Best Beambox Alternatives
The guest WiFi platforms venues look at alongside Beambox, with each one's published prices, trial and hardware taken from its own website.
Beambox lists plans from £29 a month per location on monthly billing, with a 30-day trial; CaptiFi Essentials is £49 a month, with a 30-day trial on every plan.
The differences are mostly in hardware, integrations and currency. CaptiFi has setup guides for 9 vendor ecosystems and its own device on a refundable deposit, native Toast and Square POS integrations and Leat loyalty come with Growth, and prices are in GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, AUD or NZD. Beambox has cloud integrations for UniFi, Meraki and Omada and self-install guides for Aruba, MikroTik, RUCKUS and Cambium, includes the first Beambox access point with its trial, and lists Square POS on its Growth and Pro plans. Spotipo, Purple, Fydelia and Cloud4Wi are further down.
CaptiFi is a guest WiFi marketing and captive portal platform for restaurants, bars, pubs, cafes, hotels, gyms, salons, retail and short-term rentals, built by CaptiFi Ltd in the UK and sold in GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, AUD and NZD to venues worldwide.
Beambox and CaptiFi side by side
Beambox details are from its own website and help centre, checked 28 Oct 2026. Where Beambox doesn't mention something, the cell says so.
| Feature | Beambox | CaptiFi |
|---|---|---|
| Plans | £29 (Essential), £45 (Growth) and £60 (Pro) a month per location on monthly billing, with yearly plans also available; 15% off locations 2 to 10 and 25% from the eleventh, for locations sharing the same branding | Essentials £49, Growth £89 and Pro £149 a month, less billed yearly |
| Billing | Monthly or yearly | Monthly or yearly, in GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, AUD or NZD |
| Guest numbers | Plans include 1,000 guests, then a monthly charge per band (£10 a month a band in its help centre) | Up to 1,000 new guests a month on Essentials, 5,000 on Growth and 15,000 on Pro |
| Trial | 30 days, with the first Beambox access point included | 30 days on every plan; you add a card to start |
| Hardware | Cloud integrations for UniFi, Meraki and Omada; self-install guides for Aruba, MikroTik, RUCKUS and Cambium | Setup guides for 9 vendor ecosystems: TP-Link Omada, Ubiquiti UniFi, Cisco Meraki, Aruba Instant On, MikroTik, Ruckus, Fortinet FortiGate/FortiAP, DrayTek, Cisco Catalyst |
| Own device | First access point included with the trial, extra ones for a one-time fee, returned on cancellation | The CaptiFi device on every plan, against a refundable deposit of £60 |
| Email campaigns | Growth: unlimited emails, plus Interactions for automated emails | From Essentials: 1,000 emails a month on Essentials, 2,000 on Growth and 5,000 on Pro |
| Texts | Twilio integration on Growth; 250 free SMS a month on Pro | 250 free texts a month from Essentials, then paid texts billed monthly |
| Review requests | Review Automator on Pro; ratings of 3 stars or less go to an internal feedback form | From Essentials, with links to Google, Tripadvisor, Yelp, Facebook, Trustpilot and more |
| POS | Square POS, for Growth and Pro subscribers | From Growth: native Toast and Square |
| Loyalty | Interactions emails can reward loyal customers | From Growth: points or a stamp card, tiers, and a Leat integration |
| Consent records | Records acceptance of its policies and the guest's opt-in | Records each guest's marketing consent with their details, on every plan |
All Beambox Alternatives Compared
1. CaptiFi
Setup guides for 9 vendor ecosystems, plus the CaptiFi device on every plan against a refundable deposit. Every plan keeps a guest list with each guest's marketing consent recorded; email campaigns and review requests start on Essentials, and native Toast and Square POS integrations and Leat loyalty on Growth. Its white label adds a minimum monthly commitment agreed when you upgrade.
Price: Essentials £49 a month · Trial: 30 days, you add a card to start · For: restaurants, hotels, pubs, retail and short-term rentals
Full comparison → Beambox alternative guide →2. Spotipo
Spotipo works with your existing router (UniFi, MikroTik, Meraki, Aruba, Ruckus, Fortinet, TP-Link Omada, DrayTek and more) and syncs guests to Mailchimp, HubSpot, Klaviyo, Zapier and others. Starter covers up to 2,000 unique guests a month and Pro 5,000, with unlimited access points, and there is an MSP white label from $50 a month with an annual commitment.
