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The 9 closest of 14, each with its real monthly cost at 2 users and what it does that Square Appointments does not. See all 17.
Every platform here that costs less than Square Appointments gives up something we verified. There is no cheaper like-for-like, so the question is which feature you are willing to trade, and the cards below name it for each one. That is a point in its favour, not a dodge.
Not for online meetings or sales teams: no video links, round robin, routing or intake forms on the pricing page, and the real cost is the processing fee on every card payment rather than the subscription.
It runs $0 a month at 2 users with the add-ons it forces on you included. Nothing else we list in scheduling and appointment booking tools costs less than that.
Ranked by how much of what we record for Square Appointments each platform also does. SimplyBook.me is the nearest, and it is $17.29 a month dearer at 2 users. Nothing we verified is missing; the only gaps are features Square Appointments lists and SimplyBook.me does not, which is weaker evidence.
$17.29 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A service business with several providers that wants a booking website, payments and point of sale on one flat price that does not rise with each staff member.
Prices are the real monthly cost at 2 users, or the equivalent size on whatever each one charges by, with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses.
Same money$0 at 1 user
A small service business or team that wants a free booking page with payments and classes for up to four people, and the cheapest paid seat in the class once it pays yearly.
$40 a month dearer$30 at 1 user
A salon, spa or fitness studio that wants booking, payments, memberships, inventory and a marketplace listing in one place, priced by how many staff take bookings.
$97 a month dearer$97 at 2,500 contacts
Booking inside the platform that already runs your CRM, funnels and SMS, with unlimited users and calendars at one flat price.
$12 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A solo operator or small agency who wants a working booking link with payments for nothing, or for one payment of $29 to $79, and never a per-seat bill.
$24 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A sales or service team that wants routing forms, round robin and CRM owner assignment, with a free single-user tier to start on.
$16 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A service business or small team that wants payments, SMS reminders, round robin and a free single-user plan at one of the lowest per-user prices in the category.
$24 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A sales or customer-facing team that wants the booking link everyone already recognises, with round robin and lead routing on the Teams plan.
$36 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A solo professional or small team that wants a heavily customisable booking page with payments and video links on a flat price, and a clear step up to round robin when the team grows.
A salon, clinic or studio that takes card payments in person and wants booking, deposits, no-show fees and the till on one free-to-start system priced per location.
On this site it is the pick for payment at booking, service bookings with staff and deposits and a free plan that works. Which is why nothing cheaper here matches it.
The pairs people actually search for, each one priced at the same four sizes off both vendors' own pages.
Every cheaper option we price gives something up against Square Appointments, which is a point in its favour.
Nothing, at the sizes we price. Square Appointments's Free plan covers 1 to 10 users, so the figure in our table is $0 at all four. Paid plans add features rather than seats.
Not for online meetings or sales teams: no video links, round robin, routing or intake forms on the pricing page, and the real cost is the processing fee on every card payment rather than the subscription.
We compare 14 of them here, every one priced at the same size off its own pricing page, and the whole list of 17 is on the scheduling page.
Should yours be on this list? If you make scheduling and appointment booking tools and it is not compared here, ask to be shortlisted. Listings are free and cannot be bought.
Two features were checked against each vendor's own pricing page: a price that does not move with users and a free plan. Those are the ones written above as does and does not. The other 14 are read out of each vendor's own pricing page, so an absence there means we did not find it listed, not that the product lacks it, and those lines say lists and does not list instead. How all of this gets checked.
This page compares everything to Square Appointments. The shortlist asks 6 questions about what people book with you and how many calendars there are, and gives you four picks priced at your own team size, which is a better question than “what is like the one I already have”.
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