The migration
What switching from Stampede looks like
Stampede is an all-in-one suite: CRM, bookings, PayOS payments, WiFi, loyalty and reviews from one
Edinburgh vendor. Most operators who move to CaptiFi do so because they already have a booking system,
a POS or a payments provider they trust, and they only want a focused guest-WiFi marketing layer
rather than a whole new stack. You start a 30-day CaptiFi trial, we ship a starter device (refundable hold), and
you point your access points at the CaptiFi splash page. Where Stampede's guest-WiFi page names a
single supported access point, the MikroTik hAP ax2, CaptiFi works across eight hardware ecosystems,
so you usually keep the kit you already have.
The other difference is how you buy. Stampede is sold demo-only, with no self-serve trial, so you
cannot test it before talking to sales, and its pricing page (checked 13 September 2026) gives one
flat price per venue, sized to your estate on that call, with no tiers listed. CaptiFi lets you sign
up and try the product yourself, with every tier priced on the pricing page in six currencies. Your
guest list, email automations and review requests all run inside CaptiFi from day one.
Your Stampede workflows on CaptiFi
Stampede's marketing templates and workflow steps map onto CaptiFi's automation triggers, follow-ups
and presets, and a Stampede contact export imports through Email Marketing, then Import contacts, so
the list comes with you.
| Stampede workflow |
On CaptiFi |
| Wi-Fi welcome |
Guest connects |
| Post-visit thank-you |
After a visit (every visit) |
| Birthday offer |
Birthday |
| Wait, then branch on opened or clicked |
A follow-up email with an Only if rule: did not open the previous email, did not click, or has not visited again. Each automation takes up to five follow-ups, each a chosen number of days after the previous one. |
| Last booked 60 days ago |
Guest has not visited (60 days) for guests who connect to your WiFi from switch-on; the
Come back after 60 days preset builds it in one click with a follow-up 14 days later.
Regulars who had already gone quiet before that get a monthly recurring campaign to a
"Last visit was more than 60 days ago" audience. An imported Stampede list has no WiFi
visits to measure, so it gets a monthly recurring campaign to a "How they joined is
Imported contact" audience instead.
|
| Win-back that exits when the guest rebooks |
Stop the sequence when the guest visits again. The return is a WiFi connection at your venue, so the sequence ends the moment a lapsed guest walks back in and connects. |
| Workflow templates |
Start from a preset: Welcome new guests, Thank you after a visit, Come back after 60 days with a 14-day follow-up, or Birthday greeting. Each is created in one click and switched off until you have reviewed it. |
| Win-back cancellation |
No equivalent: CaptiFi does not take bookings. |
| Loyalty points |
No equivalent: CaptiFi automations send emails and add or remove guest tags; they do not award points. |
| Inbox handoff |
No equivalent: an automation cannot hand a guest to an inbox for a person to pick up. |
