Online boat bookings
Customers see live availability for every boat and book hourly, half-day, full-day or multi-day slots from your website, with buffer time between rentals for fuel and cleaning.
Boat rental software
Online bookings, damage deposits, waivers, ID checks and GPS tracking for pontoons, jet skis, charters and kayaks, on one account. $0 a month, every feature included, and 4.9% per booking.
No credit card required. Cancel anytime. Card processing is billed separately at your local rate.
Features
Every capability below is on the Free plan. There is no add-on tier, no per-seat charge and no setup fee.
Customers see live availability for every boat and book hourly, half-day, full-day or multi-day slots from your website, with buffer time between rentals for fuel and cleaning.
Take a security deposit at booking, then release it or charge against it after the return inspection.
Liability waivers go out with the confirmation and come back signed before anyone reaches the dock.
AI identity checks inside the booking flow, so you know who is taking the boat out before they arrive.
See every boat on the water in real time, with geofences and alerts when a vessel leaves its zone.
Photo inspections at pickup and return, with new damage flagged before the next customer takes the boat.
Rates move with weekends, holidays, peak season and demand, so a busy Saturday is not priced like a quiet Tuesday.
Card readers, open tabs and cash drawers for walk-up customers, on the same account as your online bookings.
Service schedules, hour meters and work orders tied to each boat, so it comes off the schedule before it fails on a customer.
Fleets
Run one type of craft or all of them from the same calendar, each with its own durations, pricing and rules.
Half-day and full-day pontoon rentals with capacity limits and fuel charges.
Learn moreHigh-turnover hourly slots with geofencing, safety briefings and fuel tracking per craft.
Learn moreCharter inquiries, contracts, crew and captain scheduling, and deposit payments.
Learn morePaddle rentals sold by the hour, often alongside the boats on the same dock.
Learn moreScheduled departures sold by the seat, next to rentals sold by the boat.
Learn moreSlip rentals, storage and dock management for marinas that also rent boats.
Learn morePricing
Free is the right plan for most boat rental businesses. Paid plans only exist to cap the fee on high-value rentals.
Compare
Already on another platform, or still deciding? These pages compare RentalTide with the systems boat operators most often use, on features and published prices.
Questions
What operators ask before they move their fleet onto new software.
Boat rental software is a booking and operations system for businesses that rent out boats, jet skis, pontoons, kayaks or charters. It takes online reservations against live fleet availability, collects payments and damage deposits, sends waivers, and tracks each boat through check-out, return and maintenance. RentalTide does all of that on one account, with GPS tracking, ID verification and dynamic pricing included.
RentalTide is $0 a month on the Free plan, with every feature included and 4.9% per booking. Operators with high-value rentals can choose an optional annual plan that caps the fee at $25 per booking: Core is $2,400 a year for up to 1,500 bookings. Card processing is billed separately at your local rate on every plan. The calculator on the pricing page shows which option is cheaper for your fleet.
Yes. RentalTide's Free plan has no monthly fee, no setup fee and no contract, and it includes every feature: online booking, waivers, deposits, POS, GPS tracking and AI tools. You pay 4.9% only when a booking is paid for, so nothing is owed in a month you do not trade.
It depends on your fleet. A marina renting slips needs different tools from a jet ski operator running hourly slots or a charter company taking a handful of large bookings. Our buying guide compares the main boat rental platforms side by side, including where each one fits best, so you can judge on features and published pricing.
Yes. You set the durations each boat can be booked for, from hourly to multi-day, along with minimum rental lengths and buffer time between bookings for fuelling, cleaning and inspection.
Yes. One account can run pontoons, jet skis, kayaks, paddleboards, captained charters and scheduled boat tours, across multiple docks or locations, each with its own pricing and availability.
In practice, yes. Most operators carry hull cover for the fleet and liability cover for accidents while a customer has the boat, and many marinas and landlords require it. Our boat rental insurance guide explains the main types of cover and how waivers and damage deposits fit alongside them.
Add your boats, set durations and prices, and start taking bookings. Nothing is owed until a customer pays.