Checkfront API
Checkfront publishes a public REST API: v3 is documented in detail while v4 slowly takes over. Access is gated, though: no trial-account keys, API access is purchased through sales, and OAuth2 app registration goes through partnerships. Rate limits are 429s with unpublished thresholds.
Frequently asked questions
Checkfront scores C on the API Report Card. Checkfront publishes a public REST API: v3 is documented in detail while v4 slowly takes over. Access is gated, though: no trial-account keys, API access is purchased through sales, and OAuth2 app registration goes through partnerships. Rate limits are 429s with unpublished thresholds.
Checkfront has an official API, but teams routinely hit its limits: gated access, partial coverage, or paid tiers. Most end up supplementing it with exports or an unofficial API layer like Supergood.
Checkfront is an online booking and reservation management platform for experience-based businesses - tours, activities, rentals, accommodations, adventure parks, escape rooms, and attractions.
Tours, Activities, Rentals & Attractions (often called 'TAA' or 'in-destination experiences') - a sub-segment of travel/hospitality. A tour or rental operator embeds Checkfront's booking widget on their website (WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, or custom).
6/10 within its niche. Checkfront has historically been one of the recognized names in the tours/activities booking category - frequently appearing in 'top 10 tour booking software' lists alongside FareHarbor, Peek Pro, Xola, Rezdy, and Bokun.
Yes - for the tour, rental, or accommodation operator running on Checkfront, the platform is the system of record for revenue.
18 years old (founded 2008 in Victoria, BC). The platform is mature and hosted/cloud-only (no on-prem deployments). The back office is a web app that has been iteratively redesigned.
API access is gated behind a paid plan and not available to Trial accounts - integrators must engage Checkfront Sales before any development work, slowing partner onboarding. Two parallel API generations (v3 in 'maintenance mode' and v4 as the supposed future) leave partners uncertain which surface to build against; v4 documentation and feature parity is still being filled in. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include FareHarbor, Peek Pro, Xola, Rezdy, Regiondo, Bokun. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.
Yes. Supergood maintains an unofficial Checkfront API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write Checkfront data. See the Checkfront integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/checkfront-api.