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An enterprise rental ERP or a rental webshop? MCS runs depots, fleets and contracts for large rental companies, with a portal for account customers. Be-Bookable lets anyone book and pay for your rental products online.
Prices and features checked on 8 October 2026
Enterprise ERP for equipment rental
Rental webshop with one plan
MCS Rental Software (UK, since 1983, Dutch office in Zwolle since 2014) is an ERP for rental companies in construction, events, healthcare and offshore: contracts with off-hire and invoicing cycles, multiple depots and companies, maintenance and certificates, transport, telematics and finance in one system, in the cloud or on-premise.
Be-Bookable is built around one job: let customers book and pay for rental products online, and give you a clear overview of the orders that come in. There is one plan with every feature, unlimited products, orders and team members, and no commission. A shared fleet across depots, off-hire contracts, maintenance and telematics are not part of it, and we say so in the table below.
What your customers see when they book, what you work with, and what it costs.
| MCS Rental Software | Be-Bookable | |
|---|---|---|
| What your customer sees | ||
| Own webshop | Online Portal for existing account customers, with their own prices, availability and off-hire requests; no public webshop | Yes. Hosted webshop on shop.be-bookable.com/yourname, online right after sign-up, included |
| On your own website | Link to your own e-commerce platform as a custom project | Yes. One snippet of code on any platform, with a list of allowed domains |
| Who can book | Account customers with a contract and agreed prices; new customers go through sales | Yes. Anyone, as a guest or with an optional account, with the price in the shop and payment straight away, or as a request you confirm |
| Payments | Payment link on the invoice (since April 2026); payment provider not stated | Yes. Your own Mollie account plus one own option such as cash on pickup or on invoice; refunds straight from the order |
| Delivery and collection | Yes. Transport planning with drivers and routes; off-hire requests in the portal | Yes. Your own pickup and delivery options with a price, delivery cost by postcode zone or by distance from your address, plus Sendcloud labels |
| What you work with | ||
| Orders and contracts | Yes. Rental contracts with off-hire, invoicing cycles and Adobe Sign | Orders as table, calendar and workflow board; an optional rental agreement PDF the customer accepts at checkout, no off-hire or e-signature |
| Fleet and stock | Yes. Fleet per depot with serial numbers and telematics (Trackunit, JCB LiveLink, Samsara) | Yes. Stock per product with min/max per booking, buffers and a live availability calendar |
| Maintenance and certificates | Yes. Workshop module, inspections and certificates | No. Not available |
| Depots, companies and currencies | Yes. Multi-depot, multi-company, multi-currency, six languages | No. Several shops under one login are possible, each with its own stock and one currency; no shared fleet across depots and no multi-company |
| Scanning and mobile apps | Yes. eScan with QR codes, Transport Mobile, RM Web | Yes. Installable app with notifications for new orders and payments; a barcode per unit, scanned with the phone camera or a scanner at hand-out and return |
| Reports | Yes. BI dashboards and AI Insights | Yes. Dashboard, KPIs against last year, charts and top 10 products |
| Accounting and API | Yes. Sage, Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB, AFAS, Unit4; other links as a project | Mollie and Sendcloud, plus an export for your accountant (CSV or UBL); no public API yet |
| Team members | Per user licence, price on request | Yes. Unlimited team members with their own roles, included |
| Support and setup | Implementation project with consultancy, data migration and training; Dutch support from Zwolle | Email and phone, answered by the people who build it; ready in 2 minutes |
| What it costs | ||
| Entry price | On request: "Pricing: not publicly available, contact sales" (mcs-rm.com) | First 100 orders free, then €19.99 per month excluding VAT |
| Online booking on top | Customer portal and e-commerce link as part of the quote | Included: webshop and widget, 0% commission |
| Trial and contract | No free trial, demo on request; cloud subscription or on-premise licence | Free until your 100th order, no credit card, cancel any month |
| Time to go live | A project: "Long-term scalability is more important than quick implementation" (mcs-rm.com) | Sign up, add products, connect Mollie: webshop online the same day |
MCS facts from mcs-rm.com (products, Online Portal, news 2025-2026 and pricing information); MCS publishes no prices. Checked on 8 October 2026. Be-Bookable prices from our pricing page.
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MCS does not publish prices. Its own website says "Pricing: not publicly available, contact sales". You get a quote after a demo, for a cloud subscription or an on-premise licence, plus an implementation project. Checked on 8 October 2026.
Your first 100 orders are free. After that you pay €19.99 per month excluding VAT. That includes every feature, unlimited products, orders and team members, and 0% commission. Mollie charges its own rate per payment, which you pay to Mollie.
Existing account customers can, through the MCS Online Portal: they see their own prices and availability, place orders and request off-hire. There is no public webshop; a link to your own e-commerce platform is a custom project. Be-Bookable gives you a public webshop where anyone books and pays, as a guest or with an optional account.
No. Be-Bookable keeps stock per product and per shop, with an optional barcode per unit; several shops under one login are possible, but without a shared fleet, maintenance or telematics. For a fleet of machinery across depots, MCS or a comparable ERP is the better fit.
Rental contracts with off-hire and e-signature, several depots, companies and currencies, maintenance and certificates, telematics, transport planning, accounting links and an API. If you run a large rental operation, MCS is the better fit.
MCS facts come from mcs-rm.com (products, Online Portal, news and pricing information), checked on 8 October 2026. Be-Bookable facts come from our own product. Do you work at MCS, or did something change? Email us at contact@be-bookable.com and we will correct it.
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