Bookafy vs. Thryv

Bookafy works great to send potential clients your available times for meetings. They can schedule the meetings in less than 1 minute. They get an email notification confirming the appointment and later on, a text message with reminders, just before the event.

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Thryv is not for everyone! It all depends on the needs of the individual's business. If they are wanting to scale back on the number of tools they have to use and pay for, to accomplish their business needs and those tools include a scheduler, Social Media planning/posting tool, an email marketing tool, etc. then Thryv could be for them! If they are looking for a tool to automate some of the communications with their clients, Thryv could be a fit there, too! BUT if they are a small business, solopreneur, and need to start with the entry package BEWARE! The Premium package doesn't have the basic things that the more expensive packages do. One is a customized email signature so you can have you logo, picture, etc. in your email signature. This wasn't offered at all a year ago. I asked for it to be added. Evidently others did too because this week I got an email that they had added it BUT NOT for the Premium Package. Something that is basic that EVERYONE should have access to BUT you have to pay more! It didn't make me feel like a valued customer that's for sure.

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• Appointment reminders.
• Scheduling.
• Agenda and Calendar views for organization.
• Integrations.

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• Allows me to send unlimited socail media posts and emails.
• Allows me to collect information on customer.
• Allows me to have all my customers info in one safe place.
• Creates posts for my social media 12 times a month.
• Keeps my webite up to date and helps me with updates.
• Has the most amazing customer service via chat and phone.

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• It can be difficult with the back and forth of rescheduling meetings
• You have to remember to manually block off time on your calendar
• The calendar tab can be confusing at times

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• I await the day that Thryv can integrate with Xero.
• Google Messages integration would be handy.
• There have been less than a handful of days where the site crashes and I have to reload it several times to get it to work properly.

Incentivized

It is very easy to use and the features are great for the ones we utilize. If you have any issues at all, customer service or our sales rep is great to work with and fixes what issues I have. They are always willing to help out and to follow up to make sure you don't have any more issues.

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Although getting through to the right person may take a while, they have the ability to take over your screen and always assist with whatever you need.

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The main decision for Bookafy was influenced by the lifetime deal and Zoom integration. Bookafy doesn't embed as well as Calendly. It also doesn't have the ability to set up hidden meetings. MeetFox is all through a browser which is convenient for that not tech savvy but it lacked security features. Calendly feels more intuitive and easier to set up. I didn't want to keep paying monthly.

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I chose Thryv not just because the price was budget-friendly but because of the ease of use and ability to learn how to leverage the platform to meet my business's growing needs.

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• On time meetings.
• Some configuration was somewhat confusing.
• Allow me to send people my personalized link.

• Increased Social Media Presence has kept us in touch with clients
• I believe our overall package has resulted in increased web traffic. More clients are finding us through social media and web searches than any other year before.

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