Xeni alternative for DMCs and tour operators with their own contracts
Xeni is a white-label booking engine with marketplace hotels, flights and cars, AI itinerary drafts, a built-in CRM and multi-currency pricing. MeisterCRM is a cloud travel CRM for tour operators, DMCs and safari companies with a pricing engine at its core. The biggest difference: Xeni prices from its marketplace with workspace-level markups, while MeisterCRM prices from your own supplier contracts with markup and margin per item. Here is how they compare.
The short answer
Xeni or MeisterCRM: which should you choose?
Choose Xeni if you want a branded booking site or app that sells marketplace hotels, cars, activities and flights, with Xeni processing card payments and a markup set in your workspace. Choose MeisterCRM if you sell tailor-made trips from your own supplier contracts: park fees, room allocation and age bands price the itinerary with markup and margin per item, every enquiry runs through a pipeline with WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead, and confirmed proposals become bookings with supplier vouchers and profit per trip.
Your contracts, your margin per item
Xeni prices marketplace inventory with workspace markups. MeisterCRM prices your own lodge, transfer and activity contracts with markup and VAT per item.
WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead
Xeni's CRM has deals and proposals but no WhatsApp. MeisterCRM keeps WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead with stages, owners and tasks.
Safari rules and 40+ languages
Park fees per group, room allocation, age bands, maps across 66 countries and proposals in 40+ languages, where Xeni offers three or nine.
Choose Xeni if
- You want a branded booking website or app that sells hotels, cars, activities and, on Premium, flights.
- You want access to wholesale inventory, with your own percentage or fixed markup per inventory type.
- You need card payment processing, with Xeni as Merchant of Record and fraud protection.
- You want to embed travel booking into an app, club or fintech product through an API.
Choose MeisterCRM if
- You want every trip priced from your own supplier contracts, park fees, room allocation and age bands, with markup and margin visible per item before the quote goes out.
- You want WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead record, with web form capture, instant replies and scheduled follow-up tasks.
- You want branded proposals with interactive maps and content in more than 40 languages, on your own subdomain.
- 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
Xeni 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 Xeni's public website, help pages and pricing as of October 27, 2026, and from MeisterCRM's own product.
Xeni
5 / 15of the compared features included
5 partial · 5 not offered or not documented
MeisterCRM
15 / 15of the compared features included
What the marks mean
- Yes
- Documented on Xeni's website or help pages.
- Partial
- Limited, an add-on, a higher plan only, or through a third party.
- No
- Not offered, by Xeni's own description.
- Not documented
- Nothing found on Xeni'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 | Xeni |  MeisterCRM |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing engine | ||
| Supplier rate pricing engine | PartialLive hotel, flight and car rates from its marketplace; no contracted supplier rates | YesSupplier contracts and 300+ accommodation products price each day as you build it |
| Markup and margin control | PartialWorkspace-level markups; margin per quote item not described | YesMarkup and VAT per item, with the margin of every quote before it goes out |
| Group, room and child pricing | Not documentedRoom allocation and child pricing not described | YesAutomatic room allocation, age-band prices and park fees per person or per group |
| Multi-currency quoting | YesMulti-currency pricing | Yes160+ currencies with daily rates: cost in one, quote in another |
| CRM and follow-up | ||
| Sales pipeline | YesBuilt-in CRM with deals and proposals | YesStage, owner, source, budget and next task on every enquiry |
| WhatsApp and email on the lead | NoNo WhatsApp or Gmail inbox described | YesReply on WhatsApp and Gmail from the lead itself |
| Web form capture and automations | Not documentedWeb form lead capture not described | YesWeb form leads with an instant reply and scheduled follow-up tasks |
| Proposals | ||
| Branded web and PDF proposals | YesBranded proposals and booking links | YesWhite-label web and PDF proposals, even on your own subdomain |
| Interactive maps in proposals | Not documentedMaps in proposals not described | YesRoute maps across 66 countries with parks and safari locations built in |
| Multi-language proposals | Partial3 languages on Starter, 9 on Premium | YesMore than 40 languages, with AI translation |
| Bookings and money | ||
| Bookings, invoices and vouchers | PartialMarketplace bookings; supplier requests and vouchers not described | YesBooking with customer invoices, supplier requests and vouchers |
| Payments and profit per trip | PartialPayments through the platform; profit per trip not described | YesInstalments, overdue payments and planned against actual cost per booking |
| Getting started | ||
| Free trial | Yes14-day free trial | Yes3-day free trial |
| Free data onboarding and training | Not documentedOnboarding offered; fees and data migration not described | YesFree data onboarding and training sessions through your first month |
| No setup fees | YesNone listed on its pricing page | YesNone: only the monthly subscription |
| Who each one suits | ||
| Best for | Agencies that resell marketplace hotels, flights and cars with AI itinerary drafts, a CRM and multi-currency booking links. | Tour operators, DMCs and safari companies that want sales, pricing and bookings in one system. |
Price trips from your own supplier contracts
Lodge, transfer and activity contracts sit in one catalog. Markup, VAT, park fees and child prices calculate the quote, and every agent uses the same approved rates.
Still quoting in Excel?
