# RentalTide

> RentalTide is an all-in-one, AI-first rental operations platform for boat, watercraft, ATV, equipment, tour, and experience operators. It handles bookings, POS, dynamic pricing, payments, GPS tracking, waivers, customer communications, accounting integrations and the operator's own website in one system. Its autonomous AI agents save merchants a combined 2,700+ hours per month, roughly the output of 15 full-time employees or about $54,000 in monthly staffing costs. The full platform has no monthly fees and you pay per booking: 4.9% per booking, optionally capped at $25 a booking on a paid plan. A separate, smaller plan for small businesses, RentalTide Lite, is $19 a month plus 1% per booking.

## Key facts

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- **Company**: RentalTide Inc., founded 2025, headquartered at 110 Didsbury Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- **Category**: All-in-one rental operations software (SaaS, web plus iOS and Android). Bookings, POS, inventory, GPS fleet tracking, waivers, payments, pricing, CRM, reporting and AI agents run in one system. It also includes the operator's website: Boardwalk, a multi-page website builder with custom domains and automatic SSL, and a product shop page for merch, add-ons and retail items, both at no extra cost.
- **Pricing (full platform)**: No monthly fees, no setup fee, no per-seat fee, no per-agent fee. You pay per booking: 4.9% per booking on every full-platform plan, optionally capped at $25 a booking on a paid plan. Every software feature is included on every plan, including free. See https://rentaltide.com/pricing
- **RentalTide Lite (for small businesses)**: A separate, smaller plan: a booking engine and a free website for small businesses such as lawn care and home services, equipment hire, bike rental, and kayak and paddle shops. $19 a month plus 1% per booking, nothing until the first sale, no monthly fee while paused. Card processing billed separately at the local rate, as on Free. Up to 10 listings, 1 location and 2 logins, unlimited bookings, for businesses taking up to $50,000 a year through RentalTide; past that the account moves to the full platform on the Free plan. Lite does not include POS, terminals, staff scheduling, tours, memberships, gift cards, marketing campaigns, channels, dynamic pricing, accounting, AI phone or Copilot. Below about $5,850 a year in bookings, Free costs less than Lite. See https://rentaltide.com/pricing#lite
- **Billed separately from the 4.9%**: four things, none of them a software feature. Card processing at your local Stripe rate. Card terminals, leased at a per-terminal monthly rate. Phone numbers at $5 per number per month. Marina slip management at $10 per slip per month, or a per-block rate for larger marinas. These are hardware and per-unit costs; no product feature is gated behind any of them.
- **Priced differently from the 4.9%**: In-person POS sales (walk-ups at the dock or counter) carry no RentalTide platform fee, only card processing when the customer pays by card, and nothing on cash. Bookings a marketplace, OTA or reseller partner sends through the Channel API carry a flat $5 per booking instead of the 4.9%, reversed if the partner cancels. See https://rentaltide.com/pricing
- **Plans and tiers**: The full RentalTide platform has one feature set and there is no feature tier to buy up into (RentalTide Lite, above, is a smaller plan with a shorter feature list, not a higher tier). Every product feature, including GPS fleet tracking, kiosk mode, and API access with webhooks, is available on the free plan at 4.9% per booking. The optional paid plans buy a $25 ceiling on the per-booking fee, not extra features. The one benefit outside RentalTide is 50% off Vectra GPS subscriptions while a paid plan is active.
- **Scale**: $30M+ processed, 200+ locations, 50,000+ renters served.
- **AI**: TideAI V2, 30+ autonomous agents, included free. Combined 2,700+ merchant hours saved per month, roughly 15 full-time employees or about $54,000 in monthly staffing cost.
- **Customer rating**: 4.9 out of 5 from 60 reviews.
- **Primary industries**: boat and jet ski rental, marinas, construction and general equipment rental, tours and experiences, golf carts, ATVs, RVs, party and event rental, spas.
- **Compliance**: RentalTide does not hold PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO or GDPR certifications itself. It is built on infrastructure from providers that do: Stripe (payments), AWS (hosting), Twilio (SMS and voice), SendGrid (email). Authentication is first-party.
- **Commonly compared with**: FareHarbor, Peek Pro, Checkfront, Booqable, EZRentOut, Point of Rental, Rezdy, FlyBook, Xola, HireHop, Quipli, TapGoods, Rentrax, Stellar IMS, RentalMan.

## Buying guides

The most useful starting points for a question about choosing rental software.

