Enquiries arrive everywhere
Phone, email, a website form, Facebook, Google messages. Does someone have to collect them, check the dates, and reply one by one before a customer books somewhere else?
For rental & booking businesses
Spend less time on the same booking questions.
Is it free on Saturday? What’s included? How does the deposit work? If your team answers these by hand, then copies each booking into a calendar, tell us how bookings reach you. We’ll suggest three practical fixes, free.
Built for rental before: we built Octi, a vehicle rental marketplace in Switzerland, end to end.
Sound familiar?
Where rental teams usually lose time
The same questions, every day
Availability, prices for different dates, what’s included, deposits, pickup and return times, licence or insurance rules. The answers rarely change, but someone still types them out.
Admin after every booking
Copying details into a calendar or spreadsheet, sending confirmations and reminders, chasing paperwork, checking items back in. Small tasks that add up across a busy week.
Our rental work
Octi: a vehicle rental marketplace for Switzerland
Octi lets people and businesses across Switzerland rent vans, pickups, and trucks from vetted rental companies. SoftSprouts built the whole product, so we know how rental listings, enquiries, and back-office tools fit together.
Read the case study →- WebsiteThe public website where customers discover vehicles and services and get in touch.
- Mobile app for iOS & AndroidOne Kotlin Multiplatform app for iPhone and Android, launching soon.
- Custom CMS & Node.js backendSo the Octi team can manage listings and content themselves, without developers.
Free AI opportunity check
Three ideas for your business, by email, within 2 working days.
A person at SoftSprouts reads your answers and writes three ideas that fit how you take bookings today. Each idea covers:
- What it would doThe task it takes off your plate, in plain English. For example, drafting replies to availability questions for you to approve.
- What it would takeWhich of your current tools it works with, what information it needs, and a rough sense of effort.
- Where a person stays in chargeWhat the AI should never decide on its own, such as prices, refunds, or damage disputes.
- A first stepSomething small you could try or test before spending real money.
No access to your systems is needed, and we won’t add you to a mailing list. Rough effort notes are not a quote.
We built Octi, a Swiss vehicle rental marketplace: website, app, and admin tools.
What happens next
From free ideas to a small, paid first project.
1
Free opportunity check
You get three written ideas within 2 working days. Keep them, use them yourself, or ignore them. No obligation.
2
30-minute discovery call
If an idea looks useful, we talk it through: how bookings work today, who is involved, and what a good result would look like. Book a call any time.
3
A scoped paid pilot
If it makes sense, we put one idea into practice as a small project with a fixed scope, a fixed price, and a clear way to judge if it worked. All agreed in writing before any work starts.
FAQ
Common questions
Do we have to replace our booking software?
No. We start with the tools you already use. Many useful improvements sit around an existing booking system, such as answering questions, drafting replies, or moving booking details between tools.
Will an AI reply to our customers on its own?
Only if you want it to. A common first step is AI that drafts replies for your team to check and send. Prices, refunds, and anything unusual should stay with a person.
Did Octi use AI?
Octi is a rental marketplace we designed and built: website, mobile app, and admin tools. It shows we understand how rental businesses take and manage bookings. The AI opportunity check applies that experience to your business.
What does a pilot cost?
The opportunity check and discovery call are free. A pilot is quoted after the call, once we both understand the scope, and nothing starts until you approve the price in writing.
What do you do with my details?
We use them only to prepare your ideas and reply to you. We don’t add you to a mailing list. See our privacy policy.
Prefer to talk it through?
Book a free 30-minute discovery call about your booking process. We’ll listen first and suggest practical next steps.