WaypointsX vs Safari Portal
As of September 2026.
Safari Portal is built for luxury and high-net-worth advisors, with lookbook-style presentation, e-signature and card authorisation bundled from its entry tier, and live flight updates on its Pro tier, at a materially higher price than WaypointsX. WaypointsX documents its confirmation-to-booking pipeline and commission tracking with expected dates in more public detail, but doesn't have Safari Portal's lookbook presentation style or its track record in the luxury segment.
How they compare
| Feature | WaypointsX | Safari Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Advisor $59/mo, or $49/mo billed annually (one seat). Studio $119/mo (two seats, then $39/seat). Agency $299/mo (five seats, then $39/seat). 14-day free trial, no credit card to start. | Essentials $299/mo, Pro $399/mo; a $199/mo supported rate for new or hosted advisors. |
| Itinerary builder | The itinerary is an output of the trip record, not a blank page: bookings, deadlines and documents already on the trip flow into it, and the assistant only proposes tracked changes. It never applies them silently. | Lookbooks, PDF, Word documents and a mobile app, aimed at luxury presentation. |
| Confirmation import | Yes Forward a supplier confirmation; fields are extracted with confidence scores and source quotes, the advisor reviews and accepts, then the booking, itinerary items, deadlines and expected commission are created. | Yes Marketed as 'Magic Import and Superbuilder.' |
| E-signature | Yes Waypoints Sign is native: templates auto-fill from the trip, signers get an emailed one-time code, consent is versioned, signatures are typed or drawn, and sequential signers with countersigning are supported. Unlimited signing on every plan. | Yes E-signature forms are included on the entry tier. |
| Card authorisation handling | Yes Card authorisation is captured as a signed document. With a card vault connected, reveals are logged for the advisor to see; without one, card capture goes through Stripe tokens that can't be revealed to anyone, including WaypointsX. | Yes Card authorisation forms are included on the entry tier; the underlying mechanism isn't detailed publicly. |
| Commission tracking | Yes Every booking carries an expected commission and expected date. Statements reconcile from CSV deterministically, or from PDF with AI, and overdue commissions can generate a chase draft. | Partial Described publicly only as 'financial tracking', without further detail. |
| Client portal | Yes Clients approve proposals, comment, sign documents, pay, upload passports, see a live itinerary and message the advisor, in one portal. | Not documented publicly Not documented publicly beyond a listed mobile app, whose audience isn't specified. |
| AI | Yes An itinerary assistant proposes tracked changes tagged by provenance (confirmed, library, suggested, advisor), with a publish gate on anything unverified. AI also assists statement reconciliation from PDF. | Partial Generic built-in AI, plus live flight updates on the Pro tier. |
| Data export | Yes An export guarantee: every trip, client, document and commission record exports on demand, on every plan. | Not documented publicly Not documented publicly. |
What 'confirmation import' produces on each side
Safari Portal markets 'Magic Import and Superbuilder' without public detail on how fields are handled. WaypointsX extracts fields with confidence scores and source quotes, and an advisor's review creates the booking, itinerary items, deadlines and expected commission.
Commission tracking with a date attached
Safari Portal describes its commission feature publicly only as 'financial tracking'. WaypointsX attaches an expected commission and expected date to every booking, then reconciles statements from CSV or PDF.
Where the trip lives
Safari Portal's presentation is lookbook-centric: PDF, Word documents and a mobile app. WaypointsX keeps the brief, itinerary versions, bookings, documents, payments, commissions and timeline together on one trip record, with the itinerary generated from it rather than authored separately.
Where Safari Portal is the better fit
If you work primarily in the luxury and high-net-worth segment and want lookbook-style presentation, a mobile app and e-signature bundled from the entry tier, Safari Portal is built specifically for that market, at a price that reflects it.
Switching from Safari Portal
Your existing client and trip data comes into WaypointsX as a CSV import, and everything you build exports back out on demand, on every plan. There is no purpose-built Safari Portal importer beyond CSV today.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Safari Portal more expensive than WaypointsX?
- Yes, at every tier. Safari Portal runs $299–$399/mo (or $199/mo on its supported rate), against WaypointsX at $59–$299/mo depending on plan and seats.
- Does WaypointsX do lookbook-style presentation the way Safari Portal does?
- No. WaypointsX doesn't market a lookbook or Word-document output: its itinerary is generated from the trip record and viewed in the client portal, which is a different presentation style, not a like-for-like substitute.
- What does WaypointsX show for commissions that Safari Portal doesn't publish?
- Safari Portal describes its commission feature only as 'financial tracking' publicly. WaypointsX documents expected commission and expected date on every booking, CSV and AI-assisted PDF statement reconciliation, and chase drafts for anything overdue.
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