Yatra vs Bokun SaaS

Bokun alternative for WordPress.

Stop handing 2.5% of every OTA booking to Tripadvisor.

Bokun is "free" until you start selling — then their 2.5% per-OTA-booking fee scales with your revenue forever. Yatra Pro is a fixed yearly (sale $499) or one-time license, with the same Viator and GetYourGuide distribution baked in.

Bokun pricing Free entry · 2.5% of every OTA booking (Tripadvisor / Viator) · custom plans for direct bookings
Try Yatra Pro free → See Yatra pricing

The short answer

Bokun is reasonable when you have zero bookings and want a free starting point. It becomes expensive the moment you scale: every Viator booking you ever take is taxed 2.5% on top of Viator's own commission. Yatra Pro Agency caps that cost forever at a single yearly (or one-time) license.

Side-by-side

Hover any i for a quick explanation.

Feature
Yatra Pro
Bokun
Note
OTA distribution (Viator + GetYourGuide) Native two-way sync, signed webhooks, anti-overbooking.
Owner Who owns the platform.
You — independent open-source project
Tripadvisor (Viator)
Per-OTA-booking fee Charged in addition to your subscription.
2.5%
On every Tripadvisor / Viator booking — forever.
Cost on 1,000 OTA bookings/yr @ $150 avg Total Bokun fees + Yatra licence over 1 year.
$499 / yr (Agency, sale) — flat
$3,750 / yr (2.5% × $150,000)
Cost on 5,000 OTA bookings/yr @ $150 avg Total Bokun fees + Yatra licence over 1 year.
$499 / yr — still flat
$18,750 / yr (2.5% × $750,000)
Lifetime license One-time payment, perpetual updates.
$1,999 (Agency)
Bokun doesn't offer this.
Customer data ownership Where customer records physically live.
Your WordPress DB
Bokun / Tripadvisor cloud
Native WordPress integration Run on the CMS you already use; share themes, SEO, hosting.
White-label admin Rebrand the admin as your own product.
Source code access GPLv2+ — fork, audit, extend any module.
Dynamic pricing engine Auto-adjust prices by season, demand, last-minute.
partial
WhatsApp Business notifications Transactional messages via Meta Cloud API.

Bokun's "free" is a tax on growth. Yatra is a fixed bill.

Yatra Pro · Agency Yearly (sale)
$499 — fixed, regardless of volume
Yatra Pro · Agency Lifetime
$1,999 once — never renews
Bokun · 100 OTA bookings × $150
$375 / yr (2.5%)
Bokun · 1,000 OTA bookings × $150
$3,750 / yr (2.5%)
Bokun · 5,000 OTA bookings × $150
$18,750 / yr (2.5%)

Why operators move from Bokun to Yatra

  • No revenue-share. Yatra costs the same whether you sell 50 or 50,000 bookings.
  • Yatra is independent. Bokun is owned by Tripadvisor — a Viator competitor of your direct booking funnel.
  • Lifetime license available. Bokun doesn't offer one.
  • GPLv2+. Audit every module. Self-host. Cancel us and the data stays.
  • White-label admin + 16 other Pro modules in one Agency license.

Migrating from Bokun in three steps

A typical 50–200 trip catalogue moves in an afternoon. Larger or more complex catalogues take longer — depends on how much you have customised on the other platform.

  1. 1

    Export your trips

    Bokun → Products → Export. CSV with name + duration + price + capacity.

  2. 2

    Import to Yatra

    Yatra → Tools → Import accepts CSV. For larger catalogues, post to the Yatra REST API directly or write a one-off mapping script.

  3. 3

    Re-point OTAs

    In Viator partner portal: paste Yatra's webhook URL + signing secret. Sandbox a test booking before flipping live.

Honest questions before you switch

Does Bokun really charge 2.5% on OTA bookings forever?
That has been their published model on OTA-channel-manager-style usage at time of writing. Pricing can change — confirm directly on Bokun's pricing page before signing up. Yatra makes the comparison concrete because the difference between "fixed yearly bill" and "percent-of-revenue forever" is a real decision driver for growing operators.
Will Yatra connect to Tripadvisor Experiences directly?
Not today. Viator (Tripadvisor's parent-owned channel) IS supported today via Yatra's built-in adapter — and most Tripadvisor Experiences inventory routes through Viator anyway, so the same listings reach Tripadvisor surfaces. A direct Tripadvisor Experiences adapter is build-on-request via the ProviderInterface.
What about Bokun's free starter tier?
The free tier is fine if you genuinely have zero traffic and want a free landing place. The moment you start selling on OTAs you trigger the 2.5% revenue-share. Yatra has no equivalent free tier — but the free Yatra plugin on WordPress.org gives you trips, departures, checkout and PayPal/Pay Later for $0, which covers earlier-stage operators.

Try Yatra Pro before you migrate.

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