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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

    Square Appointments

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASquare headquartered in San Francisco, California offers Square Appointments, appointment scheduling software. The software is based on technology acquired with BookFresh in February 2014.

    $29

    per month per location

    Pricing
    BookafySquare Appointments
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $9
    per month
    Pro+
    $13
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Free
    $0
    Plus
    $29
    per month per location
    Premium
    $69
    per month per location
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BookafySquare Appointments
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details30% discount available for annual pricing.
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    User Ratings
    BookafySquare Appointments
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BookafySquare Appointments
    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.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Great for booking and managing appointments. This software is very user-friendly due to its simplicity. The interface is intuitive and easy to use for all ages. The only time this software may not be appropriate might be with someone who is managing their calendar manually and not using a software solution at all.
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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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Square had good interoperability with Google Calendar, so all of our calendars were in sync.
    • Square Appointments we easy to use for clients, and with a few Luddite exceptions, worked flawlessly.
    • Square Appointments made it easy to schedule appointments without having multiple email messages or play phone tag with anyone.
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    Cons
    Bookafy
    • Lack of calendar customization.
    • Tracking data.
    • Configuration is confusing.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Additional functionality: real-time availability calendar to customers
    • Not redirect away from our site to Square
    • Additional functionality: Ability for customers to add up sales when checking out
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    Support Rating
    Bookafy
    No answers on this topic
    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Square Appointment is excellent at support! I have had several calls with them, and not one time have they dropped the ball, leaving me frustrated without a solution — not one time.
    • The community forum in Square Appointment can answer most of the questions, but if I have had real issues, I am always able to talk to a person. That is very valuable to me as a customer.
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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.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Though office can offer a lot of appointment base tasks. Square appointments seem to help keep track, with a more direct approach. It helps to declutter integrations and information, that can often get missed and feel to convoluted. It's approach is more specific in handling appointment needs and scheduling. We would recommend it.
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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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Ease of scheduling brings in more appointments
    • Must have a card on system to schedule and prepay for an appointment
    • Offers multiple types of appointments
    • Cancellation fees
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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.