Pricing
Rentalbuddy costs from 299 SEK a month – no commission
Rentalbuddy is a booking system for self-service rental. Starter costs 299 SEK a month excl. VAT for one location with up to 6 locks; Growth costs 599 SEK a month for as many locations as you need, with 8 locks included, plus 120 SEK a month per extra lock. No commission, no setup fee, no minimum term – 30 days free, no credit card.
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One location, up to 6 locks
Starter
One sauna, a trailer station or a few kayaks
299 SEK 248 SEK /month
excl. VAT · billed monthly excl. VAT · 2,976 SEK a year
Includes
- 1 location
- Up to 6 locks
- 1 booking page included
- All features included
Extra locks
More than 6 locks? Choose Growth More than 6 locks? Choose Growth
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Several locations or more than 6 locks
Growth
A bigger fleet, or more places to pick up from
599 SEK 497 SEK /month
excl. VAT · billed monthly excl. VAT · 5,964 SEK a year
Includes
- Unlimited locations
- 8 locks included
- Booking page per location included
- All features included
Extra locks
+120 SEK / month per extra lock +100 SEK / month per extra lock
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Large or custom setups
Enterprise
A large fleet or special needs, priced for you
Custom pricing Custom pricing
Let’s talk Let’s talk
Includes
- Custom setup
- Dedicated onboarding
Extra locks
Tailored pricing Tailored pricing
What would Rentalbuddy cost for my rental?
Paying yearly saves 17%. In euro, Starter is about €27 and Growth about €54 a month (about £23 and £45, or US$30 and US$60) – the price is per plan, not per product or per booking.
A month excl. VAT, paid monthly: your Rentalbuddy plan plus Igloohome's code fee of about 20 SEK per Igloohome lock.
| Your rental | Plan | A month, about |
|---|---|---|
| One sauna, its key in a key box | Starter – 1 lock | 299 + 20 = 319 SEK |
| 3 trailers outside one store, a padlock on each hitch lock | Starter – 3 locks | 299 + 60 = 359 SEK |
| A trailer at each of 3 stores | Growth – 3 locations, 3 locks | 599 + 60 = 659 SEK |
| 4 kayaks in a shed, one Igloohome lock on its door | Starter – 5 locks (4 kayaks + the door) | 299 + 20 = 319 SEK |
| 12 kayaks at one beach, each on its own padlock | Growth – 12 locks | 1,079 + 240 = 1,319 SEK |
| A campsite: a sauna, 4 kayaks and 6 bikes, each on its own lock | Growth – 11 locks | 959 + 220 = 1,179 SEK |
The plan is billed every month of the year, also while you're closed. Locks you switch off – kayaks over the winter, for example – don't count toward your plan's limit, so summer and winter gear can share one plan. On top: Stripe's fee on each payment and the locks you buy once – every cost below . Paying yearly takes 17% off the plan. Try your own mix in the calculator
What share goes to Rentalbuddy?
One sauna at 800 SEK a session, all year: the 299 SEK plan as a share of what guests pay.
| Sessions a week | Paid monthly | Paid yearly |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 5.8% | 4.8% |
| 3 | 2.9% | 2.4% |
| 6 | 1.4% | 1.2% |
The busier you get, the smaller the share – a fee per payment stays the same share however many bookings you take. How Rentalbuddy compares with other booking systems
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What else you pay – and what you don't
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Stripe, per payment
about 1.5–3.15% + 1.80 SEK in Sweden
In Norway, 2.4% + 2 NOK for a standard card from the EEA. No monthly fee. Lending for free, with nothing to pay online? You don't need a Stripe account.
Details : Stripe, per payment
In Sweden most European cards cost 1.5% + 1.80 SEK, premium and non-European cards up to 3.15% + 1.80 SEK, Swish 1% + 3 SEK – at most 7 SEK a payment – and Klarna from 2.99% + 4.50 SEK. In the UK a standard UK card costs 1.5% + 20p, in the euro countries a standard European card 1.5% + €0.25, and in Switzerland a Swiss card 2.9% + 0.30 CHF (Stripe, October 2026). Your customers pay straight into your own Stripe account – you open it, or connect the one you already have, during setup – and Stripe pays the money out to your bank. Card details go into Stripe's secure payment form, so Rentalbuddy never sees them or holds your money.
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Igloohome, per lock
about 20 SEK a month
About US$2 per lock a month, billed by Igloohome to the payment method you add in its Igloo Connect account. Plus the lock itself, bought once – Igloohome's EU shop lists the Padlock 2 at €159.99 and the Keybox 3 at €159, its UK shop at £159.99 and £149.99 (October 2026); resellers set their own prices. See Igloohome's shop
Details : Igloohome, per lock
The monthly fee is for Igloo Connect, the Igloohome service that creates the codes – the locks themselves stay offline. Igloohome bills it itself; if your organisation can only pay by invoice, ask us before you buy locks. Buy the locks from Igloohome or a reseller. About the digital locks
What's included in Starter and Growth
Everything included, on Starter and Growth:
- Online booking 24/7, on your website or your own booking page
- A new lock code for every booking, made automatically
- Payment in advance, straight into your own Stripe account
- Confirmation and reminder emails with your own texts
- Extras, packages, promo codes, memberships, events and courses
- Your terms, questions, safety video and ID photo before the code
- Photos at pick-up and return
- Phone and counter bookings in the same calendar
- Logins for your team
- Statistics and CSV export
- Booking and the admin in 12 languages – Norwegian, Danish and Finnish included
- GDPR: a data processing agreement on request, and card details stay with Stripe
- Setup help and support by phone and email, from the people who build it
Example – one month, every fee counted: one sauna booked 3 times a week, all year, at 800 SEK a session
- Your customers pay, incl. VAT
- 10,400 SEK
- VAT (25%)
- −2,080 SEK
- Rentalbuddy Starter
- −299 SEK
- Stripe's payment fees, about
- −231 SEK
- Igloohome's code fee, about
- −20 SEK
- Commission to Rentalbuddy
- 0 SEK
- Left for you, about
- 7,770 SEK a month (≈ 93,000 SEK a year)
Before your own costs, such as firewood, cleaning and site rent, and the lock you buy once. Try your own numbers in the earnings calculator
Rentalbuddy's prices exclude VAT; lock prices are as Igloohome's shop lists them, and what your customers pay in the example includes VAT.
