Zoho Bookings
Zoho's appointment scheduler with a free one-user plan, round-robin algorithms and resource booking
What is Zoho Bookings?
Zoho Bookings is appointment scheduling software for solo professionals and teams. The Forever Free plan covers one user with online meetings, email notifications and two-way sync with Zoho, Google and Microsoft calendars. Paid plans are priced per user: Basic adds round-robin distribution with four algorithms, collective bookings, user roles and email workflows; Premium adds routing forms, group and resource bookings, SMS and WhatsApp workflows, payment providers, white labelling and a custom domain. Zia, Zoho's AI, can build a booking page from your website, and an MCP server lets AI agents manage appointments. Zoho One customers get Premium.
Good for
- Teams already using Zoho CRM or Zoho One
- Booking rooms and equipment alongside staff
- Distributing appointments across staff by workload or priority
Key features
- One-on-one, collective, group, recurring and resource (rooms and equipment) bookings
- Round-robin distribution with load-balancing, priority-based, round-robin or default algorithms
- Routing forms that send customers to the right booking page, on Premium
- Payments through Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay and other providers, on Premium
- Email, SMS and WhatsApp notification workflows, plus scripted custom workflows
- Zia AI builds a booking page from your website, and an MCP server lets AI agents manage appointments
- Zoho CRM, Bigin, Zoho Mail and SalesIQ integrations, plus Zapier and Zoho Flow
- Mobile apps for iOS and Android and a browser extension
Limitations to know about
- 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
- The pricing page does not show the price of extra workspaces or resources
Zoho Bookings pricing
Zoho Bookings has a free plan. Basic and Premium cost $6 and $9 per user a month billed annually, or $8 and $12 billed monthly. FLEX is priced on request.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Forever Free | $0 | 1 user, online meetings, notification emails and reminders, two-way calendar sync |
| Basic | US$8/user/mo billed monthly, or US$6/user/mo billed yearly | Round-robin distribution, user roles, one-on-one and collective bookings, email workflows, Zoho CRM, Zapier and Zoho Flow, 1 workspace |
| Premium | US$12/user/mo billed monthly, or US$9/user/mo billed yearly | Routing forms, group, recurring and resource bookings, SMS and WhatsApp workflows, payment providers, white labelling, custom domain and CSS, customer portal, 3 workspaces |
| FLEX | Custom | Tailored plan for custom requirements, through sales |
Free plan limits: 1 user; online meetings; email notifications and reminders; two-way calendar sync with Zoho, Google and Microsoft 365/Outlook.com
What a team pays: For a team of five on Basic: $30 a month billed annually ($360 a year), or $40 billed monthly.
Zoho Bookings alternatives
Calendly
Booking-link scheduler with routing forms, Stripe and PayPal payments, and AI add-ons for notes and email
Microsoft Bookings
Booking pages inside Microsoft 365 with Teams meeting links; included in business plans, not sold on its own
Acuity Scheduling
Client booking for service businesses with intake forms, packages and payments, priced by number of calendars
YouCanBookMe
Customisable booking pages with Stripe payments on every plan, priced by calendars and booking pages
Cal.com
Scheduling with unlimited event types free for one user; its open-source edition now continues as Cal.diy
SavvyCal
Scheduling links that invitees can overlay with their own calendar, priced per host with an MCP server included
Frequently asked questions
Is Zoho Bookings free?
Zoho Bookings has a free plan. 1 user; online meetings; email notifications and reminders; two-way calendar sync with Zoho, Google and Microsoft 365/Outlook.com. Paid plans start at $6/user/mo billed annually.
How much does Zoho Bookings cost?
Basic and Premium cost $6 and $9 per user a month billed annually, or $8 and $12 billed monthly. FLEX is priced on request. There is also a free plan. On Basic: 1 workspace; round robin, collective bookings and email workflows. Payments, routing forms and SMS workflows need Premium. Prices as published on Zoho Bookings's pricing page on 21 October 2026.
Is Zoho Bookings part of Zoho One?
Yes. Zoho One customers get the Premium plan of Zoho Bookings.
What is Zoho Bookings used for?
Zoho Bookings is appointment scheduling software for solo professionals and teams. People use it for teams already using Zoho CRM or Zoho One, booking rooms and equipment alongside staff and distributing appointments across staff by workload or priority.
What are the alternatives to Zoho Bookings?
Tools that do a similar job include Calendly, Microsoft Bookings, Acuity Scheduling, YouCanBookMe and Cal.com. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.
Who makes Zoho Bookings?
Zoho Bookings is made by Zoho Corporation. The company was founded in 1996.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Zoho Corporation's own pages, read on the dates shown.
- zoho.com/bookings/pricing.html (plan prices (yearly shown by default, US$), plan comparison table, free plan, FLEX plan, Zoho One, payment FAQ) read 21 October 2026
- zoho.com/sites/zweb/json/pricing/bookings-pricing-val.json (price list behind the pricing page: monthly and yearly plan prices in USD) read 21 October 2026
- zoho.com/bookings/ (product description, event types, workflows, Zia AI features, MCP server, payments FAQ, 15-day trial, mobile apps, 75+ integrations) read 21 October 2026
- zoho.com/aboutus.html (company: Zoho Corporation timeline starting in 1996) read 21 October 2026
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