WordPress plugin comparison

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar vs Hydra Booking

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar

by Melograno Venture Studio

90K+ installs4.6

Hydra Booking

by Themefic

2K+ installs4.4

At a glance

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar has more active installs: 90K+, against 2K+ for Hydra Booking.
On a typical day, Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar is downloaded about 692 times, Hydra Booking about 85.
Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 796 reviews, against 4.4 from 9 reviews.
Hydra Booking was updated more recently: Nov 4, 2026, against Oct 27, 2026 for Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar.
Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar resolves more of its support threads: 86% in the last two months, against 75% for Hydra Booking.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar has been around longer: since 2018, against 2024 for Hydra Booking.

Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar	Hydra Booking
Popular rank	#482	#4,917
Active installs	90K+	2K+
Downloads, last 30 days	57.4K	4.7K
Rating	4.6(796)	4.4(9)
Support threads resolved	86%	75%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×1.98	×0.96
Last release	14 days ago	6 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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