Compare · UK / EMEA (hospitality)
PEKO vs Stampede
Written by Peko Research Team.Last updated: 07/23/2026.
Published: 07/23/2026
Updated July 2026 — Stampede is a well-regarded hospitality guest marketing platform, strongest where guest WiFi is the primary data-capture surface — pubs, bars, hotels, and multi-site groups across the UK and EMEA. Its published plans start around £69/month and bundle WiFi, email/SMS marketing, review boosting, and booking integrations.
Stampede has built a genuinely strong product for UK and EMEA hospitality — its guest WiFi surface, review boosting, and email/SMS orchestration are legitimately useful for pubs, bars, and multi-site groups. This page is a fair market analyst read: where Stampede is the right pick, where PEKO is, and how a WiFi-led marketing suite differs from an AI-led retention engine. See how PEKO shows up in-market on our Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines country pages.
- Stampede wins on WiFi-first data capture, review boosting, and a broad guest-marketing feature set for UK / EMEA hospitality.
- PEKO wins on predictive retention: an ML model that flags likely-to-lapse regulars in 3–7 days and auto-writes the WhatsApp win-back.
- Verdict: choose Stampede if guest WiFi is your primary capture surface and you want an all-in-one marketing suite. Choose PEKO if you want AI-driven churn saves on WhatsApp with flat, published pricing.
What is Stampede? UK-headquartered hospitality guest marketing platform combining guest WiFi data capture, email/SMS marketing, review boosting, and bookings integrations — popular with pubs, bars, and multi-site restaurant groups.
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
Choose PEKO when
- You want AI that predicts which regulars will stop coming back in the next 3–7 days — not campaign blasts to broad segments.
- You want the platform to write and send the WhatsApp Business win-back automatically, not build the email flow yourself.
- WhatsApp Business is your primary customer channel, not email or on-venue WiFi splash pages.
- You want a free tier and flat published pricing before you talk to sales.
- You're an F&B operator without a marketing manager and want retention to run itself.
- You'd rather chat to your loyalty tool than click through 10 dropdowns — PEKO's AI Agent creates vouchers, segments and campaigns for you, and you only click Approve.
Choose Stampede when
- Guest WiFi is your primary data-capture surface (pubs, bars, hotels) and you want the splash-page + marketing stack integrated — that is an operations job and PEKO does not do it; PEKO runs alongside so the part after the guest leaves does not stay empty.
- Review boosting on Google / TripAdvisor is a top-3 priority and you want it inside the same tool as your marketing — that is an operations job and PEKO does not do it; PEKO runs alongside so the part after the guest leaves does not stay empty.
- You're a UK or EMEA hospitality group with existing bookings tools Stampede already integrates with — PEKO is focused on Vietnam and Southeast Asia and has no UK bookings connectors, so outside that footprint Stampede's local integration depth is the honest advantage.
- You value a broad guest-marketing suite (WiFi + email + SMS + reviews + bookings) over a narrow, AI-first retention product — PEKO deliberately ships none of those surfaces; it does one job, predicting who is about to lapse and writing the win-back, and sits alongside whichever suite you already send from.
