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Alternatives to Hopper
20 travel tools sit alongside Hopper in this directory. Below is what separates each from Hopper on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Hopper starts at
- Free
Why people look past Hopper
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Hopper has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Travel search app comparing flights, hotels and car hire across other booking sites, owned by Booking Holdings
- Sold on a Free to users, revenue from referral commissions and advertising model rather than Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility.
- 1 tier to Hopper's 3.
Travel reviews and booking app whose revenue comes from advertising and referral commissions to hotels and OTAs
- Sold on a Free to browse, revenue from advertising and referral commissions model rather than Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility.
- 1 tier to Hopper's 3.
Southeast Asia super-app combining ride hailing, food delivery and payments across around eight countries in the region
- Sold on a Free app, pay per ride and per order with dynamic pricing model rather than Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility.
- 1 tier to Hopper's 3.
Dominant ride hailing app in China from Didi Chuxing, which acquired Uber China in 2016 and now operates almost entirely within China plus a handful of other markets
- Sold on a Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing model rather than Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility.
- 1 tier to Hopper's 3.
Travel booking marketplace and package deal platform, part of Expedia Group, earning commission from hotels and margin on bundled packages
- Sold on a Free for travellers, commission and package margin model rather than Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility.
- 1 tier to Hopper's 3.
US and Canada focused ride hailing app, the smaller of the two dominant North American ride hailing platforms alongside Uber
- Sold on a Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing model rather than Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility.
- 1 tier to Hopper's 3.
Every Hopper alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopper (this page) | Free | Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility | 3 | |
| KayakIf you want price comparison across sites without Hopper's add-on booking products | Free | Free to users, revenue from referral commissions and advertising | 1 | vs Hopper |
| TripAdvisorIf you want traveller reviews alongside booking and price data | Free | Free to browse, revenue from advertising and referral commissions | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Grab | Free | Free app, pay per ride and per order with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Didi | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Expedia | Free | Free for travellers, commission and package margin | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Lyft | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Booking.com | Free | Free for travellers, commission charged to listed properties | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Skyscanner | Free | Free for travellers, referral fees from booking partners | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Careem | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Ola | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Bolt | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Egencia | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Center | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hopper |
| myCWT | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hopper |
| BCD TripSource | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Sabre Red 360 | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Travelport Smartpoint | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Spotnana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Corporate Traveller | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hopper |
| Amadeus Selling Platform Connect | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Hopper |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Hopper badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Kayak , Free
- TripAdvisor , Free
- Grab , Free
- Didi , Free
- Expedia , Free
- Lyft , Free
- Booking.com , Free
- Skyscanner , Free
What you would be giving up
Hopper is most often brought in for a traveller wanting data-driven guidance on whether to book now or wait for a lower price, someone wanting to lock in a fare for a few days while confirming travel plans without fully committing, a traveller who wants flexible cancellation on an otherwise restrictive fare, someone comparing predicted price trends before choosing travel dates. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Hopper is broadly right and the question is cost, the Hopper pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Travel category lists everything the directory holds, and best travel tools ranks them.
Hopper runs on ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Hopper alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Hopper?
- 20 other travel tools are listed in this directory, led by Kayak, TripAdvisor, Grab, Didi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Hopper?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Kayak, TripAdvisor, Grab, Didi, Expedia.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Hopper?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Hopper has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Hopper?
- Hopper is most often brought in for a traveller wanting data-driven guidance on whether to book now or wait for a lower price, someone wanting to lock in a fare for a few days while confirming travel plans without fully committing, a traveller who wants flexible cancellation on an otherwise restrictive fare, someone comparing predicted price trends before choosing travel dates. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Hopper?
- None of the travel tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Hopper alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Travel, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Hopper against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Hopper covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every travel tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Travel category, 20 tools beside Hopper. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.