Rafting booking software pricing, side by side
What each booking platform costs a rafting outfitter, per booking and per year. Pricing checked September 2026.
What a $100 online booking costs
Every platform's fee gets paid by someone. Build it into your price or absorb it; that's your call on any of them. What differs is the size of the fee.
| Platform fee | ||
|---|---|---|
| Whitewatr | $2 | Nothing on cash or check |
| RESMARK | $2.50 | Plus $95 a month (Option 2), cash bookings included |
| Checkfront | $3 | Plus $99 a month |
| Xola | $3 or $6 | 3% or 6% plan |
| The Flybook | $4 | Or $2 on every booking, cash included |
| Peek Pro | $6 to $8 | Reported |
| FareHarbor | Not published | 6% observed |
Every platform also charges card processing on top. See the full comparison below.
vs FareHarbor
Guest booking fee
Its terms let it charge your guest a booking fee at checkout.
vs Peek Pro
Custom quote
Quote from a sales demo. Commission reported at 6–8%.
vs The Flybook
4% online or 2% of all
Pick 4% of online bookings, or 2% of every booking, cash and check included.
vs RESMARK
$95/mo + 2.5%
Fee applies to every booking, cash included. Includes WaiverSign.
vs Checkfront
$99/mo + 3%
General booking platform. No fee on offline bookings.
vs Xola
3% or 6%
Service fee on each booking, added to the guest's checkout.
vs Spreadsheets
$0
Free until it costs you bookings.
Pricing comparison
Monthly fees, platform fees and card processing for each platform, and how each one charges its fee. Each comparison page works through a $100 booking.
| Whitewatr | FareHarbor | Peek Pro | The Flybook | RESMARK | Checkfront | Xola | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | $0 | None listed in its terms | Not published | None (standard) | $95 or $15 | $99 | $0 |
| Platform fee | 2% of online bookings | Booking fee to the guest (6% observed) | Commission (reported 6–8%) | 4% online or 2% of all | 2.5% or 3.5% of all bookings | 3% of online bookings | 3% or 6% service fee |
| How the fee is charged | From each online payment | At the guest's checkout, by default | To you or your guests (reported) | Not stated | Invoiced to you | To you or your guests | At the guest's checkout |
| Card processing | Stripe's standard rate | Separate | Separate (reported) | Not stated | Separate | Not stated | 2.39% + 30¢ |
| Platform fees on $500K online | $10,000 | Not published | ~$30,000–$40,000 | $20,000 (4% option) | $13,640 | $16,188 | $15,000–$30,000 |
On Whitewatr you also pay Stripe's standard card processing on each online booking. Other platforms' processing is listed where they publish it.
What Whitewatr includes
Everything below is live today. The roadmap is listed separately so you know exactly what you're getting.
Online booking
Guests pick a trip and departure and pay online. Capacity updates as bookings come in. Take full payment or a deposit, with the balance paid later.
Digital waivers
Individual and group signing links, minimum-age checks, email verification and an audit trail. Guests who haven't signed get a reminder.
Manifest and check-in
A run sheet for each day with headcounts, waiver status and balances. Check guests in and export to CSV.
Walk-ins and phone bookings
Record bookings taken in person or by phone, including cash and check. No Whitewatr fee on payments you collect yourself.
Guest emails
Booking confirmation, pre-trip details 48 hours out, waiver and balance-due reminders, and a review request after the trip.
Departure cancellations
Cancel a departure and every guest on it gets an email with a link to rebook on another date or request a refund.
Groups, contracts and invoices
Group quotes with agreements and deposits, contracts with e-signature, and invoices your customers pay online.
Guides
A guide roster with certifications, a personal schedule link for each guide, and payroll tracking by departure or by guest.
Boats and vehicles
Track your boats, vans and gear. A new departure checks that enough of each is free at that time.
Permit reporting
Assign trips to a land-agency permit, generate user-day and fee reports for the period, and export them to CSV.
Gift cards and promo codes
Sell gift cards that redeem against bookings, and run promo codes for your own campaigns.
Your listing and your website
Your Whitewatr listing gets a Book Now button, and a booking widget embeds on your own site.
On the roadmap
- Automatic guide assignment by certification and hours
- Guide-to-guest ratio enforcement
- Rafts, duckies and kayaks in a single booking
- One-click weather cancellation for a whole day, with automatic refunds
- Text-message and weather-aware reminders
- Stored PDF copies of signed waivers
- Full booking and customer export, and an API
- OTA distribution, point of sale and dynamic pricing
Switching? Import your trips from a screenshot, a spreadsheet or a pasted list, and we'll import your booking history for you.
Competitor pricing comes from each company's published pricing or terms, a checkout we observed, or a third-party report labeled as reported, checked September 2026. Where a company doesn't publish a rate, we say so. Sources: FareHarbor terms, FareHarbor checkout observed Sept. 29, 2026 (Zoar Outdoor, MA): 6% fee, Peek Pro, reported Peek Pro rates (Bokun), The Flybook pricing, RESMARK pricing, Checkfront pricing, Xola pricing, Stripe pricing.
See if Whitewatr fits your operation
No monthly fee. On online bookings, Whitewatr charges 2%, and Stripe charges its standard card processing fee. Cash and check bookings you record are free.
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