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Purple Engage vs Stampede

Stampede and Purple Engage compared on guest data, tills, bookings, messaging, loyalty, measurement and pricing. Every statement about Stampede comes from its own website and links to its source.

Last checked 30 September 2026

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Stampede or Purple Engage: which fits your venue?

Choose Stampede if you run on Square and want table bookings, payments, points loyalty and Google review replies in one system, at one price per venue. 1 2 9 14

Choose Purple Engage if you run another till or a hotel PMS, want WhatsApp campaigns, or want each campaign measured against a held-back group where a holdout is set, with prices published on the site.

How do Stampede and Purple Engage compare, feature by feature?

Checked on stampede.ai on 30 September 2026. The Stampede column says only what its own pages state, each with a numbered source. Where its site does not mention something, the cell says “Not listed on their site”, which is not the same as “No”.

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Stampede and Purple Engage, feature by feature, checked 30 September 2026
Feature	Stampede	Purple Engage
Guest WiFi capture	Branded guest WiFi capture on their own box, which plugs into your existing router. 3	Every guest WiFi sign-in becomes a contact with a visit history, from Purple WiFi, Cisco Spaces, Cisco Meraki or Juniper Mist.Also runs without Purple WiFi: venues can be created in Engage.
Till integrations	Square only. 2	Sales from Square, Lightspeed X-Series, Epos Now, Loyverse and Oracle Simphony.Toast and Lightspeed K-Series check offer codes at the till.
Offers redeemed at the till	Rewards and vouchers redeemed at the till by QR code or code. 8	Codes pushed into Lightspeed X-Series and Shopify, checked live at Toast and Lightspeed K-Series, and read back from Square, Epos Now, Loyverse and Oracle Simphony sales. A pilot the Purple team sets up with you.
Table bookings	Native: guests book on a branded Stampede page. 1	No native bookings.Booking data from ResDiary, and a completed booking can start a journey.
Payments and deposits	Payments and deposits, powered by Square. 15	No payments or deposits.
Hotel PMS	No PMS connection, according to their hotels page. 4	Mews and apaleo: stays land on the guest record, and a hotel checkout can start a journey.
Email marketing	Drag-and-drop branded email. 5	A drag-and-drop builder on a brand kit, a send preview with exclusions by reason, A/B tests and journeys.
SMS	SMS on prepaid credits. 5	Through your own Twilio account, at Twilio's price with no Purple markup, and one credit a segment.
WhatsApp	Asked whether WhatsApp messages come into their inbox, their FAQ answers “Not today”. WhatsApp campaigns are not listed on their site. 6	Template campaigns through your own Twilio account, at one credit a message. No marketing templates to US numbers, which Meta has paused.
Automated journeys	Workflows triggered by bookings, WiFi sign-ins and more. 7	Started by a WiFi visit, a purchase, a completed booking, a hotel checkout, a birthday and more, with split paths and held-back groups.
Loyalty	Points or stamps, with Apple and Google Wallet cards. 1	No points or stamps loyalty.Rewards are single-use vouchers with caps, a cooldown and a budget.
Review management	Google reviews pulled in, with AI replies you approve or let post on their own. 9	A “leave a review” button on surveys, shown to every respondent.Review requests to every guest after a recorded visit, by email or text, with no score gating and nothing offered in return. A pilot the Purple team sets up with you.
Guest surveys	Swipe-card surveys on the WiFi splash page. 3	16 question types, with answers written to the guest profile and NPS tags.
Results against a held-back group	They report the covers and spend a send brought in. A held-back group is not listed on their site. 5	The extra share of guests who came back, booked or bought against a held-back group, with a 95% range and takings for each group, where a holdout is set. “Not measured yet” when fewer than 50 are held back.
Predictions	Lapse risk, lifetime value and more. 12	Off by default, and labelled “predicted” where switched on.
AI assistant	Agent chat reads and drafts. Changes to your data wait for your sign-off. 10 11	An AI team that raises ideas every night and stages work for a person to approve. By default, nothing is sent until a person approves it.
MCP server	Not listed on their site	A remote MCP server: a scoped key can read, draft and ask for approval. No scope can send.
Public API	A REST API over guest data. 13	A public REST API with 31 paths and 14 scopes, and signed webhooks.

How are Stampede and Purple Engage priced?

Stampede

Stampede does not publish its prices. Its pricing page describes one flat price per venue. 14

Purple Engage

Purple Engage publishes its prices. You pay for credits, the monthly usage unit, and contacts are unlimited*. The free plan is listed at 500 credits a month with no card, and paid plans are listed from £12 to £948 a month. Each text segment or WhatsApp message uses one credit, and Twilio also bills it on your own account, with no Purple markup.

