Softrip alternative for tour operators and DMCs that sell tailor-made trips
Softrip is a reservation, operations and accrual accounting system for multi-day and escorted tour operators, from 5 to 500 users. MeisterCRM is a cloud travel CRM for tour operators, DMCs and safari companies with a pricing engine at its core. The biggest difference: Softrip is an enterprise back office implemented as a project, while MeisterCRM prices tailor-made itineraries from supplier contracts with margin per item inside a CRM that starts free. Here is how they compare.
The short answer
Softrip or MeisterCRM: which should you choose?
Choose Softrip if you run escorted or multi-day departures at scale with dozens or hundreds of staff users, need accrual accounting with profit and loss per trip inside the system, rely on GDS air and bed bank connectivity, and have the budget and time for an enterprise implementation. Choose MeisterCRM if you sell tailor-made trips: supplier contracts, park fees, room allocation and markup price the itinerary with the margin visible, every enquiry runs through a pipeline with WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead, and you start free with no setup fees.
Markup and margin on every item
Softrip manages costs and pricing in its product setup. MeisterCRM prices each itinerary from supplier contracts with markup and VAT per item and the margin visible.
A pipeline with WhatsApp
Softrip's integrated CRM handles contacts and campaigns. MeisterCRM gives every enquiry a stage, owner, next task, and WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead.
Branded proposals with maps
Softrip's website describes no proposal builder. MeisterCRM sends web and PDF proposals with interactive maps in more than 40 languages.
Choose Softrip if
- You run escorted or multi-day departures at scale, with dozens or hundreds of staff users.
- You need accrual accounting with profit and loss per trip inside the same system.
- You rely on GDS air, hotel bed bank and rail connectivity.
- You have the budget and time for an enterprise implementation.
Choose MeisterCRM if
- You want every tailor-made trip priced from your own supplier contracts, park fees, room allocation and markup, with the margin visible before the quote goes out.
- You want a lead pipeline with stages, owners and tasks, web form capture with instant replies, and WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead.
- You want branded web and PDF proposals with interactive route maps and content in more than 40 languages, generated from the priced itinerary.
- You want to start for free: a 3-day free trial, free data onboarding, free training through your first month and no setup fees.
Feature comparison
Softrip vs MeisterCRM, feature by feature
Fifteen features that decide whether a tour operator can sell, price and book a trip in one system, marked from Softrip's public website, help pages and pricing as of October 27, 2026, and from MeisterCRM's own product.
Softrip
2 / 15of the compared features included
4 partial · 9 not offered or not documented
MeisterCRM
15 / 15of the compared features included
What the marks mean
- Yes
- Documented on Softrip's website or help pages.
- Partial
- Limited, an add-on, a higher plan only, or through a third party.
- No
- Not offered, by Softrip's own description.
- Not documented
- Nothing found on Softrip's public website as of October 27, 2026.
When the price lives in a spreadsheet that one or two experienced agents understand, every quote depends on them. MeisterCRM keeps buying rates, validity dates, age bands, room rules, park fees, currencies and markup in the same record as the lead and the proposal, so any agent can quote from approved rates and a manager can review the margin before it goes out.
