Amelia vs WooCommerce Bookings
Updated 6 Oct 2026. 23 features compared side by side.
Appointment and event booking plugin with a polished booking wizard, a free Lite version and four paid tiers for service businesses.
Official Woo extension that turns WooCommerce products into bookable appointments, rentals or classes, paid through the normal WooCommerce checkout.
Choose Amelia if…
- You need Zoom & Google meet links and recurring appointments
- You also want packages & memberships and Outlook & iCal sync
- You want the more complete feature set (93/100 vs 69/100)
- You want to start with a free version
Choose WooCommerce Bookings if…
- Existing WooCommerce stores that want to sell appointments, rentals or tours as bookable products
Amelia includes 5 features that WooCommerce Bookings lacks, including Recurring appointments, Packages & memberships and Outlook & iCal sync. Both include 18 of the 23 features we track.
At a glance
Feature comparison
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Amelia WooCommerce BookingsBookings & scheduling8/87/8
Step-by-step or catalog booking forms show live availability and prevent double bookings.
Customers pick an available date or time slot on the bookable product page.
Lite has services and categories but limits employees; unlimited staff needs a paid licence.
Staff are modelled as resources with their own availability; no staff user accounts.
Multiple locations are a premium feature listed from the Starter tier.
No location module; resources can represent rooms or venues with separate availability.
Group appointments with capacity limits come with every paid tier.
Persons settings set minimum and maximum participants per booking or slot.
Lite creates single or multi-day events; ticket types and waiting lists need a paid plan.
Classes and tours via persons and fixed slots, but not designed for one-off event tickets.
Customers can book repeating appointment series on paid tiers.
Woo's docs say Bookings is not designed for recurring events or series.
Buffer time before and after appointments is a paid option.
Buffers between bookings, minimum notice and maximum booking window per product.
Custom fields of several types can be added to booking forms on paid tiers.
Extra booking fields need the paid Product Add-Ons extension.
Payments5/54/5
Lite takes Square payments; PayPal, Stripe, Mollie and Razorpay need Standard or higher.
Uses any WooCommerce payment gateway, such as Stripe or PayPal.
Deposit payments listed from Starter; older docs mention Standard and above.
Requires the separate paid WooCommerce Deposits extension.
WooCommerce payments, taxes and order sync are in Standard, Pro and Elite.
Bookings are products paid through the WooCommerce cart and checkout.
Discount coupons are included in all paid licences.
Standard WooCommerce coupons apply because bookings pass through the cart.
Service packages bundle sessions of one or more services; docs list Pro, reviews show Standard.
No appointment bundles or prepaid packages.
Customers & notifications4/44/4
Customer panel lets clients cancel and optionally reschedule; premium-only, not in Lite.
Bookings listed in My Account with optional cancellation; no self-service rescheduling.
Lite customises confirmation emails; scheduled reminders and follow-ups are premium.
Confirmation emails plus automatic reminders before the booking.
SMS works in Lite via Amelia's pay-per-message SMS service; WhatsApp needs Pro or Elite.
No built-in SMS; needs AutomateWoo (paid Woo extension) or another SMS tool.
Lite can show booking slots in the client's own time zone.
Can display availability in the customer's own time zone.
Integrations & admin6/63/6
Two-way sync removes busy Google Calendar times from availability.
One-way or two-way sync with a single Google Calendar per site.
Employees can connect Outlook and Apple calendars on Pro and Elite.
Calendar connection supports Google Calendar only.
Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams links are created on Pro and Elite.
No automatic Zoom, Meet or Teams links.
Webhooks for booking events (usable with Zapier or Make) from the Standard plan.
REST API and WooCommerce webhooks; Zapier needs the separate WooCommerce Zapier extension.
Employee panel lets staff manage their own schedule and bookings; premium-only.
Resources are not user accounts; staff cannot log in to manage their own schedule.
Lite dashboard tracks revenue, load, approved and pending appointments.
Bookings list and calendar views; revenue reporting comes from WooCommerce Analytics.
Statuses: Yes Pro Add-on Partial 3rd-party No ?
Pricing compared
Amelia Freemium
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Starter | $49 per year, 1 site |
| Standard | $89 per year, 1 site |
| Pro | $199 per year, 5 sites |
| Elite | $432 per year, Unlimited |
WooCommerce Bookings Premium
| 1-year subscription | $249 per year, 1 site |
|---|
Downloads trend
Amelia
20,959 downloads last week
WooCommerce Bookings
No WordPress.org download data (premium-only plugin).
Verdict
Amelia scores higher on our feature checklist (93/100 against 69/100) and includes Zoom & Google meet links, recurring appointments and packages & memberships that WooCommerce Bookings does not. Only Amelia has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Biggest differences
Amelia: paid version (Pro). WooCommerce Bookings: not included. Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams links are created on Pro and Elite.
Amelia: paid version (Starter). WooCommerce Bookings: not included. Customers can book repeating appointment series on paid tiers.
Amelia: paid version (Pro). WooCommerce Bookings: not included. Service packages bundle sessions of one or more services; docs list Pro, reviews show Standard.
Amelia: paid version (Pro). WooCommerce Bookings: not included. Employees can connect Outlook and Apple calendars on Pro and Elite.
Amelia: paid version (Pro). WooCommerce Bookings: not included. Employee panel lets staff manage their own schedule and bookings; premium-only.
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FAQ
Which is better, Amelia or WooCommerce Bookings?
Amelia scores higher on our feature checklist (93/100 against 69/100) and includes Zoom & Google meet links, recurring appointments and packages & memberships that WooCommerce Bookings does not. Only Amelia has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Which has more features?
Amelia includes 23 of the 23 features we track, against 18 for WooCommerce Bookings. Feature count is only part of the picture; check which of the differences matter to you.
Is Amelia free?
Amelia has a free version on WordPress.org. Paid plans start at $49/yr.
Is WooCommerce Bookings free?
WooCommerce Bookings is premium only. Paid plans start at $249/yr.
Feature data last changed 6 Oct 2026. Spotted something wrong? Suggest an edit to Amelia or WooCommerce Bookings. Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no cost to you; it never affects our data or rankings.