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Stampede vs PEKO in Singapore — which should I pick?

Written by Peko Research Team.Last updated: 07/25/2026.

Updated July 2026 — Stampede is the UK WiFi-marketing incumbent (great captive-portal capture, GBP-priced); PEKO is the AI-first, SEA-priced retention layer — in Singapore, PEKO wins on churn prediction and PayNow rails, Stampede wins on venue WiFi data capture. Stampede — best if free WiFi is your main guest-capture surface (bars, pubs, late-night venues).

The TL;DR

Stampede — best if free WiFi is your main guest-capture surface (bars, pubs, late-night venues).
PEKO — best if payment is your main capture surface (cafés, restaurants, quick-service).
Stampede is GBP-priced; PEKO is SEA-priced with a free tier.

Published: 07/25/2026

Quick facts

Answer: Stampede is the UK WiFi-marketing incumbent (great captive-portal capture, GBP-priced); PEKO is the AI-first, SEA-priced retention layer — in Singapore, PEKO wins on churn prediction and PayNow rails, Stampede wins on venue WiFi data capture.
Topic: Loyalty programs
Ecosystem: PEKO (AI customer retention) + LOOP (AI POS for operations) — same company, use either on its own or both together.
Updated: 07/25/2026

The PEKO ecosystem

PEKO and LOOP are two products from the same company. PEKO is the AI retention layer and runs alongside the POS you already use. LOOP is the AI-native POS that covers operations: recipe-level inventory, staff shifts, table plans and the kitchen display. Each works on its own, and run together they share one dataset, so nothing has to be entered twice. See PEKO + LOOP in one ecosystem

The honest one-paragraph per tool

PEKO

Our product

Best at: Capturing the guest at payment — PayNow QR or card close-out — then scoring lapse-risk nightly and drafting the win-back message through WhatsApp Business with no new hardware at the counter.
Weakness: PEKO does not own a captive-portal WiFi capture surface — if free WiFi is where your guests are recognised, keep your WiFi provider and pipe those identifiers into PEKO for scoring and messaging rather than expecting PEKO to replace the portal.
Pricing: Free to 300 members; SGD-native paid plans published from S$490 per year.
Choose PEKO if…: Cafés, restaurants, QSR and bakeries where payment is the primary recognition surface.

Stampede

Best at: Mature WiFi captive-portal capture with branded splash pages that convert well and collect identifiers without any staff action at the till, plus guest analytics and campaigns on the same stack.
Weakness: GBP pricing calibrated to UK hospitality and no first-class predictive churn scoring — once converted to SGD and layered with SMS and WhatsApp credits, the landed cost tends to sit above the equivalent PEKO tier, so compare landed cost per outlet rather than tier names.
Pricing: GBP-priced tiers plus messaging credits; no free tier equivalent.
Choose Stampede if…: Bars, pubs, hotel lobbies and late-night venues already running managed WiFi across the estate.

Stampede is the UK WiFi-marketing incumbent (great captive-portal capture, GBP-priced); PEKO is the AI-first, SEA-priced retention layer — in Singapore, PEKO wins on churn prediction and PayNow rails, Stampede wins on venue WiFi data capture.

The clearest way to split the two: what's your primary guest-recognition surface? If it's the WiFi captive portal — meaning your guests routinely connect to free WiFi before ordering (bars, pubs, hotel lobbies, late-night venues) — Stampede owns that surface. Its captive portal is mature, the branded splash pages convert well, and the data capture happens without any staff intervention at the till.

If your primary guest-recognition surface is payment — meaning guests scan a PayNow QR or hand over a card to close the tab (cafés, restaurants, QSR, bakery) — PEKO wins because the loyalty ID (PayNow handle, phone) is captured at the moment that already exists in the flow. No new hardware, no captive-portal splash, no ask from the guest.

On price: Stampede is GBP-priced with tiers that reflect UK hospitality economics. Once converted to SGD and layered with SMS + WhatsApp credits, the landed cost tends to sit above the equivalent PEKO tier. PEKO's free-to-300-members floor doesn't have a Stampede equivalent.

On AI: PEKO ships an AI churn-prediction model that scores every guest nightly and an AI Agent that drafts win-back messages and vouchers on request. Stampede's product is analytics-and-campaign-centric with rule-based automations; predictive scoring isn't a first-class feature.

The honest edge for Stampede in Singapore: multi-brand hospitality groups that already deploy managed WiFi across their estate and want one vendor for captive portal + guest marketing get real value from Stampede's coherent stack. For everyone else in SG F&B, PEKO is the default in 2026.

FAQ

2026 update — which one is winning bar/pub bids?

Stampede still wins where WiFi captive-portal capture is the primary guest-recognition surface (late-night bars, pubs). PEKO wins everywhere payment is the capture surface, which in SG 2026 means anywhere PayNow QR is on the counter — now ~92% of independent F&B per PayNow adoption data.

Can I run both?

Technically yes — use Stampede for captive-portal capture and pipe the identifiers into PEKO for AI churn scoring and messaging. Most operators don't need both; pick the primary capture surface for your venue type.

Does Stampede support PayNow?

Stampede is primarily WiFi-and-email-centric; PayNow-native settlement isn't a first-class flow. PEKO settles cashback directly to PayNow.

Is Stampede PDPA-compliant?

Yes — Stampede is used across UK and international hospitality and supports the standard consent + opt-out flows PDPA requires. Data residency for SG operators should be confirmed in the contract.

Next step

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Sources

Numbers on this page: named sources are listed below; figures without a named source are PEKO merchant data, Vietnam, Jan 2024 – Jun 2026, or PEKO estimates where modelled. See the datasets behind these numbers.