YouCanBookMe vs Acuity Scheduling

Compared on	YouCanBookMe Free plan · from $8.10/mo VisitRemove	Acuity Scheduling Free trial · from $16/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Customisable booking pages with Stripe payments on every plan, priced by calendars and booking pages	Client booking for service businesses with intake forms, packages and payments, priced by number of calendars
Free plan	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	No
Cheapest paid plan	$8.10/mo billed annually (Individual)YouCanBookMe pricing	$16/mo billed annually (Starter)Acuity Scheduling pricing
What it covers	2 calendar connections and 2 booking pages; $7.20 a month on two-year billing; also priced in GBP and EUR.	1 calendar; payments, email reminders, intake forms and automatic time zone conversion. Prices exclude taxes; yearly billing saves 20%.
Free trial	2-week free trial of the paid plans	7-day free trial, no credit card needed
Platforms	Web, Chrome extension, API	Web, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Google, Microsoft and Apple calendars, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Stripe and HubSpot, plus 6,000+ apps through Zapier	Calendars, payment processors, marketing, accounting (QuickBooks, FreshBooks) and video apps, plus 500+ apps through Zapier
Open source	No	No
Good for	Taking paid bookings on a free plan Small businesses that want a booking page styled to their brand Teams sharing bookings with round robin	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
Watch out for	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	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
Made by	AI Software (Capacity) UK Ltd	Squarespace

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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