Zoho Bookings vs Microsoft Bookings vs Acuity Scheduling

Compared on	Zoho Bookings Free plan · from $6/user/mo VisitRemove	Microsoft Bookings Free trial · from $5.40/user/mo VisitRemove	Acuity Scheduling Free trial · from $16/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Zoho's appointment scheduler with a free one-user plan, round-robin algorithms and resource booking	Booking pages inside Microsoft 365 with Teams meeting links; included in business plans, not sold on its own	Client booking for service businesses with intake forms, packages and payments, priced by number of calendars
Free plan	1 user; online meetings; email notifications and reminders; two-way calendar sync with Zoho, Google and Microsoft 365/Outlook.com	No	No
Cheapest paid plan	$6/user/mo billed annually (Basic)Zoho Bookings pricing	$5.40/user/mo billed annually (Microsoft 365 Business Basic (no Teams))Microsoft Bookings pricing	$16/mo billed annually (Starter)Acuity Scheduling pricing
What it covers	1 workspace; round robin, collective bookings and email workflows. Payments, routing forms and SMS workflows need Premium.	Annual subscription that auto-renews, for 1 to 300 users. Business Basic with Teams, which Bookings uses for online meetings, is $7.00. Monthly-commitment billing is offered, but its price is not shown on the plans page.	1 calendar; payments, email reminders, intake forms and automatic time zone conversion. Prices exclude taxes; yearly billing saves 20%.
Free trial	15-day Premium trial, no credit card needed; the account can then continue on the Free plan	One-month free trial of Microsoft 365 business plans; a credit card is required	7-day free trial, no credit card needed
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension, API	Web, API	Web, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	75+ Zoho and third-party apps, and 850+ apps through Zapier or Zoho Flow	Not stated	Calendars, payment processors, marketing, accounting (QuickBooks, FreshBooks) and video apps, plus 500+ apps through Zapier
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Teams already using Zoho CRM or Zoho One Booking rooms and equipment alongside staff Distributing appointments across staff by workload or priority	Organisations already on Microsoft 365 that want booking pages at no extra cost Booking customer appointments that run as Teams meetings Letting staff publish a personal booking page next to their Outlook calendar	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	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	Not sold on its own: it needs an eligible Microsoft 365 or Office 365 subscription No payment support: Microsoft's FAQ says you cannot link a payment option When customers choose any staff member, Bookings assigns staff at random, with no way to ensure equal distribution or cap assignments	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	Zoho Corporation	Microsoft Corporation	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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