Campspot
Campspot serves private RV parks and campgrounds, public parks, franchises, multi-park groups and investment groups, with revenue tools like dynamic pricing and grid optimization and a consumer marketplace.
StrataPMS / CAMPSPOT ALTERNATIVE
Campspot alternative
side by side.
Campspot is a large, established platform. Its pages say it serves more than 3,500 parks across the U.S. and Canada. Different parks need different things, so here’s a side-by-side using only what each company publishes. Then try StrataPMS yourself: book a site as a guest, run a daily close, and see how quiet the desk can get.
Facts checked October 14, 2026 against each company’s own public pages.
Who each one fits
StrataPMS
Independent RV parks and campgrounds that want a quieter front desk, guests who are remembered (every stay, their lifetime spend, the household), books that reconcile, and a booking page Google and AI assistants can find. No fees, ever. StrataPMS was built by an RV park operator who got tired of losing about $100K a year to labor waste, lost bookings and lost guests.
Side by side
Where a company doesn’t publish something, we say “Not published” rather than guess. StrataPMS facts come from our own pages.
| StrataPMS | Campspot | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One plain monthly price set by your park’s size, and the seven quiet months (October through April) cost half the in-season rate. Every tier is published on our pricing page, and parks above 1,500 sites get a quote. | Billed monthly. Its Growth Package uses “simple pricing” with a guest-paid booking fee for online reservations. It does not charge per site. Software prices are not published. |
| Fees to guests and parks | No fees, ever. Your guests never see a fee at checkout, and there’s no setup fee to get your park running. | A guest-paid booking fee on online reservations (Growth Package). Parks can add a surcharge to offset the reservation fee. No software setup fees. Some integrations note that additional fees may apply. |
| Contracts | A straightforward monthly subscription under our Master Subscription Agreement. | No long-term contracts. Cancel at any time without penalty. |
| Setup and trial | Thirty days free, on your own park’s data, with every feature turned on. Or open the public demo right now, no sign-up and no sales call. | No onboarding fees and a dedicated Market Manager for step-by-step setup, with live training, webinars and a certification course. Trial: Not published. |
| Online booking | Your park gets its own booking site. Guests book from their phone, pick a site that actually fits their rig, and pay online, without calling the desk. | Real-time cloud reservations, a free mobile-optimized website, and inclusion on the Campspot Marketplace. |
| Site map | Your whole park from above, with each occupied pad showing the guest’s own kind of rig. Guests pick their site from the same map. | A custom interactive booking layout for guests, and grid, map and list reservation views. |
| Long-term and metered billing | Monthly and seasonal guests run right alongside nightly stays: rent schedules, electric meter reads and utility billing, no spreadsheet on the side. | Recurring guest billing. Metered utilities: Not published. |
| Point of sale | Firewood, ice and merchandise rung up at the desk, plus gift cards, landing on the same books as the stays. | A point-of-sale system that can manage several locations. |
| Guest portal | My Stay lets guests handle it themselves: pay a balance, add a night, check in and out, cancel within your policy, or report a problem that lands with maintenance as a work order. | Guest reservation edits and online cancellations, plus express check-in and e-signature. |
| Channel integrations | No OTA channel fees. StrataPMS doesn’t do OTA channel distribution. It’s engineered so Google and AI assistants can send guests straight to your own booking page: each park booking site has a page written for search engines and AI assistants, and links that open straight to open sites for given dates. | Booking.com, Airbnb and Vrbo integrations (additional fees may apply), plus Mailchimp, HubSpot, Iterable and SimpleTexting. |
| Reporting and accounting | Every payment, refund and store sale traces back to the stay or sale behind it. End of Day puts what should be in the drawer next to what you counted, the books are built to reconcile, your bookkeeper gets a workspace of their own, and QuickBooks exports carry it over. | Visual dashboards, customizable reports, CSV downloads, benchmarking, and cash and accrual accounting. |
| AI and helper features | Fifteen AI helpers, each with its own personality and voice, working from your live park data. A new hire can ask how to do something and get walked through it. On a call, the helper finds open sites while the guest talks. Nothing changes until a person confirms it. | AI-powered occupancy prediction and pricing recommendations, dynamic pricing and grid optimization. |
| Support | Real people at hello@stratapms.com (sales calls don’t live here), backed by our Service Level and Support Policy. | Customer support free of charge, plus dedicated guidance in its Growth Package. |
| Moving your data | Bring your existing reservations and guests, and we handle the move with you. Compare the totals, and switch when they match. | A dedicated onboarding team. |
| Multi-park | Not offered today. Each park runs in its own separate space. | Campspot Enterprise with multi-park management and Campspot Voyager for portfolios. |
Be found first
In RMS’s 2026 survey of 1,500 campers, nearly 64% said they discover campsites through online search, now ahead of word of mouth, and 14% already use AI tools during trip research (see Sources). StrataPMS booking sites are built for that: a page written for search engines and AI assistants, and links that open straight to open sites, so the guest lands right on your own booking page.
