Turn Your Cafe WiFi Into a Marketing Machine
Hundreds of regulars sip a flat white at your counter every week, and you cannot reach a single one. CaptiFi captures their email through your guest WiFi, automates Google review requests, and fills quiet mornings with targeted offers - all on autopilot.
US coffee shops can connect Square POS or Toast POS, with pricing shown in USD and a refundable hardware deposit. Google review automation works for American customers as standard.
Venues running on CaptiFi
What venues running CaptiFi see
Your Regulars Visit Every Day. You Cannot Reach a Single One.
A cafe lives on repeat custom. Yet most coffee shops collect zero contact details from the very people who keep them open. No way to announce a new blend, fill a quiet 10am, or win a few extra reviews.
Anonymous Regulars
You recognise the faces and know their usual order, but you have no email, no mobile, no way to reach them between visits.
Dead Mid-Mornings
The 7-9am rush is rammed, then it falls quiet. Without a customer list, you cannot nudge locals in for a slow 10:30am coffee and cake.
Invisible in Local Search
Happy regulars rarely leave a review unprompted. Your Google rating lags behind a cafe two streets away that simply asks.
Everything a Cafe Needs to Build Repeat Custom
From counter email capture to quiet-morning offers, built for independents who want loyal regulars and a stronger local reputation.
Capture Emails at the Counter
Every customer who connects to your WiFi shares their email. Build your database while they wait for their order. No QR codes, no paper forms, no staff effort.
Automate Google Reviews
Timed review requests after a visit catch happy regulars at the right moment. Cafes see 3-5x more Google reviews, which is how locals find you.
Loyalty & Repeat Visits
Track repeat visitors and reward loyalty automatically. A simple "your tenth coffee is on us" nudge turns occasional visitors into daily regulars.
Quiet-Morning Offers
Mid-morning lull? Send a "free pastry with any coffee before noon" flash offer and bring locals in during the hours that usually go to waste.
New Blends & Specials
Launching a single-origin guest roast or a seasonal menu? Email your whole list in one click. Far higher reach than a social post most followers never see.
Welcome Emails
An automated welcome sequence thanks first-time customers and gives them a reason to come back within their first week.
Analytics Dashboard
See peak hours, busiest days, repeat-visit rates, and campaign performance. Know exactly when your cafe is quiet and who to bring back.
GDPR Built-In
Consent capture, erasure tools and opt-out handling, built for UK GDPR and PECR.
Sell Places at Workshops and Tastings
Put latte art classes and open mic nights on sale from the dashboard that runs your guest WiFi. Guests buy paid tickets or book free places on your own events page, paying by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay straight into your venue's Stripe account. Buyers get their QR tickets by email and are checked in at the door from a phone.
Every buyer joins your guest list with their marketing choice recorded, your next event can show on the WiFi welcome screen in the week before it, and a two-line snippet puts your events on your own website. Events is included on the Growth plan and above. Free tickets cost nothing; paid tickets carry a booking fee that includes card processing.
Set Up in 5 Minutes. Run on Autopilot.
Start Free TrialPlug In the Device
We ship you a CaptiFi device, included with your plan (refundable deposit). Plug it into your broadband behind the counter, or connect to your existing UniFi or Omada setup. About 5 minutes with the CaptiFi device, under an hour on your own controller.
Brand Your WiFi
Add your cafe logo, colours, and a friendly welcome message in the visual builder. Customers see your brand when they log in. No coding needed.
Capture & Engage Automatically
Customer emails flow in. Welcome emails, review requests, and quiet-morning offers send themselves. You stay behind the machine pulling shots.
What Cafe Owners Actually Want
Based on real G2 reviews of the leading WiFi marketing platforms, here is what hospitality owners say matters most, and how CaptiFi delivers.
Dead Simple Setup
Live in about 5 minutes with the CaptiFi device, under an hour on your own controller, no IT person. Some competitors require HTML knowledge just to build a splash page.
Real Analytics
See peak hours, repeat-visit rates, and campaign results. Beambox's most common complaint on G2 is "basic reporting." CaptiFi gives you the full picture.
Human Support
Purple users on G2 say "no one answers the phone." CaptiFi gives you real human support with fast response times, included on every plan.