| Feature | Softrip |  MeisterCRM |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing engine | ||
| Supplier rate pricing engine | PartialSupplier information with cost and pricing management; seasons not described | YesSupplier contracts and 300+ accommodation products price each day as you build it |
| Markup and margin control | Not documentedMarkup per item and quote margin not described | YesMarkup and VAT per item, with the margin of every quote before it goes out |
| Group, room and child pricing | PartialCustom groups and rooming lists; child pricing not described | YesAutomatic room allocation, age-band prices and park fees per person or per group |
| Multi-currency quoting | Not documentedMulti-currency quoting not described | Yes160+ currencies with daily rates: cost in one, quote in another |
| CRM and follow-up | ||
| Sales pipeline | PartialIntegrated CRM for contacts and campaigns; no pipeline described | YesStage, owner, source, budget and next task on every enquiry |
| WhatsApp and email on the lead | Not documentedAutomated communications; WhatsApp or inbox not described | YesReply on WhatsApp and Gmail from the lead itself |
| Web form capture and automations | PartialOnline booking for customers; enquiry forms not described | YesWeb form leads with an instant reply and scheduled follow-up tasks |
| Proposals | ||
| Branded web and PDF proposals | Not documentedBranded itinerary proposals not described | YesWhite-label web and PDF proposals, even on your own subdomain |
| Interactive maps in proposals | Not documentedNot described on its website | YesRoute maps across 66 countries with parks and safari locations built in |
| Multi-language proposals | Not documentedEnglish per Capterra; not stated on its site | YesMore than 40 languages, with AI translation |
| Bookings and money | ||
| Bookings, invoices and vouchers | YesReservations with documents, payments and supplier rooming lists | YesBooking with customer invoices, supplier requests and vouchers |
| Payments and profit per trip | YesScheduled and instalment payments; P&L per trip and reservation | YesInstalments, overdue payments and planned against actual cost per booking |
| Getting started | ||
| Free trial | Not documentedDemo on request; no trial on its site | Yes3-day free trial |
| Free data onboarding and training | Not documentedImplementation terms not published | YesFree data onboarding and training sessions through your first month |
| No setup fees | Not documentedNot published; Capterra lists from US$249 per user | YesNone: only the monthly subscription |
| Who each one suits | ||
| Best for | US tour operators and wholesalers that want reservations, product management, payments and accrual accounting in one back office. | Tour operators, DMCs and safari companies that want sales, pricing and bookings in one system. |
Build the trip and the proposal together
Add lodges, transfers and activities to a day-by-day timeline, combine templates, and send a branded proposal priced from your own supplier rates.
Start from a template
Templates
12 savedAll destinations
- 4-Day Northern Circuit SafariTarangire · Serengeti · Ngorongoro4 days
- Serengeti & ZanzibarSafari + beach7 days
- Kilimanjaro Machame RouteTrek · 7 camps8 days
- Maasai Mara great migrationKenya5 days
Customize your timeline
Day 1Oct 29, 2026
- TransferPrivate 4×4 with guide4 days$1,400
- Park feesPark and crater fees4 travelers$541
LocationNgorongoro CraterDrop here
Day 2Oct 30, 2026
- HotelSignature Serengeti CampFull board$1,025
Generate Quotation
Collins family
TZA · 4 days · 4 travelersMarkup 20%- Hotel
- 2
- Transfer
- 2
- Park fees
- 1
- Activity
- 1
- Adults × 2
- $4,138
- Child (8)
- $1,537
- Infant (1)
- $120
- Base cost
- $4,836
- Net profit
- $959
- Selling price
- $5,795
Why teams switch
Why travel teams choose MeisterCRM over Softrip
Price tailor-made trips as you build
Softrip manages supplier costs and pricing for scheduled departures in an enterprise back office. MeisterCRM prices each tailor-made itinerary from your contracts and 300+ accommodation products as you build it, with park fees per person or per group, automatic room allocation, age-band child prices and markup and VAT per item.
Margin visible before you send
In MeisterCRM, cost, price and margin are checked before the proposal goes out, every agent quotes from the same approved rates, and you cost in one currency and quote in another across 160+ currencies. Softrip's website describes cost and pricing management and P&L per trip, not markup per item or multi-currency quoting.
A CRM with WhatsApp on the lead
Softrip's integrated CRM covers contacts, campaigns and automated communications, with no pipeline or WhatsApp described. MeisterCRM gives every enquiry a stage, owner, budget and next task, replies to web form leads instantly, and keeps the WhatsApp and Gmail conversation on the lead.
Free start instead of an implementation
Softrip sells through demos, with Capterra listing from US$249 per user a month, and reviewers call its implementation challenging. MeisterCRM runs in the browser with nothing to install, has a 3-day free trial, free data onboarding, free training through your first month and no setup fees.
Pricing
Softrip pricing compared with MeisterCRM
Softrip
Softrip does not publish its prices; its website offers a demo request, and Capterra and GetApp list it from US$249 per user a month with Enterprise on request, as of October 2026. Implementation and training terms are not published, and review sites disagree on whether a trial exists.
Softrip's published pricingcapterra.ca
MeisterCRM
MeisterCRM has a 3-day free trial and no setup fees, only a monthly subscription. Data onboarding and training sessions through your first month are free, and a demo covers the current plans for your team size. Every plan includes the travel CRM, WhatsApp integration, the proposal builder and workflow automation.