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When is Stampede the better choice?

When one of these describes your venues, going by what Stampede's own site says.

You want table bookings, deposits, points loyalty and Google review replies in one system, alongside WiFi capture. 1 15
You run Square. Stampede says it works best for venues on Square, and Square is the only point of sale it integrates with. 2
You want one price per venue, and their team to set up guest WiFi on their own box. 3 14

Where Stampede is ahead

Native table bookings, with payments and deposits powered by Square. 1 15Purple Engage:Engage takes no bookings or payments itself. Booking data comes in from ResDiary.
Points or stamps loyalty, with Apple and Google Wallet cards. 1Purple Engage:Engage has no points or stamps loyalty.Rewards are single-use vouchers with caps, a cooldown and a budget.
A Google review inbox with AI replies. 9Purple Engage:Review requests to every guest after a recorded visit, with no score gating and nothing offered in return.

When is Purple Engage the better choice?

When one of these describes your venues.

You run a till other than Square. Engage reads sales from Square, Lightspeed X-Series, Epos Now, Loyverse and Oracle Simphony, and checks offer codes at Toast and Lightspeed K-Series.
You run hotels. Stays from Mews and apaleo land on the guest record, and a hotel checkout can start a journey.
You want WhatsApp campaigns, sent through your own Twilio account.
You want each campaign measured against a held-back group where a holdout is set: the extra share of guests who came back, booked or bought, with a confidence range.
You want published prices: pay for what you send, with unlimited* contacts and a free plan.

What does Stampede's comparison with Purple say?

Stampede publishes its own comparison with Purple, marked “Checked September 2026”, under guest WiFi. Its sources include www.purple.ai/en-gb/guest-wifi/engage, which describes Purple's Engage guest WiFi plan rather than Purple Engage, the marketing platform described on this site. Here are the rows that concern Purple Engage, and where it stands, including the rows Stampede has right. 15

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Topic	Their page says about Purple	What Purple Engage does
One guest platform	No (“analytics-first”) 15	Purple Engage is an all-in-one marketing platform for physical spaces. It connects your customer data, campaigns and channels, with an AI team that asks before it acts.
Guest profile and CRM	Limited (“feeds your CRM”) 15	One activity record per guest: visits, till spend, bookings, hotel stays, email, SMS, offers and surveys.
Email marketing	Limited (“automated journeys”) 15	A drag-and-drop builder with a brand kit, campaigns, A/B tests and journeys.
Flat per-venue pricing	Limited (“free tier; paid quoted”) 15	Prices are published: the free plan is listed at 500 credits a month, and paid plans are listed from £12 a month. Engage is priced on credits, with unlimited* contacts.
Hardware integrations	“25 hardware integrations listed”, in their FAQ 15	Purple WiFi is hardware-agnostic: it runs on Cisco Meraki, HPE Aruba, Ruckus, Juniper Mist, Ubiquiti UniFi, Cambium, Extreme and Fortinet access points. Purple Engage, which is a separate product, reads sign-ins from Purple WiFi, Cisco Spaces, Cisco Meraki and Juniper Mist and connects to more than 30 systems, most in beta, each listed with its data flow on the integrations page.
Loyalty	No (“feeds your loyalty tool”) 15	Correct. Engage has no points loyalty.
Wallet passes	No (“not listed”) 15	No. Engage has no wallet passes. Offers are single-use vouchers on a hosted page, in an email, in a staff app or at the till.
Table bookings	No (“via integrations”) 15	Correct. Engage reads booking data from ResDiary rather than taking bookings.
Review management	Limited (“review requests only”) 15	Surveys show a “leave a review” button to every respondent.Review requests to every guest after a recorded visit, with no score gating and nothing offered in return.
Payments and deposits	No (“paid-Wi-Fi billing only”) 15	Correct. Engage takes no payments.

How do you switch from Stampede to Purple Engage?

Switching from Stampede: what changes, step by step.

Moving from Stampede

Square is one of the tills Engage reads sales from, so a Square venue keeps its till.
Engage takes no bookings itself. If you take bookings in ResDiary, Engage reads them from there.

