The all-in-one Freetobook alternative
Freetobook is free at its core and charges yearly for payments, messaging and the channel manager. Tribii is free up to 20 rooms and builds more into the free plan, including a website and financials.
An honest, side by side comparison.
Freetobook pricing vs Tribii
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£139/yr to take card payments
How each company describes its own pricing, in their own words, from their public pricing pages. It is not the cost-to-match figure the comparison uses: that one is in the table below, with its basis. See their live pricing.
Data verified October 2026The biggest difference isn't a feature. It's the price.
Freetobook's booking engine is genuinely free, and it takes no commission. It also takes no card payments: by their own description it will not collect money from a booking made on your site, so you collect payment from each guest yourself. Fixing that is the first line below. The rest are things they do not sell at any price.
| Capability | Freetobook | Tribii |
|---|---|---|
| Taking card payments | £139/yr | Included, free |
| Website builder | Not available | Included, free |
| AI setup and migration | Not available | Included, free |
| Total to match | £139/yr | Free - website and hosting included |
The total covers only the row Freetobook publishes a price for; the rest they do not sell at any price. £139 is the multi-unit rate, £99 for a single unit. Their channel manager is billed separately per booking, and Tribii's sits on Max rather than the free plan, so neither is counted above. Source: their pricing page (October 2026)
Choose Tribii if…
- You want a website builder in the free plan; Freetobook has none at any price.
- You want card payments without a yearly add-on fee.
- You want invoicing and guest experience upsells built in.
- You want AI onboarding and a path to a full front desk as you grow.
Freetobook may fit better if…
- You want the simplest possible free booking engine and nothing more.
- You value Freetobook's established brand and large user base.
- You prefer paying per booking for a channel manager only when you use it.
Tribii replaces Freetobook with a free booking engine and the free hotel PMS, free for up to 20 rooms with 0% commission on direct bookings.
Tribii vs Freetobook, line by line.
How we price this: for each company we take the cheapest plan they publish that does what Tribii's Free plan does, a booking engine that can take an online card payment, a website, and reservations, rates and invoicing, for a 20-room property. Where a company publishes no price at all, we say so and the range shown is marked as an estimate: it is ours, not a quote from them. Prices are shown in the currency each company publishes and are never converted. Where you land may differ, so check their pricing page before deciding.
Comparison compiled by Tribii from public product information. Competitor plans and prices change: check their current pricing before deciding.
Where Tribii is different from Freetobook
A website, included
Tribii builds your hotel website in the free plan. Freetobook has no website builder, and does not sell one.
Payments without a platform fee
Freetobook charges £139 a year (£99 for a single unit) just to switch on card payments. With Tribii, card payments are part of the free plan, paid straight into your own Stripe account.
Guests, financials and AI
Invoicing, guest experience upsells and AI onboarding are built in. Freetobook has basic invoicing, sells enhanced booking extras as a paid tool, and has no AI.
Tribii vs Freetobook, in depth
Two free-first systems
Freetobook and Tribii both start free, which makes the real comparison about what free includes. Freetobook's free core is the booking engine, diary and PMS; the layer around it is priced per add-on.
What's free versus what's an add-on
On Freetobook, card payments, messaging, the channel manager and dynamic pricing are paid add-ons, and there is no website builder to buy. Tribii includes payments through your own Stripe, a website builder, invoicing and AI onboarding in the free plan up to 20 rooms.
Growing beyond a booking engine
Freetobook is a strong, simple booking system, and its per-booking channel manager is fair if you sell little through OTAs. Tribii is built to grow with you, adding a full front desk, housekeeping, self check-in, a two-way channel manager and a restaurant module on higher plans without changing systems.
Moving from Freetobook is free. Tribii's AI onboarding imports your rooms, rates and reservations so you keep your history.
You do not have to rebuild your website: paste the Tribii booking widget where your current one sits, on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace or a hand-coded page. On WordPress there is also a free plugin that does it without code. Or build a new site free with the website builder.
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