Price: $59 or $79 a month ($49 or $66 billed yearly) · Trial: 14 days, no card
CaptiFi vs Spotipo →3. Purple
Purple's Connect plan is free, with a branded login page, social and email sign-in and network analytics. Collecting contact lists needs its Capture or Engage plan, which don't have published prices ("Speak to an expert") and come with a 30-day free trial. Purple Engage, a separate marketing product, has a free plan with 500 credits a month and paid plans from £12 a month.
Price: Connect free; Capture and Engage not published · Trial: 30 days on Capture and Engage
CaptiFi vs Purple →4. Fydelia: every feature on one per-venue price
Prices each venue by its type, with every feature on every plan, ten sign-in games among them, and a 14-day trial with no card. Runs on the venue's own access points (fydelia.com, read 27 October 2026).
Price: From £25/mo per venue · Best for: venues that want every feature on one price
CaptiFi vs Fydelia →5. Cloud4Wi
Cloud4Wi, headquartered in New York, prices by access point. Its Professional edition is from $200 a month billed annually with 50 access points included, self-serve, with a 30-day free trial and no card; Enterprise pricing is custom. It lists 13+ WiFi manufacturers and syncs consented guest profiles to CRM and marketing tools such as HubSpot, Salesforce and Mailchimp for email and SMS, and connects to hotel property management systems such as Opera Cloud and Mews.
Price: From $200 a month, billed annually · Trial: 30 days, no card
CaptiFi vs Cloud4Wi →Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Beambox alternative in 2026?▼
It depends on what your venue needs from its guest WiFi. CaptiFi suits venues that want setup guides for 9 vendor ecosystems or the CaptiFi device on a refundable deposit, POS data from Toast or Square, and prices in their own currency: Essentials is £49 a month, or £39 a month billed yearly, with a 30-day trial on every plan. Spotipo, Purple, Fydelia and Cloud4Wi are set out further down, each from its own website.
How does Beambox compare with CaptiFi?▼
Beambox lists £29, £45 and £60 a month per location on monthly billing (Essential, Growth and Pro), with yearly plans also available, and its 30-day trial includes the first Beambox access point. It has cloud integrations for UniFi, Meraki and Omada, self-install guides for Aruba, MikroTik, RUCKUS and Cambium, Square POS on Growth and Pro, and the Review Automator on Pro. CaptiFi has setup guides for 9 vendor ecosystems and the CaptiFi device on every plan against a refundable deposit of £60. Email campaigns and review requests come with Essentials; the native Toast and Square till integrations come with Growth. Beambox details are from its own website, checked 28 Oct 2026.
How much do Beambox and CaptiFi cost?▼
CaptiFi Essentials is £49 a month, or £39 a month billed yearly; Growth is £89 and Pro £149 a month, in GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, AUD or NZD. The CaptiFi device comes on every plan against a refundable deposit of £60. Beambox lists £29, £45 and £60 a month per location on monthly billing (Essential, Growth and Pro), with yearly plans also available. Its plans include 1,000 guests, then a monthly charge per band (£10 a month a band in its help centre). The first Beambox access point comes with its trial and extra ones are a one-time fee, and for locations sharing the same branding Beambox takes 15% off the second to tenth location and 25% from the eleventh. Beambox details are from its own website, checked 28 Oct 2026.
Can I migrate from Beambox to CaptiFi?▼
Yes. Start a 30-day trial (you add a card to start), set up your login page, then point each site's access points or controller at CaptiFi using the setup guide for your hardware. If you would rather not change the controller settings, the CaptiFi device, on a refundable deposit, is the other route.
Does CaptiFi work with the same hardware as Beambox?▼
Mostly. CaptiFi has setup guides for UniFi, Meraki, Omada, Aruba Instant On, MikroTik and Ruckus, which Beambox covers too, plus Cisco Catalyst, Fortinet and DrayTek. Beambox also has a self-install guide for Cambium, where CaptiFi has no guide. Beambox details are from its own website, checked 28 Oct 2026.
Sources: Beambox, Pricing, home page, Our pricing options, Which installation method is right for you?, How to grow your online reviews, GDPR compliance, Square integration, Guest database charges and What are Interactions?; Spotipo, Pricing and MSP white label; Cloud4Wi, Pricing, WiFi manufacturers, Marketing tools, Application providers and About; all read on 28 October 2026. Purple, Guest WiFi pricing, Connect and Purple Engage pricing, read on 27 October 2026. Fydelia, Pricing, FAQ, Gamification and Hardware, read on 27 October 2026. CaptiFi's details come from our own pricing page. Product names are trade marks of their owners; CaptiFi is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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