HireHop vs Booqable
The two tools charge for rental software in different ways and aim at different shops. HireHop, a London company, bills Professional by the seat and has a free Starter for one person, which suits a yard with a few staff at the counter. Booqable, from Leeuwarden, sells flat monthly plans with a rental website included and a 14-day trial, but charges extra for barcode scanning and for every added location. The choice turns on team size, the number of depots and whether an online booking site matters to your customers.
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Choose HireHop ifyou run a small or mid-sized hire shop with several depots or a growing counter team, and you want a seat price that falls for each added user. You also want to start on a free single-user plan before paying anything.
Choose Booqable ifyou are an owner-run shop that wants an online booking site live within days and expects to have two or three staff at most. Flat plan fees suit you, and you will add scanning or a second location only if the business needs it.
HireHop and Booqable side by side
| HireHop | Booqable | |
|---|---|---|
| Our equipment rental software rank | #1 of 12 | #2 of 12 |
| Established in | United Kingdom | Netherlands |
| List price, 9 November 2026 | Starter at no cost for one user; Professional 46 GBP for the first seat and 23 GBP per extra seat each month, plus VAT; Enterprise on application | Yearly billing: Start 29, Grow 69, Scale 149 per month; monthly billing 35, 87, 187; Custom from 349; 14-day trial, no currency code shown |
| Free tier | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Built for | Small and mid-sized hire shops wanting a low entry price and seat-based billing | Owner-run shops that want an online booking site live within days |
| Not for | Large groups needing replicated data or sandbox testing without a quote | Yards that need work orders, telematics or deep maintenance tracking |
Both are reviewed in full in our equipment rental software ranking: HireHop and Booqable.
Where they differ
HireHop 3 · Booqable 2 · open 1- 01
A free Starter against a 14-day trial
HireHop offers a Starter plan at no cost for one user, with quotes, bookings, customer management and basic stock control. The page has a Try HireHop Free button but states no trial length. Booqable has no free plan; it gives 14 days of full access to all features, add-ons and apps, with no credit card required. For a solo owner who wants to run real jobs for months without paying, HireHop is the one that allows it.
Edge: HireHop
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Per seat in pounds or per plan in a single flat fee
HireHop Professional costs 46 GBP per month for the first user and 23 GBP for each additional user, plus VAT, and the page shows dollar figures of 64 and 32 as approximations. Booqable lists Start at 29, Grow at 69 and Scale at 149 per month on yearly billing, or 35, 87 and 187 monthly, and its page shows no currency code. A five-person counter team pays 138 GBP on HireHop Professional before VAT against Booqable Grow's 69 per month on yearly billing, which includes 5 extra users.
Edge: HireHop
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Multi-depot setup against paid extra locations
HireHop puts multi-depot setup, advanced stock control, reports and dashboards on Professional, and its FAQ says multiple stock locations are supported there. Booqable's Scale plan charges extra locations from 29 per location per month on yearly billing, or 37 on monthly billing. A business with four yards would see that Booqable bill grow location by location, while HireHop's cost follows only the number of seats.
Edge: HireHop
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Website builder and online payments
Booqable includes a rental website with online bookings, e-signatures on quotes and contracts, and payments through Stripe, PayPal or Square, which is in beta. Its Website builder add-on is charged separately at 19 per month yearly or 24 monthly. On HireHop's home page we found accounting links to Xero, QuickBooks and Sage 50, and no customer-facing booking site. Anyone whose customers book online from a phone will lean toward Booqable here, and can pair it with its WordPress, Shopify or WooCommerce integrations.
Edge: Booqable
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Scanning, deposits and stock rules
HireHop lists live scanning of barcode, QR, NFC and RFID with no stated limit. Booqable charges barcode scanning as an add-on per user, at 9 yearly or 12 monthly per user per month, the same rate as its Mobile Point of Sale. Booqable does list unique item tracking, buffer time between rentals, downtime scheduling, temporary stock for sub-rentals and per-order or per-product security deposits. Its advanced pricing rules for weekend rates are a separate row.
Depends on the buyer
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Cloud on AWS against a remote-first Dutch operator
HireHop is cloud-only on AWS, with hosting, updates and automated backups in the seat price and no storage charge as inventory grows. The operator is HireHop Software Ltd, registered in England and Wales. Booqable is also cloud-only and is run by Salad Days B.V. in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, with a remote-first team. Neither home page names a parent company or an acquisition. Booqable is the Dutch operator, HireHop the British one.
Edge: Booqable
When neither fits
If you need work orders for a large crew, project planning or deep maintenance tracking, neither is built mainly for that. Rentman is worth a look for event and production companies, and Current RMS for rental operations that need more workflow than a plain booking site.
HireHop or Booqable: questions
3 answersCan a one-person yard stay on a free plan with HireHop?
Yes, the Starter plan is free for one user and includes quotes, bookings, customer management and basic stock control.
It limits you to that single user and basic stock control. A second user means moving to Professional at 46 GBP for the first seat plus 23 GBP for the next.
What do Booqable's add-ons add to the monthly bill?
Mobile Point of Sale and barcode scanning are each 9 per user per month when billed yearly, or 12 when billed monthly.
The Website builder add-on is 19 yearly or 24 monthly, and Deliveries is 9 per month. Extra locations on Scale start at 29 or 37 per location per month.
Does either vendor charge for data migration or onboarding?
HireHop's FAQ states there is no mandatory onboarding or data migration fee, and it offers CSV templates for inventory, clients and suppliers. Booqable lists onboarding as included on Grow and Scale. For Booqable's Start plan, no migration fee is listed on its pricing page.
Sources
Checked 9 November 2026- HireHop pricing page: the one-user free Starter, the 46 and 23 GBP seat prices and multi-depot on Professional.
- HireHop home page: AWS cloud hosting, scanning of barcode, QR, NFC and RFID, and Xero, QuickBooks and Sage 50 links.
- HireHop privacy policy: registration in England and Wales and the London address.
- Booqable pricing page: plan prices, the 14-day trial, add-on rates, extra location fees and the stock and deposit features.
- Booqable privacy page: Salad Days B.V. as operator with a Leeuwarden address.