StayFi Alternative: Beyond Vacation Rentals to Full WiFi Marketing
Key Takeaways: StayFi is a guest WiFi platform designed exclusively for vacation rental properties (Airbnb, VRBO, short-term rentals). It does not offer white-label branding, does not support a reseller business model, and serves a single vertical. MyWiFi Networks is a multi-vertical, white-label WiFi marketing platform built for resellers (MSPs, agencies, VARs) who serve clients across restaurants, hotels, retail, healthcare, fitness, and 14+ verticals. According to AirDNA's 2025 market report, the global short-term rental market is $120 billion, but the broader guest WiFi marketing addressable market — restaurants, hotels, retail, healthcare, entertainment — exceeds $2.8 trillion in annual revenue across those verticals. Resellers who limit themselves to one vertical limit their growth.
StayFi has built a focused product for a specific niche: capturing guest email addresses at vacation rental properties. If you manage 5 Airbnb listings and your entire business model is short-term rentals, StayFi does that job adequately. The product is simple, the setup is fast, and the vacation-rental-specific features (PMS integrations with Hospitable and Guesty, direct booking promotion) are purpose-built for that use case.
The problem arises when your business extends beyond vacation rentals — which, for any growing MSP or agency, it inevitably does. The hotel client, the restaurant chain, the gym, the medical office, the retail store. Each of those verticals needs WiFi marketing. None of them are vacation rentals. And StayFi doesn't serve them.
The vertical limitation
StayFi's entire product is oriented around the vacation rental workflow:
- •Property-centric pricing. StayFi charges per property, which aligns with vacation rental economics but doesn't scale for resellers managing diverse venue types.
- •Vacation rental PMS integrations. Hospitable, Guesty, OwnerRez — these are vacation rental property management systems. They're irrelevant for restaurants, gyms, and retail.
- •Direct booking focus. StayFi's value proposition is capturing guest emails to drive direct bookings instead of OTA bookings (Airbnb, VRBO). That's a vacation-rental-specific problem.
- •Single-vertical marketing. The campaign templates, automation flows, and analytics are all designed for the short-term rental use case.
For a reseller who manages only vacation rental WiFi, StayFi is a viable tool. For a reseller who manages — or plans to manage — WiFi across multiple verticals, StayFi is a ceiling, not a platform.
What resellers actually need
Multi-vertical capability
MyWiFi serves 14+ verticals through a single platform: restaurants, hotels, retail, healthcare, fitness studios, automotive dealerships, coworking spaces, airports, stadiums, shopping malls, breweries, event venues, museums, and libraries. Each vertical has different marketing needs, different data points to capture, and different campaign strategies — but they all share the same underlying platform.
For a reseller, this means one dashboard, one login, one billing relationship to manage WiFi marketing across every client type. No StayFi for rentals, separate tool for restaurants, another for gyms. One platform, all verticals, all under your brand.
White-label branding
StayFi does not offer white-label branding. The captive portal and dashboard show StayFi branding. Your clients know they're using StayFi. You cannot present WiFi marketing as your own service.
MyWiFi is white-label by architecture. From the Starter plan ($49/month), you get: custom dashboard domain, complete brand removal, branded captive portals, white-label reports, and client-facing subuser accounts. Your clients interact with your brand, not MyWiFi's.
According to a 2025 CompTIA Channel Trends survey, 68% of MSPs consider white-label capability a "must-have" when evaluating new service offerings. For resellers, white-label is the difference between reselling someone else's product and building your own service brand.
Reseller infrastructure
StayFi is designed for property managers who deploy at their own properties. There's no reseller portal, no multi-client management, no centralized billing across multiple clients, and no sales CRM.
MyWiFi includes:
- •Reseller portal with multi-client management
- •Subuser accounts with granular permissions per client
- •Sales CRM with live preview links for prospecting
- •Client onboarding widget (embeddable on your website)
- •Centralized billing — one invoice from MyWiFi, individual pricing to each of your clients
- •Group-level reporting across all clients and locations
Feature comparison
| Feature | StayFi | MyWiFi Networks |
|---|---|---|
| White-label | No | Yes (all plans) |
| Verticals served | Vacation rentals only | 14+ verticals |
| Hardware vendors | StayFi-provided hardware | 20+ vendors |
| Reseller portal | No | Yes |
| Multi-client management | No | Yes |
| WhatsApp WiFi login | No | Yes (white-label) |
| Marketing automation | Basic (email) | Full (triggers, delays, filters, email, SMS, webhooks) |
| Ad server | No | Yes (Agency+ plans) |
| Captive portal builder | Basic | WYSIWYG drag-and-drop |
| Authentication methods | Email, social | 9 methods (Social, Facebook, Google, WhatsApp, Email, SMS, Phone, Custom, SSO) |
| Analytics | Property-level | Multi-location, cross-vertical |
| API access | Limited | Full API (MSP+ plans) |
| Pricing model | Per property | Flat platform + per-AP tiers |
| Countries supported | US focus | 54+ countries |
The scaling problem
Here's the scenario that triggers most StayFi-to-MyWiFi migrations:
A property management company starts with 10 vacation rentals on StayFi. The business grows. They add a boutique hotel (not a vacation rental — different vertical). A restaurant partner asks about WiFi marketing. A gym in one of their buildings needs guest WiFi.
