LatePoint vs Amelia (2026): Which WordPress Booking Plugin Should You Pick?

Last updated 12 October 2026. We checked the plans, prices and features below against the live product pages, WordPress.org listings and changelogs on that date.

You have a WordPress site and a calendar that still lives in your head.

You search for a booking plugin, and two names keep coming back: LatePoint and Amelia.

Both take bookings. Both have a free version. Both have paid plans that add more.

So which one should you install? And if you are already looking at Amelia, is LatePoint a better alternative for you?

Which is better, LatePoint or Amelia?

Pick LatePoint if you want one WordPress plugin for appointments and events, with every feature on every paid plan. Pick Amelia if you want a mobile app, or a plan ladder where you start with less and add features as you grow.

That is the short version. Here is the longer one:

• LatePoint is a WordPress appointment and event booking plugin where every paid plan includes every feature. Plans differ only by how many sites you run. The free plugin already takes payments through Stripe, PayPal and Razorpay, and already includes Events.
• Amelia sells four plans, and the features you get depend on the plan you buy. Its free version (Amelia Lite) is limited to one employee and Square payments.

Disclosure: we make LatePoint at Brainstorm Force, the team behind Astra. Amelia is made by an independent company. We have tried to write the comparison we would want to read: where LatePoint wins and where Amelia wins.

LatePoint vs Amelia at a glance

	LatePoint	Amelia
Free version	Yes, on WordPress.org	Yes (Amelia Lite), on WordPress.org
Staff in the free version	1 agent	1 employee
Payments in the free version	Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Pay Later	Square only
How paid plans differ	Number of sites only (1, 5 or 100). Every plan has every feature.	Plan tier decides features: Starter, Standard, Pro, Elite
Entry paid price	$79 first year (1 site)	Starter $49, Standard $99, Pro from $179, Elite from $289
Lifetime option	Yes, from $199 (1 site)	Yes, from $249 (Standard, 1 domain)
Money-back guarantee	14 days	15 days
Payment processors	9: Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay free; Square, Mollie, MercadoPago, Flutterwave, Braintree, Paystack in Pro	Square on every plan; Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Mollie, WooCommerce from Standard
Event booking	Free: create and publish events, capacity, price, registrations, CSV export, confirmation emails. Pro, every plan: ticket types, QR e-tickets, check-in scanner	Event tickets from Standard ($99); waiting list from Pro
Events on your site	Events list (details and seats left) and a registration button, placed on any page	Public page for each event (added July 2026)
Calendar sync	Google, Outlook, Apple in Pro, every plan	Google, Outlook, Apple from Standard
Zoom, Meet, Teams	Pro, every plan	From Standard
SMS and WhatsApp	Pro, every plan (through your own Twilio and Meta accounts)	WhatsApp from Pro
Recurring appointments	Pro, every plan	From Standard
Packages and bundles	Pro, every plan	From Pro
White label	Pro, every plan (admin area)	Elite plan only (added August 2026)
Mobile app	Not listed	Elite plan
AI and API access	MCP server and WordPress Abilities API, free	REST API on the Elite plan
Page builders	Gutenberg blocks, Elementor, Bricks, shortcode	Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi
WordPress.org rating	4.9 from 103 ratings	4.6 from 790 ratings
WordPress.org active installs	100,000+	90,000+

Amelia’s plan details come from its pricing page on 12 October 2026. LatePoint’s come from its Free vs Pro page and pricing page the same day.

How much do LatePoint and Amelia cost?

LatePoint Pro costs $79 for the Starter Plan and every plan includes every feature. After the first year it renews at the regular price shown at checkout.

Annual renewals are for updates and support, and your sites keep working if you do not renew. Lifetime plans include lifetime updates and support. There is a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Amelia starts at $49 per year for one domain, and each step up the plan ladder adds features. On Amelia’s pricing page, which advertised up to 40% off the first year, Starter was $49 and Standard $99 (one domain each). Pro was $179 for one domain and $219 for five. Elite started at $289 and was $399 for unlimited domains. These are first-year prices, and they change with its promotions. Amelia’s lifetime licenses start at Standard: $249 for one domain, $559 for five (Pro) and $899 for unlimited domains (Elite). LatePoint’s lifetime plans are $199 for one site, $399 for five and $599 for 100.

Here is the part that matters more than the sticker price.

Amelia Starter costs $30 less than LatePoint Starter in year one. On Amelia’s pricing page, Starter’s payment option is Square. PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay and Mollie begin on Standard. LatePoint Starter includes all nine processors, calendar sync, SMS, WhatsApp, recurring bookings and bundles.

Neither price is “better” on its own. Price the plan that has the features you need.

What do you get free with LatePoint and Amelia?

Both free versions are built for a single person. LatePoint’s free plugin supports one agent, and Amelia Lite is limited to one employee.