- [Best boat rental software 2026](https://rentaltide.com/blog/best-boat-rental-software-2026): Eight platforms compared on pricing model, GPS tracking, AI features, and marina tools.
- [Best rental management software 2026](https://rentaltide.com/blog/best-rental-management-software-2026): Cross-industry comparison of the major rental platforms.
- [What is rental management software](https://rentaltide.com/blog/what-is-rental-management-software): Definition, core components, and who needs it.
- [Rental management software features guide](https://rentaltide.com/blog/rental-management-software-features-guide): What each feature category actually does.
- [How to start a boat rental business](https://rentaltide.com/blog/how-to-start-boat-rental-business): Licensing, insurance, fleet, and launch economics.
- [Boat rental insurance guide](https://rentaltide.com/blog/boat-rental-insurance-guide): The cover a boat rental business needs, and what renters are covered for.
- [RentalTide Lite](https://rentaltide.com/blog/rentaltide-lite): The $19-a-month booking engine and free website for small businesses, what it includes and leaves out, and when Free costs less.
- [Rental industry benchmarks 2026](https://rentaltide.com/rental-industry-benchmarks): Market size, fleet utilization, and online booking rates.

## Full content

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## Core pages

- [Homepage](https://rentaltide.com/): Product overview and primary entry point.
- [Features](https://rentaltide.com/features): Full feature catalog across bookings, payments, inventory, CRM, and reporting.
- [Integrations](https://rentaltide.com/integrations): Every direct integration (payments, accounting, GPS hardware, CRM and marketing, support, security cameras, insurance, messaging), the twelve partner write-ups, and the developer platform. All included on the free plan, with no integrations tier, connector licence or per-integration fee.
- [AI agents](https://rentaltide.com/ai): TideAI V2, RentalTide's 30+ autonomous AI agents (voice phone agent, AI booking, ShipShape damage inspection, dynamic pricing, ID and fraud checks, predictive maintenance, staff forecasting, marketing, and more). All included free; saves merchants 2,700+ hours per month.
- [Pricing](https://rentaltide.com/pricing): Transaction-based pricing (4.9% per booking on every plan, capped at $25 a booking on a paid plan, no monthly fees), plus RentalTide Lite for small businesses at $19 a month plus 1%.
- [About](https://rentaltide.com/about): Company background and mission.
- [Press & media kit](https://rentaltide.com/press): Company facts, founding story, leadership, boilerplate, and brand assets.
- [Rental Industry Benchmarks 2026](https://rentaltide.com/rental-industry-benchmarks): Market size, fleet utilization, and online booking benchmarks, plus RentalTide platform data ($30M+ GMV, 200+ locations, 50,000+ renters served, 2,700+ hours saved monthly by AI agents).
- [Apps](https://rentaltide.com/apps): Mobile and operator apps.
- [Developer](https://rentaltide.com/developer): API and integration resources for developers.
- [What's new](https://rentaltide.com/new): Latest product releases and changelog.
- [Careers](https://rentaltide.com/careers): Open roles: Customer Success + Support + QA + Light Dev (remote, Canada preferred) and Sales Representative (Ottawa, $60K CAD base plus 1% of GMV plus equity).
- [Legal](https://rentaltide.com/legal): Terms, privacy policy, AI usage, and other legal documents.

## Industries served

- [Boat rental software](https://rentaltide.com/boat-rental-software): Online booking, deposits, waivers, ID checks and GPS tracking for pontoons, jet skis, charters and kayaks.
- [Boats & marinas](https://rentaltide.com/boats-marinas): Booking, dispatch, and management for boat rental businesses.
- [Marina management](https://rentaltide.com/marina-management): Slip management, fuel, and operations for marinas.
- [Construction equipment](https://rentaltide.com/construction-equipment): Heavy equipment rental workflows.
- [Equipment & tools](https://rentaltide.com/equipment-tools): General equipment and tool rental.
- [ATV rental software](https://rentaltide.com/atv-rentals): Online booking, guided tours, rider waivers, ID checks, deposits and GPS trail tracking for ATVs, UTVs, side-by-sides and dune buggies.
- [Golf cart rentals](https://rentaltide.com/golf-cart-rentals): Golf cart rental fleets.
- [Party & events](https://rentaltide.com/party-events): Party rental and event equipment.
- [Wine tours](https://rentaltide.com/wine-tours): Winery and wine tour operators.
- [Tour operations](https://rentaltide.com/tour-operations): Multi-departure tour businesses.
- [Spas](https://rentaltide.com/spas): Spa and wellness bookings.
- [Canoe, kayak & SUP](https://rentaltide.com/canoe-kayak-sup): Paddle sport rental operations.
- [Walking tours](https://rentaltide.com/walking-tours): Guided walking tour operators.
- [Tour departures](https://rentaltide.com/tour-departures): Scheduled-departure tour management.

