Guest WiFi Platform Pricing Compared (2026)

The first thing you notice when you try to price a guest-WiFi marketing platform is how hard it is to get a number. Visit half a dozen vendor sites and most of them want a demo before they will tell you what it costs. A few publish a tier or two and bury the rest behind "Enquire now". Almost none lay out the whole table. That opacity is not an accident, and it is the most useful finding in this whole comparison.

This is an honest look at what the main platforms actually charge, using only prices the vendors publish or that sit on their own pages as of June 2026. Where a price is quote-only, we say so plainly, because "you have to ask" is itself a data point worth knowing before you book a sales call. We will also be straight about what really drives the bill: it is rarely the headline number, it is the per-location and per-contact mechanics underneath it.

Why guest-WiFi pricing is so hard to compare

Three things make this market awkward to price-shop. First, almost everyone charges per location (sometimes per venue, sometimes per access point), so a single "from" figure tells you very little until you multiply it by your estimate. Second, many platforms gate contact volume by tier, so the email list you are trying to build is also the thing that pushes you up a price band. Third, a good chunk of vendors simply do not publish at all, which means the only way to compare them is to sit through a demo and a quote.

None of that is sinister on its own. Enterprise software has always sold this way. But for an independent pub or a small hotel group, an afternoon of sales calls just to learn a starting price is a real cost, and it is fair to weigh transparency as a feature in its own right.

If a vendor will not show you a starting price without a sales call, treat that as information, not a formality. Opacity usually means the answer depends on how much they think you will pay.

The pricing table: what every platform actually charges

Here is the whole field side by side. Every figure below is either published by the vendor or sits on their own pricing page; quote-only means there is no public number and you have to request one. Currencies are shown as the vendor lists them.

Read that table and the pattern jumps out. Only four of the ten publish a full set of tiers: CaptiFi, Spotipo, Fydelia and MyPlace. Two publish a partial picture, and four make you ask. For the full feature comparison behind these numbers, our best guest WiFi platforms of 2026 guide and the platform shortlist go deeper than price alone.

Who publishes pricing, and who makes you ask

Transparency is not evenly spread, so it is worth grouping the field honestly.

The transparent ones

Four platforms put real tiers on a public page. Spotipo is the cleanest example: Starter at $59 per location per month (or $49 billed annually) and Pro at $79 (or $66 annually), with only its Enterprise tier quote-only. Competitor Purple independently confirms Spotipo's "published per-location tiers from $49 per location/month", which is a useful cross-check. Fydelia, UK-based out of Brighton, publishes per-venue prices by industry: £35/month for food and beverage (one of its pages says "from £30"), £45 for entertainment and £65 for hospitality, on rolling roughly three-month "Pay & Play" cycles with no long contract.

MyPlace, the Ireland-based platform formerly called MyPlace Connect, lists three tiers: Essentials at $49 per location/month, Growth at $79 and Reputation at $159, with guest WiFi included at no extra charge on all three. CaptiFi publishes from $69/mo per location, with a free plug-and-play device option and the ability to run on your existing access points. You can see the full breakdown on the CaptiFi pricing page.

The partial ones

Stampede, the Edinburgh all-in-one hospitality platform, publishes exactly one number: its Pro tier at £299 per month (denominated in the visitor's region, so £299 on UK listings via GetApp and Capterra, $299 on US ones). Its Essential and Premium tiers use "Enquire now" buttons with no listed price. StayFi, the US short-term-rental specialist, is the inverse: its core WiFi and email marketing is quote-only on its own page ("flexible, pay as you go", routed by listing count), but it publishes its SMS credit pricing ($0.0425 down to $0.0175 per credit by volume) and its hardware in full ($99 StayFi Express up to $384 for the Aginet Outdoor).

The quote-only ones

Four platforms publish nothing usable. Zenreach, now rebranded as Adentro and US-focused, is technically in this group: its only public figure is a floor of "plans start as low as $99 per location", with everything else pushed to a sales call (it lists no free trial). Beambox, Purple WiFi and Cloud4Wi are all quote-only, with pricing that depends on venue count and, for the enterprise pair, on a negotiated contract. None of that makes them bad products. Beambox in particular reviews well, at 4.84/5 across 34 organic G2 reviews as of May 2026. It just means you cannot compare them on price without a call.

What actually drives the cost

The headline "from" price is the least interesting number on any of these pages. Three mechanics underneath it decide what you really pay.

Per location adds up fast

Almost every platform here is priced per location or per venue, so the figure that matters is your starting price multiplied by your sites. A single cafe paying $49 is one thing; a ten-site group paying the same per venue is a monthly line of nearly $500. This is exactly where multi-site operators should look hard at whether volume discounts exist (Spotipo and Fydelia both advertise them) and whether a single dashboard is included. CaptiFi's approach centralises every venue in one place, which matters more the more sites you run.

