An honest HuntPay review, and when Malvavisco fits instead.
Looking for a HuntPay alternative? Start with what HuntPay does well and what it costs, taken from its own pages. HuntPay is a mobile booking and payments app for hunting guides and outfitters, from the team behind the Venku marketplace. Malvavisco is built around running the lodge: rooms, guides, stands, the cook, the bar and the bill, in English, Spanish or Portuguese. We wrote this page, and we say when HuntPay is the better choice.
What is the best HuntPay alternative?
It depends on what you want to change. If you mostly need bookings, invoices and card payments on your phone at a low monthly price, HuntPay is hard to beat, and Hunt Outfitter is its closest alternative. If you need waivers, licenses and harvest records together, look at HuntDocs or Krytter. If the hard part is the lodge (rooms, guides and stands, the cook’s meal counts and a bar tab on one bill, in Spanish, English or Portuguese), Malvavisco fits better.
What HuntPay does well
From HuntPay’s own website, checked on 23 October 2026.
HuntPay calls itself a digital office manager for hunting guides and outfitters. It is built by the Venku team, which also runs Venku, a marketplace for booking outdoor trips (source).
- A free plan that takes payments. The free plan includes the booking calendar, online bookings, payment processing and listing your hunts on Venku (source).
- Payments and invoices. Credit, debit and ACH payments, PCI-compliant processing and branded invoices (source); deposits and booking policies enforced at payment (source). Booking links to share on your website, social media, or by text and email (source), and QR payment codes on the top plan (source).
- Built for the phone. It works on any device with no app to install (source).
- Reminders and texts. Automated trip reminders and text notifications to clients from the $29 plan (source).
- Lodging, guides and tips. Lodging, guides and staff, a shareable calendar, a client list and in-app tipping on the $79 plan (source).
- Waivers. Upload your liability forms, send them when a hunter books, and HuntPay reminds them until they sign (source). Waivers, e-signatures and accounting integrations come with the $149 plan (source).
- Help switching. Its home page offers personal onboarding and training, including for outfitters switching from another system (source).
How much HuntPay costs
As published on HuntPay’s pricing page on 23 October 2026.
| Plan | Monthly fee | Adds |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | Booking calendar, payment processing, hunts listed on Venku |
| Core | $29 | Scheduling, checkout links, reports, trip reminders, text notifications |
| Growth | $79 | Custom invoices, lodging, guides and staff, shareable calendar, tipping, client list, priority support |
| Max | $149 | Waivers and e-signatures, QR payment codes, accounting integrations |
- “No setup fees, no cancellation fees, no hidden costs.”
- No long-term contracts; cancel any time.
- A free trial before you pay.
- The pricing page doesn’t list card processing rates.
Source: huntpay.com/pricing. Malvavisco doesn’t publish prices; it quotes after a demo.
Malvavisco and HuntPay, row by row
Malvavisco wrote this comparison. HuntPay’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 | HuntPay |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Hunting and fishing lodges, guest ranches and eco lodges in the Americas where a stay includes guided days, meals and a bar | Hunting guides and outfitters who run the office from a phoneSource |
| Guest online booking | No: staff enter bookings from email, phone and agents | Online bookings on every plan, checkout links from $29; hunts listed on the Venku marketplaceSource |
| Card processing | No: staff record cash, transfer and card-terminal payments with receipts. Mercado Pago links in Argentine pesos are built but not yet live | Credit, debit and ACH payments on every plan; in-app tipping from $79; QR payment codes on $149Source |
| Waivers and e-signatures | No: guests cannot sign waivers in Malvavisco | Liability forms with e-signatures and reminders, on the $149 Max planSource |
| Licenses and harvest records | No | Not mentioned on its features or pricing pagesSource |
| Lodging | Rooms or cabins for the stay or night by night, with check-in and check-out | Lodging and occupancy on the $79 Growth planSource |
| Guides, stands and vehicles | Hunts sold on the booking, then scheduled with a named guide and the stands, vehicles or horses they need, with overlap and skill checks | Guides and staff assigned to trips, on the $79 Growth planSource |
| Kitchen | Included meals planned per stay, a daily dietary brief, kitchen tickets from preparing to ready to served | Not mentionedSource |
| Bar and shop | Point of sale on the booking’s bill, with stock counts, supply orders and supply receipts | Not mentionedSource |
| Staff roles | Eleven roles enforced on the server, including guide, kitchen, housekeeping, finance and owner read-only; two-factor sign-in | Guides and staff can be added from the $79 plan; roles not describedSource |
| Currencies and language | Rates in about 30 currencies, one per booking, reported separately; staff interface in English, Spanish or Portuguese | Currencies not stated; website in EnglishSource |
| Price | Not published; quoted after a demo | Free, $29, $79 or $149 a month; no setup or cancellation feesSource |
When to choose each
Stay with HuntPay, or choose it, if…
- You run the business from your phone and mostly need bookings, invoices and payments
- Hunters should book and pay online, or through a link you text them
- You want to start free and pay more only as you grow
- You want your hunts listed on the Venku marketplace
- You want tips paid to guides in the app
Choose Malvavisco if…
- The lodge is the business: rooms or cabins, the cook’s meal counts and a bar tab on the guest’s bill
- Each hunt should be scheduled with a named guide and the stand, blind, vehicle or horse it needs, with overlap checks
- Staff need their own roles: front desk, guides, kitchen, housekeeping, finance
- Your team works in Spanish, or in Spanish and English
- You bill in pesos, reais or other currencies and want each one reported on its own
What HuntPay’s pages don’t cover
We found no mention of meal planning, a bar or shop with stock, licenses, tags or harvest records, interface languages other than English, or currencies other than the dollar amounts on its pricing page. If any of that matters, ask HuntPay during its demo. For a wider field, see the best hunting lodge software comparison, or how Malvavisco runs a hunting lodge.
HuntPay reviews and alternatives
For guides and outfitters who want bookings, invoices and payments on a phone, its pages describe a simple, low-cost tool: a free plan with online bookings and payment processing, reminders and text messages from $29, lodging, staff and tipping from $79, and waivers from $149. It fits less well if you run a lodge with meals and a bar, or need licenses and harvest records.
HuntPay’s pricing page lists four plans: Basic free, Core $29 a month, Growth $79 a month and Max $149 a month. It says there are no setup fees, no cancellation fees and no long-term contracts, and offers a free trial. The page doesn’t list card processing rates.
For running the lodge, yes: bookings, rooms, guides and stands, the kitchen, the point of sale, payments and reports. It does not replace HuntPay’s online bookings, card processing, tipping, waivers or Venku listing.
Yes, for free. Our team sets up your rooms, rates, services, guides, assets and staff roles, enters every upcoming booking with its deposits, loads your guest list and rebuilds your emails, then checks it with you before you switch. Past hunts and signed waivers stay in HuntPay.
Venku is a marketplace where people find and book outdoor trips; HuntPay is the office software for outfitters, built by the same team. Every HuntPay plan, including the free one, lists your hunts on Venku.
Its website is in English and doesn’t mention other interface languages. Malvavisco’s staff app runs in Spanish, English or Brazilian Portuguese, with guest emails in all three.