Now they need:
- •StayFi for the 10 vacation rentals
- •A different tool for the hotel
- •Another tool for the restaurant
- •Another for the gym
Four tools, four dashboards, four invoices, four learning curves, and none of them white-label under the property management company's brand.
With MyWiFi, all four venue types — vacation rentals, hotel, restaurant, gym — run on one platform, under one brand, in one dashboard.
Vacation rental WiFi marketing on MyWiFi
MyWiFi handles the vacation rental use case too. You don't lose the vacation-rental-specific capabilities by switching:
- •Guest email capture through branded captive portals at each property
- •Welcome campaigns triggered on WiFi login — property guides, local recommendations, host introduction
- •Re-engagement campaigns — "Book direct next time" emails sent 7/14/30 days after checkout
- •Review request automation — Triggered email asking for a review on Airbnb/Google after the stay
- •Multi-property analytics — Guest capture rates, connection frequency, and campaign performance across all properties
- •PMS integration via Zapier — Connect Hospitable, Guesty, OwnerRez, or any Zapier-supported PMS through webhook triggers
The difference: on StayFi, vacation rental is the only thing the platform does. On MyWiFi, vacation rental is one of 14+ verticals the platform supports — and it white-labels under your brand.
Pricing comparison
StayFi pricing
StayFi charges per property, with pricing tiers based on property count. According to their published pricing (as of early 2026):
- •1-5 properties: ~$10-$15/property/month
- •6-20 properties: ~$8-$12/property/month
- •Includes StayFi-provided hardware
For a small portfolio of vacation rentals, StayFi's per-property pricing is competitive. At 10 properties, you're paying $80-$150/month.
MyWiFi pricing
MyWiFi's pricing is platform-based plus per-AP fees:
| Plan | Monthly | Locations | APs Included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $49/mo | 1 | 5 |
| Pro | $199/mo | 5 | 25 |
| Agency | $499/mo | 20 | 100 |
| MSP | $999/mo | Unlimited | 200 |
At 10 vacation rental properties (typically 1 AP each): Pro plan ($199/month) + 10 APs at $5/AP ($50/month) = $249/month.
At 10 properties, MyWiFi costs more than StayFi in pure platform fees. But MyWiFi gives you: full white-label, multi-vertical capability, reseller infrastructure, 20+ hardware vendors, marketing automation, and WhatsApp login. You're not buying a vacation rental tool — you're buying a platform to build a business.
At 20 properties plus 5 restaurants and 3 gyms (28 locations), MyWiFi's Agency plan at $499/month covers all 28 locations under one platform and one brand. StayFi covers only the 20 vacation rentals, and you'd need additional tools for the other 8 venues.
Migration from StayFi to MyWiFi
StayFi deployments are small and simple, making migration straightforward:
- •Hardware decision. StayFi provides their own hardware. If the hardware is compatible with MyWiFi (check our supported hardware list), keep it in place. If not, replace with any supported AP — a $40-$80 OpenWrt-compatible router or a $100-$150 Ubiquiti/TP-Link AP.
- •Export guest data. Export your guest email/phone lists from StayFi as CSV and import into MyWiFi.
- •Recreate portals. Build new branded captive portals in MyWiFi's WYSIWYG editor. Customize with your brand, authentication methods, and property-specific content.
- •Set up automation. Recreate welcome campaigns, re-engagement sequences, and review request triggers in MyWiFi's automation builder.
- •Timeline: 1-3 days per property.
FAQ
Can MyWiFi integrate with Hospitable and Guesty like StayFi does? MyWiFi integrates with 1,000+ tools via Zapier and native webhooks. Hospitable, Guesty, OwnerRez, and other PMS platforms can be connected through Zapier triggers. The integration isn't as turnkey as StayFi's native connection, but it handles the same workflows: guest data sync, booking notifications, and post-stay campaigns.
Does MyWiFi sell its own hardware like StayFi? Yes. MyWiFi sells unbranded white-label hotspots — small plug-and-play devices for up to ~20 simultaneous users. These are ideal for vacation rental properties where simplicity matters. Alternatively, use any of the 20+ supported hardware vendors.
Is StayFi better for someone who only manages vacation rentals? If your business will never extend beyond vacation rentals, and you don't need white-label, and you're managing fewer than 10 properties, StayFi is a functional choice. The moment you want to white-label, scale beyond vacation rentals, or build a reseller business, StayFi becomes a constraint.
How does MyWiFi's "direct booking" promotion compare to StayFi? MyWiFi's captive portal can redirect guests to any URL after login — including your direct booking page. Automated campaigns can send "book direct next time" messaging with unique promo codes. The workflow achieves the same outcome as StayFi's direct booking feature, with more flexibility in how the campaign is structured.
What about StayFi's property-specific analytics? MyWiFi provides location-level analytics for every venue. You can see guest capture rates, visit frequency, dwell time, and campaign performance per property. Multi-location reporting rolls up all properties into a portfolio view. The analytics work the same whether the venue is a vacation rental, restaurant, or gym.
Income Disclaimer: Revenue and margin projections in this article are illustrative examples based on published pricing. Actual results depend on market conditions, sales execution, and client portfolio composition.