COMPARE
What we replace — and what we don't.
Honest, sourced comparisons; every fee traces to the platform's own docs. We replace booking software. We are not a marketplace and we don't find you customers — so if a listing is bringing you strangers, keep it. We're the home base for the business you already own.
Booking software we replace
Same job as us — take the booking, hold the deposit, run the site. A fair head-to-head on price and on what you end up owning.
vs. FareHarbor
"Free" to you because your customer pays ~6% at checkout. No surcharge here — your price is your price.
See the comparison →vs. AnyCreek
$49–$199/mo plus a $199 setup fee and a 5% service fee on your client's bill — even when the booking came from your own phone.
See the comparison →vs. Mallard Bay's GuideTech
Their guide software starts at $199/mo, with growth tools sold as add-on packages. Ours is $29 flat — everything included, on a domain you own.
See the comparison →Fishing charter booking software
Rezdy, Checkfront, a website builder plus a widget — or a flat fee built for guides. The honest head-to-head.
See the comparison →Hunting outfitter booking software
Take deposits online for multi-day hunts without a per-booking cut.
See the comparison →FareHarbor fees, explained
Who actually pays FareHarbor's ~6% — and the flat-fee alternative with no surcharge.
See the comparison →
WHAT YOU'RE REALLY COMPARING
The patience is yours.
The client should be too.
A hundred quiet mornings behind the glass is what they're paying for — whichever software runs the booking. Booked direct, it pays you at full price, and the name on the client list stays yours.
Marketplaces we don't replace
They find you strangers. That's a real service and we don't offer it — so we'll never tell you to quit one. These pages are about what happens after the introduction: who owns the client, and what the cut costs you on the trips you booked yourself.
Alongside FishingBooker
It finds you strangers, and it's good at it. Keep the listing — and stop routing the clients you already earned through a 10–30% cut.
Read it →Alongside Captain Experiences
Let the marketplace introduce you. Own everything after the introduction — the client, the brand, the re-book.
Read it →Alongside BookYourHunt
A ~10% commission and a price-parity rule you agreed to. Let it find you hunters; run your own prices on your own site.
Read it →FishingBooker commission, explained
How much FishingBooker takes (captain-set 10–30%), what the bypass policy actually says, and what FishingBooker Direct does allow.
Read it →Your trips. Your clients. Your money.
We build your whole site free and send you a link. Look it over — if the math doesn't move you, you've lost nothing.
Get your site built — freeFree until you accept your first booking, then $29/mo. We will never take a cut of a client you brought us.