Create your venues in Engage, or connect Purple WiFi, Cisco Spaces, Cisco Meraki or Juniper Mist.
Import your contacts by CSV. Engage records which channels each contact's consent covers and who attested to it.
Connect your till, booking system or PMS, so spend, bookings and stays land on the guest record. Visits come from a connected WiFi system.
Set up your own sending domain for email, and your own Twilio account for SMS and WhatsApp.
Rebuild your automations as journeys by hand. Campaigns your AI team stages hold back 5% of guests, so your first one can be measured against a held-back group.

Questions

Is Purple Engage an alternative to Stampede?

For guest data, email, SMS, journeys, offers and measurement, yes. Stampede also takes table bookings and payments and runs points loyalty. Engage does none of those itself: it reads booking data from ResDiary, and it has no points loyalty. 1 15

Does Purple Engage work with Square?

Yes. Square is one of the tills Engage connects to. Till spend lands on the guest record, and Engage offers are redeemed by reading them back from Square sales.

Does Purple Engage need Purple WiFi?

No. Engage works with Purple WiFi, Cisco Spaces, Cisco Meraki and Juniper Mist, and venues can also be created in Engage without any of them.

How many integrations does Purple have?

Purple WiFi is hardware-agnostic: it runs on Cisco Meraki, HPE Aruba, Ruckus, Juniper Mist, Ubiquiti UniFi, Cambium, Extreme and Fortinet access points. Purple Engage, which is a separate product, reads sign-ins from Purple WiFi, Cisco Spaces, Cisco Meraki and Juniper Mist and connects to more than 30 systems, most in beta, each listed with its data flow on the integrations page.

Where do these facts come from?

Every statement about Stampede on this page comes from stampede.ai, read on 30 September 2026. Each source below lists the words we relied on. Purple Engage facts come from our own product pages.

Stampede home pagehttps://stampede.ai/turns every booking, Wi-Fi login, payment and review into one guest profilePowering 2,500+ UK venuesGuests book on your branded Stampede pagePoints or stamps, with Apple and Google Wallet cards, no app download needed.Accessed 30 September 2026
Is Stampede right for you?https://stampede.ai/is-stampede-right-for-youIt works best for multi-site operators, venues on Square…Square is the only point of sale we integrate with.Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede guest WiFihttps://stampede.ai/how-it-works/wifiPlugs into your existing router, set up and managed with our team.A branded guest Wi-Fi that turns every walk-in into an opt-in contactSwipe-card surveys and offers, right on the splash page.Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede for hotelshttps://stampede.ai/hotelsThere is no property management system connection, so room bills do not flow in.Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede email and SMShttps://stampede.ai/email-smsDrag-and-drop a branded email, write a quick one, or fire off a short SMS.SMS runs on prepaid credits at a few pence a messagesee the covers and spend the send actually brought in.Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede unified inboxhttps://stampede.ai/unified-inboxDo Instagram or WhatsApp messages come in here?Not today.Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede docs: workflow triggershttps://stampede.ai/docs/workflows/triggersa booking made, completed, cancelled or no-showed, a Wi-Fi sign-inAccessed 30 September 2026
Stampede docs: rewards, vouchers and redemptionhttps://stampede.ai/docs/loyalty-and-rewards/rewards-vouchers-and-redemptiondelivered digitally and redeemed at the till by QR or code.Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede reviewshttps://stampede.ai/reviewsGoogle is first-class: we pull your Google reviews in and post repliesApprove it in a tap, or let it post on its own.Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede agentic harnesshttps://stampede.ai/agentic-harnessAgentic harnessAccessed 30 September 2026
Stampede agent chathttps://stampede.ai/agent-chatIt reads and drafts. Anything that would change your data waits for your sign-off.Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede docs: AIhttps://stampede.ai/docs/ailapse risk, lifetime value, loyalty, campaign-response and moreAccessed 30 September 2026
Stampede developer APIhttps://stampede.ai/developerA REST API over your guest data.Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede pricinghttps://stampede.ai/pricingOne flat price per venueWhy is the price not on the site?Accessed 30 September 2026
Stampede vs Purple (Stampede's own comparison)https://stampede.ai/compare/stampede-vs-purpleBookings, loyalty, reviews and marketing included alongside Wi-Fi captureSquare-poweredChecked September 2026Comparison · Guest Wi-Fiwww.purple.ai/en-gb/guest-wifi/engageanalytics-firstfeeds your CRMautomated journeysfree tier; paid quotedPurple is vendor-agnostic software… with 25 hardware integrations listedfeeds your loyalty toolnot listedvia integrationsreview requests onlypaid-Wi-Fi billing onlyAccessed 30 September 2026

Purple Engage sources

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