New Zealand · Comparison · Last reviewed 2026-05-25
YardGuild vs Booqable
Booqable's headline is USD $29. By the time you've added what an NZ yard actually needs — and paid the USD-to-NZD spread on the subscription itself — you're at NZD $290+. We're NZD-native at $329 for the same scope with no FX line.
Who Booqable is
Dutch-built rental SaaS. 8,000+ paying customers globally. Strong design, decent feature breadth. Sold heavily on the $29 USD entry tier.
When Booqable is the right pick
Solo NZ operators happy in USD, don't need SMS or NZ-specific tax formats, want a good online-bookings page out of the box.
When you'll probably prefer YardGuild
Multi-yard NZ shops, anyone needing NZ IRD GST invoices, anyone who's done the math on FX + add-ons.
The real cost math
Headline pricing is misleading when the headline doesn't include what you actually need. Here's what a 3-yard operator with two staff actually pays.
Booqable fully loaded
- Booqable Grow tier
- USD $69/mo (~NZD $115)
- Multi-location (3 yards)
- +USD $58-74/mo (~NZD $97-123)
- Barcode + mPOS add-ons
- +USD $18-24/mo
- Website builder
- +USD $19/mo
- SMS via Zapier + Twilio
- +USD $25/mo + per-msg
- FX spread on NZD card paying USD invoice
- ~2-3%
- Total
- ~NZD $290-360/mo loaded
YardGuild Multi-yard
NZD $329/mo (no FX)
Includes
- ✓NZD billing
- ✓NZ IRD GST format invoices
- ✓Up to 3 yards, no surcharge
- ✓Barcode + mPOS built-in
- ✓SMS reminders included
- ✓NZ CCLA-compliant waiver template
Feature by feature
| Feature | YardGuild | Booqable | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Currency | NZD | USD only | YardGuild |
| NZ GST + NZBN invoice format | Built-in | Manual workaround | YardGuild |
| SMS reminders | Included | Zapier + Twilio integration | YardGuild |
| Multi-location | Included | Per-location surcharge | YardGuild |
| Product polish | Good | Excellent — design head-start | Competitor |
| Customer base | Pre-launch | 8,000+ | Competitor |
Questions you might be asking
- Booqable does $29 USD. We could go to $39 a month NZD with FX. Why $329?
- The $29 USD tier is one user, no SMS, no extra location, no mPOS, no barcode. For a real NZ hire yard with 2-3 sites and a counter person plus the owner, the Booqable bundle including the third-party SMS workaround lands at roughly NZD $290-360. We're $329 in the same scope with no FX exposure.
- Can we just live with Booqable's design polish and ignore the tax format?
- You can. Many NZ Booqable customers do. The friction shows up at month-end when you're matching to Xero NZ — IRD-format GST invoices import cleanly; Booqable's exports need massaging. If your bookkeeper's hourly rate × that monthly hour is more than NZD $30, you've eaten the cost difference.
Try it on your own yard for 30 days
No credit card. Import your assets via CSV, run a few contracts, see if the kiosk and the mobile check-in actually save the time we say they do.