Sixto vs Cloudbeds: workflows, costs and migration
Sixto brings reservations, guest check-in, SIRE, TRA and DIAN invoicing workflows together for Colombian hospitality teams.
The choice is between complete operating configurations. Cloudbeds offers hotel breadth and documented Colombian partner routes; Sixto focuses the evaluation on a connected Colombian stay and team workflow. Choose based on the actual room model, exception handling, finance handoff and support ownership. A successful pilot must include a corrected record and an unresolved balance, not only a clean reservation and an attractive front-desk screen.
Published workflows, compared by scope
Reviewed 17 October 2026. Described capabilities are not independently tested; confirm your plan, property setup and integrations.
| Capability | Sixto | Cloudbeds |
|---|---|---|
| Reservations and channels | Sixto channel management; connected accounts required | Hotel PMS, distribution and booking-engine products |
| SIRE reporting | Preparation and filing; credentials and activation required | SIRE partner solutions documented for Colombia |
| TRA reporting | Preparation and filing; property setup and activation required | TRA by sHUB documented for Colombia |
| Colombian electronic invoicing | Configured MATIAS integration; issuer enablement required | DIAN partner solutions documented through sHUB |
| Online registration and identity checks | Guest and companion registration with document-review workflow | Guest-experience and check-in scope depends on contracted setup |
| Smart-lock access | Supported connected locks; permissions and access rules required | Confirm supported access integrations and hardware |
| Colombian tax evidence | Evidence records for review; tax eligibility is case-specific | Confirm tax configuration and retained supporting evidence |
| Cleaning and assigned work | Cleaning and team tasks | Housekeeping and room-status workflows documented |
| Staff time records | Time records and review workflows | Confirm staff timekeeping integration or process |
| Financial workflows | Expenses, receipts and invoicing workflows | Hotel billing, financial reports and payment options; verify configuration |
Sixto publishes this comparison. “Confirm” identifies an unresolved scope question, not an absent feature. Native workflows, partner integrations and general product capabilities are different.
- Cloudbeds: property management system
- Cloudbeds: Colombia government compliance and partners
Sixto next to Cloudbeds, workflow by workflow
Compare the documented scope of each workflow, the connections required and the work your team retains. Product versions, plans and activation requirements can differ.
Where to evaluate Sixto for your operation
- Connected hospitality workReview reservations, guest conversations, tasks, registration, reporting and financial workflows in one operating context. Confirm live connections and permissions.
- Drafts and controlled actionsSixto drafts replies and suggests next steps. Review the approval and automation settings that apply to each action and staff role.
- Colombian operating workflowsReview SIRE, TRA and configured Colombian invoicing alongside the daily work. Credentials, enablement and activation prerequisites still apply.
| Workflow | SixtoSixto workflow | CloudbedsFrom its official page |
|---|---|---|
| Colombian compliance | ||
| TRA and SIRE | Sixto Sixto workflow Reports prepared from the guest's check-in data, with receipts and pending cases in one place. Credentials and go-live are set up with you during onboarding.Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Described by provider Official Colombia page documents SIRE and TRA partner solutions; confirm contracts and activation. |
| DIAN e-invoicing | Sixto Sixto workflow Prepare electronic-invoicing workflows from stay information through the configured MATIAS integration. Issuer enablement, numbering, credentials and tax configuration must be established; eligibility is case-specific.Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Described by provider Colombian e-invoicing partner routes through sHUB are documented; issuer setup is required. |
| Guest journey | ||
| Guest registration | Sixto Sixto workflow Online check-in collects guest and companion details before arrival. Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Confirm in demo Demonstrate the contracted check-in and verification products, companion records and partner scope. |
| Guest conversations | Sixto Sixto workflow Guest conversations from connected channels, with replies drafted for staff review. Your sending provider is connected with you during onboarding.Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Described by provider Guest communication and guest-experience capabilities are listed; confirm the contracted products. |
| English and Spanish | Sixto Sixto workflow Guests and your team each use Sixto in English or Spanish, and replies are drafted in the guest's language. Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Confirm in demo Verify front-desk, guest journey and partner-support languages for your team. |
| Daily operation | ||
| Reservation calendar | Sixto Sixto workflow Stays and physical units in one calendar, kept in sync with your channels. We connect your reservation source with you during onboarding.Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Described by provider Hotel reservations, inventory, calendar and distribution capabilities. |
| Cleaning and assigned tasks | Sixto Sixto workflow Assign work, record completion and keep its history. Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Described by provider Housekeeping, room status and role-based hotel operations are documented. |
| Expenses and receipts | Sixto Sixto workflow Record expenses, attach receipts and review the ledger. Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Confirm in demo Financial reporting and hotel billing are documented; confirm receipt capture and accounting export. |
| Intelligence and connections | ||
| Replies and next steps from Sixto | Sixto Sixto workflow Sixto drafts replies and suggests next steps. Approval and automation follow the configured workflow and permissions. Permissions follow each person's role.Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Described by provider Intelligence and automation capabilities are described; demonstrate the specific module and controls. |
| Works with your tools | Sixto Sixto workflow Connect supported reservation sources, channels and compatible smart locks. Confirm the provider, supported actions, account setup and permissions before activation.Explore workflow |
Cloudbeds Described by provider Distribution and hospitality marketplace integrations; responsibilities vary by connected product. |
| Documented workflow coverage | Sixto10/10 documented0 need confirmation | Cloudbeds7/10 documented3 need confirmation |
Each of these 10 workflows counts once, including documented partner integrations. Counts describe documented scope, not an independent product test or a quality ranking. A workflow needing confirmation is an unresolved scope question, not a missing feature. Plan, country, setup and activation requirements still apply.
