Compare booking software: Campsite booking software in the UK, compared
Published prices for PootlrHost, Outdore, Anytime Booking, CampSuite, Bedful, Freetobook and more, worked through for a 5-pitch CL and a 20-pitch site.
Updated . Other systems’ prices checked
Small UK campsites can choose from many booking systems. They differ less in what they do than in how they charge: by the booking, by the month, by the pitch or by commission. This page compares PootlrHost with eight others, works through what each would cost two example sites, and says where each fits.
We make PootlrHost, so read this knowing that. Every price below links to where it’s published, as it stood on 23 October 2026. For Anytime Booking, whose own pricing pages we couldn’t load, that’s its listing for a trade show and the CL Owners Group. Where a price isn’t published, we say so.
Two example sites
- A 5-pitch CL taking 150 bookings a year, averaging £20 each (£3,000 in all).
- A 20-pitch campsite taking 500 bookings a year, averaging £60 each (£30,000 in all).
All bookings are taken online through the system, with no paid extras such as texts or training.
What each costs a year
These are software fees only. Card fees are left out, because most of these systems take card payments through Stripe at about the same rate. PayCamp is the exception: it processes cards itself at 2.9% + 30p, or you can connect your own Stripe account for £20 a month more.
| System | How it charges | 5-pitch CL | 20-pitch site |
|---|---|---|---|
| PootlrHost | £1 a booking, or Pro at £25 a month with no booking fee (or £225 for a year paid upfront); £20 a month for a CL or CS (or £200 for a year paid upfront). No VAT to add | £150 | £300 on Pro, or £225 paid yearly |
| Outdore | Starter: £1 a booking, marked “available for 16+ pitches/units”. Standard: £30 a month plus £1 a pitch, or £20 plus £1 a pitch for club-certificated sites | £300 (Standard, club rate) | £500 (Starter) or £600 (Standard) |
| Anytime Booking | LITE: £10 a month plus 1% of bookings. CL plan: £24 a month after three months free (the CL Owners Group’s 2025 offer). VAT not stated | £150 (LITE) or £288 (CL plan) | £420 (LITE) |
| CampSuite | Free for up to 10 units, with guests paying £1.50 an online booking (VAT included). Starter £12 a month. Grow £29 a month for 20 units. Subscriptions plus VAT | £0 (Free) | £348 plus VAT (Grow) |
| Bedful | Light: £20 a month plus £1 a pitch, paid yearly, plus VAT, and a set-up and training fee | £300 plus VAT, and £100 plus VAT to set up | £480 plus VAT, and £180 plus VAT to set up |
| Freetobook | Booking engine free. Card payments £139 a year. Guest messaging £89 a year | £139 (with card payments) | £139 (with card payments) |
| HolidayFox | Book now button free, plus 5% of each booking that comes through it. Its terms add VAT to the commission | £150 plus VAT | £1,500 plus VAT |
| PayCamp | £49 a month for up to 25 units, plus VAT, or less paid yearly | £588 plus VAT | £588 plus VAT |
| CampManager | Not published on its website: “based on the size of your park, and the features required”. Its Capterra UK listing gives a starting price of US$500 a year | Ask for a quote | Ask for a quote |
PootlrHost, Outdore and CampSuite can each pass their booking fee on to guests, which takes the site’s own cost to nothing. On PootlrHost, only bookings guests make online carry the £1: bookings you add yourself, import or bring in from other booking sites are free. On Pay As You Go, a group booking pays the £1 for each pitch, and a small “Bookings by PootlrHost” line shows on what guests see. Pro takes that line off, and covers one campsite: any others stay on Pay As You Go.
What the totals leave out
- Freetobook describes rooms and room types, for hotels, B&Bs, self-catering, hostels and glamping, and its pages don’t mention pitches, though the CL Owners Group mentions it as a free option for CLs. Connecting other booking sites costs £1.50 for each booking they send, between £9 and £99 a month, plus £49 for each site you connect.
- Outdore lists every site on its own guest app, and charges 10% commission, including VAT, on bookings that come through it, or £1 for a repeat guest.
