Appointment scheduling software
Compare appointment scheduling software that lets customers book an appointment in your calendar online, from simple appointment schedulers to complete software for salons, practices and municipalities.
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Appointment scheduling software at a glance
Price indications and features as stated by the suppliers. Ratings are the average of the reviews on SoftwareWatcher.
| Software | Rating | From per month | Budget per user per month | Free trial account | Demo | Cloud | Dutch-language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acuity Scheduling | – | From $20 per month | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| Appointo | – | €15 | – | Yes | – | Yes | Yes |
| Breely | – | From $7 per user per month | – | – | – | Yes | – |
| Cal.com | – | From $16 per user per month | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| Cal ID | – | From $10 per user per month | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| Calendly | – | From $12 per user per month | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| ChiDesk | – | From $50 per month | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| Doodle | – | From $15 per user per month | – | – | – | Yes | – |
| Fresha | – | €14,95 | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| Goldie | – | From $19,99 per month | – | – | – | Yes | – |
| GoReminders | – | €25 | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| GReminders | – | From € 9 per user per month | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| JCC-Afspraken | – | On request | – | – | Yes | Yes | – |
| Microsoft Bookings | – | From € 6,07 per user per month if you pay annually | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| Mindbody | – | From € 99 per location per month | – | – | Yes | Yes | – |
| Mobminder | – | €39 | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| OnlineAfspraken.nl | – | From € 25 per month if you pay quarterly | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| Salonized | – | €21 | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| SimpleSpa | – | From $10 per month | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| SimplyBook.me | – | €13,90 | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Timeblockr | – | On request | – | – | Yes | Yes | – |
| Vev | – | From € 9,99 per month | – | Yes | – | Yes | – |
| Waitwhile | – | From $39 per month | – | – | Yes | Yes | – |
| Zoho Bookings | – | From € 8 per user per month | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | – |
| SuperSaaS | – | €7 | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Compare appointment scheduling software
With online appointment scheduling software, customers book an appointment in your calendar themselves, even outside opening hours. You set when you are available and which services you offer. The customer chooses a free slot on your website or via a link. The appointment then appears in your online calendar and the customer receives a confirmation and a reminder. That saves phone calls and emails. Hairdressers and salons use such a system, but so do practices, advisers, garages, schools and municipalities.
Appointment scheduler or complete package?
The first choice is how much it needs to do. An appointment scheduler such as Calendly, Doodle, Cal.com or Microsoft Bookings is mainly meant for planning calls and meetings alongside your own calendar. General appointment software such as OnlineAfspraken.nl, SimplyBook.me and Zoho Bookings suits many kinds of businesses, also with several employees, rooms or group classes.
Software for salons and wellness, such as Salonized, Fresha and Mindbody, often also has a POS, customer records and marketing. For the service desks of municipalities and large organisations there are systems with customer guidance, such as Timeblockr.
What should you look out for?
- Pricing model: some suppliers charge per user or employee, others per number of bookings or a fixed amount per month. Work it out for your team.
- Booking by customers: look at where customers book appointments online: on your website, on a booking page of their own, in an appointments app or via Google. Also check whether they can reschedule or cancel an appointment themselves.
- Reminders and payment: email reminders are usually included; for text messages you sometimes pay separately. If you want fewer no-shows, check whether you can ask for a deposit.
- Integrations: check whether the customers' online calendar synchronises with your Google or Outlook calendar, so that you do not get double-booked.
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