See your operation in Sixto
Bring an arrival, a cleaning task and an open case. We walk through the whole workflow and set it up with you during onboarding.
How to make the decision
Compare a complete hotel operating day rather than isolated screens. Cloudbeds may remain the better fit when room inventory, distribution and established hotel connections anchor the business. Sixto deserves selection when its Colombian workflow demonstrably simplifies the team’s work without losing required capabilities. Reconcile an occupied stay and its balances before approving migration, and assign responsibility for every retained partner service. Sixto currently onboards organizations in Colombia; country, currency and fiscal readiness elsewhere must be confirmed before rollout.
Hotel breadth matters when inventory and finance are complex
Cloudbeds organizes its proposition around the hotel: reservations, room inventory, front-desk work, housekeeping and financial visibility. That breadth matters for a property selling room categories, handling group stays or coordinating several operational roles. An aparthotel may share those requirements while also managing individually marketed apartments. The right starting point is therefore the property model, not whether a vendor uses the term all-in-one. Sixto deserves consideration for a Colombian team seeking one connected operating context, but the evaluation must preserve the inventory and finance procedures the property actually depends on.
Colombian partners are a real option, with real responsibilities
Cloudbeds’ official Colombia page identifies SIRE and TRA reporting partners and electronic invoicing options through sHUB. That evidence rules out a blanket claim that the platform has no Colombian compliance route. The distinction is how the proposed configuration is operated: which account stores the working record, where corrections occur, which provider submits it and who handles a failed result. Sixto’s configured Colombian workflow offers a different operating arrangement to evaluate. Neither arrangement removes the hotel’s need to enable the service, keep accurate records and assign someone to review unresolved cases.
A hotel migration must reconcile open work, not just import bookings
Future reservations are only part of a hotel cutover. Open balances, room changes, deposits, tax treatment and historical documents may remain relevant after the first guest checks in under a new system. A migration plan that celebrates a populated calendar while leaving finance unreconciled is incomplete. The argument for Sixto is strongest when its Colombian workflow improves the daily handoff without sacrificing required hotel procedures. Keeping Cloudbeds may be preferable when its inventory model and partner setup already work well. The decision should follow a representative property pilot with reception, housekeeping and finance involved, plus a clear owner for channel control.
Questions to take to a demonstration
Use real cases from your property. A successful demonstration should show the result, the person responsible and what happens when a step fails.
Does the room model match your actual property?
Bring room types, individual apartments, maintenance blocks and a booking that changes rooms mid-stay. Ask the front desk to assign, move and extend it while checking availability in the connected channels. A hotel-style inventory model and individually marketed rentals create different requirements. Compare the working configuration, including any grouping or restrictions, instead of choosing from a generic calendar screenshot.
Who owns the Colombian filing and invoice process?
Cloudbeds documents SIRE, TRA and DIAN partner solutions. Ask for the exact products, contracts, credentials and activation steps proposed for your property. Follow one corrected guest record into a filing and one adjusted bill into an invoice correction. Establish whether staff work in Cloudbeds, the partner or both, and who monitors errors. Compare that complete route with the configured Sixto process.
Can reception and housekeeping handle an exception together?
Simulate an early arrival while the assigned room is still being cleaned. Ask who changes the room status, who authorizes access and where a maintenance problem is recorded. Repeat after a late checkout. Both platforms must be evaluated through the staff’s actual roles and permissions; the manager’s dashboard cannot prove that a cleaner receives the right instruction on a phone.
What happens to folios, deposits and company billing?
Give the finance team a stay with a deposit, room charges, extras, a partial refund and a company payer. Reconcile the resulting balance, electronic invoice and accounting handoff. Separate payment acceptance, hotel billing and fiscal issuance because they can have different providers and failure states. Ask how historical balances and disputed transactions remain accessible after any migration.
How does the distribution setup protect inventory?
List the actual channels and booking engine you use, including rate plans, occupancy pricing and restrictions. Test a modified reservation and an update rejected by a channel. Ask which product or partner sends the update and how the team investigates a mismatch. The useful measure is a clear operational response, not a marketing promise that overbooking can never occur.
Which guest-experience products are in the proposal?
Request the precise check-in, messaging, payment and digital-access modules included in the quote. Demonstrate an international guest with companions and a document correction. Confirm languages, device compatibility and whether identity checking is a separate service. Do the same in Sixto with the required integrations enabled; a platform overview can otherwise conceal a different configuration from the one you will actually buy.
What is the full commercial and support arrangement?
Compare subscription, onboarding, payment-processing conditions, distribution products, reporting connectors and support responsibilities using the same property scenario. Ask about renewal, contract length, training and data exports. For partner workflows, identify the first contact when a filing or invoice fails. Do not assume a quoted platform fee includes implementation or every connected service, and do not infer that adding a partner is inherently a poor choice.
What must be proven before a Cloudbeds migration?
Map room and rate identifiers, future bookings, open balances, guest records and retained documents. Agree the channel cutover with each responsible team and reconcile a pilot property before widening the rollout. Keep lawful access to historical reports and a documented rollback point. Do not assume Sixto has a direct Cloudbeds connector or can import every folio, payment token or custom configuration automatically.
Run the same practical test
- Choose one arrival with a change of dates or companions and follow it from booking to checkout.
- Ask a second team member to take over, with their own permissions and without an extra spreadsheet.
- Try a missing prerequisite or failed integration. Check recovery, history and responsibility before deciding.
Sources and review date
- Cloudbeds: property management system
- Cloudbeds: Colombia government compliance and partners