WildPlanner vs Tourplan: Which One Fits Your Safari Business?
If you run a safari or tour operation and you’re comparing rate and quote management tools, you’ve probably come across Tourplan. It’s one of the longest-established tour operator platforms in the world — an all-in-one sales, reservations, and accounting system used by around 450 operators and DMCs across 75 countries. But it’s not built for a solo operator or a small, family-run business. Here’s how WildPlanner compares if you’re running a leaner operation.
Where Tourplan Fits
Tourplan is a mature, enterprise-grade system with more than 40 years behind it. It brings sales, reservations, operations, accounting, and financial reporting together in one integrated package, and it’s designed to handle everything from FITs and groups to tailor-made and specialist tours across multiple markets.
If you’re a mid-to-large tour operator or a destination management company with a team to run the system and a need for deep back-office and accounting integration, Tourplan is genuinely built for that scale. That depth is the point — and it’s also why it can be more platform than a lean operation actually needs.
What WildPlanner Does Differently
WildPlanner is built for one problem: operators still running their rates out of PDFs, incorrect spreadsheets, or scattered documents, and losing time (and clients) to slow quote turnaround because of it.
Built for solo and couple-run operators
Most tour operator software, Tourplan included, is built for a team you don’t have. WildPlanner is built around the reality of running a lean operation: one place to store your rates, nothing more than that.
Your own rates, structured fast
Bulk upload your existing rates in whatever format they’re already in — PDFs, CSVs, even images — and have them structured and usable in your database, not buried in a folder. No dependency on someone else’s content library, no lock-in.
Simple, published pricing
WildPlanner has two plans: Lite at R499/month (1 seat, additional seats R99/month) and Core at R1,299/month (2 seats, additional seats R299/month). No hidden fees, no sales call required to find out what it costs. Tourplan does not publish its pricing — there’s no pricing page, and you have to request a demo or contact their team to get a quote.
Feature Comparison
Built for
Rate storage
Content library
Quote-trip building
Export
Team seats
Pricing
Best for
Who Should Choose WildPlanner
If you’re a solo or couple-run operator, or a small team who’s outgrown scattered PDFs and spreadsheets but doesn’t want to pay for enterprise reservations-and-accounting tooling you won’t use, WildPlanner is built for you. It’s the step up from spreadsheets, not the leap into enterprise software.
Who Should Choose Tourplan
If you’re an established mid-to-large operator or a DMC that needs a full, integrated reservations, operations, and accounting platform — and you have the team to run it — Tourplan is built for that scale. It’s the right call when your business has outgrown a focused quoting tool and needs deep back-office capability across multiple markets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is WildPlanner a good alternative to Tourplan for a solo tour operator?
Does WildPlanner include a content library like Tourplan?
How does WildPlanner’s pricing compare to Tourplan?
