An honest Hunt Outfitter review, and when Malvavisco fits instead.
Looking for a Hunt Outfitter alternative? Start with what Hunt Outfitter does well and what it costs, taken from its own pages. Hunt Outfitter runs the hunt itself: tags and licenses, harvest records, stands, guides and deposits, with a free plan. Malvavisco runs the lodge side of the season: rooms, guides and vehicles, the kitchen, the bar and the bill, in English, Spanish or Portuguese. We wrote this page, and we say when Hunt Outfitter is the better choice.
What is the best Hunt Outfitter alternative?
It depends on where your work is. If it is in the field (tags, draws, harvest reports, stands and online deposits), Hunt Outfitter covers more than most tools for its price, and many outfitters should stay. If it is in the lodge, with hunters staying the week, a cook and a dining room, a bar tab and staff in several roles, Malvavisco fits better, and our team moves your upcoming bookings over for free.
What Hunt Outfitter does well
From Hunt Outfitter’s own website, checked on 23 October 2026.
Hunt Outfitter is made by OnX BizTech, a Colorado software company, and shares its engine with Fishing Outfitter, the same company’s product for fishing guides (source). Its home page lists outfitters in nine US states, Canada, Mexico and South Africa (source).
- A free plan, and plans priced by guide logins. Starter is free for one guide; paid plans run from $39 to $179 a month, with a 14-day trial and no credit card. Clients and bookings are unlimited on every plan (source).
- Tags, licenses and harvest. License and tag uploads on every plan. On Solo and up, guides file harvest compliance reports at the kill site with a GPS pin and photos, exported as a PDF for a conservation officer, and harvest is tracked from the field to taxidermy and shipping. Draw application tracking is on Business (source).
- Carcass tags and trophy fees. On Solo and up, a sheet of carcass tags printed from the harvest report, a trophy fee menu with a settlement invoice after the hunt, and day rates per hunter on every plan (carcass tags, trophy fees).
- Stands and guides. Stand assignments with a no-login link for each hunter on Solo and up; a guide portal with assigned hunts and field notes; a season checklist each guide acknowledges (source).
- Works without signal. On Solo and up, harvest reports, field notes and shopping items are filed offline and upload once the phone is back in coverage. New bookings, emails and signatures need a connection (source).
- Online booking and payments. Clients pay through Stripe into your own account, with a booking fee added at checkout and paid by the client; license fees and taxes pass through without it. Hunters book and pay a deposit on a public page from the Solo plan (source).
- A client portal with e-signatures. Trip details, packing lists, travel details, documents to sign and payments on your own subdomain, with e-signatures on every plan (source). Weapons profiles tell guides what each hunter brings to camp (source).
- Camp and lodging. Meal plans, camp menus and a cook portal on Business. Rooms and cabins with an occupancy grid on Solo and Pro and up, marked beta, and a housekeeping turnover list on Business (source).
- Do-it-yourself imports. On Solo and up, clients, leads and guides from a spreadsheet, and full bookings with the payments already taken, so a switch doesn’t mean re-keying (source).
How much Hunt Outfitter costs
As published on Hunt Outfitter’s pricing page on 23 October 2026, in US dollars.
| Plan | Guide logins | Monthly | Yearly | Booking fee, paid by the client |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 1 | Free | Free | 4%, at most $35 a payment |
| Basic | Up to 3 | $39 | $374 | 3%, at most $25 |
| Solo | 1 | $59 | $566 | 2%, at most $20 |
| Pro | Up to 7 | $79 | $758 | 2%, at most $20 |
| Business | Up to 15 | $179 | $1,718 | 1%, at most $15 |
| Elite | Unlimited | Quoted after a demo | Quoted after a demo | Custom terms |
- Basic covers the essentials for a small team. Solo and Pro add reminders, text messages, self-service booking, offline harvest forms, stands, lodging and bulk import. Business adds accounting sync, meal planning and the cook portal, housekeeping and sales roles, draw tracking and broadcasts (features by plan).
- Paying yearly saves 20%. Plans can be changed at any time and the change takes effect immediately.
- Elite adds unlimited guide logins, dedicated onboarding and priority support.
Source: huntoutfitter.app/pricing. Malvavisco doesn’t publish prices; it quotes after a demo.
