Best Airbnb Damage Protection & Guest Screening

The damage-protection, insurance, and guest-screening providers below are ranked by earned signal on STR Market Map — integration depth first. Placement is never sold.

1. Autohost — 29 verified integrations. AI guest screening for short-term rentals combining ID liveness checks, watchlist screening, and behavioral risk scoring across a 28M-event verification network.
2. Safely — 25 verified integrations. Automates guest identity verification and adds insurance-backed damage and liability cover to every US short-term rental booking, replacing manual security deposit workflows.
3. Truvi — 23 verified integrations. UK risk management platform (formerly SUPERHOG) bundling guest screening with damage protection so STR operators reduce fraud and damage risk across Airbnb, Vrbo, and direct.
4. Swikly — 15 verified integrations. Swikly is a Lyon-based fintech founded in 2016 that manages online security deposits for short-term rental operators, processing over two million transactions a year without blocking guests' card limits.
5. Waivecover — 3 verified integrations. US damage waiver platform for vacation rental operators offering a structured alternative to security deposits, covering accidental damage, theft, and malicious behaviour.
6. Intasure — listed Insurance. UK specialist insurer for overseas and holiday-let property owners, covering extended vacancy, seasonal occupancy, and cross-border ownership risks that standard insurers decline.
7. TYLLT — listed Insurance. French digital security deposit platform replacing cash cautions with online deposit management for seasonal rental owners, removing dispute friction at end of stay.
8. Tint — listed Insurance. Embedded insurance and managing general agent providing SmartSTR Insurance, a damage and liability product purpose-built for short-term rental property managers and homeowners.
9. Tern Financial — listed Insurance
10. Pablow — listed Insurance. Pablow offers rental insurance services for travelers, coverages for various trips, and property owners.

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