VenueBookr vs Checkfront, ROLLER and FareHarbor

VenueBookr compared with Checkfront, ROLLER and FareHarbor
Feature	VenueBookr	Checkfront	ROLLER	FareHarbor
Taking bookings
Online bookings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Staff and phone bookings	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lanes, rooms and equipment as bookable resources	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
A group too big for one session, booked online as one booking	Yes	In part: Staff only, by hand	In part: Staff only, by hand	In part: Separate bookings, one payment
Quotes that hold the rooms	Yes	In part: A booking and an invoice	In part: Tentative bookings	No: North America only
Waitlist for full sessions	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Customer accounts	Yes	Yes	In part: Pro plan and above	In part: An emailed link, no login
Self check-in and waiver signing at the venue	Yes	In part: Waivers only	Yes	Yes
Sell through GetYourGuide	Yes	Yes	In part: Paid add-on	Yes
Payments and money
Card payments into your own Square or Stripe account	Yes	In part: Your own Square; Stripe goes through theirs	No	No
PayMyBit: a group can split the bill, each guest paying their own share online	Yes	No¹	No¹	No¹
No percentage fee on your bookings	Yes	No: A 3% online booking fee	In part: Depends on the contract	No: A booking fee on each booking
Customers can pay extra for the right to cancel	Yes	No	No	Yes
Gift vouchers, discount codes and add-ons	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Memberships	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
At the counter
Full point of sale, with stock control and reporting	Yes	In part: Items on a booking; no till	Yes	In part: Stock is kept in Square
Cash-up at the till	Yes	In part: A daily payments report	Yes	In part: Sales by payment type
Supplier orders and deliveries	Yes	No	In part: Through a partner, Premium plan and above	No
Customers and marketing
Digital waivers	Yes	Yes	In part: Paid add-on	Yes
Automatic confirmations and reminders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email marketing campaigns, built in	Yes	In part: Through Mailchimp or Constant Contact	In part: Through Klaviyo or Campaign Monitor	In part: One session at a time
Running the venue
Staff roles and permissions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Staff rota	Yes	In part: Staff assigned to sessions	In part: Through a partner	In part: Crew assigned to sessions
Staff clock in and out	Yes	No	In part: Through a partner	In part: Through a partner
Accident book and near-miss log	Yes	No	No	No
The venue's own mailbox, inside the system	Yes	No	In part: Replies and enquiries only	In part: An AI inbox, for selected clients
Build your own reports	Yes	In part: Fixed reports	No	Yes

Built in In part: through a partner, on a higher plan, as a paid add-on, or close but not the same Not offered, or not found on their own website None of the three has it in full

¹ Staff can split a payment at the till or the desk. Guests cannot each pay their share from their own link.

Reviewed on 2 October 2026, from each company's own website, help centre and pricing pages. Features and prices change, ours included.

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How we compared

We read each company's own website, help centre and pricing pages, and nothing else: no review sites and no hearsay. Every mark on this page can be traced to a page on that company's own website, and we keep the link and the words for each one.

Built in means it is part of the product. In part means it is there, but through a partner, only on a higher plan, as a paid add-on, or as something close that is not quite the same. No means it is not offered, or we looked and could not find it on their own website. Where we were unsure, we gave them the benefit of the doubt.

Products change, and ours changes most weeks. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will put it right.

Checkfront, ROLLER and FareHarbor are trademarks of their owners. VenueBookr has no connection with any of them.

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