HotelHinge · Comparison
A Real Capital Analytics Alternative for Hotel Data
Independence. HotelHinge is not affiliated with or endorsed by Real Capital Analytics or MSCI Inc. Real Capital Analytics is a product of MSCI Inc., and the name appears here only to identify that product. Nothing on this page describes their data quality. Every statement about their product is taken from MSCI's own public pages and public filings, is stated in our words rather than theirs, and carries the source and the date it was read.
Quick answer: the MSCI offering is a global, multi-asset-class commercial real estate transaction platform, reported in its Form 10-K for 2025 as covering more than 170 countries (MSCI Form 10-K for 2025, read August 22, 2026). HotelHinge is narrow by design: one asset class, the United States, built entirely from public records, with a link to the source document on every published fact. Breadth across property types and continents points one way. Depth on U.S. hotels points the other.
What the MSCI product is
Real Capital Analytics is a commercial real estate transaction and capital markets data product sold by MSCI Inc., which acquired the company behind it in 2021 (MSCI Form 10-K for 2021, read August 22, 2026). MSCI groups it with its Real Assets offerings, alongside separate products for private real estate indexes, portfolio performance, climate risk and Nordic property analysis (MSCI Form 10-K for 2025, read August 22, 2026). That placement matters to the comparison: the offering sits inside a wide institutional analytics suite rather than standing alone.
The facts below are the ones traceable to a document. Where MSCI publishes nothing, this page says nothing rather than estimating.
| What MSCI states | Source | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Sold by MSCI Inc. as one of its Real Assets offerings | Form 10-K for 2025 | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Acquired by MSCI on September 13, 2021 for $949.0 million in cash | Form 10-K for 2021 | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Reported geographic scope: more than 170 countries | Form 10-K for 2025 | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Content: aggregated transaction data covering market pricing, capital flows and investment trends | Form 10-K for 2025 | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Data model presented as deals, assets, capital (loans, lenders and funds), investor profiles, and delivery | Product page | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Named capabilities: fund-to-asset mapping, transaction intelligence, investor and fund profiles | Product page | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Audience named on the page: institutional investors in global real estate markets | Product page | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Companion products offered separately: Mortgage Debt Intelligence, Index Intel, Property Intel, Portfolio Income Insights | Product page | Aug 22, 2026 |
| Commercial model: client agreements whose revenue MSCI records as recurring subscription revenue | Form 10-K for 2021 | Aug 22, 2026 |
| No price published on the product page; access begins with a demo request | Product page | Aug 22, 2026 |
Two things follow from that table, and only those two. The scope is global and it spans property sectors: the modules MSCI names are organised by deal, asset, capital and investor rather than by property type (MSCI product page, read August 22, 2026). And the price is not public: MSCI publishes no figure on that page, so this page publishes none either. Pricing is quoted on request.
What HotelHinge covers
HotelHinge is a property-first census of American hotels. The unit is the building, not the market aggregate, and every published event carries a link to the county record, filing, or servicer report it came from. As of this writing it holds 46,034 U.S. hotels across 51 markets, with 7,803 priced hotel sales totalling $89.59B in disclosed value and $311.6B in assessed value drawn from assessor records. On the financing side the Capital Markets plan carries $41.9B of hotel CMBS debt outstanding across 2,168 loans in 351 deals, as of the July 2026 remittance period, matched to 2,193 hotels in the census.
The sourcing rules are the product. Blanks stay blank and print as a dash rather than being inferred. A portfolio price is never stamped onto one hotel. An announced deal waits for a closing document before it is carried as a sale. HotelHinge publishes no RevPAR, ADR, occupancy, or cap-rate estimates of its own, because those are operating figures rather than public-record facts. Per-state coverage is published at hotel statistics by state, and the method is set out in data and methodology.
Where each one fits
The case for the broad platform
If the work spans office, industrial, retail, multifamily and hotels, or crosses borders, a single cross-sector product is the practical answer, and MSCI's own description is explicitly that: institutional investors tracking capital across global markets, with fund-to-asset mapping and investor profiles built in (MSCI product page, read August 22, 2026). A hotel-only census cannot answer a question about a logistics portfolio in Spain.
The case for the hotel census
If the work is U.S. hotels, breadth is dilution. A hotel broker pricing a 142-key limited-service asset, an appraiser building a comp set, a lender checking who holds the deed: those are property-level questions, answered by the county record and the filing, both of which are public. HotelHinge carries that record for one asset class, at a price a single practitioner can approve, with the source link on every row so a number can be checked rather than trusted.
What it costs
HotelHinge is from $199/mo billed annually, or $349/mo month to month, with a 14-day free trial. The Capital Markets plan, which adds hotel CMBS loans, servicer reporting and REIT attribution, is $499/mo billed annually. There is no enterprise minimum and no procurement cycle.
Frequently asked questions
Is HotelHinge affiliated with Real Capital Analytics or MSCI?
No. HotelHinge is not affiliated with or endorsed by Real Capital Analytics or MSCI Inc. They are separate companies with separate products, and the product name is used on this page only to identify the product being compared.
What does Real Capital Analytics cover?
MSCI reports in its Form 10-K for 2025 that the offering aggregates transaction data and reports market pricing, capital flows and investment trends in more than 170 countries, and its product page presents one data model spanning deals, assets, capital and investors across global commercial real estate (MSCI Form 10-K for 2025 and MSCI product page, both read August 22, 2026).
Is HotelHinge a substitute for Real Capital Analytics?
Only for one asset class in one country. HotelHinge carries 46,034 U.S. hotels, 7,803 priced hotel sales and hotel CMBS debt, each linked to its public source, and nothing outside U.S. lodging. The MSCI offering is global and cross-sector, reported at more than 170 countries (MSCI Form 10-K for 2025, read August 22, 2026). For a firm whose work is U.S. hotels, the narrower product is a fit; for a firm underwriting several property types across continents, it is not.
Sources
- MSCI Inc., Real Capital Analytics product page: msci.com, read August 22, 2026.
- MSCI Inc., Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed February 6, 2026: sec.gov, read August 22, 2026.
- MSCI Inc., Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed February 11, 2022: sec.gov, read August 22, 2026.