Acuity Scheduling vs YouCanBookMe vs Zoho Bookings

Compared on	Acuity Scheduling Free trial · from $16/mo VisitRemove	YouCanBookMe Free plan · from $8.10/mo VisitRemove	Zoho Bookings Free plan · from $6/user/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Client booking for service businesses with intake forms, packages and payments, priced by number of calendars	Customisable booking pages with Stripe payments on every plan, priced by calendars and booking pages	Zoho's appointment scheduler with a free one-user plan, round-robin algorithms and resource booking
Free plan	No	1 calendar connection and 1 booking page; up to 7 booking form questions; Stripe payments; customizable confirmation emails and SMS; meeting polls; single-use links; Chrome extension	1 user; online meetings; email notifications and reminders; two-way calendar sync with Zoho, Google and Microsoft 365/Outlook.com
Cheapest paid plan	$16/mo billed annually (Starter)Acuity Scheduling pricing	$8.10/mo billed annually (Individual)YouCanBookMe pricing	$6/user/mo billed annually (Basic)Zoho Bookings pricing
What it covers	1 calendar; payments, email reminders, intake forms and automatic time zone conversion. Prices exclude taxes; yearly billing saves 20%.	2 calendar connections and 2 booking pages; $7.20 a month on two-year billing; also priced in GBP and EUR.	1 workspace; round robin, collective bookings and email workflows. Payments, routing forms and SMS workflows need Premium.
Free trial	7-day free trial, no credit card needed	2-week free trial of the paid plans	15-day Premium trial, no credit card needed; the account can then continue on the Free plan
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, API	Web, Chrome extension, API	Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Calendars, payment processors, marketing, accounting (QuickBooks, FreshBooks) and video apps, plus 500+ apps through Zapier	Google, Microsoft and Apple calendars, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Stripe and HubSpot, plus 6,000+ apps through Zapier	75+ Zoho and third-party apps, and 850+ apps through Zapier or Zoho Flow
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Service businesses that take deposits or prepayment at booking Selling session packages, memberships and gift certificates Small multi-staff or multi-location businesses sharing one account	Taking paid bookings on a free plan Small businesses that want a booking page styled to their brand Teams sharing bookings with round robin	Teams already using Zoho CRM or Zoho One Booking rooms and equipment alongside staff Distributing appointments across staff by workload or priority
Watch out for	No free plan; the free trial lasts 7 days Starter has 1 calendar and Standard up to 6; more staff or locations need Premium (36 calendars) or Enterprise Text reminders, waitlists and packages need Standard; the HIPAA BAA, AI Booking Assistant and removing Acuity branding need Premium	Free: 1 calendar connection and 1 booking page, with up to 7 booking form questions Workflows, HubSpot and Zapier need Professional; round robin needs Team Removing YouCanBookMe branding is not available on Free or Individual	The free plan is limited to 1 user Payments, routing forms, group and resource bookings, SMS workflows and white labelling need Premium Basic includes 1 workspace and Premium 3; extra workspaces and resources are paid add-ons
Made by	Squarespace	AI Software (Capacity) UK Ltd	Zoho Corporation

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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