reservationbay vs Twice
Where each one fits, and what the pricing difference adds up to across a full season.
No monthly subscription to start — two plans lower your costs as you grow.
The short answer
Twice is a rental platform serving leisure and equipment rental with subscription-based plans. reservationbay covers similar ground with three plans from €0 a month, trading the monthly fee against the commission per booking and keeping payment cost as a separate, visible line.
On core rental functionality — catalogue, availability, online booking, order handling — the two overlap heavily, as most platforms in this category do.
The decision usually comes down to two things: how evenly your bookings fall across the year, and how much you care about deposits and damage evidence being first-class rather than bolted on.
reservationbay and Twice compared
Checked when written. Verify anything decisive with Twice directly, since vendors change their pricing.
| Twice | reservationbay | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Subscription plans | Three plans: €0/2.95%, €49/1.5%, €149/0% per booking |
| Cost in a quiet month | The plan continues | Nothing |
| Starting cost | Plan-dependent | Free, with the full platform and all integrations |
| Payments | Through the platform | Through the platform, whitelabel, invoiced separately from the software |
| Deposits | Supported | Pre-authorisation, automatic release, settled from the inspection flow |
| Damage records | Supported | Photographed checklist at both ends, attached to the booking |
| No website yet | Storefront provided | SitePack integration for a site on your own domain |
Feature by feature
Our column is complete; the Twice column comes from their own product documentation, checked on 29 July 2026.
| Feature | reservationbay | Twice |
|---|---|---|
| No monthly subscription to start | Yes | Subscription |
| Damage and inspection flow with photos | Yes | Not documented |
| Dynamic pricing | Yes | Not documented |
| Stock tracked per size | Yes | Not documented |
| Payments through the platform, whitelabel | Yes | Not documented |
| Contracts with electronic signature | Yes, built in | Via a DocuSign integration |
| Self-service portal for renters | Yes | Partly — renters can extend a booking |
| Deposit held by pre-authorisation | Yes | Yes |
| Turnaround time between rentals | Yes | Yes |
| Bundles and kits | Yes | Yes |
| Barcode and QR scanning | Yes | Yes |
| Discount codes and vouchers | Yes | Yes |
| Reporting per object | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple locations | Yes | Yes |
| Public API | In development | Documented |
Where Twice is the better choice
- Twice is an established platform with its own strengths and a real customer base.
- At high, steady, year-round volume a flat plan can be cheaper than a per-booking commission.
- If a specific integration you depend on exists there and not here, that outweighs any pricing argument.
The honest test is your own booking history. Apply both pricing models to last year, month by month, and compare the annual totals — that answers the question far better than any table.
Frequently asked questions
How do I compare the cost properly?
Take last year’s bookings month by month and apply both models. A subscription looks cheap in your peak and expensive in your off-season; only the annual total is meaningful.
Can I migrate?
Usually yes. Send an export of your products, customers and bookings and we will tell you what comes across cleanly before you commit.
What does Twice do better?
It is an established product, and for a high-volume year-round business its flat pricing may work out lower. If it has an integration you depend on that we lack, that matters more than the pricing model.
Is the comparison impartial?
It is written by us, so treat it as informed rather than neutral. What we commit to is naming the cases where the other platform wins, and checking anything decisive with the vendor themselves.
Try it against your own numbers
Create a free account and put a realistic month of bookings in. It costs nothing and tells you more than a comparison table can.