Malvavisco and Hunt Outfitter, row by row
Malvavisco wrote this comparison. Hunt Outfitter’s column comes from its own website, checked on 23 October 2026, with a link for each row. Its details may have changed since.
| Feature | MalvaviscoLodge software | Hunt Outfitter |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Remote lodges in the Americas where a stay includes guided days, meals and a bar: fishing, hunting, guest ranches, eco lodges | Hunting guides and outfitters, from a solo guide to fifteen guides and moreSource |
| Licenses, tags and harvest | No: Malvavisco keeps no license, tag or harvest records | License and tag uploads on every plan; harvest reports with GPS and photos and carcass tags on Solo and up; draw tracking on BusinessSource |
| Online booking and card payments | No: staff enter bookings from email, phone and agents, and record cash, transfer and card-terminal payments with receipts. Mercado Pago links in Argentine pesos are built but not yet live | Public booking and deposit page from Solo; Stripe, with a 1–4% booking fee paid by the clientSource |
| Waivers and e-signatures | No: guests cannot sign waivers in Malvavisco | Documents and e-signatures on every plan, with guardian signing for minorsSource |
| Guides, stands and vehicles | Named guides with skills and languages; vehicles, horses, boats or floatplanes as assets; overlap, capacity and skill checks on every assignment | Guide portal with assigned hunts; stand assignments on Solo and up; vehicles not mentionedSource |
| Rooms and cabins | Rooms or cabins booked for the stay or night by night, with holds, check-in and check-out | Rooms and cabins with an occupancy grid on Solo and Pro and up; marked betaSource |
| Kitchen | Included meals planned per stay, a daily dietary brief, kitchen tickets from preparing to ready to served | Meal plans, camp menus and a cook portal on the $179 Business planSource |
| Bar and shop | Point of sale on the booking’s bill, with stock counts, supply orders and supply receipts | Add-on catalog and billing from Solo; no bar, point of sale or stock mentionedSource |
| Staff roles | Eleven roles enforced on the server, including guide, kitchen, housekeeping, finance and owner read-only; two-factor sign-in | Guide logins and admin seats by plan; cook, housekeeping and sales roles on BusinessSource |
| Currencies and language | Rates in about 30 currencies, reported separately; staff interface in English, Spanish or Portuguese | US or Canadian dollars as the organization currency, overridden per booking; interface language not stated, website in EnglishSource |
| Offline | No: needs an internet connection; the kitchen screen disables its buttons when its data goes stale | Harvest reports, field notes and shopping lists filed offline on Solo and upSource |
| Price | Not published; quoted after a demo | Free to $179 a month, plus a 1–4% fee paid by the clientSource |
When to choose each
Stay with Hunt Outfitter, or choose it, if…
- Tags, draws, harvest reports and carcass tags are a large part of your paperwork
- Hunters should book, pay a deposit and sign documents online before they arrive
- Your guides work where there is no signal and file reports from the field
- You sell safari-style hunts with day rates and trophy fees
- You want a free plan or a low published price, and to import your bookings yourself
Choose Malvavisco if…
- Hunters stay at your lodge, and the rooms, meals and bar are as much of the job as the hunt
- You want each guide scheduled with the vehicle, horse or boat they need, with overlap checks
- The kitchen and the bar should work from tickets that land on the hunter’s bill, with stock counts
- Your team works in Spanish, or you bill in pesos or other currencies and want each one reported on its own
- Front desk, kitchen, housekeeping and finance each need their own role without the top plan
What Hunt Outfitter’s pages don’t cover
We found no bar or point of sale with stock, no vehicle scheduling, and no interface language other than English, and its lodging tools are marked beta. If any of that matters, ask Hunt Outfitter during its 15-minute demo. Some outfitters run both kinds of tool: one for the hunt and its paperwork, one for the lodge. For a wider field, see the best hunting lodge software comparison or our Fishing Outfitter review, and how Malvavisco runs a hunting lodge.
Hunt Outfitter reviews and alternatives
For hunting outfitters, yes. It has a free plan, license and tag uploads, harvest reports that work offline, stand assignments, online booking with deposits and e-signatures, and it publishes every price. It fits less well for a lodge whose week revolves around rooms, meals and a bar: its lodging tools are marked beta, camp and housekeeping tools are on the $179 Business plan, and we found no bar or point of sale.
Its pricing page lists Starter free, Basic $39, Solo $59, Pro $79 and Business $179 a month, or 20% less paid yearly, with Elite quoted for more than 15 guides. Online card payments carry a booking fee paid by the client: 4% on Starter (at most $35 a payment), 3% on Basic, 2% on Solo and Pro and 1% on Business.
For the lodge side, yes: bookings for the whole party, rooms, guides and vehicles, the kitchen, the point of sale, payments and reports. It does not replace Hunt Outfitter’s online booking, card processing, e-signatures, license and tag records, harvest reports or stand assignments.
Yes, for free. Send us what Hunt Outfitter exports and our team sets up your rooms, rates, services, guides and assets, enters every upcoming booking with its deposits, loads your guest list and rebuilds your emails. Past bookings, harvest records and signed documents stay in Hunt Outfitter.
Its website is in English and doesn’t mention other interface languages, although it lists outfitters in Mexico. Malvavisco’s staff app runs in Spanish, English or Brazilian Portuguese.
They are two products from the same company, OnX BizTech, on the same engine and with the same plans and prices: Hunt Outfitter for hunting outfitters, with tags, harvest records and stand assignments, and Fishing Outfitter for fishing guides, with catch records and fishing reports.
