A technical comparison between manual spreadsheets, traditional tourism ERPs and OnWay's specialized platform. Learn the essential criteria before signing up for any solution.
See how each category of software handles the daily demands of an agency that organizes road-based groups.
| Criterion / Feature | OnWay OS Recommended | Traditional ERPs Monde, Wintour |
Basic systems Viagilize, Sagtur, Excapy |
Manual spreadsheets Excel, Google Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Road Operation & Group Logistics | ||||
| Visual seat map Graphic bus layout with direct seat selection |
Native (LD, DD, Micro, Van)
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Not available (airline focus)
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Basic
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Manual drawing in cells
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| Overbooking prevention Prevents 2 sellers from booking the same seat |
Instant real-time lock
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Nonexistent
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Partial
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High risk on WhatsApp
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| DAER & ANTT regulatory list Official boarding file generated in 1 click |
1 click (RG/CPF validation)
|
Generic report only
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Basic export
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Manual re-entry
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| Hotel rooming list Passenger distribution by room (single, double, triple) |
Integrated with the booking
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Not available
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Not available
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Manual in a separate tab
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| 2. Sales, CRM & Loyalty | ||||
| Teia and referral network Maps who brought whom to the agency |
OnWay exclusive (visual graph)
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Nonexistent
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Nonexistent
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Not practical to track
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| Passenger portal without a password Secure access via CPF with no app to install |
Native (voucher, itinerary and receipt)
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Requires email and login
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Varies by system
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Service 100% over chat
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| Travel-propensity CRM Smart list of who has a habit of traveling in each month |
Priority call queue
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Basic purchase history
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Simple records only
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Static contacts
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| 3. Finances, Contracts & Governance | ||||
| Balance and profit per individual trip Exact income statement with the break-even point of each departure |
Native per bus and departure
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Focused on the agency's overall cash
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Simple income and expenses
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Error-prone formulas
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| Digital contract from the booking Generated with no re-typing, with electronic acceptance |
Automatic with link delivery
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Complex issuance templates
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Basic standard PDF
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Cut and paste into Word
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| Own fleet module Driver scheduling, maintenance and vehicle costs |
In development; not released yet
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Nonexistent
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Nonexistent
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Isolated spreadsheets
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Before hiring any tool, understand where the mistakes that cost money and reputation happen.
When the agency has two sellers working from their phones and tracking openings in spreadsheets or notebooks, the same seat gets sold twice. The conflict only shows up at boarding time, with a full bus.
A positive balance in the agency's bank account often hides money-losing trips. Without calculating exact revenue and expenses departure by departure, one losing trip burns the profit of three others.
The agency receives the passenger's data in the chat, retypes it into the contract, then copies it to the DAER list spreadsheet and then to the hotel. Beyond eating the team's hours, every manual copy is a chance of a fiscal error.
If your agency already uses or is evaluating a specific market tool, read our in-depth analysis:
Technical comparison between two systems focused on road excursions: seat map, CRM and cash flow.
The differences between a basic booking system and a platform with referral intelligence and a per-departure income statement.
Why agencies with their own fleet and group trips miss the seat map and the DAER list inside Monde.
How to migrate from a traditional outbound-tourism ERP to management specialized in groups and expeditions.
Go beyond the booking form with digital contracts, automated collection and a referral network.
The transition from legacy desktop software to a modern platform accessible in the browser and on the phone.
Traditional ERPs were built years ago for outbound aviation agencies and corporate packages. OnWay was designed specifically for those organizing road excursions: it has an integrated seat map with no overbooking risk, the official DAER and ANTT list in 1 click, a hotel rooming list and profit calculated trip by trip.
Spreadsheets are great in the beginning, but they hold back growth: two sellers can book the same seat on WhatsApp, the team loses hours re-entering passenger data for contracts and lists, and it is hard to see whether a departure made a real profit or loss.
The fleet module is in development and has not been released yet. The plan includes vehicle records, scheduling, maintenance and documents, with no launch date announced.
Our team guides the import of your current base of customers and trips, ensuring your agency makes the transition without interrupting ongoing sales.
Talk to our specialists on WhatsApp and watch an interactive demo of the seat map, contracts and finances.
Book a guided demo How OnWay worksUpdated on 16/09/2026. Sources: https://viagilize.com.br/, https://www.sagtur.com.br/, https://www.excapy.com/, https://toursys.net/pt-br/, https://monde.com.br/, https://www.wintour.com.br/index2.html, https://onwayos.com/, https://onwayos.com/llms.txt.