- HolidayFox also lists you on its own website and in Google’s hotel search.
- Bedful collects balances automatically only on Plus (£30 a month plus £1 a pitch) and Pro. Connecting other booking sites is £10 a month more for up to 10 units.
- PayCamp guests can’t yet book and pay for a pitch themselves. They send a request, and you confirm it.
- CampManager also covers holiday-home owners, meters and barriers.
What each one does
| System | Website | Guests choose a pitch | Pitchup | Club membership numbers | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PootlrHost | Yes, with several pages and your own domain | Yes, on a map | By API key | Yes, if you ask for them | None |
| Outdore | One page, free, without your own domain | Yes, on a satellite map | By calendar link | Yes | None |
| Anytime Booking | A drag-and-drop website builder (we couldn’t confirm whether it costs extra) | From a list, with a pitch map at checkout since March 2026 | By API | Yes | Not stated |
| CampSuite | Yes, on every plan | Not stated | Direct, from Grow | Not stated | Rolling monthly |
| Bedful | A hosted booking page, on Plus, for £10 a month more | Not stated | By calendar link | Not stated | Paid yearly in advance |
| Freetobook | Booking pages | Not stated | Not named | Not stated | 14 days’ notice |
| CampManager | Booking pages styled to match your website | Yes (a map isn’t stated) | Named on its booking-sites page, but not among its logos: ask CampManager | Not stated | 12 months, renewing (2018 terms) |
| HolidayFox | £12.99 a month | Not described: its button shows the pitches that are free | By calendar link | Yes, for member discounts | “Cancel anytime”, though its terms ask for a month’s notice |
| PayCamp | Add-on, from £295 to set up | No | No | Yes | None |
Which fits which site
- A CL or CS taking mostly phone bookings: CampSuite’s free plan, PootlrHost (bookings you add yourself are free) and Anytime’s LITE and CL plans all cost little or nothing. PootlrHost, Anytime, Outdore, HolidayFox and PayCamp can each keep the club membership number with the booking.
- A small site that wants a website with several pages: PootlrHost and CampSuite include one. Outdore’s free website is a single page. HolidayFox (£12.99 a month), PayCamp (from £295 to set up) and Bedful (£10 a month, on Plus) charge extra. Anytime has a website builder.
- A site that sells a lot on Pitchup: PootlrHost and Anytime Booking connect to Pitchup directly, and so does CampSuite (from Grow). Outdore, Bedful and HolidayFox use calendar links, which are slower. PayCamp doesn’t connect to Pitchup.
- A B&B or glamping site selling mostly on Booking.com and Airbnb: Freetobook’s free engine and paid connections are well proven, with over 200 Trustpilot reviews.
- A holiday park with static owners, meters or a barrier: CampManager and Anytime Booking are built for this. PootlrHost isn’t.
One by one
Each comparison below sets PootlrHost against one system in more detail, including where the other system is the better choice.
How we checked
- We read each system’s own pricing, feature and help pages, and its terms, on 23 October 2026. A second check then went through every claim against those pages again.
- We didn’t sign up to or use the other systems. Everything here is what they publish, not what we tested ourselves.
- Where a page wouldn’t load (Anytime Booking’s pricing) or a detail isn’t published (VAT, set-up fees, CampManager’s prices), we say so rather than guess.
- Review scores are as Capterra UK and Trustpilot showed them that day.
- When a company changes its prices or features, we update the page and the date it was checked. If you spot something out of date, get in touch.
Sources
All checked on 23 October 2026: Outdore pricing, Anytime Booking at the Farm Business Innovation show, the CL Owners Group, Anytime Booking’s help centre, CampSuite pricing, Bedful pricing, Bedful’s hosted page, Freetobook pricing, HolidayFox pricing, HolidayFox’s partner questions, HolidayFox’s terms, PayCamp pricing, PayCamp for campsites, PayCamp for CL sites, CampManager, CampManager’s booking sites, CampManager’s terms and CampManager on Capterra UK. PootlrHost’s own prices are on our pricing page.
