A Tern alternative for small agencies that run on supplier emails
Confirmbee turns supplier emails into bookings your team tracks, with deadlines and branded confirmations in one place. Tern is an all-in-one advisor platform with a full CRM and AI Assist, built for the whole client relationship.
Tern or Confirmbee: switch or stay?
Switch to Confirmbee if
- You need a shared booking tracker more than a sales CRM.
- Your team works in pounds, euros or several currencies at once.
- You want cancellation, ticketing and payment deadlines flagged from the supplier email itself.
- You would rather pay £4 for each extra agent than a per-seat price for everyone.
Stay with Tern if
- You want the full CRM, scheduling and booking, client intake forms and credit card authorization that Tern’s pricing page lists in every plan.
- You lean on AI Assist and the AI Notetaker every day, which Tern includes with a monthly usage allowance.
- Your agency has three or more seats and needs commission reconciliation, supplier payment management and agency-wide reporting, which Tern’s pricing page lists for agency plans.
- You build detailed client itineraries for every trip.
Tern reads confirmations with AI too
Tern’s AI Assist parses a pasted itinerary, PDF, URL or synced email into trip activities, but it cannot yet pull booking data such as itinerary numbers from uploaded files. Confirmbee reads the supplier email into a booking record that an agent checks before it is saved.
Tern pricing vs Confirmbee pricing
Confirmbee is £49 a month for the first agent and £4 for each extra agent, with a 14-day free trial and no card needed. Paying yearly gets you 2 months free. The plans below are as Tern’s pricing page lists them, in US dollars per advisor seat.
| Tern plan | Price |
|---|---|
| MonthlyItineraries, CRM, AI tools with included usage, email integration, scheduling, forms and reports. | $49 per seat a month |
| Quarterly or annualThe same features at the longer billing terms. | $35 per seat a month |
| Tern ProMore monthly AI usage, more AI Notetaker hours and custom reporting. | Optional add-on |
| Free trialTern does not state the trial length on its pricing page. | Available |
Sources: Tern pricing, Tern AI Assist help article. Vendors change prices often, so check their page before you decide.
What Confirmbee does differently
- Supplier emails become bookings. Forward the email or upload the PDF, and the AI drafts the booking.
- An agent checks every booking. Anything the AI misread is fixed before it is saved.
- One tracker for the whole team. Find any booking by client, trip, supplier or reference.
- Deadlines flagged early. Cancellation, ticketing and payment dates, each one ready to become a task.
- Documents with your brand on them. Confirmations, invoices and quotes, sent as a PDF, an email or a private link.
- Margins in 160+ currencies. Live exchange rates show what a mixed-currency trip earns.
How to switch from Tern to Confirmbee
- Start the 14-day free trial. No card is needed.
- Forward your next supplier confirmation, or upload the PDF.
- Check what the AI read, then add it to a client and a trip.
- Invite your agents so everyone works from one tracker.
- Send a branded confirmation as a PDF, an email or a link.
If you already use Tern as your CRM, you can trial Confirmbee on bookings alone first and decide afterwards whether you need both.
Questions about switching from Tern
Does Tern read booking confirmations with AI?
Yes, according to Tern’s help centre. AI Assist parses pasted text, PDFs, URLs and synced emails into itinerary activities, and you review the result before adding it. The same article notes that it cannot yet extract detailed booking data such as itinerary numbers from uploaded files.
How does Confirmbee’s price compare with Tern?
Tern is $49 per seat a month on monthly billing, or $35 per seat a month on quarterly or annual billing. Confirmbee is £49 a month for the first agent and £4 for each extra agent, with a 14-day free trial and no card required. Paying yearly gets you 2 months free. Prices checked on 5 November 2026.
Is Confirmbee a CRM like Tern?
No. Confirmbee is built around bookings and trips rather than a sales pipeline. You still get a directory of clients, companies and suppliers, with each client’s bookings, notes and history on one screen.
Do my suppliers need to change anything?
No. You forward the supplier emails you already get, or upload the PDF. The AI reads different supplier formats, and you review what it found before anything is saved.