FAQ
Questions about pricing
Which plan do I need, and what does it cost?
Starter, 299 SEK a month excl. VAT: one location with up to 6 locks. Growth, 599 SEK a month: more than one location – as many as you need – or more than 6 locks, with 8 locks included and 120 SEK a month per extra lock. Enterprise: large or custom setups, priced for you.
A location is one place customers pick up from – a beach, a jetty, a store car park or a whole campsite – with its own booking page. Every item customers can book there counts as one lock, and so does every shared door: 4 SUPs in a box with one Igloohome lock on its door count as 5, though you buy one lock. 12 kayaks on their own padlocks are 12 locks on Growth: 599 + 4 × 120 = 1,079 SEK a month. Locks you switch off – kayaks over the winter, for example – don't count, so summer and winter gear can share one plan. Start on Starter and change plan in the admin when you grow.
Is there a commission, a setup fee or a minimum term?
Rentalbuddy charges no commission and no setup fee, and has no minimum term. You pay a month or a year ahead and can cancel in the admin whenever you like; everything keeps working until the end of the period you've paid for. Your customers pay your price and nothing on top, and your price never depends on how many bookings you take.
What happens when the free trial ends?
Nothing is charged automatically when Rentalbuddy's free trial ends. The trial runs 30 days, or until your rental opens – up to 180 days from sign-up – with no credit card. You choose a plan in the admin when you want to continue. During the trial you can set up one location with up to 6 locks, as on Starter; logins for colleagues open once you choose a plan, and if you want to test a bigger setup, ask us. You don't need a lock to test: a manual lock with a fixed code is all you need for test bookings.
What happens if a payment for my plan fails?
Your customers don't notice: when a Rentalbuddy payment fails, your booking page, confirmations and codes keep working. You have 7 days to fix it – counted from the day the renewal was charged, also on yearly plans, or from the due date on an invoice – before the admin is blocked. Update the card under Settings → Billing.
What do I pay on top of the plan?
Stripe's fee on each payment, Igloohome's code fee and the locks, which you buy once.
- Stripe: about 1.5–3.15% + 1.80 SEK per card payment in Sweden (Swish 1% + 3 SEK, at most 7 SEK); 2.4% + 2 NOK in Norway; 1.5% + €0.25 for a standard European card in the euro countries; in Switzerland 2.9% + 0.30 CHF for a Swiss card and 3.25% + 0.30 CHF for others (Stripe's pricing pages, October 2026)
- Igloohome: about 20 SEK (US$2) per lock a month for Igloo Connect, the service that creates the codes, billed by Igloohome
- The locks: €159.99 for the Padlock 2 and €159 for the Keybox 3 in Igloohome's EU shop (October 2026)
Can a club or municipality lend gear for free – and what does that cost?
Yes, on the same plans: one lending point with up to 6 locks is Starter, 299 SEK a month excl. VAT, with nothing per loan. Switch online payment off and borrowers book, accept your terms and get their own code without paying – you don't need a Stripe account. A year with 6 items, each on its own lock, paid yearly, comes to about 4,400 SEK: 2,976 SEK for Starter and about 1,440 SEK in Igloohome code fees, plus the locks, bought once. Lending for free, step by step
Can we pay by invoice, in euro, or without a VAT number?
Yes – Rentalbuddy can invoice your plan instead of charging a card, also in euro. Ask us before you subscribe and we set it up, for example for a municipality or association: contact us. The exception is Igloohome's code fee: Igloohome charges it to a card in your Igloo Connect account, so if you can only pay by invoice, ask us before you buy locks. Businesses in the EU enter their VAT number when they subscribe. No VAT number, as a small sole trader or an association? You can subscribe too – VAT may then be added to the invoice.
Why do some software directories show a different price for Rentalbuddy?
Our price is per plan, not per product or per booking: Starter costs 299 SEK (about €27) and Growth 599 SEK (about €54) a month excl. VAT. Directories that list a price per product show an older model. This page is current (updated October 2026).
What does it cost in NOK, DKK, euro, pounds or dollars?
Rentalbuddy's prices are in Swedish kronor: 299 SEK is about 285 NOK, 200 DKK, €27, £23 or $30 a month, and 599 SEK about 570 NOK, 405 DKK, €54, £45 or $60. Your own prices for customers can be in NOK, DKK, EUR or your own currency.
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Run your self-service rental from wherever you are
Unlock time and opportunity. While your customers book, pay and unlock on their own, you can be out skiing or paddling, home with your family or opening your next location.
- Free for 30 days – or until your rental opens, up to 180 days
- No credit card
- From 299 SEK (about €27) a month excl. VAT
- No commission, cancel any time
- Setup help included
Want to see it first? Book a free demo: a short video or phone call where Jesper from our team in Malmö shows you Rentalbuddy set up for what you rent out, or plan to – he usually gets back to you within 48 hours. Or call us on +46 10 516 46 26, 8:00–17:00 CET/CEST, in English or Swedish.
Opening later? Set your launch date in the admin, and the free trial runs until then – up to 180 days from sign-up. Not ready to start yet? Ask us to get in touch before your season
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