Comparison
They do different jobs. Peerspace is a marketplace that brings you new guests. Meetario is booking software for the clients who already know you. Many studio owners use both.
Peerspace and Meetario are not really rivals. Peerspace is worth its 20% when it finds you a guest you would never have met. Meetario is for everyone else — the regulars, the referrals and the people who found you on Instagram — who can book on your own page, pay upfront into your own account and cost you 0% in platform commission.
Peerspace is the best-known marketplace for renting studios, lofts, meeting rooms and event spaces by the hour in the US. Guests search it, book through it and pay through it. For a new studio, that discovery is hard to replace: Peerspace hosts regularly report a large share of their bookings coming from the platform.
That discovery has a price. Peerspace's standard host service fee is 20% of the booking subtotal, including cleaning fees and add-ons, and the payout arrives 3–7 days after the booking. The fee makes sense for a stranger the marketplace found for you. It is harder to justify for the photographer who has already booked your studio ten times, or the client who found you on Instagram.
Meetario does not bring you new customers, and it does not try to. It gives you a booking page for the clients who already come to you directly: each room has its own schedule, clients pick how many hours they need, pay upfront into your own payment account, and you get a message in Telegram, WhatsApp or Slack. You pay a flat monthly price and Meetario takes no cut of the booking.
Booking software for studios and rooms you already fill yourself. Independent schedules per room, hourly multi-slot booking, cleaning buffers, upfront payment into your own Stripe, PayPal, Square or Mollie account, a widget for your website, and messenger alerts. 0% platform commission; free plan available, paid bookings from $7/month.
A US marketplace where guests discover and book unique spaces for shoots, meetings and events. Peerspace handles listing, search, payments, reviews and guest disputes, and advertises supplemental liability coverage for bookings. In return it charges hosts a standard 20% service fee and guests a separate processing fee.
| Feature | Meetario | Peerspace |
|---|---|---|
| Brings you new customers (marketplace) | ||
| Host fee per booking | 0% | Up to 20% |
| Monthly price | $0 / $7 / $12 | $0 |
| Money paid into your own Stripe / PayPal / Square | ||
| Your own booking page & website widget | ||
| Book by the hour (1, 2, 3+ hours in one booking) | ||
| Booking alerts in Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber, Slack | ||
| Reviews & marketplace search ranking | ||
| Host liability coverage | ||
| Guest dispute handling |
Peerspace wins this outright. It is a marketplace with search traffic, reviews and an established brand among US creators and event planners. Meetario is not a marketplace: nobody browses Meetario to find a studio. Your Meetario page gets bookings from people you send to it — your website, Instagram bio, Google Business profile and returning clients.
Peerspace's standard host fee is 20% of the booking subtotal. On a $300 shoot that is about $60. Meetario charges a flat monthly price and 0% per booking; you only pay your payment processor's card fee, roughly $9 on the same $300 at Stripe's standard US rate. For a studio with a handful of direct bookings a month, the flat price usually costs less than a single marketplace fee.
On Peerspace, the guest pays Peerspace and the host is normally paid out 3–7 days after the booking is completed. With Meetario, the client pays upfront at booking through your own Stripe, PayPal, Square or Mollie account, so the money follows your processor's normal payout schedule. Meetario never holds your money.
Both handle hourly bookings, and on both each space has its own availability. In Meetario, each room or set can be marked as a room with its own independent schedule, so the Loft and the White Hall can be booked at the same time without blocking each other or your personal calendar. Clients choose 1, 2, 3 or more hours in one booking, only see start times where the whole block is free, and a cleaning buffer after each booking is reserved automatically.
Peerspace advertises supplemental liability coverage for bookings, collects reviews and steps in when a guest and host disagree. Meetario does none of this: it is a booking and payment tool, and your own insurance, rental agreement and deposit policy apply. If you rely on a marketplace guarantee, keep those bookings on Peerspace.
Free $0 (1 booking page, no online payments), Premium $7/month and Business $12/month. 0% platform commission on every booking — only your payment processor's fee applies (for example Stripe's standard US card rate). Example: $75/hour × 4 hours = $300 → you receive about $291 after a 2.9% + 30¢ card fee.
Free to list. Standard host service fee of 20% of the booking subtotal, including cleaning and add-ons (some long-time hosts report lower legacy rates), plus a separate guest processing fee. Example: $75/hour × 4 hours = $300 → you receive about $240.
Clients who found you yourself book on your own page — 0% platform commission
Payments land in your own Stripe, PayPal or Square account, not in a marketplace payout queue
You keep the client relationship: names, emails and repeat bookings stay with you
Each room or set has its own schedule, so two crews can shoot at the same time
Clients choose how many hours they need and pay price × hours upfront
Flat $7–$12/month instead of a share of every booking
Usually not. Peerspace is how many studios find new customers, and Meetario does not replace that. The common setup is: stay listed on Peerspace for discovery, and use a Meetario booking page for clients who come to you directly — through your website, Instagram, Google or word of mouth.
No. Peerspace's Services Agreement does not allow hosts to take bookings or payments off the platform from anyone Peerspace introduced to them — repeat bookings included — and sets a penalty of 30% of the booking subtotal. Peerspace listings and messages also may not contain outside links or contact details. Keep every Peerspace guest on Peerspace, and use Meetario for clients who come to you directly. Terms change, so check Peerspace's current Services Agreement.
Not if you list on Peerspace: its terms require that prices on Peerspace are equal to or better than the prices you offer through your own channels. The benefit of Meetario is what you keep, not a lower price — on a direct booking you keep the full price minus the card fee instead of paying a marketplace fee.
No. Meetario charges a flat monthly price ($7 Premium, $12 Business) and 0% per booking. Your payment processor (Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie) charges its usual card fee.
No. The free plan covers one booking page without online payments. Online payment at booking starts on Premium at $7/month.
Peerspace can sync its bookings to your Google Calendar, and a regular Meetario booking page skips times that are busy in your connected calendar. There is no direct Meetario–Peerspace connection, and rooms set to their own independent schedule in Meetario do not read external calendars — for those, block a Peerspace booking by booking that time on your own Meetario page, or keep separate days or hours for each channel.
No. Meetario is booking software, not a marketplace, and offers no insurance or dispute service. Use your own insurance and rental agreement; you can add custom questions and terms to the booking form.
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