Feature by feature
| Feature | PEKO | Stampede |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | AI loyalty + churn prediction + autopilot win-backs | Guest WiFi + hospitality marketing suite (email/SMS, reviews, bookings) |
| AI churn prediction (3–7 day window) | Yes — predictive model flags at-risk members daily | No — rule / segment-based email and SMS campaigns |
| Automated win-back campaigns | Yes — AI picks segment, channel, copy, send time | Manual — you build the automations in the campaign builder |
| Rule-based vs predictive | Predictive (ML-first) | Rule-based / segment-based |
| Primary data-capture surface | WhatsApp opt-in + web wallet + POS-linked enrolment | Guest WiFi splash page (with email / SMS fallback) |
| Primary messaging channel | WhatsApp Business (native, template-approved) | Email + SMS |
| Review boosting (Google / TripAdvisor) | Not the core product | Yes — built-in review request flows |
| Free tier | Free-forever plan (up to 300 members) | No permanent free tier shown on its pricing page |
| Published pricing | From S$490 / year flat, on the pricing page | Published plans from around £69 / month (annual) |
| Setup time | Same day — 15-minute onboarding | 1–3 weeks including WiFi hardware / splash configuration |
| Requires customer app | No — WhatsApp Business + web wallet | No — email + SMS + WiFi splash |
| Member data ownership | Your list, your export, anytime | Your list, exportable |
| 0% commission direct ordering | Yes — built-in ordering layer at 0% commission | Not a direct-ordering product |
| Works alongside any POS | Yes — layers on any POS | Integrates with common hospitality POS and booking stacks |
| Best for | F&B operators who want AI to run retention with no marketing team | UK / EMEA hospitality groups using guest WiFi as their marketing engine |
| In-product AI Agent that takes actions for you | Yes — chat to create vouchers, segments, campaigns and settings; approval-gated (you click Approve) | No — manual clicks through dashboards and dropdowns |
| Can customers self-enrol without a cashier? | Yes — customers scan a table/receipt QR or photograph the bill and PEKO's OCR credits points automatically. Cashier is out of the enrolment loop. | Not clear from public documentation |
| Can it earn points from other POS receipts? | Yes — AI OCR reads receipts from any POS (KiotViet, iPOS, Sapo, MISA, PosApp, Toast, Square). No POS swap or API required. | Not clear from public documentation |
| Can someone who did not pay join? | Yes — anyone present scans the in-venue QR to join and receives a joining reward | Not stated in public documentation |
| Redeem rewards on online orders? | Yes — the same balance redeems online and in-store | Not stated in public documentation |
| How many automated message types? | 10 types, including points- and voucher-expiry reminders | Not stated in public documentation |
| Abuse controls when customers claim their own points? | Yes — rate limits, receipt age and value thresholds, 90-day brand-wide duplicate-image matching, risk-tiered actions | Not stated in public documentation |
Primary purpose
AI loyalty + churn prediction + autopilot win-backs
Guest WiFi + hospitality marketing suite (email/SMS, reviews, bookings)
AI churn prediction (3–7 day window)
Yes — predictive model flags at-risk members daily
No — rule / segment-based email and SMS campaigns
Automated win-back campaigns
Yes — AI picks segment, channel, copy, send time
Manual — you build the automations in the campaign builder
Rule-based vs predictive
Predictive (ML-first)
Rule-based / segment-based
Primary data-capture surface
WhatsApp opt-in + web wallet + POS-linked enrolment
Guest WiFi splash page (with email / SMS fallback)
Primary messaging channel
WhatsApp Business (native, template-approved)
Email + SMS
Review boosting (Google / TripAdvisor)
Not the core product
Yes — built-in review request flows
Free tier
Free-forever plan (up to 300 members)
No permanent free tier shown on its pricing page
Published pricing
From S$490 / year flat, on the pricing page
Published plans from around £69 / month (annual)
Setup time
Same day — 15-minute onboarding
1–3 weeks including WiFi hardware / splash configuration
Requires customer app
No — WhatsApp Business + web wallet
No — email + SMS + WiFi splash
Member data ownership
Your list, your export, anytime
Your list, exportable
0% commission direct ordering
Yes — built-in ordering layer at 0% commission
Not a direct-ordering product
Works alongside any POS
Yes — layers on any POS
Integrates with common hospitality POS and booking stacks
Best for
F&B operators who want AI to run retention with no marketing team
UK / EMEA hospitality groups using guest WiFi as their marketing engine
In-product AI Agent that takes actions for you
Yes — chat to create vouchers, segments, campaigns and settings; approval-gated (you click Approve)
No — manual clicks through dashboards and dropdowns
Can customers self-enrol without a cashier?
Yes — customers scan a table/receipt QR or photograph the bill and PEKO's OCR credits points automatically. Cashier is out of the enrolment loop.
Not clear from public documentation
Can it earn points from other POS receipts?
