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Should I use Booknetic?

Booknetic is a WordPress appointment booking plugin for accepting online appointments, managing staff calendars, taking payments, and automating routine booking workflows. - booknetic.com

Depends. Buy it if you run a service business on WordPress and will apply security patches promptly. Skip it if you have no WordPress site, need native mobile apps, or want hands-off hosted support.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources: reviews, comparison sites, security trackers, and vendor pages. Some quotes truncated in source snippets.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

$45/year or $99 lifetime

Basic

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Top tierup to $299/year or $599 lifetime

Best for

  • Salons, clinics, tutors on WordPress
  • Multi-staff appointment businesses
  • Self-hosters avoiding SaaS subscriptions
  • Niche operators: valets, venues, lesson packages

Not for

  • Anyone without a WordPress site
  • Teams needing native mobile booking apps
  • Buyers who won't patch plugin CVEs quickly
  • Enterprises needing hosted, hands-off scheduling

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Security history includes CSRF, missing authorization, and broken-auth CVEs — patch immediately on every release

medium

Lifetime pricing runs $89–$599; top features likely sit in upper tiers, so budget beyond Basic

medium

Support is ticket-based; at least one reviewer reports very long reply waits

medium

Guess: booking data is plugin-locked; migrating to hosted tools like Calendly later means manual export

Pros and cons

Pros

  • One-time lifetime deals; not a forced subscription
  • Described as a polished booking experience by reviewers
  • Self-hosted: data stays on your WordPress install
  • Wide features: deposits, waiting lists, Zoom, Zapier/webhooks, taxes
  • Real niche users report success: car valets, venues, lesson packages

Cons

  • WordPress-only; useless without an existing WP site
  • Third-party reviewers flag non-native mobile experience
  • High-severity authentication bypass CVE in versions ≤4.8.5
  • Capterra reviewer: 'Horrible IT support' with slow ticket replies
  • No vendor security page found

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/21/2026 - 12 sources - Active CVE history: high-severity unauthenticated broken-auth bypass (CVE-2026-25439), plus CSRF and missing-authorization issues.

official x1review x7security x3news x1
  • CVE-2026-25439 — Unauthenticated Broken Authentication (≤4.8.5), High-severity auth bypass; privilege escalation risk.
  • Booknetic ≤ 4.8.5 – Missing Authorization, Missing authorization check disclosed via WPScan.
  • Booknetic ≤ 4.0.9 – Cross-Site Request Forgery, CSRF vulnerability in older versions, per Wordfence.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 4/5

    Rating

  • $45/year or $99 lifetime

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 4/5. Lifetime deals from $99; cheap annual entry
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Polished UI; some users hired Fiverr setup help
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Deposits, waitlists, Zoom, Zapier, taxes, SaaS mode
  • Support quality: 2/5. Capterra reviewer reports slow ticket replies
  • Security posture: 2/5. High-severity auth-bypass CVE; repeated plugin vulnerabilities
  • 4.3/5 Trustpilot rating ~30 reviews, cited via third-party comparison
  • $45/year Starting price Basic tier; lifetime from $99
  • $89–$599 Lifetime deal range one-time purchase options
  • $181.7K Estimated revenue Crunchbase projection this year

Pricing

Basic

$45/year or $99 lifetime

  • Core booking, staff calendars, payments
  • Entry tier of four annual plans

Top tier

up to $299/year or $599 lifetime

  • Higher limits and add-on features
  • Separate SaaS hosted version also sold

Security

Active CVE history: high-severity unauthenticated broken-auth bypass (CVE-2026-25439), plus CSRF and missing-authorization issues.

  • CVE-2026-25439 — Unauthenticated Broken Authentication (≤4.8.5)High-severity auth bypass; privilege escalation risk.10
  • Booknetic ≤ 4.8.5 – Missing AuthorizationMissing authorization check disclosed via WPScan.⁸
  • Booknetic ≤ 4.0.9 – Cross-Site Request ForgeryCSRF vulnerability in older versions, per Wordfence.

What users say

Reddit operators (valet services, small venues) report it fits niche booking needs, while some reviewers complain about slow ticket support and setup friction.

“I am currently using booknetic for a car valet we...”
Reddit, r/Wordpress
“Horrible IT support, 'tickets',waiting reply of 1...”
Capterra review
“I oversee a small event venue and we'r...”
Reddit, r/Wordpress
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources: reviews, comparison sites, security trackers, and vendor pages. Some quotes truncated in source snippets.

Solid WordPress booking plugin with lifetime pricing — but WordPress-only, no native mobile apps, and recent high-severity CVEs.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources: reviews, comparison sites, security trackers, and vendor pages. Some quotes truncated in source snippets.

Sources

  1. Booknetic Review: A Polished WordPress Appointment Pluginwpmayor.com
    review
  2. Booknetic Review: WordPress Booking, No Subscriptionschoolswp.com
    review
  3. Booknetic Review (2026): Features, Pricing, Pros & Consblogvault.net
    review
  4. Booknetic Reviews on Trustpilottrustpilot.com
    review
  5. Booknetic Reviews on Capterracapterra.com
    review
  6. Booknetic : r/Wordpress (car valet use case)reddit.com
    review
  7. Best WordPress Booking Plugins for 2026 (Tested)fluentthemes.com
    review
  8. Booknetic WordPress Plugin Security Vulnerabilities | WPScanwpscan.com
    security
  9. CVE-2026-25439: Booknetic Auth Bypasssentinelone.com
    security
  10. Broken Authentication in WordPress Booknetic Pluginpatchstack.com
    security
  11. Booknetic Pricingbooknetic.com
    official
  12. Booknetic — Crunchbase Company Profilecrunchbase.com
    news

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