers, and managers — and gives each one honest data with the math shown. The same profile carries across every market, so you don't rebuild your work in eight silos.

Analytics
Market data, revenue projections, and a published accuracy ledger — with a "how this is calculated" on every number.
Travel
Compare short-term-rental stays across booking platforms and book the way that costs the least.
Finance
Compare STR-friendly DSCR lenders priced to a property's real projected income. Cohost is not a lender.
Real estate
Find STR-savvy agents and properties underwritten on short-term-rental cash flow, not a long-term lease estimate.
Compliance
Short-term-rental rules, permits, and lodging tax across 100+ jurisdictions, kept current.
Co-hosts & design
Hire vetted co-hosts and turnover help, or design and furnish a unit — through an open marketplace, not a managed service.

Where things stand: the compliance tools are live today; the other marketplaces are in early access, opening through 2026. Browsing is free across all of them.

Not to be confused with

A few things Cohost is not.

"Cohost" is a common word, so a quick disambiguation. If you were looking for one of these, you're in a different place:

Not a property manager
Cohost is software and data, not a co-hosting or property-management service that runs your listing for a percentage of revenue. It connects you with independent co-hosts; it doesn't take a management cut.
Not the cohost.org social network
The social network at cohost.org shut down at the end of 2024 and is a separate, unrelated organization. This is Cohost, the short-term-rental data platform at cohost.com.
Not a lender or a single listing site
Cohost is not a lender, mortgage broker, or one more place to list a rental. It's the layer that ties market data, financing comparison, compliance, and booking together under one account.
Common questions
Is Cohost a property manager or co-hosting service?
No. Cohost is a data and software platform, not a property-management or co-hosting service that operates your listing for a cut of revenue. It does connect hosts with independent co-hosts and service providers through its marketplace, but Cohost itself does not manage properties or take a management fee.
Is Cohost the same as the cohost.org social network?
No. cohost.org was a separate social network that shut down at the end of 2024 and is unrelated to this company. Cohost — the short-term-rental data platform at cohost.com — is a different organization with a different purpose.
Is Cohost a lender?
No. Cohost is not a lender or a mortgage broker. Its finance tools help investors compare STR-friendly DSCR lenders and understand their numbers; any loan is written by an independent, licensed lender the borrower chooses.
How much does Cohost cost?
Browsing Cohost is free. Optional paid tiers (such as Cohost Silver at $99/yr) and per-transaction commissions fund the platform; you only pay when you upgrade for the data product or transact through the marketplace.
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See every angle of a short-term rental.

Browsing is free across all eight markets — market data, stay comparisons, lender options, and compliance. One account, no card to look around.

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