Checkfront review (2026): is it worth $99 a month?
Online booking software for tours, rentals and activities
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Checkfront report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for booking software for tours, rentals and activities
Checkfront handles availability, payments and resellers for tours, rentals and activities. But it costs $99 a month plus a 3% fee on online bookings, and there is no free plan or trial.
Who Checkfront is for
- Fits if you run tours, rentals or activities with limited availability
- Works for operators who sell through online travel agents
Who Checkfront is not for
- Pricey if you are small: $99 a month plus a 3% fee on every online booking
- Not for you if you book one-to-one meetings, as it is built for tours and rentals
- Watch out: the page says the price may vary by region and currency
- Not for you if you want a free plan or trial, as none is listed
Why Checkfront gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$99 a month plus 3% of online bookings, against $49 for the dearest tenth of calendar tools.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan or trial on the pricing page; a demo is offered.
- BFeaturesAvailability by day, night or slot, widgets, payments, waivers, online travel agent links and automated messages.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and an inventory of tours or rentals is yours to build.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb service with 8 listed integrations; no phone or desktop apps listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Checkfront's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Checkfront's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 5 of the 114 other calendar and scheduling apps we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on features (B, above 78 of 114) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $99 a month, against a middle price of $8.13 for the category: 82 of the 85 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 18 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 115 calendar and scheduling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Checkfront’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 114, level with 18
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 114, level with 9
- BFeaturesAbove 78 of 114, level with 36
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 114, level with 64
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 34 of 114, level with 75
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 100 calendar and scheduling apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Checkfront, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Checkfront you would be making two-way connections to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 104 of the 114 other calendar and scheduling apps grade higher. It costs $1,188 a year.
What you could make
- Appointment booking and calendar: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Two-way connections to Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo.
- Selling tickets and checking them at the door.
- It plugs into other products, QuickBooks Online, Xero and GetYourGuide among them.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Checkfront’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Checkfront?
Checkfront is cloud-based booking software for tour operators, activity providers, rental businesses and accommodation. It handles availability by day, night, timeslot or flexible time, takes payments, and connects to online travel agents and resellers. There is one plan for every customer: a monthly subscription plus a booking fee on online sales.
Worth knowing
- Online bookings carry a 3% fee on top of the monthly subscription, which can be passed on to guests.
- The pricing page quotes $99 a month but notes that the price may vary by region and currency.
- There is no free plan or free trial on the pricing page; a demo is requested instead.
- It is built for tours, rentals and activities, not for one-to-one meeting scheduling.
Key features
- Flexible availability
- Products can be booked by the day, multiple days, the night, a timeslot or flextime, with capacity limits, rules such as guest minimums and cut-off times, and seasonal pricing.
- Booking widgets
- Four embed options: a catalog widget, a product widget, a booking widget and a Book Now button, plus WordPress, Drupal and Joomla connections.
- Resellers and online travel agents
- Connects to channels such as GetYourGuide, Viator, Expedia and Tripadvisor. The vendor says it adds no fee on top of OTA commissions.
- Payments
- Guests can pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, iDEAL or Alipay, with receipts and invoices sent from the system.
- Waivers and guest forms
- Built-in online waivers and a custom form builder collect guest information at booking or afterwards.
- Automated email and SMS
- Reminders and review requests can be sent on custom booking statuses, with Twilio SMS and Slack notifications as add-ons.
Checkfront pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Checkfront is a paid product, starting at $99 per month, plus a 3% online booking fee.
- Starts at
- $99 per month, plus a 3% online booking fee
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Checkfront | $99per month, plus a 3% online booking fee | The only plan, for every business type. The 3% fee applies to online bookings and can be absorbed or passed on to guests; offline bookings have none. |
Read from checkfront.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Checkfront before you buy.
Works with
- QuickBooks Online
- Xero
- GetYourGuide
- Viator
- Expedia
- Tripadvisor
- Twilio
- Slack
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Common questions
Does Checkfront have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Checkfront is listed for Web.
Does Checkfront have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Checkfront is listed for Web.
Is Checkfront open source?
Checkfront is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
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