BookSimple vs. Calendly

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BookSimple
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
BookSimple is a free appointment scheduling product offered by PaySimple, a service commerce software provider that allows users to market services, accept payments, and retain customers in addition to scheduling appointments. With BookSimple users can generate appointments from their website, emails, or social media pages with the embeddable "Book Now" buttons. BookSimple aims to make users' online appointment scheduling experience look polished and be easy to use on any…N/A
Calendly
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Calendly is appointment scheduling software from the company of the same name in Atlanta, Georgia. Calendly is available via a free plan that allows users to book unlimited 1:1 appointments. Paid plans, starting at $8 per month enable meetings with multiple invitees, a customizable appointment page, and more advanced integrations than those available on the free plan. The Pro plan includes appointment reminders, and follow up workflows. Calendly's more recently launched enterprise plan (launched…
$10
per month per seat
Pricing
BookSimpleCalendly
Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
Standard
$10.00
per month per seat
Teams
$16.00
per month per seat
Enterprise
Starts at 15k/year
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BookSimpleCalendly
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BookSimpleCalendly
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
BookSimpleCalendly
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(86 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(32 ratings)
User Testimonials
BookSimpleCalendly
Likelihood to Recommend
PaySimple
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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
PaySimple
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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
PaySimple
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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
PaySimple
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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
PaySimple
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Calendly
I gave Calendly an 8 because overall I think it is very much user friendly even for someone who has never used anything similar. The only issue I have had with usability is what I already stated about how the settings are in sub categories making some things difficult to find at first.
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Support Rating
PaySimple
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Calendly
I only reached out to Support once but they were very prompt and easy to work with. I had some questions about setting up the follow-up emails for after people would do the interview. They were very helpful and gave assistance and we solved the issue very fast. I would definitely recommend.
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Alternatives Considered
PaySimple
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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?
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Return on Investment
PaySimple
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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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