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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BookSteam

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ABookSteam provides an online appointment scheduling platform to small or large businesses around the world.

    $19.95

    Per User per Month

    Obypay

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    Acuity Scheduling, a Squarespace company

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AAcuity Scheduling is an appointment management platform developed by the company of the same name in New York and acquired by Squarespace in 2019.

    $14

    per month

    Pricing
    BookSteamObypayAcuity Scheduling, a Squarespace company
    Editions & Modules
    Solo
    $19.95
    Per User per Month
    Small
    $29.95
    Per User per Month
    Medium
    $39.95
    Per User per Month
    Large
    $69.95
    Per User per Month
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    Emerging
    $14
    per month
    Growing
    $23
    per month
    Powerhouse
    $45
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BookSteamObypayAcuity Scheduling, a Squarespace company
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    96%
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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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    User Ratings
    BookSteamObypayAcuity Scheduling, a Squarespace company
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
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    9.3
    (48 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.7
    (16 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BookSteamObypayAcuity Scheduling, a Squarespace company
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BookSteam
    BookSteam is suited pretty much for any business that takes appointments. It's perfect for businesses who don't want the hassle of phone scheduling, rescheduling, calling people back and talking to the answering machine. Everything is automated and done online. I believe they even offer class scheduling, so that is also perfect for businesses who need group scheduling.
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    Obypay
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    Squarespace
    I think any business can benefit from Acuity Scheduling. In my experience, however, and maybe I just haven’t found the correct settings yet, it’s been difficult to manage 4 business schedules with multiple employees and varying hours that change day-to-day and week-to-week. So I definitely would recommend it to more simple business models with set hours, as it seems like it would have all the functions one might need. I still would recommend to more complex businesses like mine as well, but also include discussion of some of the potential drawbacks.
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    Pros
    BookSteam
    • Online scheduling, canceling, re-booking customers.
    • Taking payments online via PayPal at the time the client books.
    • Sending out sms reminders and sms confirmations so clients will not miss their event.
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    Obypay
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    Squarespace
    • Clicking on the link opens up my calendar, which has an uncluttered look, making it easy for my prospects and clients to review their options and make their choice.
    • I am able to customize my schedule, the types of appointments I want to offer, and even decide how many appointments I want in a day. There are so many details that I can customize.
    • I can customize how my calendar and emails look for my prospects and clients so that I come across professional and coordinated. I want the look of my business, website, etc. to have a polished, cohesive, and interesting presence.
    • I love that there is a workshop/class/series option for my workshops. My attendees reserve their place and pay upfront. I can duplicate these events or add future dates. It's wonderful. This saves us a lot of time and is so convenient.
    • I haven't had any trouble with my scheduler. It works flawlessly, so I don't have to take time out of my day to fix, troubleshoot or call customer service.
    • I love that I can add questions for my prospects to answer right away before booking a call. This means 3 fewer steps for me. 1. They answer these questions without an email from me. 2. They make their reservation and get a follow-up email, right away. 3. I customized the follow-up email with more details and actions to take to prepare for our call.
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    Cons
    BookSteam
    • Might be a more complex tool - needs its learning curve
    • The possibility to use it as a way to provide classes or webinars in series may be a bit complicated
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    Obypay
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    Squarespace
    • Administrator interface is tricky to use. It is not easy to add new types of meetings or edit the settings on the current types of meetings we have
    • I'd like to see them send out more reminder emails leading up to the meeting scheduled to reduce the number of no-shows and reschedules
    • Make it easier to customize the confirmation emails-- easier ability to add videos and customizable text
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BookSteam
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    Obypay
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    Squarespace
    Acuity Scheduling has been very reliable. If you don't believe me, check out their status page here. They do a pretty decent job maintaining their app. To be fair, it's a pretty simple tool so they shouldn't run into too many hiccups given it doesn't feature near as many options as other applications on the market run.
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    Usability
    BookSteam
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    Obypay
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    Squarespace
    It is very easy to use once you get to know the program but with years of working with the program I am still finding new things that I had wished I knew about earlier. I feel like aspects of the website become hidden that would help productivity a lot if I knew they existed beforehand.
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    Support Rating
    BookSteam
    No answers on this topic
    Obypay
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    Squarespace
    Every time I had a question on how to do something or had any issues with Acuity Scheduling, mainly in the very beginning, when I was learning the platform, customer service was excellent. They were prompt to respond, friendly, and very helpful until I had the right solution.
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    Alternatives Considered
    BookSteam
    I tried to use few other scheduling systems before but I always thought they were somewhat incomplete, something was always missing, from design point of view to missing features. For me it's always about ease of use and how everything is organized. I can say that BookSteam got it all figured out and I recommend it
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    Obypay
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    Squarespace
    In the case of Schedulicity, the system was awesome (very easy to set up and had some nice features) but did not offer the functionality and flexibility that AcuityScheduling does. In the case of SimplyBook.me, they offer lots of functionality but the interface is extremely complex and you pay a la carte for features so you're going to pay exponentially more for the same set of features as compared to AcuityScheduling. Their customer service was also lacking, in my opinion.
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    Return on Investment
    BookSteam
    • Customers are happy as they can book themselves online any time.
    • Our staff is happy as they have their own access.
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    Obypay
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    Squarespace
    • Minimizing no shows
    • Giving me back time by taking tasks off my mind/to-do list to focus on bigger more important things
    • Payment management (it helps me make sure I receive my payments/recurring payments and follow up with clients if a payment has failed)
    • Honestly just saving me from scheduling nightmares and headaches
    • Timezones! It does it for you! (I work internationally)
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