Comparison

Fluent-Themes (ARB booking plugin) vs Wpamelia (Amelia WordPress Booking Plugin)

Fluent-Themes (ARB booking plugin) and Wpamelia (Amelia WordPress Booking Plugin) both land on Depends.

Fluent-Themes (ARB booking plugin)

Depends

Confidence: Low

Buy ARB if you run a small WordPress site and want appointment booking at a one-time $55 with no subscription.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you run a salon, clinic, or multi-staff service business already on WordPress and need built-in booking.

Fluent-Themes (ARB booking plugin) versus Wpamelia (Amelia WordPress Booking Plugin)
Compare	Fluent-Themes (ARB booking plugin)	Wpamelia (Amelia WordPress Booking Plugin)
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Solo service providers on WordPress	Salons and barbershops on WordPress
Who it's not for	Non-WordPress booking needs	Non-WordPress sites . it's a plugin, full stop
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^⁸	Rough 2026: four CVEs including a critical unauthenticated privilege escalation . patch discipline is mandatory.
Support quality	Knowledgebase exists; response quality unverified	Self-reported support award; active ticket forum
Public sentiment	Independent user feedback for ARB is scarce in reviewed sources; available commentary is mostly the vendor's own.^⁴	WordPress community users broadly recommend Amelia as a turnkey booking solution; Trustpilot shows 257 reviews while the vendor's G2 profile shows zero.¹⁵
Biggest gotcha	Regular license covers one end product; Extended needed if end users are charged.^²	Unpatched sites exposed to active privilege-escalation CVEs; update within days of releases