Beambox is a WiFi marketing platform for cafés, bars, restaurants and shops, with email campaigns, SMS and review requests built in. It works with UniFi by logging in to your controller with a local admin account, so the controller has to be reachable from the internet. GuestGate leaves the marketing to the tools you already use, and connects through UniFi's own cloud connector instead.
| Feature | Beambox | GuestGate |
|---|---|---|
| Price per venue | From £29 (Essential), £45 (Growth) or £60 (Pro) a month, billed yearly. The price rises with locations and guests | $15 a month for each portal, with every feature included |
| Guest limits | Priced by the number of guests | None |
| Free trial | 30 days, with a Beambox access point if you need one | 14 days, no card needed |
| Contract | Rolling, cancel any time. Beambox hardware is returned when you cancel | Monthly, cancel any time |
| How it connects to UniFi | Beambox logs in to your controller and sets up UniFi's guest hotspot for you | A UniFi API key, through UniFi's official cloud connector or directly to the console |
| Port forwarding or a public controller address | Needed: Direct Remote Connection on newer consoles, or port forwarding, DDNS or a hosted controller. UniFi cloud access accounts don't work | Not needed |
| UniFi admin login it needs | A local admin account, so MFA doesn't get in the way | None: an API key, so UniFi's required MFA isn't a problem |
| What guests can be asked | Configurable forms and surveys, plus social logins | Name, email, phone and your own questions, with a check for mistyped emails |
| Marketing consent | Not detailed on its pricing page | Recorded with the time and the exact wording the guest agreed to |
| Sending guests to other tools | Zapier, Mailchimp, Twilio and more on Growth, and an API on Pro | Zapier (invite-only while in beta), plus signed webhooks for new, returning, changed and deleted guests |
| Email campaigns, SMS and review requests | Email campaigns and automations on Growth. SMS and review requests on Pro | No: use the email or CRM tool you already have |
| Social login | Yes | No |
| Vouchers and paid WiFi | Not listed on its pricing page | No |
| Other WiFi hardware | Yes: Meraki, Omada, Aruba, MikroTik, Ruckus, Cambium, or its own access point | UniFi only |
Beambox shows UK prices in pounds, as starting prices for annual billing. Checked on 2 November 2026, from the sources below. Prices and features change: tell us if anything here is out of date.
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