Past that, the two free versions differ in one big way: payments.

LatePoint free includes: – Online payments with Stripe, PayPal and Razorpay, plus Pay Later – Unlimited appointments and multiple services – A setup wizard and a customisable booking form – Instant Booking pages, so you can share a direct link to one service – Email notifications and workflows – A customer dashboard, an activity log and scheduled jobs – Events: create and publish events, set capacity and price, take registrations, export them to CSV

Amelia Lite includes: – Step-by-step, catalog and event-list booking forms – Services, categories and events – Email confirmations – Online payments through Square only – Gutenberg and Elementor support

Amelia  lists PayPal, Stripe, WooCommerce, Mollie and Razorpay as paid features.

If you need to take card payments on day one without paying for anything, that is the difference you will feel first.

Which has better payments?

LatePoint supports nine payment processors, three of them in the free plugin. Stripe, PayPal and Razorpay are free. Square, Mollie, MercadoPago, Flutterwave, Braintree and Paystack are part of LatePoint Pro. LatePoint also offers Pay Later (free), and WooCommerce and SureCart checkout in LatePoint Pro.

Amelia supports Square on every plan. Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Mollie and WooCommerce start on Standard.

Two small notes on coverage: – If your customers pay in Africa or Latin America, LatePoint’s Flutterwave, Paystack and MercadoPago support may decide it for you. – If you need refunds from inside the plugin, LatePoint Pro handles full or custom-amount refunds for gateways that support them. On Amelia, refund processing starts on Pro.

Which WordPress plugin is better for event booking?

LatePoint is a complete event booking system and an appointment system in one plugin. You create an event, set its capacity and price, take registrations and payments through the same checkout as your appointments, and check people in at the door. There is no separate event plugin to install and no second payment setup.

Amelia also sells tickets and takes registrations. The difference is where the features sit and what you pay to reach them.

What LatePoint Events gives you for free: – Create and publish events, in person or online, with one date or several – Set capacity and price, and open and close registration on dates you choose – Take registrations and payments at checkout, with Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay or Pay Later – See every registration in one place and export it to CSV – Send confirmation and cancellation emails automatically – Show events on any page with an events list that shows each event’s details and how many seats are left, or with a registration button

What LatePoint Pro adds, on every plan: – Ticket types, each with its own price and capacity, like Early Bird, Regular and VIP – A QR e-ticket for every attendee – A check-in scanner that works with your camera or a typed code

You turn Events on once, in Settings > General > Events. That’s it.

On Amelia, event tickets start on the Standard plan at $99 for the first year, and the event waiting list starts on Pro. On LatePoint, QR e-tickets and the check-in scanner are in every LatePoint Pro plan, from $79.

Both plugins let you sell the workshop, the class or the weekend seminar.

How do calendars, video meetings, SMS and WhatsApp compare?

On LatePoint, all of these are in LatePoint Pro, on every plan. On Amelia, they depend on the plan.

• Calendars: LatePoint Pro syncs with Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar, and supports Apple Calendar. Amelia lists Google, Outlook and Apple sync from Standard, and added two-way sync for Google and Outlook in September 2026.
• Video meetings: LatePoint Pro connects Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Amelia lists all three from Standard.
• SMS: LatePoint sends SMS through your own Twilio account, so Twilio bills you for the messages.
• WhatsApp: LatePoint sends WhatsApp messages through your own Meta WhatsApp Business account, using templates Meta approves. Amelia lists WhatsApp from Pro.
• Reminders and automation: LatePoint workflows send emails, SMS, WhatsApp messages and webhook calls based on a trigger and a time offset. Reminders and workflow actions like SMS and WhatsApp need LatePoint Pro.

Does LatePoint have white label?

Yes. White Label is included in LatePoint Pro on every plan. You can replace the LatePoint name, logo, plugin details and admin colour inside the WordPress admin area.

Customer-facing booking forms and emails are not changed automatically.

Amelia added its own White Label feature in August 2026, and its documentation says it is available only with the Elite license. On LatePoint, you get it on every Pro plan, including the $79 Starter.

Which is easier to set up?

Both are quick to start. LatePoint opens with a four-step setup wizard: notifications, services, work hours, and a final check. Amelia opens with a setup wizard too.

In Amelia’s own July 2026 test of both plugins, LatePoint was live in about twenty minutes and Amelia took closer to half an hour. We would not read much into ten minutes either way.

One independent reviewer rates both plugins highly. In a January 2026 test of booking plugins, the YouTuber Darrel Wilson rated LatePoint 10 out of 10 and Amelia 10 out of 10.

Where is Amelia stronger than LatePoint?

Amelia is stronger in three places, and we would rather say so here than have you find out later.

