Best SIBA Software 2026: Honest Comparison for Portugal Hosts

CheckinSimple Team ·

What This Comparison Covers

Portuguese AL hosts have several options to handle SIBA / AIMA guest reporting in 2026. We compared the most-mentioned tools by:

  • Setup time — minutes from signup to first submission
  • Per-guest cost — what you actually pay per check-in
  • AI passport scanning — quality and speed
  • Multi-language guest forms — required for international guests
  • Auto-submission — does it submit to SIBA without clicking?
  • PDF Boletim archive — for inspections
  • Customer support — when AIMA changes the API at 11pm

The Tools Compared

EazyAL

The veteran. Functional but dated UI. Strong on PMS-style features (channel manager, prices, calendar). SIBA reporting works but is buried under many other features. Pricing tends to scale with bookings.

Best for: Hosts who want a full PMS, not just SIBA.

Chekin

Slick UI, strong on guest experience (custom branding, upsells). SIBA submission included but often as part of a higher tier. Pricing per-property can stack quickly across 3+ units.

Best for: Boutique hotels and hosts who want guest upselling.

Manual SIBA Portal

Free, official, painful. About 8-10 minutes per guest. Sessions time out, captchas fail, no batch submission. Free does not stay free once you count your time.

Best for: Hosts with under 5 guests per year.

CheckinSimple

Built specifically for the AIMA / SIBA workflow. AI passport scan, auto-submission, multi-language guest forms, PDF archive. Flat pricing per host (not per property), 14-day free trial.

Best for: Hosts with 1-50 properties who want SIBA done in 30 seconds per guest.

Honest Trade-Offs

  • Want a full PMS? Pick EazyAL or a dedicated PMS — SIBA-only tools will not manage your calendar.
  • Want maximum guest branding? Chekin invests heavily here.
  • Want SIBA done correctly, fast, cheap? CheckinSimple was built for exactly this.
  • Have 1-2 guests a year? Manual portal is fine.

What Actually Matters Day-to-Day

The hidden cost of any SIBA tool is failed submissions you do not notice. AIMA returns errors silently if your tool does not surface them. The real questions to ask:

  1. Does it show me when AIMA rejects a guest?
  2. Does it auto-retry on transient errors?
  3. Does it warn me when the 3-day deadline approaches?
  4. Does it produce a PDF I can show to inspectors?

If a tool cannot answer yes to all four, you are exposed.

Try Before You Commit

The good news: every serious tool offers a free trial. Sign up to two, submit five real guests, and pick the one that felt fastest. CheckinSimple takes 2 minutes to set up — try it now.