Xola alternative
RentalTide runs tour, activity and equipment rental operations on one platform for $0 a month and 4.9% per booking. GPS tracking, AI damage detection, POS terminals, waivers and ID verification are included at that rate rather than bought separately.
No credit card required. Cancel anytime. Card processing is billed separately at your local rate.
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Any jet skis free this afternoon?
Two are open at 3 PM. Want me to book one and text you the waiver?
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$12,480.65
PaidIncluded at 4.9%
Every capability below is on the free plan. There is no add-on tier, no per-seat charge and no setup fee.
Geofences, movement alerts and recovery on every asset. Free integration with trackers you already own, or our own hardware for $10 a month.
Photo inspections at pickup and return, with damage flagged automatically before the next customer walks up.
Card readers, open tabs and cash drawers for walk-up customers, on the same flat rate as an online booking.
Customers check themselves in, sign the waiver and pay without tying up a staff member at the counter.
Service schedules, hour meters and work orders tied to each asset, so a boat comes off the line before it fails on a customer.
Transaction video through our Solink partnership, so a disputed rental has the footage attached to it.
Side by side
What each company publishes about its own pricing, side by side. Xola's figures are quoted from its pricing page on the date shown, and nothing else about its product is asserted here.
| Feature | XolaAs published, 27 September 2026 | RentalTideAs published |
|---|---|---|
| Online booking | Yes | Yes |
| Published monthly subscription | None ("No subscriptions")source | $0 on Free, optional annual plans |
| Published card processing | 2.39% + $0.30 per transaction in the USsource | Billed separately at your local rate |
| Published platform fee | A partner fee charged to your customer on every purchase, amount not publishedsource | 4.9% per booking, capped at $25 on annual plans |
Xola's figures are quoted from xola.com/pricing, read on 27 September 2026. Xola states that its rates vary outside the United States. RentalTide's 4.9% does not include card processing, which is billed separately at your local rate.
The numbers
One side is what Xola publishes about its own pricing. The other is ours. Work out your own number from the two rather than from an adjective.
Quoted from xola.com/pricing, read on 27 September 2026. We make no other statement about their product.
Our own published pricing. Card processing is billed separately at your local rate.
Questions
The questions operators ask before they move, answered with figures rather than adjectives.
RentalTide runs tours, activities and equipment rentals on one account, with GPS fleet tracking, AI damage detection, physical POS terminals, self-service kiosks and maintenance management included at one published rate. If you rent boats, jet skis, bikes or gear alongside your tours, the rental side runs on the same system as the bookings.
Yes. RentalTide handles scheduled tours and activities sold by the seat, as well as rentals sold by the hour or day, with waivers, ID verification and automated customer messaging on every booking.
RentalTide is $0 a month on the Free plan, with every feature and 4.9% per booking. Optional annual plans cap that fee at $25 per booking, starting with Core at $2,400 a year for up to 1,500 bookings. Xola publishes "No subscriptions", card processing at 2.39% + $0.30 per transaction in the United States, and a partner fee assessed to your customers on every purchase, without publishing the amount of that fee. Those figures are quoted from xola.com/pricing, read on 27 September 2026.
Yes. Our team helps every operator move their customer list and product setup across at no cost, and will plan the switch around your season. Book a demo to start.
RentalTide is all-in-one. There is no monthly subscription, no setup fee and no tier to buy up into. You pay 4.9% per online booking, and everything below is already on your account.
Card processing is billed separately at your local rate, as it is on every platform. See the full terms on our pricing page.
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GPS tracking, AI damage detection, kiosks and maintenance management run on the same flat 4.9%, with nothing owed on a month you do not trade.
Xola's pricing is quoted from its own public pricing page, read on 27 September 2026. Prices change, and these may be out of date by the time you read this: check xola.com/pricing before deciding. This page makes no claim about any Xola capability, and nothing here should be read as saying a feature is missing from their product. Product and company names are the trademarks of their respective owners, are used here only to identify those products, and do not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them. If you believe anything here is inaccurate, tell us at sales@rentaltide.com and we will correct it.