Tracks income from Airbnb · VRBO · Booking.com · direct & off-platform stays
Connect your bookings and your bank. See real net profit per property, and hand your CPA a Schedule E worksheet at tax time.
Built for US-based short-term rentals and US tax reporting (Schedule E).
Free for your first property · No credit card required
Inside Black Cat — 45-second tour, sample portfolio data
Whether you host on Airbnb, VRBO, Booking.com, or take direct bookings — your platform shows what guests paid. Not what landed in your pocket after cleaners, utilities, software, supplies, and taxes.
Most hosts underestimate their expenses by thousands of dollars a year. Cleaning fees, maintenance, supplies, mortgage — they add up fast and no booking platform tracks them for you.
Hosts spend hours scrambling for receipts and spreadsheets every April. Schedule E shouldn't take a weekend.
You know what you earned. But do you know what you actually kept? Most hosts can't answer that — and it's costing them thousands.
Connect your bank. Every charge — cleaners, repairs, supplies, mortgage, utilities — is grouped by merchant, matched to what you approved before, and tagged to the right property. Duplicates flagged. You never type an expense again.
Revenue minus every tracked expense, for any date range, across the whole portfolio or one listing. Cash-flow status and month-over-month change on one screen.
A Schedule E–organized worksheet with depreciation, the 14-day rule, and per-property breakdowns built in, plus a 1099 recipient summary — a clean, review-ready package for you or your tax professional.
Upload your Airbnb CSV and past stays fill the calendar. iCal keeps future bookings from Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com in sync. Occupancy rate, nights booked, and average stay per property.
Concrete findings like “cleaning costs jumped 34% at Downtown Loft”, a next-month revenue forecast from your own booking pattern, and a chat that answers “why did my profit drop?” in plain English.
Airbnb CSV, Hostaway PMS sync, iCal from VRBO and Booking.com, and direct or off-platform stays entered once. One view of what guests paid and what you actually kept.
Also included: cleaner management · budgets & overspend alerts · market benchmarks · multi-unit properties · shareable read-only dashboard · owner statements & owner portal (PM tier)
Ask questions, get forecasts, compare to market — all powered by AI that understands your actual financial data.
Why did my profit drop last month?
Your cleaning costs at Downtown Loft increased 34% ($420 → $563) while occupancy stayed flat. Switching to your backup cleaner for mid-week turnovers could save ~$140/mo.
Projected next month
$9,240
↑ 12% seasonal trend
vs. Urban US Average
Score: 82/100
Above average performance
Your take-home before and after the host-only fee, side by side — and the nightly price that keeps your payout exactly where it is.
Run your numbers →Is it worth leaving the 15.5% fee? Compare what a direct stay nets you after payment processing, your own marketing, and the bookings you might lose.
Compare →One page, seven steps: the break-even math, the fees hosts forget to raise, and the bookkeeping change almost nobody is covering. We’ll email you the PDF.
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Also free: Profit Tracker Spreadsheet · Airbnb Profit Calculator
Honest answer: it depends on what you're trying to do.
Solo long-term-rental hosts
Great for SFR landlords doing basic books. STR features (Airbnb categorization, Schedule E, occupancy) are a bolt-on. Free tier is ad-supported. No PM tier.
PMS — channel management
Real platform for managing multiple listings across channels. Finance and Schedule E are checkbox features — not the focus. No free tier.
STR financials, correct
Multi-platform bookings unified. Bank sync deduplicated against CSV. Per-property Schedule E. Full PM tier with owner statements + per-owner tax PDFs. Free for 1 property.
Comparisons reflect Stessa and Hostaway's public features as of June 2026. If you're using either and we got something wrong, email support@tryblackcat.com — we'll fix it.
Create your account and add your first property. Takes less than a minute — no credit card needed.
Export your earnings CSV from Airbnb and upload it. We auto-map columns — no reformatting needed.
Instantly see your net profit, expense breakdown, and AI-powered insights to find money you're leaving on the table.
No vague reassurances. Specific mechanisms.
Plaid handles the bank login — the same connection layer Venmo, Robinhood, and your bank's own mobile app use. We only receive the transaction data Plaid shares back. Disconnect any bank in one click from Settings, which immediately revokes our access.
Subscriptions are billed through Stripe. We receive a subscription status and the last four digits of your card — nothing more. Manage or cancel any time through your Stripe customer portal (linked from Settings), no support email required.
Export every transaction to CSV from Tax & Reports. Delete your entire account from Settings → Danger Zone — no support ticket, no waiting. We don't sell your data, we don't share it for advertising, and AI features only process your data when you ask them to.
Black Cat Analytics LLC — a New Hampshire limited liability company. Our Privacy, Terms, and Data Retention Policy were written by an attorney, not pulled from a template. Email support@tryblackcat.com — a person replies.
Free Forever for 1 property. Paid plans include a 14-day free trial — no credit card required.
A single missed tax deduction can cost more than a year of Black Cat.
Save 20% with annual billing
Running a property management company means spending hours each month compiling owner statements in spreadsheets, tracking commission splits manually, and emailing PDFs to each owner separately. Property Management tier automates the whole stack: per-owner statements with commission + pass-through expenses, secure owner portal where each owner sees only their own properties (never yours, never other owners'), per-owner Schedule E reports at tax time, and team-member accounts so your staff can operate the dashboard without seeing company financials.
Starting at $299/mo. Pricing depends on owner count + team size. We'll quote you on a 15-min call — no commitment.
Yes. When you import your Airbnb CSV (or sync Hostaway), Black Cat records your gross booking revenue and books the host service fee as its own expense line. Your profit reflects the 15.5% from day one, and your revenue still matches the gross figure Airbnb reports on your 1099-K. The fee is host-only from September 15, 2026 for US hosts (October 13 in the EEA). Use the free fee calculator to see the price that keeps your payout whole.
We support CSV import from Airbnb, iCal sync for bookings from Airbnb / VRBO / Booking.com, Hostaway PMS sync, and secure bank sync via Plaid for automatic expense import. Direct Airbnb API integration is on our roadmap.
Absolutely. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We take security seriously — your financial data stays private and protected.
Yes! Free and Starter plans support 1 property, Pro supports up to 5, and Business gives you unlimited. Each property gets its own dashboard and reports.
Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial so you can try before you commit. You can cancel anytime with no questions asked.
We accept the standard Airbnb earnings CSV export — the same file you download from your Airbnb transaction history. Just upload it directly, no reformatting needed. We also support custom expense CSVs.
Under 5 minutes. Sign up, add your property, and upload your Airbnb CSV. You'll see your full dashboard with revenue, expense breakdowns, and net profit immediately. No technical setup required.
Yes! We support iCal sync for bookings from Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com. For revenue data, you can import Airbnb CSVs directly and add bookings from other platforms via iCal or manual entry. Hostaway PMS integration brings in everything automatically.
If you manage properties for other people (owners who get a cut of revenue + a monthly statement from you), you want Property Management tier. It adds owner statements, an owner portal, and team members on top of everything in Business. Business is for solo investors who own and manage their own properties. PM tier starts at $299/mo and is sales-led — book a 15-min call to get a quote.
Start tracking your real Airbnb profit today.
Free forever for 1 property. No credit card required.