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Should I use Checkfront?

More than an online booking software, Checkfront's booking management software helps you sell experiences, manage your resources, and grow your business. - checkfront.com

Depends. Buy it if you run a tour, activity, or rental business with complex resources, multi-day itineraries, or memberships — and have admin time to configure it. Skip it if you're a solo operator wanting a simple booking link; reviewers call it unintuitive and its fee stack adds up.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 25+ public sources; many snippets truncated, so exact ratings and tier prices could not be confirmed.

Ratings

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

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Tour and activity operators
  • Equipment rental businesses
  • Multi-day itinerary sellers
  • Businesses with complex resource scheduling

Not for

  • Solo guides wanting a dead-simple booking link
  • Tiny operators with no admin time for setup
  • WordPress sites unwilling to patch plugins fast
  • Buyers who need intuitive software on day one

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

2023 CSRF vulnerability in the WordPress plugin; patch promptly or skip the plugin.

medium

Checkfront Payments carries processing fees; read the standard pricing article before committing.

medium

Configuration has a learning curve; reviewers call it not intuitive.

medium

Guess: migrating bookings and customer data between booking platforms is painful.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Handles tours, rentals, memberships, and multi-day itineraries in one system
  • Users describe it as flexible
  • Payments marketed as PCI and PSD2 compliant
  • iOS and Android apps plus an open API
  • Named enterprise-grade customer: Jaguar Land Rover Experience

Cons

  • Reviewers say it is not intuitive
  • High-severity CSRF flaw in its WordPress plugin (2023)
  • Pricing complex enough that rivals publish 'know before you buy' guides
  • Frequent target of 'alternatives' lists, suggesting switching churn

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/26/2026 - 13 sources - PCI/PSD2 compliance claims; one CVE: high-severity CSRF in the WordPress booking plugin (2023).

official x2review x6security x3news x2
  • CVE-2023-44146 — CSRF in Checkfront WordPress plugin, Cross-Site Request Forgery in the Checkfront WordPress booking plugin v3.6; rated high severity.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 13

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Competitor guides warn on fee complexity
  • Ease of use: 2/5. Reviewers say not intuitive
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Tours, rentals, memberships, multi-day, open API
  • Support quality: 3/5. One public customer-service praise post; thin data
  • Security posture: 3/5. PCI/PSD2 claims, but one high-severity plugin CVE
  • 74 G2 review count across Checkfront products
  • $9.3M Series A raised closed March 2020
  • $6.6M Reported ARR for 2020, per GetLatka
  • 1 Known CVEs CSRF in WordPress plugin, 2023

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

PCI/PSD2 compliance claims; one CVE: high-severity CSRF in the WordPress booking plugin (2023).

  • CVE-2023-44146 — CSRF in Checkfront WordPress pluginCross-Site Request Forgery in the Checkfront WordPress booking plugin v3.6; rated high severity.⁵

What users say

Users praise flexibility and support responsiveness but frequently call the software unintuitive and pricing complex.

“Checkfront is not intuit...”
Capterra Canada review
“Honestly one of the wors...”
Capterra Canada review

Alternatives

Compare Checkfront with each alternative.

  • FareHarbor

    Commission-based booking system popular with small operators

Companies that use it

  • Jaguar Land Rover Experience
  • Spirit Bear Lodge
  • B&C Camera
Full analysis

Based on 25+ public sources; many snippets truncated, so exact ratings and tier prices could not be confirmed.

Solid booking platform for tour/rental operators with complex needs; overkill and reportedly unintuitive for small simple operations.

Methodology

Based on 25+ public sources; many snippets truncated, so exact ratings and tier prices could not be confirmed.

Sources

  1. Checkfront Reviews 2026 — G2g2.com
    review
  2. Checkfront Booking Software Reviews — Trustpilottrustpilot.com
    review
  3. Checkfront Pricing, Reviews & Features — Capterra Canadacapterra.ca
    review
  4. Checkfront Software Pricing — Capterracapterra.com
    review
  5. CVE-2023-44146 Detail — NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  6. Checkfront WordPress Plugin CSRF — Patchstackpatchstack.com
    security
  7. Secure Cloud Bookings — Checkfrontcheckfront.com
    security
  8. Checkfront Pricing — officialcheckfront.com
    official
  9. Checkfront homepagecheckfront.com
    official
  10. Checkfront Pricing Guide — Bokunbokun.io
    review
  11. 8 Best Checkfront Alternatives — TrekkSofttrekksoft.com
    review
  12. Checkfront Series A — official blogcheckfront.com
    news
  13. Checkfront Revenue & ARR — GetLatkagetlatka.com
    news

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