Contact caps quietly push you up a tier

This is the one that catches people out. Several platforms cap how many contacts or new emails you can hold or collect, then charge to lift the cap. MyPlace, for instance, includes only 100 new emails per month on Essentials, 200 on Growth and 300 on Reputation, with add-on bundles after that (250 emails for $30, up to 10,000 for $700). Stampede's tiers are bound by contact volume too: 5,000 contacts per venue on Essential, 20,000 on Pro, 35,000 on Premium. StayFi's email marketing is charged per contact, which Capterra reviewers flag as a cost that "adds up as the list grows". The irony is hard to miss: the more successful your WiFi capture is, the more these models charge you for it. If list-building is the goal, read the contact terms before the headline price. Our guide to capturing emails from guest WiFi explains why volume is the whole point.

Hardware is a separate line for some

Pricing models split on hardware. Software-only platforms (Fydelia, MyPlace, Spotipo, CaptiFi) run on access points you already own or can buy from any vendor, so there is no kit cost baked in. Others are hardware-paired: StayFi sells its own Ubiquiti-based units ($99 to $384), and Zenreach/Adentro provides pre-configured hardware tied to the portal. Stampede needs compatible APs too, which is why its own community fields the question "what WiFi hardware do I need". CaptiFi sits in the software-layer camp: it offers a free plug-and-play device or works with UniFi, TP-Link Omada, Cisco Meraki, Aruba, MikroTik, Ruckus, Cambium and DrayTek. See the hardware page for the compatible list.

Free trials and free hardware: the real differences

Trials separate the self-serve platforms from the sales-led ones. CaptiFi offers a 30-day trial with no card, Spotipo a 14-day full-access trial with no card, Fydelia a 14-day trial, and MyPlace, Stampede and Beambox all offer trials of some form. Zenreach/Adentro offers no free trial and routes you to a demo (Capterra confirms no trial, no free version). StayFi does not state a trial on its current page.

"Free hardware" is rarer than the marketing implies. CaptiFi is the clearest case of a genuinely free plug-and-play device option, alongside support for existing APs. Most others either run purely on your own kit (no hardware to give away) or sell their own. The honest read: software-layer platforms remove hardware cost by using what you have, while hardware-paired ones fold the kit into the deal one way or another. The guest WiFi overview walks through how the device option works.

Where each platform genuinely fits

Price is only useful next to fit, so here is the plain version of who each one suits.

• StayFi for short-term-rental hosts and property managers. It is purpose-built for vacation rentals, captures every guest (not just the booker), and rates 5.0/5 from 73 Capterra reviews (a shared Gartner pool with GetApp). If you run Airbnbs, it is a serious option, though hardware and per-contact email costs are the common gripes. Our Airbnb WiFi marketing guide covers this niche, and there is a full StayFi review too.
• Stampede for hospitality groups that want bookings, payments, loyalty and WiFi in one suite, and are comfortable with a quote on two of three tiers. The Stampede review and CaptiFi vs Stampede go further.
• Spotipo for MSPs, agencies and the small end of the market that wants transparent per-location pricing and broad router support. See the Spotipo review.
• Fydelia for UK venues that like its industry-priced, no-long-contract model. The Fydelia review has detail; note it has no confirmed G2 or Capterra rating.
• MyPlace for venues that want review generation built in, though its higher tiers gate the best features. See the MyPlace review.
• Zenreach/Adentro for larger US operators sold on its Walk-Through Rate attribution, if you are happy with a quote-led process. The Zenreach review explains the rebrand.
• Beambox, Purple and Cloud4Wi each have their place: Beambox for set-and-forget SMB automation, Purple for enterprise wayfinding and large-venue analytics (G2 around 3.61/5, n=39, with support the main complaint), Cloud4Wi for enterprises needing Salesforce and Adobe depth.

CaptiFi is one strong option among these, not the only answer. Its case is transparency (published pricing from $69/mo), a free device or your own APs, a self-serve 30-day trial, UK-built GDPR and PECR compliance, and worldwide availability rather than US-only. If those line up with what you need, the integrations guide and WiFi marketing overview are the next reads. If they do not, the reviews above point you to a better fit.

The verdict on pricing transparency

On price alone, the field sorts into three groups. The transparent four (CaptiFi, Spotipo, Fydelia, MyPlace) let you budget before you ever speak to a salesperson, which is a genuine advantage if you value your afternoon. The partial two (Stampede, StayFi) show you enough to set expectations but make you ask for the rest. The quote-only four (Zenreach/Adentro, Beambox, Purple, Cloud4Wi) require a call to learn anything firm.

That does not mean transparent is automatically better than opaque; an enterprise platform with a bespoke contract may be exactly right for a large operator. But for the independent pub, cafe, salon, hotel or small group that makes up most of this market, being able to see a real number, multiply it by your sites, and check the contact caps before committing is worth a lot. If you want to start with a number you can see, CaptiFi's pricing is public and the 30-day free trial needs no card.

Sources: vendor pricing pages (CaptiFi, Spotipo, Fydelia, MyPlace, Stampede, StayFi, Adentro) accessed June 2026; G2 and Capterra listings; Purple's published Spotipo comparison; GetApp and Capterra regional listings for Stampede. Published prices are quoted as the vendors list them and may change; quote-only means no public figure was available at the time of writing. CaptiFi performance ranges are typical, not guarantees. All details correct at the time of writing, June 2026.