Solutions | Short-Term Rentals
Connect Your PMS Directly With Smart Locks & Thermostats
Seam offers a unified, easy-to-use API that enables your STR app to integrate any smart locks, thermostats, and sensors to provide features such as automated guest checkin or energy saving in between reservation.
Problem
Building IoT device integrations is expensive...
Each listing comes with its own set of hardware devices, costing you years in engineering bandwidth to integrate and launch.
Develop:$100K
Maintain:$10K/yr
Develop:$75K
Maintain:$8K/yr
Develop:$125K
Maintain:$7.5K/yr
Develop:$100K
Maintain:$10K/yr
Develop:$90K
Maintain:$5K/yr
Develop:$85K
Maintain:$10K/yr
Solution
Seam provides a single API to let you communicate with thousands of IoT devices
Seam provides a single API integration to integrate all devices and systems at once. Stop spending months trying to get manufacturer access, setting up test devices, and repeating an endless process for every brand. Focus on your customer's experience, and let Seam handle the rest.
Ultra-fast implementation
Save years of engineering time by integrating Seam in just days.
Seam is built by software developers and provides easy-to-use SDKs that make integrating Seam into your product a breeze. Seam's API unifies a fragmented ecosystem of devices into a simple set of commands that make controlling any device a breeze.
1
Install Seam SDK for Your Language
Seam provides client libraries in your preferred programming language to provide the best possible developer experience.
2
Issue Standardized API Commands
Use Seam's unified API to build custom workflows that control devices—without concern for specific brand differences.
3
Embed UI Components
Seam's library of pre-built UI Components lets you accelerate development time to ship incredible UIs to operate and manage devices.
Smart Locks
Design the most advanced check-in experience for both guests and property managers
Seam provides one API to integrate any smart lock right into your app to create incredible guest experiences and streamline operations for property managers.
Access Codes
Seam's API lets you easily generate access codes for any kind of smartlock, allowing guests to complete check-in in a fully automated way.
Real-Time Status
Get information on each device and in real-time to get better fleet visibility.
Any Door, One API
Grant access for thousands of listings with a single SDK that works across different systems
All Major Brands, One API
Stop chasing down each manufacturer and their API docs.
Use Seam and instantly get access to all major brands of smart locks.
Thermostats
Keep guests comfortable and automate energy savings in between reservations
Seam provides one API to integrate any thermostats. Automatically turn HVAC systems on and off based on check-in and check-out times of guest.
Automatic Energy Savings
Seam's API will allow you to define predefined schedules to save energy while listings are empty.
Expose Control
Allow guests to control temperature and other climate settings right inside your guest app
Real-Time Status
Get information on each device and in real-time to monitor important changes.
All Major Brands, One API
Stop chasing down each manufacturer and their API docs. Use Seam and instantly get access to all major brands of smart locks.
Case Studies
How Guesty grants access to millions of guests using Seam
Guesty is a property management software that helps property managers manage hundreds of thousands of listings globally. Guesty uses Seam to seamlessly integrate smart locks and thermostats into their platform to provide a seamless guest experience and operate operations for hosts.
Challenge
Guest access can be one of the most challenging and operationally intensive part of managing a portfolio of short-term rental listings. A single guest unable to enter a listing can lead to bad reviews for hosts. Naturally, property managers are looking for ways to automate guest access to avoid these issues. Guesty often heard from its host customers about the need for integrating access automation into their PMS platform. However, as Guesty's customer base grew to span multiple continents, the complexity and sheer number of smart lock brands to integrate was beyond their product team's ability to handle.
Solution
In early 2023, Guesty decided to partner with Seam to provide their Guesty Lock Manager module as part of Guesty's core PMS offering. Thanks to Seam's unified API and white-labeled solution, Guesty was able to ship a best-in-class access automation management dashboard in just a few weeks. Since then, Guesty has generated millions in additional revenue by charging hosts for access automation services, and facilitate access for millions of guests since.
Seam Products Used
Smart Lock API
Thermostat API
