Is Hopper or Revinate better?

Neither clearly leads. Hopper starts at Free and Revinate at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Hopper or Revinate?

Hopper has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Hopper and On request for Revinate.

Does Hopper or Revinate run on more platforms?

Hopper runs on iOS, Android. Revinate runs on Web.

Can I use Hopper for free?

Yes. Hopper has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Revinate starts at On request.

What is Hopper best used for?

Hopper is most often used 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. Of those, a traveller wanting data-driven guidance on whether to book now or wait for a lower price and someone wanting to lock in a fare for a few days while confirming travel plans without fully committing are not what Revinate is typically brought in for.

What can Hopper do that Revinate cannot?

Hopper covers Price prediction, Price Freeze, Cancel/Change for Any Reason, Price alerts. Revinate covers Guest profile resolution, Segmented email campaigns, Revenue attribution, Ivy messaging.

Travel · head to head

Hopper vs Revinate

Hopper

Travel

Travel booking app known for price prediction and paid Price Freeze and cancellation add-ons

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Revinate

Travel

Hotel guest data platform, email marketing and messaging built on PMS profile data

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Hopper has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Hopper add-on products like Price Freeze and Cancel for Any Reason are priced to be a meaningfully profitable part of the business, and taking them on every booking can offset much of what the price prediction tool is meant to save.; Revinate pricing is not published and is quoted per property scaled by room count with a monthly floor, so small properties often find the minimum higher than the campaign revenue they can realistically generate.
They diverge on capability: Hopper covers Price prediction, Revinate covers Guest profile resolution.
Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Hopper and Revinate actually diverge.

Attributes where Hopper and Revinate differ
Attribute	Hopper	Revinate
Starting price	Free	On request
Pricing model	Free to book, paid add-ons for price freezing and cancellation flexibility	quote
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	iOS, Android	Web

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Travel).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Hopper

Price prediction
Price Freeze
Cancel/Change for Any Reason
Price alerts
Hopper Homes and Car
Carrot Cash

Only in Revinate

Guest profile resolution
Segmented email campaigns
Revenue attribution
Ivy messaging
Reservation sales
Multi-property database

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Hopper

A traveller wanting data-driven guidance on whether to book now or wait for a lower pricenot Revinate
Someone wanting to lock in a fare for a few days while confirming travel plans without fully committingnot Revinate
A traveller who wants flexible cancellation on an otherwise restrictive farenot Revinate
Someone comparing predicted price trends before choosing travel datesnot Revinate

Revinate

An independent resort with fifteen years of dirty PMS profiles that wants a usable marketing database out of themnot Hopper
A hotel group proving that direct email campaigns produced enough room nights to justify cutting OTA spendnot Hopper
A property automating pre-arrival texts so front desk staff are not answering the same parking and check-in questions by phonenot Hopper
A casino resort segmenting a large guest database by spend and recency for targeted offersnot Hopper

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Hopper

Add-on products like Price Freeze and Cancel for Any Reason are priced to be a meaningfully profitable part of the business, and taking them on every booking can offset much of what the price prediction tool is meant to save.
Price predictions are probabilistic and can be wrong, so buy-or-wait guidance is not a guarantee that a price will actually move as predicted.
The prominent placement of paid add-ons during checkout has drawn criticism as pressuring users into purchases they may not need for every trip.
Customer service for booking issues has been a recurring complaint, particularly for itinerary changes on cancel or change protected bookings.
Hopper's own Carrot Cash rewards currency is only redeemable within the app, so it has no value outside future Hopper bookings.

Revinate

Pricing is not published and is quoted per property scaled by room count with a monthly floor, so small properties often find the minimum higher than the campaign revenue they can realistically generate.
Value depends on database size and quality; a hotel with a few thousand contacts and mostly OTA business will not recover the licence cost through email revenue.
The platform is sold as several products including marketing, messaging and reservation sales, so the quoted figure often covers less than a buyer assumes and the full stack costs considerably more.
Profile resolution quality depends on how the PMS was operated, and a property with poor data capture at check-in gets a cleaner database that is still missing email addresses for most guests.
It is hotel-specific, so a group with mixed accommodation including serviced apartments or vacation rentals will find parts of the model and integrations do not fit those units.

Pricing, plan by plan

Hopper

Free

Standard bookingFree
- No fee beyond the fare or room price itself
Price Freeze$undefined/per booking
- Fee varies by fare and freeze duration, charged in addition to the eventual ticket price
Cancel/Change for Any Reason$undefined/per booking
- Add-on fee charged at checkout, priced as a percentage or flat amount depending on the fare

Revinate

On request

Revinate$undefined/month
- Guest data platform and profile resolution
- Segmented email marketing with revenue attribution
- Ivy automated guest messaging

Which should you pick?

Choose Hopper if

You need price prediction.
You want to start without paying.
You work on iOS, Android.
You also want price freeze.

Hopper review

Choose Revinate if

You need guest profile resolution.
You also want segmented email campaigns.

Revinate review

Questions people ask

Is Hopper or Revinate better?: Neither clearly leads. Hopper starts at Free and Revinate at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Hopper or Revinate?: Hopper has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Hopper and On request for Revinate.
Does Hopper or Revinate run on more platforms?: Hopper runs on iOS, Android. Revinate runs on Web.
Can I use Hopper for free?: Yes. Hopper has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Revinate starts at On request.
What is Hopper best used for?: Hopper is most often used 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. Of those, a traveller wanting data-driven guidance on whether to book now or wait for a lower price and someone wanting to lock in a fare for a few days while confirming travel plans without fully committing are not what Revinate is typically brought in for.
What can Hopper do that Revinate cannot?: Hopper covers Price prediction, Price Freeze, Cancel/Change for Any Reason, Price alerts. Revinate covers Guest profile resolution, Segmented email campaigns, Revenue attribution, Ivy messaging.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Hopper: Is Hopper free to use for searching and booking?

Yes, the base booking has no extra fee; Price Freeze and cancellation flexibility are separate paid add-ons.

Revinate: What does Revinate cost?

It is not published. Expect a per property monthly figure scaled by room count with a minimum, and confirm which products are inside that number.

Hopper: How accurate is Hopper's price prediction?

It is based on historical fare data and gives a probability-based recommendation, not a guarantee; predictions can be wrong.

Revinate: Does it replace my email tool?

Yes for guest marketing, because it is built on merged PMS profiles rather than a contact list you upload.

Hopper: What does Price Freeze actually do?

It locks a displayed price for a fee for a set number of days, letting you decide later without committing to the full purchase immediately.

Revinate: Will it work with a small database?

Poorly. The economics depend on having enough guest records with usable email addresses to generate attributable revenue.

Revinate: Is Ivy included?

Not necessarily. Messaging is priced separately from the marketing platform; confirm in writing.

Hopper vs Revinate

Hopper

Revinate

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Hopper

Only in Revinate

What people use each for

Hopper

Revinate

Where each one falls short

Hopper

Revinate

Pricing, plan by plan

Hopper

Revinate

Which should you pick?

Choose Hopper if

Choose Revinate if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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