Who should choose which
Consider Campspot if
- You want a listing on a large camping marketplace
- You run several parks and want enterprise multi-park tools
- You want dynamic pricing and grid optimization
- You need Booking.com, Airbnb or Vrbo integrations
Choose StrataPMS if
- Your guests should never see a fee at checkout, and you want no setup fee
- You slow down for winter and want the quiet months at half price
- A seasonal hire has to be useful on day one, with a helper to ask
- You want guests booking on your own page, found on Google and AI assistants
- You’d rather try the whole thing yourself than sit through a sales call
Before you switch
Run both side by side
Book a site as a guest, take a phone booking, run a daily close and check a balance in each system before you decide.
Move during the quiet months
Switching in the off-season gives staff time to learn the new screens before the busy weeks.
Bring your history
Bring your existing reservations, guests and history, and we handle the move with you.
Check the totals
Compare guests, stays, deposits and balances against your current records, and switch only when they match.
Read the terms
Check contract length, cancellation and every fee that applies to you and to your guests.
Plan for your guests
Tell returning guests where to book next season, and update the booking link on your own website.
Is StrataPMS an alternative to Campspot?+
Yes. Both run reservations, the front desk, guest booking, point of sale and reporting for RV parks and campgrounds. They differ in pricing model, fees and focus.
How do the fees compare?+
Campspot’s pricing page lists a guest-paid booking fee for online reservations in its Growth Package. StrataPMS has no fees, ever: no guest fee at checkout and no setup fee.
Which is better for multi-park groups?+
Campspot publishes enterprise multi-park management. StrataPMS doesn’t list multi-park tools today; each park runs in its own separate space.
How does switching to StrataPMS work?+
Bring your existing reservations, guests and history, and we handle the move with you. Start a free 30-day trial, compare your totals, and switch when they match. See the move.
How much does StrataPMS cost?+
It’s priced by park size, in tiers by number of sites, and the seven hibernation months are half the in-season rate. Every tier is on the pricing page. No fees, ever: no guest fee at checkout and no setup fee.
Is StrataPMS affiliated with Campspot?+
No. Campspot, Firefly Reservations and Staylist are trademarks of their respective owners. StrataPMS is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them. Names are used only to identify their products for comparison.
Sources
Checked October 14, 2026. Features and prices change, so confirm with each vendor before you decide. Spotted an error? Email hello@stratapms.com and we will fix it.
- Campspot Software: Pricing
- Campspot Software: Features
- RMS: 2026 State of the Outdoor Accommodation Report (press release, Sep 16, 2026)
- StrataPMS: Pricing
- StrataPMS: The platform
- StrataPMS: Helpers
- StrataPMS: The move
Campspot, Firefly Reservations and Staylist are trademarks of their respective owners. StrataPMS is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them. Names are used only to identify their products for comparison.