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How to move from Softrip to MeisterCRM
Gather what you have
Collect your client list, open enquiries and current supplier rate sheets from Softrip and any spreadsheets beside it. Data onboarding is free, so the MeisterCRM team helps you bring it across.
Load your rates and best trips
Add your supplier contracts to the MeisterCRM catalog, where 300+ accommodation products are already available, and save your best-selling itineraries as templates.
Run new enquiries in MeisterCRM
Point your website form at MeisterCRM, connect WhatsApp and Gmail, and send the next proposal from the new pipeline while older trips finish where they are. Free training sessions through your first month get the team started fast.
How we compared
Sources for this comparison
We re-read Softrip's own homepage, feature and pricing pages and help centre where available, plus review-site listings, on 27 October 2026.
- Softrip - Why Softrip softrip.com
- Softrip - Software for multi-day tour operators softrip.com
- Softrip enterprise landing page go.softrip.com
- Capterra Softrip capterra.ca
- GetApp Softrip getapp.com
- G2 Softrip pricing g2.com
- G2 Softrip g2.com
- BuiltIn Softrip builtin.com
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FAQ
Softrip vs MeisterCRM: questions buyers ask
What are the best Softrip alternatives for tailor-made tour operators and DMCs?
For tailor-made tour operators and DMCs that do not need an enterprise back office, MeisterCRM is a strong Softrip alternative. It prices every itinerary from supplier contracts with park fees, room allocation and margin per item, runs enquiries through a pipeline with WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead, sends map-rich proposals in more than 40 languages, and starts free with no setup fees.
Softrip vs MeisterCRM: what is the main difference?
Softrip is an enterprise reservations, operations and accrual accounting system for scheduled multi-day departures, implemented as a project for large teams. MeisterCRM is a browser-based travel CRM with a pricing engine for tailor-made trips: supplier contracts, park fees, rooms and age bands with margin per item, WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead, map-rich proposals in 40+ languages, and a free start with no setup fees.
Does Softrip have a pricing engine?
Partly. Softrip manages supplier information with cost and pricing for its departures and reports P&L per trip, as of October 2026; seasonal contract rates for tailor-made quotes, markup per item, multi-currency quoting and a margin check per quote are not described on its website. MeisterCRM was built around pricing: contracts for lodges, transfers and activities, 300+ accommodation products, markup and VAT per item, park fees per person or per group, room allocation and age bands, and a margin check on every quote before it is sent.
Does Softrip have a CRM?
Partly. Softrip has an integrated CRM for contacts, campaigns and automated communications; a visual sales pipeline with stages and tasks, web form lead capture with automations, and a WhatsApp or Gmail inbox are not described, as of October 2026. MeisterCRM gives every lead a stage, owner, source, budget and next action, captures web form enquiries with an instant reply and scheduled follow-ups, and keeps the WhatsApp and Gmail conversation on the lead record, so the whole team sees what happens next.
How much does Softrip cost?
Softrip does not publish its prices as of October 2026; its website offers a demo. Capterra and GetApp list it from US$249 per user a month with Enterprise on request, and implementation and training terms are not published. MeisterCRM has a 3-day free trial, no setup fees and free data onboarding and training through your first month; a demo covers the current plans for your team size.
Does Softrip charge setup or onboarding fees?
Not published. Softrip does not state setup, implementation or training charges on its website as of October 2026, and reviewers describe the implementation as demanding. MeisterCRM charges no setup or onboarding fee. Data onboarding is free, your team gets free training sessions through the first month, and the 3-day free trial comes before any subscription.
Is MeisterCRM an accounting system like Softrip?
No. MeisterCRM does not replace a general ledger or accrual accounting. It covers the commercial side from lead to booking, including customer invoices, supplier vouchers, instalments and profit per booking, and your accountant keeps the books in your accounting software.
How do I switch from Softrip to MeisterCRM?
Export your contacts, suppliers and rates from Softrip; data onboarding is free, so MeisterCRM's team helps you load and check them, and the training sessions through your first month are free too. Start with the 3-day free trial, price one real itinerary from your supplier contracts, then run new enquiries in the pipeline while Softrip winds down. There are no setup fees, only the monthly subscription.
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