Collins family
2 adults · 1 child (8) · 1 infantSent- Ngorongoro Coffee Lodge · 2 nights2 × ($510 + $140 + $50)$1,400
- Signature Serengeti Camp · 1 night$820 + $205 + $0$1,025
- Park and crater fees · 4 travelers$472 + $69 + $0$541
- Private 4×4 with guide · 4 days4 × $350$1,400
- Crater vehicle fee · 1 descent1 × $295$295
- Arusha coffee and city tour$140 + $35 + $0$175
- Base cost
- $4,836
- Net profit · 20% markup
- $959
Adults × 2 $2,069eachChild (8) $1,537Infant $120
Selling price$5,795
Sent ✓- Centralize your STO rates
- Pack groups automatically
- Quote by age group
- Reduce manual error
Why teams switch
Why travel teams choose MeisterCRM over Xeni
Price from your own contracts
Xeni prices live hotels, flights and cars from its marketplace, with your own contracts only through sales. MeisterCRM stores your supplier contracts and 300+ accommodation products, applies park fees per person or per group, allocates rooms and prices children by age band as you build the itinerary.
Margin per item, not per workspace
Xeni configures markups in workspace settings. MeisterCRM puts markup and VAT on each hotel, transfer and activity, shows cost, price and margin before the proposal is sent, and keeps every agent on the same approved rates, with the exchange rate locked at proposal time.
WhatsApp and Gmail on every lead
Xeni's built-in CRM has deals and proposals, but no WhatsApp or Gmail integration. 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.
Supplier vouchers and profit per trip
MeisterCRM confirms the proposal into a booking with customer invoices, supplier booking requests and vouchers that keep the planned cost, so you see the profit of every trip. Xeni books marketplace inventory and processes payments, and does not describe supplier requests or cost per trip.
Pricing
Xeni pricing compared with MeisterCRM
Xeni
Xeni publishes its prices: Starter at US$89 a month and Premium at US$179 a month, billed annually, with a 14-day free trial, as of October 2026. No setup fee is listed, onboarding is mentioned without terms, and bring-your-own-contracts is arranged through sales.
Xeni's published pricingxeni.ai
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 Xeni to MeisterCRM
Gather what you have
Collect your client list, open enquiries and current supplier rate sheets from Xeni 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 Xeni's own homepage, feature and pricing pages and help centre where available, plus review-site listings, on 27 October 2026.
- Xeni homepage (Instagram link @xenitravels in footer) xeni.com
- Xeni pricing xeni.com
- CB Insights profile cbinsights.com
- G2 listing g2.com
- Host Agency Reviews listing hostagencyreviews.com
- Xeni: pricing xeni.ai
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FAQ
Xeni vs MeisterCRM: questions buyers ask
What are the best Xeni alternatives for DMCs and tour operators?
For DMCs and tour operators that sell from their own supplier contracts rather than a marketplace, MeisterCRM is a strong Xeni alternative. It prices every itinerary from your contracts with park fees, room allocation and margin per item, keeps WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead, sends map-rich proposals in more than 40 languages, and turns confirmed trips into bookings with supplier vouchers and profit per trip.
Xeni vs MeisterCRM: what is the main difference?
Xeni is a booking engine: marketplace hotels, flights and cars sold through a white-label site or app, with workspace-level markups, a built-in CRM and card processing. MeisterCRM is a travel CRM with a pricing engine for your own supplier contracts: markup and margin per item, park fees, rooms and age bands, WhatsApp and Gmail on the lead, and bookings with supplier vouchers and profit per trip.
Does Xeni have a pricing engine?
Partly. Xeni prices live hotels, flights and cars from its marketplace in multiple currencies, with markups configured in your workspace settings, as of October 2026; your own supplier contracts come in only through sales, and markup per item, park fees, room allocation and a margin check per quote are not described. MeisterCRM prices the itinerary as you build it: supplier contracts and 300+ accommodation products, markup and VAT per item, park fees per person or per group, automatic room allocation and age-band child prices, with the margin of every quote visible before it goes out.
Does Xeni have a CRM?
Yes. Xeni includes a built-in CRM with deals and proposals and allows two sales team members on its plans; web form lead capture with automations and a WhatsApp or Gmail integration are not described, as of October 2026. In MeisterCRM the CRM and the pricing engine are one product: leads from your web form land in a pipeline with stages, owners and tasks, automations reply and schedule the follow-up, and WhatsApp and Gmail conversations stay on the lead next to the priced proposal.
How much does Xeni cost?
As of October 2026, Xeni costs US$89 a month on Starter and US$179 a month on Premium, billed annually, with a 14-day free trial. No setup fee is listed, onboarding is mentioned without terms, and bringing your own supplier contracts is arranged through sales. 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 Xeni charge setup or onboarding fees?
No setup fee is listed on Xeni's pricing page as of October 2026; onboarding is mentioned without stated terms, and data migration and training are not described. MeisterCRM has no setup fees, only the monthly subscription: data onboarding is free, training sessions through your first month are free, and you can start with a 3-day free trial.
Is MeisterCRM a booking engine like Xeni?
No. MeisterCRM has no online booking engine, consumer checkout, wholesale inventory or card payment processing. It is a travel CRM: lead pipeline, priced proposal, booking with supplier vouchers, instalment tracking and the profit of every trip.
How do I switch from Xeni to MeisterCRM?
Most teams switch in a few weeks. Book a demo or start the 3-day free trial, then share your contacts, supplier contracts and rates, which are loaded and checked with you as part of the free data onboarding. Free training sessions through your first month get every agent quoting from the same rates, and no setup fee is charged, only the monthly subscription.
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