WildPlanner vs Ezus: Which One Fits Your Safari Operation?
Ezus recently launched a safari-specific version of its software, aimed squarely at African tour operators and DMCs. It's a genuinely capable, full-scale travel agency platform: supplier catalogue, integrated CRM, invoicing, real-time multi-currency margin tracking, and a branded traveller portal, used by over 600 agencies in more than 70 countries.
If your team needs all of that in one system, Ezus is a serious option, and this page isn't here to argue you out of it. But if you're a solo or small safari operator whose actual problem is disorganised supplier rates and slow quote turnaround, not a missing CRM or invoicing suite, Ezus is priced and built for a bigger operation than the one you're running. WildPlanner is the lighter, cheaper tool built specifically for that smaller job.
Why This Page Exists Now
This isn't a hypothetical overlap. Ezus has built a dedicated safari landing page naming Cape Town and Nairobi teams directly, pricing quotes in USD, EUR, ZAR, KES and TZS, and its own copy takes a direct swipe at "generic CRMs and quote-only tools", which is exactly the category WildPlanner sits in. Ezus is actively selling into the safari and tour operator space right now, not just something that turns up as one more name in a generic software directory roundup.
Where Ezus Fits
Ezus is a genuinely well-built platform, in use by 600+ agencies across more than 70 countries, with safari-specific fields for rooming lists, vehicle allocations, and past trip history, plus integrations with over 9,000 other tools. It covers the full trip lifecycle in one place: itinerary building, a supplier catalogue and rate contracts, CRM and inquiry tracking, multi-currency budgeting, branded traveller-facing documents, invoicing, and financial reporting.
If you're running a team of several people across sales, operations and finance, want one platform instead of stitching a CRM, a quoting tool and accounting software together separately, and you're comfortable with per-user, annually billed pricing, Ezus is a legitimate, well-regarded choice worth including on your shortlist.
What WildPlanner Does Differently
Flat pricing, not per-user
Ezus prices per user, per month, billed annually: €75 for Professional, €100 for Premium (at today's rate, roughly R18.80 to the euro, that's around R1,410 to R1,880 per user, per month), with Enterprise custom-priced above 30 users. WildPlanner is a flat R499 a month for one seat, or R1,299 a month for three seats on Core.
A three-person team on Ezus Professional runs to roughly R4,230 a month before a single extra feature is added; the same team on WildPlanner Core is R1,299, flat, whether one seat is used or three.
Rates and quotes only, not a full agency ERP
WildPlanner doesn't try to be a CRM, an invoicing system, or a financial reporting suite. It does one job: turning your own supplier rates into an accurate quote, fast. If the real bottleneck is a genuine lack of CRM or invoicing, that's a gap WildPlanner doesn't fill, and Ezus (or a dedicated tool for that specific job) is the better answer.
If the real bottleneck is messy rates and slow quote turnaround, adding a full ERP on top doesn't solve that any faster than a focused rates tool does.
No setup project before you start
Ezus's own FAQ describes onboarding as a guided path of discovery, configuration, data import and template setup ahead of go-live. WildPlanner has a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, load your own rates and send a quote the same day.
What a Small Team Actually Pays
Ezus Premium (per user)
1 seat
3 seats
Ezus figures are illustrative ZAR conversions of its published EUR pricing at today's mid-market rate (R18.80 to €1, 21 August 2026). The rate will drift, treat this as a ballpark, not Ezus's actual invoiced amount. For how this stacks up against flat fees, free tiers and commission-based pricing elsewhere in the market, see the full tour operator software pricing breakdown.
Feature Comparison
Supplier rate management
Quote/proposal export
Integrated CRM
Invoicing and financial reporting
Pricing model
Free trial
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Who Should Choose WildPlanner
Choose WildPlanner if you're a solo operator or a small team, your real problem is disorganised rates and slow quote turnaround rather than a missing CRM or invoicing system, you don't need multi-currency financial reporting or a branded traveller portal, and flat, predictable pricing matters more than a feature-rich per-user platform.
Who Should Choose Ezus
Choose Ezus if you're running a team of several people across sales, operations and finance, you want one platform covering CRM, itinerary building, invoicing and reporting instead of several separate tools, multi-currency margin tracking across USD, EUR, ZAR and other currencies is a real day-to-day need, and per-user annual pricing fits comfortably within your budget.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a cheap alternative to Ezus for South African safari operators?
Is WildPlanner actually a like-for-like alternative to Ezus?
Is Ezus more expensive than WildPlanner?
Does WildPlanner include a CRM or invoicing like Ezus?
Can I try WildPlanner before switching from Ezus?
Is Ezus actually built for African safari operators, or just expanding on paper?
