Checkfront Pricing: What It Actually Costs

Jarod LaFalce

Co-Founder / COO of BookingTerminal

Published on: September 25, 2026 | Estimated Read Time: 4 minutes

If you've looked up Checkfront's pricing, you may have found more than one answer. Some review sites list tiered plans at different price points. Checkfront's own pricing page shows something much simpler: one plan, a $99 monthly subscription, and a 3% fee on online bookings.

This post goes through what Checkfront publishes, fee by fee, so you can see which costs would apply to your operation. If you're comparing options more broadly, our roundup of Checkfront alternatives covers the other platforms worth a look.

The Monthly Subscription

Checkfront charges $99 a month. There's one plan for everyone, whether you run tours, activities or rentals. Checkfront notes that pricing can vary by region and currency, so the figure you're quoted may differ slightly.

One plan is easy to understand. You don't have to guess which tier you'll outgrow or which feature sits behind an upgrade.

The part to think through is timing. A subscription bills the same in January as it does in July. For a business that runs year-round, that's a predictable cost. For a seasonal one, it's a fixed cost that keeps billing through the months when bookings slow down.

The Online Booking Fee

On top of the subscription, Checkfront charges 3% on bookings made online. You choose who pays it: you can absorb the fee yourself, or pass it on to your guests at checkout.

If you absorb it, your guests see the price you set, and you pay the subscription plus 3% of your online revenue. If you pass it on, your cost drops to just the subscription, and your guests see a 3% fee on top of your pricing when they book.

It's worth deciding which way you'd go before comparing Checkfront to anything else. The choice changes who carries the cost, and that changes the comparison.

What Checkfront Doesn't Charge For

Checkfront doesn't charge on bookings you take offline — phone calls, walk-ups, group emails. It doesn't add an extra fee on OTA bookings either — you just pay the OTA's commission. And there's no setup fee.

Plenty of operators take a large share of their bookings offline or through OTAs, and some platforms charge on both. With Checkfront, the 3% only applies to online bookings.

The Full Picture

Here's a summary of Checkfront's fee structure across each category:

How to Evaluate This for Your Business

Checkfront's pricing is simple to read, but what it costs you depends on three things: how much of your revenue comes in online, whether you'd pass the 3% on to guests, and how many months of the year you're busy. Work those out first and you'll have a realistic number. If you've already decided a move makes sense, here's what switching actually looks like.

For comparison, BookingTerminal doesn't charge a subscription or a setup fee. Online bookings carry a 5% convenience fee that the guest pays at checkout, so the operator pays nothing on them. Bookings you enter and take payment for in the dashboard carry no fee, and there's no extra charge on OTA bookings.

Of course, pricing isn't the whole story. What you get for the price matters just as much: how the software fits the way you run your business, how easily your staff pick it up, and who's there to help when something changes. Weigh the whole package, not just the fee structure.

Pricing information in this post was gathered from Checkfront's public pricing page as of September 24, 2026 and is subject to change. BookingTerminal does not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of this information. If you notice something that needs to be updated, please reach out to us at [email protected].