CaptiFi vs Stampede
A balanced 2026 comparison: feature matrix, pricing, ideal-customer profiles, and an honest verdict on which platform fits your business.
Quick verdict: CaptiFi or Stampede?
Stampede fits you if you want table bookings, CRM, payments, WiFi and loyalty from one vendor and accept a demo and a quote from a sales call, and an installation visit for SNAPguard. If guest WiFi marketing is what you need, CaptiFi shows every price in six currencies, ships a starter device (refundable deposit), lets you start a 30-day trial yourself and adds sites at a flat monthly fee.
What is Stampede?
Stampede is an Edinburgh-based all-in-one hospitality platform that bundles CRM, bookings, PayOS (its two-way Square integration), guest WiFi, loyalty and review tools into a single suite. It is sold through a demo-only motion, with no self-serve trial. Its public pricing page (checked 13 September 2026) describes one flat price per venue, sized to your estate on a quick call, with no tiers published; until mid 2026 it showed a Pro tier at £299 per venue per month. SMS is billed at 8p per message. Its SNAPguard appliance plugs into your existing router or controller, and its own page says the installation visit is made shorter by the activation wizard but not removed. Stampede suits operators who want their whole stack from one vendor and are happy to book a demo and commit; it is a broad suite, and guest WiFi is one module of it.
Feature comparison
| Feature |
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|---|---|---|
| Starter device included (refundable deposit) | Yes | No |
| Self-serve sign-up (no demo required) | Yes | No |
| 30-day free trial | Yes | No |
| See the price without talking to sales | Yes | No |
| Set up without an engineer visit | Yes | the SNAPguard activation wizard shortens the visit (their page) |
| Public pricing for every tier | Yes | priced on a call |
| Retail pricing in GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, AUD and NZD | Yes | no price shown |
| Works on your existing hardware | Yes | plugs into your existing router or controller |
| Native UniFi support | Yes | SNAPguard mirrors networks into UniFi and Omada controllers; its docs add Ruckus |
| Multi-venue dashboard | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in email marketing automation | Yes | Yes |
| Behaviour-triggered emails (welcome, after a visit, win-back, birthday) | Yes | Yes |
| Recurring campaigns to a live audience | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-step sequences that stop when the guest returns | Yes | Yes |
| Per-automation results (entered, emailed, opened, clicked, returned) | Yes | Yes |
| Ready-made journey templates | Yes | Yes |
| Visual workflow builder (drag-and-drop canvas) | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-way branch (up to six cases) | Yes | branches on opt-in status, has tag, opened email, clicked email, random split |
| SMS step inside a workflow | Yes | rolling out (docs, 24 Sep 2026) |
| Published workflow versions (guests mid-journey keep theirs) | Yes | live edits affect guests inside (docs) |
| Random split for A/B tests | Yes | Yes |
| Per-step workflow results with a timeline per run | Yes | Yes |
| Workflow recipes created as editable drafts (35 in nine groups) | Yes | six templates (docs, 24 Sep 2026) |
| Automated Google review requests | Yes | Yes |
| Toast POS / spend-based segmentation | Yes | PayOS (Square integration) |
| Leat / loyalty integration | Yes | built-in loyalty |
| Twilio SMS welcome messages | Yes | 8p per message |
| Bookings / reservations module | Yes | Yes |
| Booking-triggered workflows | Yes | Yes |
| Order and loyalty triggers | loyalty triggers only: points balance reached, reward issued, reward about to expire | Yes |
| Card payments built in | for paid WiFi, ticket sales and table booking deposits, via Stripe | Yes |
| Ticketed events with built-in payments | Yes | Yes |
Last reviewed 7 October 2026. Pricing and features change: check the Stampede site for the most current information.
Stampede strengths
- Genuinely all-in-one: CRM, bookings, PayOS (Square integration), WiFi, loyalty and reviews from one vendor
- PayOS, a two-way Square integration, puts POS orders and payments on one guest profile
- Includes table bookings in the same suite as its CRM, payments and loyalty
- UK-headquartered (Edinburgh) with a hospitality focus
Where CaptiFi differs
- Demo-only sales motion: no self-serve trial, so you cannot test it before talking to sales
- No tiers are published: the pricing page (checked 13 September 2026) describes one flat price per venue, sized to your estate on a call
- No price is shown in any currency, so you cannot read the cost in GBP, USD or EUR without a sales call
- The price needs a 30-minute sales call: the pricing page says Stampede would rather size it on a call than publish a figure
- Guest WiFi is one of six modules in a platform priced as one flat figure per venue, and the number depends on which modules you take, so a WiFi-only venue has to ask what it would pay
- SNAPguard installation still involves a visit with Stampede's team, shortened by the activation wizard (SNAPguard page)
- Workflow edits reach guests who are already mid-journey, and the SMS step inside a workflow is still rolling out (Stampede docs, 24 September 2026)
- Six workflow templates, against 35 recipes in nine groups on CaptiFi
- SMS is billed at 8p per message on top of the subscription
- It is a broad all-in-one suite: if you already have a booking system, POS or payments you trust, much of it overlaps
Honest recommendations
Pick Stampede if
Operators who want one vendor for their entire guest stack, including table bookings, and are happy to book a demo, take a quote from a sales call and commit without a self-serve trial.
Pick CaptiFi if
Venues that already have a booking system, POS or payments they trust and just want a focused guest-WiFi marketing layer on their existing hardware, with every tier priced publicly in six currencies and a self-serve 30-day trial.
Pricing side by side
CaptiFi
£39/month billed annually
or £49/month month-to-month
- Hardware included (refundable deposit)
- Every integration included on Growth and above
- 30-day free trial.
Stampede
Demo-only sales, no self-serve trial. The pricing page (checked 13 September 2026) describes one flat price per venue, sized to your estate on a quick call, with no tiers published; a Pro tier at £299 per venue per month was shown until mid 2026. SMS is billed at 8p per message. At the last published figure, a 5-site Stampede Pro deployment was roughly £1,495/month. CaptiFi's Pro plan is £149/month with extra sites at a flat £25 a month each, every feature and integration included.
Last reviewed 7 October 2026. Check the Stampede site for current pricing.
How switching from Stampede works
Start your free trial
Sign up in minutes. 30-day free trial. Hardware included (refundable deposit), and no plan payment is taken during the trial.
Connect your WiFi
Point your existing access points at CaptiFi (UniFi, TP-Link Omada, Cisco Meraki, Aruba, MikroTik, Ruckus and more) or plug in the starter device we ship.
Switch off Stampede
Rebuild your splash page, turn on email and review automation, and cancel your Stampede subscription once you're confident.
Weighing up a move? Read the Stampede alternative guide or see all comparisons.
CaptiFi vs Stampede FAQs
Is CaptiFi cheaper than Stampede?
Demo-only sales, no self-serve trial. The pricing page (checked 13 September 2026) describes one flat price per venue, sized to your estate on a quick call, with no tiers published; a Pro tier at £299 per venue per month was shown until mid 2026. SMS is billed at 8p per message. At the last published figure, a 5-site Stampede Pro deployment was roughly £1,495/month. CaptiFi's Pro plan is £149/month with extra sites at a flat £25 a month each, every feature and integration included.
When should I pick Stampede over CaptiFi?
Operators who want one vendor for their entire guest stack, including table bookings, and are happy to book a demo, take a quote from a sales call and commit without a self-serve trial.
When is CaptiFi the better choice?
Venues that already have a booking system, POS or payments they trust and just want a focused guest-WiFi marketing layer on their existing hardware, with every tier priced publicly in six currencies and a self-serve 30-day trial.
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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.