• Mobile app. Amelia’s Elite plan includes a mobile app. LatePoint does not list one.
• Starter plan basics. Amelia Starter includes group bookings, coupons and service extras. On LatePoint, these are in Pro.
• Review volume. Amelia has 790 ratings on WordPress.org, against LatePoint’s 103. LatePoint’s average is higher, 4.9 to 4.6, but Amelia has far more people behind its number.

And there is one thing neither plugin does: both run only on WordPress. If you want a hosted tool with no WordPress site, you need a different kind of product.

Are these common claims about LatePoint true?

Some comparison articles describe LatePoint as it was last year. These are the claims we see most, checked on 12 October 2026.

“LatePoint has no free version.” Not true. The free plugin is on WordPress.org with more than 100,000 active installs and a 4.9 rating. You can build a working booking system with it before you pay anything.

“LatePoint can’t do QR e-tickets.” Not any more. LatePoint Pro issues a QR e-ticket for every attendee, and the scanner checks people in at the door. Ticket types, each with its own price and capacity, are in LatePoint Pro too.

“White label is limited or missing.” White Label is in LatePoint Pro on every plan. It changes the brand name, logo, plugin details and admin colour in the WordPress admin area.

“SMS and extra gateways cost extra.” They are in every paid plan. For SMS you bring your own Twilio account, and for WhatsApp your own Meta account. Those providers charge for the messages.

“LatePoint only works with Stripe and WooCommerce.” LatePoint supports nine processors, plus WooCommerce, SureCart and Pay Later.

“There is no hosted version.” True. LatePoint runs only on WordPress.

Who should choose LatePoint, and who should choose Amelia?

Choose LatePoint if: – You want to start free, with real payments (Stripe, PayPal or Razorpay) from day one. – You want every feature on the plan you buy, with the plan decided only by how many sites you run. – You want calendar sync, Zoom, SMS, WhatsApp, recurring bookings and bundles without moving up a tier. – You sell in regions that use Flutterwave, Paystack, MercadoPago or Razorpay. – You want appointments and events in one plugin, with registrations, payments and check-in handled in the same place. – You want to connect an AI assistant to your booking system through the free MCP server.

Choose Amelia if: – You want a mobile app (Elite plan). – You want a public page for each event. – You plan to build with Divi and want an integration listed for it. – You prefer a plan ladder where you pay less up front and add features as you go.

If you are still undecided, install both free versions on a staging site and book one appointment in each. That takes less time than reading another comparison.

Is LatePoint a good Amelia alternative?

Yes, if you want more of your plan’s features up front. LatePoint is a WordPress booking plugin that, like Amelia, takes appointments and events. It differs in how it is sold: every LatePoint Pro plan has every feature, and only the number of sites changes.

People usually look for an Amelia alternative for one of four reasons: – Payments in the free version. Amelia Lite takes Square only. LatePoint’s free plugin takes Stripe, PayPal and Razorpay. – Features locked behind higher plans. On Amelia, PayPal, Stripe, recurring appointments, calendar sync and event tickets start on Standard, and packages, resources and WhatsApp on Pro. On LatePoint they are all in LatePoint Pro, from $79 for the first year. – White label. Amelia limits it to the Elite plan. LatePoint includes it on every Pro plan. – Events and appointments in one place. LatePoint Events handles registrations, ticket types and QR check-in next to your appointment bookings.

Other WordPress booking plugins people compare with Amelia include Bookly, BookingPress, Booknetic and Simply Schedule Appointments.

What is the best WordPress booking plugin?

There is no single best WordPress booking plugin. The best one is the one that has the features you need on the plan you can afford. Ask four questions first: 1. Do you need to take payments on day one? LatePoint’s free plugin supports Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay and Pay Later. Amelia Lite supports Square only. 2. Do you sell appointments, events or both? LatePoint handles both in one plugin, with ticket types and QR check-in in LatePoint Pro. 3. How many sites will you run it on? LatePoint plans are 1, 5 or 100 sites, with every feature on each. Amelia’s plans are 1, 5 or unlimited domains, and the features depend on the plan. 4. Which payment gateways do your customers use? LatePoint supports nine, including Flutterwave, Paystack and MercadoPago.

If your answers are payments, events and appointments in one plugin, and a plan that does not lock features, LatePoint is built for that. Start with the free plugin and see.

Is there a free WordPress booking plugin that takes payments?

Yes. The free LatePoint plugin takes online payments through Stripe, PayPal and Razorpay, and offers Pay Later. It also includes Events, a setup wizard, a customisable booking form and a customer dashboard.

Amelia Lite is free too, but its only payment gateway is Square. Its other gateways are paid features.

How we checked this comparison

On 12 October 2026 we read: – LatePoint’s pricing page, Free vs Pro page, changelog and Events guide – Amelia’s pricing page, changelog and its article on LatePoint alternatives – The WordPress.org listings for LatePoint and Amelia

Prices, plans and ratings change. We update this page when they do.

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