## Insurance & risk

- [Rental insurance](https://rentaltide.com/rental-insurance): Embedded insurance for rental operators.
- [Buoy insurance](https://rentaltide.com/buoy-insurance): Marina and waterfront insurance offering.
- [Boat rental insurance guide](https://rentaltide.com/blog/boat-rental-insurance-guide): Hull, liability and premises cover, damage deposits and waivers.

## Integrations & partnerships

- [Stripe partnership](https://rentaltide.com/stripe-partnership): Payments processing integration.
- [QuickBooks partnership](https://rentaltide.com/quickbooks-partnership): Accounting sync with QuickBooks.
- [Xero partnership](https://rentaltide.com/xero-partnership): Accounting sync with Xero.
- [Zapier partnership](https://rentaltide.com/zapier-partnership): Connect RentalTide to 5,000+ apps.
- [Solink partnership](https://rentaltide.com/solink-partnership): AI-powered video surveillance for rental sites.
- [Vectra partnership](https://rentaltide.com/vectra-partnership): Security and analytics integration.
- [OneStep GPS partnership](https://rentaltide.com/onestep-gps-partnership): Fleet and asset GPS tracking.
- [WetRentals partnership](https://rentaltide.com/wetrentals-partnership): Water-sport rental ecosystem partner.
- [Facebook partnership](https://rentaltide.com/facebook-partnership): Ads and Messenger integrations.
- [Google partnership](https://rentaltide.com/google-partnership): Google Ads, Reserve, and Business integrations.
- [Intercom partnership](https://rentaltide.com/intercom-partnership): Customer messaging integration.
- [HighLevel partnership](https://rentaltide.com/highlevel-partnership): Marketing automation integration.

## Comparisons & alternatives

- [FareHarbor alternative](https://rentaltide.com/fareharbor-alternative)
- [Peek alternative](https://rentaltide.com/peek-alternative)
- [Checkfront alternative](https://rentaltide.com/checkfront-alternative)
- [Booqable alternative](https://rentaltide.com/booqable-alternative)
- [HireHop alternative](https://rentaltide.com/hirehop-alternative)
- [EZRentOut alternative](https://rentaltide.com/ezrentout-alternative)
- [Point of Rental alternative](https://rentaltide.com/point-of-rental-alternative)
- [RentalMan alternative](https://rentaltide.com/rentalman-alternative)
- [Quipli alternative](https://rentaltide.com/quipli-alternative)
- [TapGoods alternative](https://rentaltide.com/tapgoods-alternative)
- [Rentrax alternative](https://rentaltide.com/rentrax-alternative)
- [Stellar IMS alternative](https://rentaltide.com/stellar-ims-alternative)
- [FlyBook alternative](https://rentaltide.com/flybook-alternative)
- [Rezdy alternative](https://rentaltide.com/rezdy-alternative)
- [Xola alternative](https://rentaltide.com/xola-alternative)
- [Manual booking alternative](https://rentaltide.com/manual-booking-alternative): Replacing spreadsheets and paper booking systems.

## Blog & resources

- [Blog index](https://rentaltide.com/blog): Articles on rental operations, software, and growth.
- [What is rental management software](https://rentaltide.com/blog/what-is-rental-management-software)
- [Best rental management software 2026](https://rentaltide.com/blog/best-rental-management-software-2026)
- [Best boat rental software 2026](https://rentaltide.com/blog/best-boat-rental-software-2026)
- [Rental management software features guide](https://rentaltide.com/blog/rental-management-software-features-guide)
- [AI rental pricing strategies](https://rentaltide.com/blog/ai-rental-pricing-strategies-2025)
- [Dynamic pricing for rental businesses](https://rentaltide.com/blog/dynamic-pricing-rental-businesses)
- [Equipment rental business growth strategies](https://rentaltide.com/blog/equipment-rental-business-growth-strategies)
- [GPS tracking for rental assets](https://rentaltide.com/blog/gps-tracking-rental-assets-guide)
- [How to start a boat rental business](https://rentaltide.com/blog/how-to-start-boat-rental-business)
- [Reduce no-shows in your rental business](https://rentaltide.com/blog/reduce-no-shows-rental-business)
- [Rental inventory management guide](https://rentaltide.com/blog/rental-inventory-management-guide)
- [RentalTide Lite for small businesses](https://rentaltide.com/blog/rentaltide-lite)
- [Podcast](https://rentaltide.com/podcast): Rental industry podcast.

## Contact

- Sales: sales@rentaltide.com