Switching guide · Updated September 2026

The Purple alternative
built for UK venues

Purple is built for airports, stadiums and global enterprise estates. If you run restaurants, bars, gyms, dealerships or salons in the UK — you are paying for scale you will never use. Telexico Connect gives you the data capture, reviews and marketing without the enterprise overhead.

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What changes when you move

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Built for venues, not airports
Purple’s platform is engineered for tens of thousands of concurrent users across global estates. A 60-cover restaurant does not need that — it needs guests captured, reviewed and returning.
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Pricing a venue can actually plan
One monthly number, 30-day rolling. No enterprise procurement cycle, no annual commitment negotiated through a sales team.
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Support that answers the phone
We are in Wolverhampton. You call, a person answers, and your portal is fixed while you are still on the line — not a ticket queue across time zones.
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Engagement Purple does not do
Spin-to-Win with controlled win rates and same-day vouchers turns the WiFi login into a reason to come back this week — not just a data point.

Telexico Connect vs Purple

An honest comparison. Where Purple is genuinely the better fit, we say so below the table — we would rather you choose right than choose us and churn.

Telexico Connect Purple
Entry price £49/month, everything included at each tier Quote-based / tiered — confirm current pricing with them
Contract 30-day rolling — leave any month Longer terms are common; check before signing
Time to live 15 minutes — built on the first call Onboarding process, typically days to weeks
Data capture Name, mobile, email, birthday + marketing consent on every connection Yes — core to all platforms
Google review growth Built in — happy guests routed to Google after connecting Varies by plan / add-on
Spin-to-Win engagement Included — controlled win rate, same-day vouchers, fraud-proof codes Not a standard feature
SMS marketing Included via TelexicoSMS — campaigns from the same dashboard Often a separate tool or integration
Birthday & win-back automation Included Plan-dependent
Works on your existing APs Grandstream, UniFi, Omada, MikroTik, Aruba, Meraki + more Broad AP support
Support UK team, Wolverhampton — phone answered, WhatsApp, same-day Ticket-based; UK presence varies
Setup guide Field-by-field guide for your exact AP, shareable with your IT/installer Documentation portals
Where Purple may fit better

Genuine enterprise scale. If you are a shopping centre group, stadium or airport running tens of thousands of concurrent sessions with SLA procurement requirements, Purple’s enterprise tier is built for exactly that.

Global multi-country estates. Operating across many countries with regional data residency requirements is Purple’s home turf.

If that is you, we will say so on the call. If it is not, we will show you your own venue running on Telexico before you hang up.

Switching takes an afternoon,
not a project

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Keep your hardware
Telexico runs on the access points you already own — Grandstream, UniFi, Omada, MikroTik, Aruba, Meraki and more. Nothing to rip out, nothing to re-cable.
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We rebuild your splash — better
Send us your current portal and branding. We rebuild it with data capture, review routing and Spin-to-Win, and hand you a field-by-field setup guide for your exact AP.
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Run both, then flip
Point one SSID at Telexico and keep Purple live while you compare capture rates side by side. Flip fully when the numbers convince you. 30-day rolling — if they do not, walk away.

Asked by everyone comparing

Is Telexico Connect cheaper than Purple?

For typical UK venues, substantially — Telexico starts at £49/month on a 30-day rolling basis with data capture, review growth, Spin-to-Win and SMS marketing included. Purple is quote-based and aimed at enterprise; always confirm their current pricing directly.

Can I move from Purple without changing my access points?

Yes. Telexico runs as an external captive portal on the hardware you already own — Grandstream, UniFi, Omada, MikroTik, Aruba, Meraki and others. You repoint the splash page; nothing is re-cabled.

Will I lose my existing customer data?

No. Export your customer list from Purple before you switch and we import it, so your database keeps growing rather than starting again.

How long does switching actually take?

One afternoon. We rebuild your splash on the first call, hand you a field-by-field guide for your exact AP, and you can parallel-run both platforms before flipping fully.

Is Telexico Connect GDPR compliant?

Yes — UK company, explicit marketing consent captured on every connection, and guests can be removed on request. Data capture happens before the WiFi hand-off, so consent is never ambiguous.

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