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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bookafy

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Bookafy is an online appointment scheduling solution targeted at a variety of industries. The vendor’s value proposition is that their solution is simple to use, fully customizable, has an elegant user interface and can be embedded into the business user’s website. Support is available via phone, email or chat.

    $9

    per month

    Calendly

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACalendly helps organizations globally automate the meeting lifecycle by removing the scheduling back and forth, with the goal of enabling companies to close deals, hire candidates faster, and build relationships.

    $12

    per month per seat

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    BookafyCalendlycontentplanr
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $9
    per month
    Pro+
    $13
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Standard
    $10
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Teams
    $16
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Enterprise
    Starts at $15k
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BookafyCalendlycontentplanr
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details30% discount available for annual pricing.Monthly billing also available.
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    Community Pulse
    BookafyCalendlycontentplanr
    Considered Multiple Products
    Bookafy
    Chose Bookafy
    Bookafy is more advanced and has more features that I need comparing to these other brands. Calendly is very basic while Bookfy offers more robust features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bookafy
    I used Calendly before and I like the Bookafy UI better... Also, we like the price structure more for what we get with Bookafy.
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    Calendly
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    BookafyCalendlycontentplanr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.5
    (90 ratings)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Usability
    -
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    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    8.7
    (32 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    BookafyCalendlycontentplanr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bookafy
    In my experience, Bookafy has pretty much the same features as the other well-known scheduling apps. In terms of functionality, the two obstacles I experience were setting up a hidden (not shown on the main booking page) meeting for special bonus calls you don't want anyone to have access to. Yes, you can set up a paid meeting and give someone a coupon to access it free but that seems like an extra unnecessary step. The other limitation was how ugly it looks to embed meetings on a website. The scheduler looks fine inside Bookafy, but when embedded, it doesn't flow as well. For everything else, it works well. If you want to sync the scheduler with email marketing systems, most of the integrations work through Zapier so that can be an additional cost. Bookafy focuses on the meeting schedules.
    Incentivized
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    Calendly
    It's well suited for music students' lessons. It's well suited for online coaching, primarily through places like Zoom and more. It helps simplify things for your clients, lets you program your schedule, and allows it all to go automatically! If you are working with a senior population, it may be a little tricky for them to sign up and then really hard for them to cancel lessons. There isn't a way to go to the site and cancel. You have to pull up the confirmed email and cancel from there, but people can lose emails.
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    Pros
    Bookafy
    • Easy to embed the appointment form to websites
    • You can show off professionalism while booking meetings
    • You can sync the appointments with Google Calendar
    • Easy to use interface, so you don't waste time trying to figure out things around.
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    Calendly
    • Sync with multiple calendar types so my schedule is always current.
    • Integration with Zoom to schedule meetings, send invites, and populate my Zoom app accordingly.
    • Automatic email communication to all parties with all relevant details in a clear format.
    • Allowing team members to do the same in a way that I'm also notified of what meetings are taking place saves a lot of time in terms of coordinating to find out what other people are doing.
    • Well-designed interface that simplifies everything down to its clearest expression. Language instruction and interaction are wonderfully simple and clear.
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    Cons
    Bookafy
    • Lack of calendar customization.
    • Tracking data.
    • Configuration is confusing.
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    Calendly
    • After a meeting is booked, having the ability to change the location without canceling the entire booking.
    • Being able to offer 2 different locked in locations for certain time periods of the day within the same event. So you're not having to create 2 events for the same thing, only different locations.
    • Giving users permission to create their own routing forms. We run an independent business model where our users like to have control over their subscriptions.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bookafy
    No answers on this topic
    Calendly
    For all reasons like workflows, UI, and the way Calendly keeps all of us engaged through the Collective forum. It's indeed undeniable that no other product covers all business needs like Calendly does. On the other side, this has also reduced the workload by enabling us to focus more on other tasks for the day
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    Usability
    Bookafy
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    Calendly
    Calendly is extremely easy to use for selecting times and days for meetings. From my end, it's very easy to indicate the days and times that I am available for meetings. I have used other scheduling products, but Calendly has the smoothest way of operating. I highly recommend it for scheduling meetings
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    Support Rating
    Bookafy
    No answers on this topic
    Calendly
    There is a lot of support for Calendly. Whenever I have had issues navigating through it, especially as a new user, I found multiple support on the web addressing my questions or concerns. There is a lot of in app informative notes accessible to users to navigate through Calendly when needed.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bookafy
    Bookafy is more advanced and has more features that I need comparing to these other brands. Calendly is very basic while Bookfy offers more robust features.
    Incentivized
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    Calendly
    When I started using it, there were not many competitors in this space. I've seen some like Mixmax that seem to work well for solopreneurs or where free version might be better than Calendly's free version. I use the paid version of Calendly and it's just kept serving us well so why change?
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Bookafy
    • Saves a lot of time
    • Streamlines the process
    • Eliminates unnecessary back and forth calling and emailing
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    Calendly
    • Positive: When people want to meet, I can simply send my Calendly link and it takes less than 5 seconds to do.
    • Positive: It integrates well with Zoom, which means that by default all my appointments include Zoom information for a remote call.
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    ScreenShots

    Bookafy Screenshots

    Screenshot of Online appointment scheduling made easy, with a beautiful user interface, simplicity for the customer and powerful customization and integrations.Screenshot of Business settings allow unlimited services, unlimited staff members and many other custom settings.Screenshot of Custom automation... decide when your reminders go out, if you want review requests sent, and much more.Screenshot of Customize staff schedules, availability, services and allow your staff to sync with Google or Outlook calendarsScreenshot of Match your brand design with custom colors on your own online scheduling tool.

    Calendly Screenshots

    Screenshot of how to share a scheduling linkScreenshot of automated workflowsScreenshot of browser extensionsScreenshot of routing formsScreenshot of round robin & collective eventsScreenshot of admin management