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Checkfront vs Starboard Suite Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Checkfront is an online booking system that enables businesses to handle their inventories, centralize reservations, & process payments. Checkfront manages tours, activities, & rentals. Checkfront offers plugins to popular CMS products like Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla! & Movable Type.

Starboard Suite is a web-based reservation system designed specifically for passenger vessels and watersports operators.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

225

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

1

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

318

5

4

3

2

1

197

89

20

9

3

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
76%
would recommend this app

4.8

185

5

4

3

2

1

141

43

1

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
93%
would recommend this app

Pros

“I had to export all the data to a database daily in order to see everything.”
DJ

Derek J.

Owner

“It is the one that consistently comes out on top, but it seems it's moving more and more to %fee option which is what we were avoiding with competitors. ”
KP

Krista P.

CFO

“No warning, just a revised invoice for the next 12 months.”
MC

Matthew C.

Owner Manager

Pros

“Everything stays organized — passenger lists, payments, and schedules — all in one place.”
PF

Paul F.

CMO

“Our customers love how simple it is to book online, pick their dates, and pay right on our website.”
PF

Paul F.

CMO

“The system runs tight, smooth, and steady.”
PF

Paul F.

CMO

Cons

“For instance, if you used Square instead of Stripe, customer were not able to book directly from the Google search results page.”
DJ

Derek J.

Owner

“I can't risk the key element of my booking system failing so had to pull the plug on Checkfront and return to my previous provider.”
MH

Mark H.

Director

“Customer support wasn't great (aside from having to wait til the end of the day (GMT) before they we're available) with workarounds for bugs being the order of the day.”
MH

Mark H.

Director

Cons

“Reporting is a bit cumbersome to get the data we need.”
LC

Linda C.

Office Administrator

“That the "Retail" function does not communicate with the retail inventory and automatically stops sales when it is empty. Although they told me when I asked that they were going to work on that function”
KH

Kelly H.

Reservations Agent

“Not easy to incorporate html or images.”
LC

Linda C.

Office Administrator

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features97
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activities Booking
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Attendee Management
  • Availability Indicator
  • Availability Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Rate Management
  • Booking Management
  • Booking Notes
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar Sync
  • Central Reservation System
  • Channel Management
  • Client Management
  • Communication Management
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Accounts
  • Customer Database
  • Customer History
  • Customer Support
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Synchronization
  • Discount Management
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Dynamic Pricing
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Management
  • Event Calendar
  • Event Scheduling
  • For Vacation Rentals
  • Front Desk Management
  • GDS/OTA Integration
  • Geographic Maps
  • Group Reservations
  • Guest Check-in/Check-out
  • Guest Communications
  • Historical Reporting
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Itinerary Creation
  • Maintenance Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Day Booking
  • Multi-Language
  • Online Booking
  • Online Payments
  • Online Registration
  • Online Reservations
  • Online Signing
  • Package Creation
  • Payment Processing
  • Permit Management
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Price/Margin Management
  • Pricing Management
  • Promotions Management
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Rate Management
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Rental Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reservations Management
  • Resource Management
  • Revenue Management
  • Room Booking
  • SMS Messaging
  • Search/Filter
  • Site Reservation Management
  • Social Media Integration
  • Supplier Management
  • Third Party Booking
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
  • User Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Waiver Management
  • Website Integration
  • Website Management
  • Total features40
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activities Booking
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Attendee Management
  • Availability Indicator
  • Availability Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Rate Management
  • Booking Management
  • Booking Notes
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar Sync
  • Central Reservation System
  • Channel Management
  • Client Management
  • Communication Management
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Contact Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Accounts
  • Customer Database
  • Customer History
  • Customer Support
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Synchronization
  • Discount Management
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Dynamic Pricing
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Management
  • Event Calendar
  • Event Scheduling
  • For Vacation Rentals
  • Front Desk Management
  • GDS/OTA Integration
  • Geographic Maps
  • Group Reservations
  • Guest Check-in/Check-out
  • Guest Communications
  • Historical Reporting
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Itinerary Creation
  • Maintenance Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multi-Day Booking
  • Multi-Language
  • Online Booking
  • Online Payments
  • Online Registration
  • Online Reservations
  • Online Signing
  • Package Creation
  • Payment Processing
  • Permit Management
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Price/Margin Management
  • Pricing Management
  • Promotions Management
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Rate Management
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Rental Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reservations Management
  • Resource Management
  • Revenue Management
  • Room Booking
  • SMS Messaging
  • Search/Filter
  • Site Reservation Management
  • Social Media Integration
  • Supplier Management
  • Third Party Booking
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transaction History
  • User Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Waiver Management
  • Website Integration
  • Website Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations29
  • Adyen
  • Constant Contact
  • Drupal
  • Gmail
  • Google Ads
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Google Maps
  • Google Workspace
  • Joomla
  • Meta for Business
  • Nutshell
  • PayPal
  • PayPal Enterprise Payments
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • RightSignature
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Slack
  • Smartwaiver
  • Square Point of Sale
  • Squarespace
  • Stripe
  • Twilio
  • WordPress
  • Worldpay for Enterprise
  • Xero
  • Zoho CRM
  • authorize.net
  • Total integrations8
  • Adyen
  • Constant Contact
  • Drupal
  • Gmail
  • Google Ads
  • Google Analytics 360
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Google Maps
  • Google Workspace
  • Joomla
  • Meta for Business
  • Nutshell
  • PayPal
  • PayPal Enterprise Payments
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • RightSignature
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Slack
  • Smartwaiver
  • Square Point of Sale
  • Squarespace
  • Stripe
  • Twilio
  • WordPress
  • Worldpay for Enterprise
  • Xero
  • Zoho CRM
  • authorize.net

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