Fair, Transparent Pricing
Essentials from $69/mo with the hardware included against a small refundable deposit, and every integration included from the Growth plan up. No setup fees, no surprises. Cancel anytime.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Choose the perfect plan for your venue. Every plan includes plug-and-play hardware with a refundable $99 deposit.
Not sure which plan fits? Book a 15-minute demo, no obligation, no hard sell.
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Lite
Lite runs on your own WiFi or our device.
or $240 billed yearly
- Guest capture and CSV export
- 500 new guests a month
- One site
- Email support
- CaptiFi branding on the splash page
- Your own WiFi, or our device ($99 refundable deposit)
Essentials
per month per month, billed annually
Ideal for small venues - pubs, cafés
- Branded splash page
- GDPR contact capture
- AI assistant (switched on for your account on request)
- CSV export
- Paid WiFi and WiFi vouchers
- Automated review requests
- Email marketing (1,000 emails)
- WiFi kit included ($99 refundable deposit)
Extra site: +$35/mo
Growth
per month per month, billed annually
Ideal for bars, clubs, restaurants
- Everything in Essentials
- Event promos
- VIP segmentation
- Advanced analytics
- Priority support
- Email marketing (2,000 emails)
- SMS marketing (prepaid credits)
- API access and webhooks
- Rewards and loyalty
- Event ticketing
- Reservation check-in
- Monthly PDF reports
Extra site: +$35/mo
Pro
per month per month, billed annually
Ideal for restaurant groups, multi-venue ops
- Everything in Growth
- Multi-site dashboard
- Group analytics
- Remove CaptiFi branding
- API access and webhooks
- Mail Plus (5,000 emails)
- Automation workflows (visual builder)
Extra site: +$35/mo
Enterprise
Tailored pricing
For large operations, hotel groups, white-label solutions
Calculate Your Cafe ROI
See how much repeat customer revenue CaptiFi could generate for your cafe
For every $1 spent, you could generate $ in repeat revenue Custom pricing available for enterprise needs
Optional hardware included (refundable deposit)
Already Have WiFi Hardware? We Work With It.
CaptiFi integrates with the world's leading enterprise WiFi brands. No rip-and-replace, no extra costs - just connect your existing access points and you're live.
+ Many More
& custom setups
UniFi, Ubiquiti, Omada, TP-Link, Meraki, Cisco, Aruba, Instant On, HPE, MikroTik, RouterOS, RUCKUS, Fortinet, FortiGate, FortiAP and DrayTek are trade marks of their respective owners. CaptiFi is an independent guest WiFi platform that runs as an external captive portal on these vendors' access points and controllers. It is not made, certified, sponsored or endorsed by any of them, and vendor names appear here only to show compatibility. Setup guides describe each vendor's own configuration screens; where they differ, the vendor's documentation is the authority.
Don't have compatible hardware?
Frequently Asked Questions
When customers connect to your cafe WiFi, CaptiFi shows a branded splash page that captures their email. You can then send automated review requests, loyalty offers, and quiet-morning promotions, all on autopilot. It works with UniFi, TP-Link Omada, Meraki, or our plug-and-play device (hardware included, refundable deposit).
Yes. Once a customer connects to your WiFi, CaptiFi builds your database automatically. You can send a loyalty nudge, a free-pastry-with-coffee offer, or a quiet-morning promotion to encourage a repeat visit during slow hours.
Yes. CaptiFi automatically sends a Google review request after a visit, timed for maximum conversion. More reviews improve your local search visibility, which is how most new customers discover a cafe.
CaptiFi works with UniFi, TP-Link Omada, Cisco Meraki, Aruba, MikroTik, Ruckus, and more. If your router is not compatible, hardware is included (refundable deposit) and sits alongside your existing broadband.
Essentials, with the WiFi device included against a small refundable deposit, is $69/month ($59/month on annual billing), and every integration is included from the Growth plan up. No setup fees, no hidden costs, and you can cancel anytime.
Fully. CaptiFi is built for UK GDPR and PECR compliance, with consent capture, erasure tools, and opt-out handling built in. You only ever email customers who have agreed to hear from you.
More Ways CaptiFi Helps Hospitality Venues
Run more than coffee? CaptiFi works for sit-down dining and late-night trade too. See our restaurant WiFi marketing and pub WiFi marketing pages, learn the fundamentals on our WiFi marketing hub, or read our coffee shop WiFi marketing guide. When you are ready, see honest, transparent pricing, with Essentials from $69/month.
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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.