Booqable is the name most rental businesses hear first. If you are comparing it, or moving off it, these are the alternatives people actually choose between, what each is known for, and the questions to ask before you commit.
The usual reasons are pricing (a monthly licence with per-user or per-feature tiers, which stings in the off-season), a vertical need the general platform handles with workarounds (sizes for a dress boutique, walk-up waivers at a dock, delivery routes for an event company), or wanting the rental system inside an existing website rather than a website builder around the rental system.
The list below is the honest set: general platforms, vertical ones, and the do-it-yourself route. Share Marketplace is on it because we build it; the notes on the others are general and dated, so check their current plans before deciding.
Best for: Rental businesses that want vertical depth (dresses, trailers, boats, events, equipment) and per-transaction pricing. Pricing model: Per transaction, 1% to 3% by plan, or a flat annual plan. Per-unit calendars with buffer and maintenance holds, e-signed agreements and waivers, deposits and card holds, in-person readers, delivery scheduling, embeds for any site builder plus a hosted storefront, a rental marketplace listing, reviews, QuickBooks sync. Built in Canada.
Best for: General rental businesses that want a website builder included. Pricing model: Monthly subscription by plan. Broad platform with shop plugins, tracked items and a POS. Check per-user limits, which features sit on which tier, and how sizes, turnaround and delivery are handled for your catalogue.
Best for: Retail-style rental with a storefront-first setup. Pricing model: Monthly subscription by plan. Storefront and checkout focus with rental and sale in one cart. Check per-unit tracking, buffer days and deposits.
Best for: Equipment and tool rental with asset-tracking needs. Pricing model: Monthly subscription by plan. Asset-management roots: serialised items, maintenance and depreciation. Check the online booking flow, e-signatures and card holds on your plan.
Best for: Event and party rental companies with delivery crews. Pricing model: Monthly subscription. Event-rental specific with quoting and logistics. Check online self-serve booking on your own site and marketplace exposure.
Best for: Larger equipment and event rental operations. Pricing model: Quote-based. Long-established with deep operational modules. Check implementation time, cost, and whether the web storefront fits a small team.
Best for: A first season with a handful of items. Pricing model: Free. Works until two customers want the same unit on the same weekend. Plan the move before the second season.
Yes. Export your products and customers to spreadsheets, add a row per unit (serial, size, colour where relevant) and import. Live bookings are re-entered so their dates, deposits and agreements sit on the new calendar; past bookings can be imported as records.
No. Keep the site and embed the catalogue and booking flow in it (WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify or hand-coded). A hosted storefront is there if you have no site.
Share Marketplace is priced per transaction, from 1% to 3% depending on the plan, rather than a monthly licence per user. Current plans and what each one includes are on the pricing page.
The vertical comparisons answer that in detail: dress rental, trailer rental, boat rental and event rental each have their own page under Compare.