Autohost

Last reviewed 28 July 2026 · Verification: Public vendor pages fetched and read, including the SaaS agreement; no vendor fact-check email sent.

At a glance

Entry price (GBP): Not published; Price last verified 28 July 2026
UK-based: No
Free trial: Not published

Vendor

www.autohost.ai

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UK signals

The block no global directory publishes: whether the company trades in the UK, whether it bills in sterling, whether it charges VAT and issues a VAT invoice, when its support is actually open in UK time, and where the data sits. Every line is what the vendor publishes, or a record that it does not.

UK-based: NoCanadian corporation, Toronto principal place of business.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
Available to UK operators: Not publishedNo statement of UK availability, UK entity, UK office or UK customer base found on any vendor page checked. ID document support is described only as 'countries worldwide'. Treat UK availability as unevidenced rather than absent.
UK caveat: Not published
Billed in GBP: NoOnly USD figures published.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
UK VAT charged: Not published
UK support hours: Not published
UK phone published: Not published
Support channels: Not published
Data residency: Not publishedVendor SaaS agreement does not specify where personal data is stored or processed geographically.
ICO registration number: Not published

Pricing

Verified against the vendor's own published page on 28 July 2026. Figures are reproduced as published — we do not convert currencies or estimate a total.

Pricing model: per-verification usage plus a platform fee
Pricing published: Not published
Entry price (GBP): Not published
Quoted inclusive or exclusive of VAT: Not published
At 1 property: Not published
At 5 properties: Not published
At 20 properties: Not published
Booking fee: Not published
Setup fee: Not published
Minimum contract (months): Not published
Free plan: Not published
Price last verified: 28 July 2026Source

What it does

AI-driven guest verification, screening and fraud detection sold to hospitality operators and, increasingly, white-labelled into other platforms. It does not sell damage cover.

ID verification: YesDocument authentication with biometric face matching and liveness detection. Vendor states it "supports a wide range of government-issued identification documents including driver's licenses, passports, national ID cards, and residence permits from countries worldwide" but publishes no country list or count.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
Risk scoring: Yes"Screening AI" performs fraud pattern detection with customisable risk assessment; a "Network Effect" product shares intelligence across millions of screenings; telemetry analysis and threat intelligence feed fraud detection.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
Touchless verification: YesBackground screening performed without any guest interaction.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
Background checks: YesCriminal history, eviction records, sex offender registry, adverse media (news and search engine monitoring), social verification against social platforms, and a global watchlist covering sanctions and politically exposed persons.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
Credit check: YesCredit history checks for financial reliability, vendor states powered by Equifax.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
Payment verification: YesCardholder fraud detection.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
Damage waiver or protection: NoThe vendor products list contains no damage waiver, damage protection or insurance product. "Insurance" appears only as a customer vertical Autohost sells into, not as cover it provides.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
Security deposits: Not publishedNot listed among products or solutions on the vendor site as at 2026-07-28. Third-party marketplace listings (e.g. Guesty) describe Autohost as automating security deposits; unverified against the vendor and therefore not recorded as true.
Full product list: ID Verification, Touchless Verification, Screening AI, Background Checks, Credit History Checks, Fraud Detection, Social Verification, Sex Offenders, Adverse Media, Global Watchlist, Liveness Detection, Network Effect, Payment Verification, Data FeedsSource · Checked 28 July 2026

Data protection & security

GDPR statement: The SaaS agreement defines "GDPR" as "the European General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679" and states "Provider may process, transmit, and/or store Customer Personal Data" solely to perform its contractual obligations. The customer is positioned as the data controller and must obtain all necessary consents and make all necessary disclosures.This is a contractual data-processing clause, not a claim of GDPR certification. No reference to UK GDPR specifically.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
SOC 2: YesSOC 2 referenced with a verification link to app.delve.co/autohost.Source · Checked 28 July 2026
ISO 27001: Not published
PCI: Not published

Company identity

Recorded from the vendor's own pages and, where a company number was findable, from Companies House.

Legal entity: Autohost, Inc.Vendor SaaS agreement identifies "Autohost, Inc." as "a Canadian corporation with its principal place of business at 200-60 Atlantic Avenue, Toronto, Ontario."Source · Checked 28 July 2026
Companies House number: Not published
Company status: Not published
Incorporated: Not published
Registered office: Not published
Founded: Not publishedNot stated on any vendor page checked. Third-party sources disagree (CB Insights 2019, Tracxn 2016); not recorded.
Head office (vendor stated): Not published
Country: CanadaSource · Checked 28 July 2026
Former name: Not published
Employees: Not published
Ownership: Not published
Status: active

Our verdict

Autohost is the pure screening play in this group: no damage waiver, no insurance, no deposits, just verification and fraud detection sold by the check. That focus shows in the pricing, which is the most transparent unit economics in the category - published USD ranges from $0.12 for a touchless check to $7.25 for identity verification bundled with a criminal background check, plus a platform fee that is quote-only. A self-serve product, Checktiv, starts with $5 of credit. The depth of screening is real: liveness detection, biometric face matching, Equifax-powered credit history, sanctions and politically-exposed-persons watchlists, adverse media, eviction records and a cross-customer intelligence network. For a UK holiday let operator the questions are jurisdictional rather than technical. Autohost, Inc. is a Canadian corporation in Toronto, the contract is governed by Ontario law with disputes heard exclusively in Ontario courts, and there is no published UK entity, UK office, UK phone or UK support hours. Data residency is not stated anywhere, which for a product ingesting passport images and credit data is a material gap. The SaaS agreement defines GDPR and positions the customer as data controller, but that is a contract clause rather than a compliance claim, and UK GDPR is not mentioned. SOC 2 is claimed with a public verification link. Integrations skew North American; Lavanda is the only UK-linked partner named.

Written by The UK Holiday Let Software Directory editorial team. Nobody paid for this and nobody reviewed it before publication except us.

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How this listing was checked

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Verified: 28 July 2026
Last reviewed: 28 July 2026
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