Velobook vs Hubtiger
Hubtiger is a solid bike-shop tool with plans from US$49 to US$119 a month. Velobook covers the same servicing, rentals and fittings, adds tours, workshops and AI setup, and swaps the flat fee for a dollar a booking, capped every month.
Priced locally, not a straight exchange-rate markup: a dollar a booking capped at $100 in Australia, 50p capped at £50 in the UK, 60c at €60 in the Eurozone, and the like. Switch currency below.
The short version: both tools handle servicing, rentals and fittings. The differences are in what else is included, how texts and support work, and what you pay when the season goes quiet.
| What you pay | Service & repairs | Hire & rentals | Guided tours | Bike fittings | Workshops | AI setup & scheduling | Everything in one plan | Charges per mechanic | Takes a % of sales | Text messaging | Support | Free trial | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| velobook | $0.70 / booking, $70 cap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Never | Never | Optional, our only extra. Some regions | Direct to founders | 30 days |
| Hubtiger | $49–119 / mo | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | Yes, by tier | No | 100–350/mo, then paid | Email & chat | 7 days |
A fair comparison starts with credit where it's due. If you're weighing up Hubtiger, here's what it does well.
Hubtiger handles servicing and repairs, hire and rentals, and bike fittings. That's most of the day-to-day for a lot of shops, and it's the same core ground Velobook covers.
Plans include 100 to 350 texts a month before you start paying per message.
If your bookings barely move between summer and winter, a flat US$49 to US$119 a month is easy to budget for.
And here's where Velobook takes a different line.
Velobook has no monthly fee. You pay a dollar a booking, capped every month, so a quiet month costs you almost nothing and a flat-out one never runs away.
Hubtiger's plans step up as you add mechanics. Velobook never charges per mechanic or per location, whoever is on the tools.
Guided tours, workshops and AI setup and scheduling are included with Velobook. Hubtiger doesn't cover tours or workshops, and its features are split across tiers.
Velobook's free trial runs 30 days to Hubtiger's 7, and cancellations are never charged.
Your bookings rise and fall with the seasons. A flat monthly plan doesn't. Tell us your busiest and quietest months, your team, and who you're weighing up, and we'll lay the year out side by side.
The things shops ask when they're weighing Velobook against Hubtiger.
Usually, and especially across a seasonal year. Hubtiger runs US$49 to US$119 a month whether you're flat out or quiet. Velobook is a dollar a booking capped every month, priced locally: a dollar capped at $100 in Australia, 70 US cents capped at $70 in the US, 50p capped at £50 in the UK. Run your own numbers in the calculator on this page.
Yes. Servicing and repairs, hire and rentals, and bike fittings are all covered, and Velobook adds guided tours, workshops and AI setup and scheduling in the same plan.
Never. Hubtiger's pricing steps up by tier as your team grows; Velobook's price is per booking with a monthly cap, no matter how many mechanics or locations you have.
Velobook gives you 30 days free against Hubtiger's 7, and cancellations are never charged.
Weighing up something else? Each page gives one tool the same fair, side-by-side treatment.
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Read the comparison →Or see every tool side by side on the full comparison page.
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A dollar a booking, capped every month. No monthly fee, no per seat charge, no cut of your sales, and every feature from day one. The first 30 days are free.
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