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Alternatives to ThinkReservations
23 travel tools sit alongside ThinkReservations in this directory. Below is what separates each from ThinkReservations on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- -
- ThinkReservations starts at
- On request
Why people look past ThinkReservations
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the ThinkReservations entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for ThinkReservations carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 11 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
ThinkReservations publishes a single plan, ThinkReservations at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
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.
Cloud-based hospitality management platform unifying PMS, channel management, and booking engine
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where ThinkReservations does not.
SiteMinder owned front desk and distribution system for properties under twenty rooms
Priced and rated the same as ThinkReservations on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
One pricing plan should not fit all
Priced and rated the same as ThinkReservations on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Southeast Asia super-app combining ride hailing, food delivery and payments across around eight countries in the region
- Can be used without paying; ThinkReservations cannot.
- Sold on a Free app, pay per ride and per order with dynamic pricing model rather than quote.
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
- Can be used without paying; ThinkReservations cannot.
- Sold on a Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing model rather than quote.
Travel booking marketplace and package deal platform, part of Expedia Group, earning commission from hotels and margin on bundled packages
- Can be used without paying; ThinkReservations cannot.
- Sold on a Free for travellers, commission and package margin model rather than quote.
Every ThinkReservations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThinkReservations (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| CloudbedsIf you want published pricing and a wider international OTA and payment footprint | Free | Quote | - | vs ThinkReservations |
| Little HotelierIf you are under twenty rooms and want the lowest cost route to OTA distribution | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| MewsIf you expect to add a restaurant or spa and need a native POS rather than a second system | On request | Quote | - | vs ThinkReservations |
| Grab | Free | Free app, pay per ride and per order with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Didi | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Expedia | Free | Free for travellers, commission and package margin | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Lyft | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Booking.com | Free | Free for travellers, commission charged to listed properties | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Kayak | Free | Free to users, revenue from referral commissions and advertising | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Skyscanner | Free | Free for travellers, referral fees from booking partners | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Careem | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Ola | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Hopper | Free | Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility | 3 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Bolt | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Egencia | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Center | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| myCWT | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| BCD TripSource | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Sabre Red 360 | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Travelport Smartpoint | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Spotnana | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Corporate Traveller | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
| Amadeus Selling Platform Connect | On request | Quote | 1 | vs ThinkReservations |
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 ThinkReservations 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.
- Grab , Free
- Didi , Free
- Expedia , Free
- Lyft , Free
- Booking.com , Free
- Kayak , Free
- Skyscanner , Free
- Careem , Free
What you would be giving up
ThinkReservations is most often brought in for a fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled natively, a b&b selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the booking, an owner of three small new england properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reporting, a campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus ota distribution without buying a separate channel manager. 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 ThinkReservations is broadly right and the question is cost, the ThinkReservations 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.
ThinkReservations runs on web. 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 ThinkReservations alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to ThinkReservations?
- 23 other travel tools are listed in this directory, led by Cloudbeds, Little Hotelier, Mews, Grab. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to ThinkReservations?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Grab, Didi, Expedia, Lyft, Booking.com.
- Why do people look for an alternative to ThinkReservations?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from ThinkReservations?
- ThinkReservations is most often brought in for a fourteen room inn moving off a spreadsheet and a phone diary that needs breakfast counts and minimum stay rules handled natively, a b&b selling gift certificates and packages that wants them redeemable in the same system that takes the booking, an owner of three small new england properties wanting one login and consolidated occupancy reporting, a campground or cabin operator needing nightly and multi-night rules plus ota distribution without buying a separate channel manager. 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 ThinkReservations?
- 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 ThinkReservations 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 ThinkReservations against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against ThinkReservations 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, 23 tools beside ThinkReservations. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.