Head-to-head · Restaurant Marketing Software
Airship vs Stampede
Airship leads on 0 checks, Stampede on 0, and 6 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.
Our verdict
- Highest scoreAirship · 9.1/10
Airship scores higher on our rubric for restaurant marketing software: 9.1 against 8.9 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #6.
Airship is the better fit for multi-location email and SMS marketers. Stampede is the better fit for square-based restaurants wanting unified engagement.
- Airship fits best
Multi-location email and SMS marketers
- Stampede fits best
Square-based restaurants wanting unified engagement
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Side by side
| Feature | Airship 9.1/10 Visit ↗ | Stampede 8.9/10 Visit ↗ |
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| At a glance | ||
| Editor score | 9.1 | 8.9 |
| Ranking | #4 in Restaurant Marketing Software | #6 in Restaurant Marketing Software |
| Best for | Multi-location email and SMS marketers | Square-based restaurants wanting unified engagement |
| Pricing model | Paid | Paid |
| Starting price | £30/site/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | Not checked yet |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Support | Email, Phone, Docs | Email, Docs |
| Integrations | 80+ integrations | 6 integrations |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Features Airship 5/5 · Stampede 5/5 | ||
| Audience segmentation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated campaigns | ✓ | ✓ |
| Loyalty program | ✓ | ✓ |
| POS integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Review requests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Specs | ||
| Campaign channels | Email_sms | Email_sms |
| Guest or contact limit | Not checked yet | Not checked yet |
| Our review | ||
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| Our verdict | Airship is a hospitality-focused CRM and marketing platform for restaurants, pubs, bars, hotels and other venue operators. It combines guest data from bookings, EPOS, Wi-Fi, loyalty and other systems into a single customer view. Marketing… Read the review → |
Stampede is a hospitality marketing and engagement platform for restaurants, pubs, bars and hotels. It is designed for individual venues and multi-venue groups that want to connect bookings, guest Wi-Fi, payments, reviews, loyalty and… Read the review → |
Strengths and trade-offs
Airship — where it wins
- Combines guest data from POS, bookings, Wi-Fi and loyalty systems
- Supports email, SMS, segmentation and automated guest journeys
- Includes loyalty tools, ROI reporting and footfall analytics
Where it doesn't
- No free plan is available
- Onboarding fees apply in addition to monthly packages
- Published location ranges include overlapping 2 to 15 and 6 to 15 plans
Stampede — where it wins
- Combines guest, payment, review, loyalty and marketing data
- Supports targeted email and SMS campaigns with automated journeys
- Connects Square with Google, Tripadvisor, Facebook and digital wallets
Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires a sales conversation
- Web platform availability may limit channel preferences
- Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of smaller operators
- Airship9.1/10 · Paid
A multi-location restaurant CRM combining email, SMS, loyalty and guest analytics.
Visit AirshipFull verdict → - Stampede8.9/10 · Pricing on request
A Square-connected platform combining restaurant marketing, loyalty, reviews and guest data.
Visit StampedeFull verdict →
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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