Yes — AI OCR reads receipts from any POS (KiotViet, iPOS, Sapo, MISA, PosApp, Toast, Square). No POS swap or API required.
Not clear from public documentation
Can someone who did not pay join?
Yes — anyone present scans the in-venue QR to join and receives a joining reward
Not stated in public documentation
Redeem rewards on online orders?
Yes — the same balance redeems online and in-store
Not stated in public documentation
How many automated message types?
10 types, including points- and voucher-expiry reminders
Not stated in public documentation
Abuse controls when customers claim their own points?
Yes — rate limits, receipt age and value thresholds, 90-day brand-wide duplicate-image matching, risk-tiered actions
Not stated in public documentation
From your chat request to a live merchant setup — 5 steps.
Here's the before/after workflow: the strikethrough line is how other tools make you do it, the line below is how PEKO's AI Agent does it for you.
Click a step to run it in the demo below.
Sample prompt
“20% off weekday lunch for lapsed diners we haven't seen in 30 days, cap 1 per customer.”
Ready-to-paste voucher request — drop it straight into the AI Agent chat.
Questions merchants ask at each step
Ask, review, approve.
Describe the voucher you want in one sentence. PEKO's AI Agent drafts the full configuration; you approve it with one click — no 10-step form.
Your request
Or try one of these:
Proposed voucher
FAQ
Is Stampede better than PEKO for hospitality?
If guest WiFi is the primary way you capture visitor data and you want an all-in-one marketing suite (WiFi + email + SMS + reviews + bookings), Stampede is a strong pick — especially in the UK and EMEA where its integrations are deepest. If you want an AI that predicts churn 3–7 days ahead and writes the WhatsApp win-back for you, PEKO is the sharper fit.
How is the retention approach different?
Stampede is rule- and segment-based: you build email / SMS automations off WiFi and booking data. PEKO is predictive: an ML model retrains daily on your order history, flags customers likely to lapse in the next 3–7 days, and sends the WhatsApp Business message automatically.
Do I need Stampede's WiFi hardware to get value?
You'll get the most out of Stampede when its WiFi splash is the primary capture point — that's where its data model is designed to live. If your capture is happening at POS, on WhatsApp, or via QR at the table, PEKO's model fits that flow more naturally.
What does PEKO cost vs Stampede?
PEKO publishes flat pricing from S$490 / year with a free tier up to 300 members. Stampede publishes plans starting from around £69 / month on annual billing, with higher tiers for multi-site groups. Check both current pricing pages before buying.
Can I run both?
Technically yes — Stampede as your WiFi + email marketing surface, PEKO as your AI churn engine on WhatsApp. Most operators eventually consolidate to one, but a short parallel period is a sensible way to compare which one actually moves the retention needle for your venue.
Is PEKO available in the UK?
PEKO is available globally in English, but our operational focus and case studies today are in SEA (Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia). If you're a UK-only single-site pub, Stampede's local depth is a legitimate reason to start there.
Do I still need to learn a complicated dashboard?
No. PEKO's embedded AI Agent takes actions for you — creating vouchers, building segments, drafting campaigns — inside the product. You describe what you want in chat, the Agent configures it, and you only click Approve. The full dashboard is there when you want it, but on any given day you can run PEKO by messaging the Agent.
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Sources & citations
These public sources support the competitor pricing, feature, and limitation claims in this comparison.
- PEKO — Plans and pricing
PEKO free-plan, paid-plan, and included-feature claims used in the comparison.
How we compare
Every comparison on this site is written from a fair market analyst stance — no hit pieces, no puffery.
- Public materials first. Competitor pricing, feature, and limitation claims are sourced from their own website, marketing collateral, and public reviews (Capterra, G2, App Store) — see the Sources & citations block above.
- Acknowledge real strengths. Each page includes a "Choose Stampede when" block that names the scenarios where the competitor is genuinely the better pick.
- Same feature grid. Every comparator uses the same feature axes (pricing, setup time, messaging channel, churn prediction, data ownership, and more) so you can read across vendors on the same grid.
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