Point of Rental alternative
A Point of Rental alternative sized for one yard, not a national fleet
Point of Rental has been in this industry since 1982 and it shows. The honest question is not whether it is good software — it is whether a business with one yard and four staff needs that much of it.
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Six things worth comparing
We are not pretending to match a forty-year-old platform feature for feature. We are asking which one fits the business you actually run.
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Experience and scale
Point of Rental has built rental software since 1982 and employs close to three hundred people. For a large multi-branch fleet, that depth and industry knowledge is a genuine advantage.
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How it is priced
They quote rather than publish a price list, and it is priced as an enterprise product. Ours is on the pricing page: $8, $20 and $35 a month on annual billing, with no setup fee.
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Time to first booking
We are self-serve. Sign up, import a spreadsheet, take a booking the same afternoon. Enterprise platforms normally arrive with an implementation project and training schedule attached.
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Repair workshop
Jobs, parts, cost per item and days out of service are included from the Business plan, and an item under repair leaves the availability calendar on its own.
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Deposits and damage
Deposit held, part-returned or kept against damage, with handover and return photos on the contract. Enough for a hire desk that argues about scratches, not for a leasing department.
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Who stands behind it
Point of Rental is a large private-equity-backed company with a big support and training operation. We are a small founder-run team with fewer reviews and support that is not round the clock in English.
Where we are stronger
Software that does not need a project to install
A single yard does not have an IT department or a rollout budget. Our whole model is that one person can set the system up between customers and have staff using it the same week. The price is published, the plan includes the parts you use daily, and nobody has to sign a statement of work.
- Published price: $8, $20 or $35 a month on annual billing
- Set up from a spreadsheet in an afternoon, no implementation project
- Repair workshop, deposits and multi-location inside the plan
- REST API with no extra charge and no commission on bookings
Where Point of Rental wins
When the veteran is worth its weight
Scale changes the maths. Once you are running many branches, a large fleet and a finance team that needs deep integration, the extra cost of an established platform buys you things we do not have: account management, formal training, and decades of edge cases already solved.
- Many branches and a large mixed fleet
- Deep integration with ERP, accounting or telematics systems
- You want assigned account management and formal staff training
- Procurement requires a long-established vendor with references
Frequently asked questions
Is Rent in Hand a like-for-like replacement?
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Point of Rental has depth built over forty years that a young product cannot match. We match the everyday hire-desk workflow at a fraction of the cost.
What size of business is this built for?
One to a handful of locations, a small team, a catalogue in the hundreds or low thousands of items. Above that our Pro plan still holds, but the case for an enterprise platform gets stronger.
What am I giving up by choosing us?
Fewer prebuilt integrations, a smaller support team, no dedicated account manager and no formal training programme. If those are load-bearing for you, weigh them properly before switching.
How quickly can we be taking bookings?
The same day in most cases. Import items, categories, rates and customers from a spreadsheet, set your deposit rules, and the counter is live. Staff usually need an hour, not a course.
Do you charge for setup or migration?
No setup fee. If your export file is messy we will help map it into our import format at no cost, because a bad first import is the fastest way to lose a customer.
See how far a small system gets you
Load your catalogue, run a week of real bookings and judge what is actually missing. Seven days, full access, no card.
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