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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Genbook

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Genbook is appointment scheduling software from the company of the same name in San Francisco, California.

    $25

    Per 1 user, Per month

    Recharge

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AReCharge, the eponymous subscription management software solution from ReCharge Payments headquartered in Santa Monica, is said by the vendor to have helped over 15,000 merchants launch and scale their subscription business. Be it a curated monthly box, recurring necessities or access to exclusive perks, they state ReCharge drives billions of dollars in annual processing for nearly 30 million consumers.N/A
    Pricing
    GenbookRecharge
    Editions & Modules
    Solo (annual)
    $25
    Per 1 user, Per month
    Team (annual)
    $49
    Per 2-5 users, Per month
    Company (annual)
    $83
    Per 6-12 users, Per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GenbookRecharge
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsNo hidden surprises. No contracts. No risks. Just value for money. Every plan includes all features.—
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    Community Pulse
    GenbookRecharge
    Considered Both Products
    Genbook
    No answer on this topic
    Recharge
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GenbookRecharge
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GenbookRecharge
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Genbook
    I never had to reach out for any help with the system, there was really good information on how to use Genbook. Any time a new feature was out, the how-to video was right there with it. I hate that Genbook merged with Booksy, I've had nothing but issues with Booksy, There's no customer service at all, on any forms of communication if you need help with Booksy.
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    Recharge
    If you are using Shopify and have plenty of ecommerce orders a month, Recharge is a no brainer when it comes to setting up and using a subscription service. We can't say enough about how well their team works and implements everything along the way. They also teach us common practice things to set up in the admin for customers to use, and help us with reporting and analysis to get better and grow.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Genbook
    • Manufactured time for my more essential job duties as owner
    • It requires a credit card for all scheduling. Takes away the whole ask awkwardness.
    • Sifts out the not so serious purveyors of massage and keeps those that are.
    • Provides gift certificate purchase in increments or whole amounts. Saves me time.
    Incentivized
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    Recharge
    • Auto trigger subscription orders
    • Buy box widgets on the website
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    Cons
    Genbook
    • The end user’s (the customer's online booking view) is cumbersome and not very appealing in appearance.
    • Email to your book of business via Genbook is missing.
    Incentivized
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    Recharge
    • We would like to see a bit more design concepts with their product page widget
    • It would also be nice if they had a "Points Program" rather than just a Loyalty Program that worked off of money back
    • Very rarely their admin UI will hang, causing us to log out and try again.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Genbook
    Genbook is an amazing online platform and easy to use and work with on the go.
    Incentivized
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    Recharge
    In my experience, Recharge is very slow loading, both for our customer facing dashboards and our internal dashboards. We regularly deal with customer complaints, having difficulty using their subscription management dashboard. Working in the Recharge admin dashboard is also slow and clunky. It can be a little bit of a battle to get stuff done and it's not uncommon for analytics dashboards to simply fail to load. All in all, working with Recharge is not an enjoyable experience for me.
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    Support Rating
    Genbook
    Always friendly and quick to respond.
    Incentivized
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    Recharge
    In my experience, Recharge support is... quite poor. They are slow to respond and unhelpful. Even at a different brand I worked at with an Enterprise contract and guaranteed few hour response times, they would regularly take one to three days to get back to me, which is quite a bit longer than the Enterprise support response times. I've had to get into arguments with them multiple times about bugs before they would admit them to be bugs and fix them and their go to support is to usually blame Shopify. There was one time I accidentally sent an email to a different vendor asking about Recharge support, and the other vendor provided a more helpful response than Recharge support.
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    Implementation Rating
    Genbook
    amazing work
    Incentivized
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    Recharge
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Genbook
    AcuBase Pro is my practice management software. The only overlap for me is that they both function as customer databases. I would love to see integration between the software in the calendars.
    Incentivized
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    Recharge
    We actually surveyed over a dozen potential Shopify subscription apps before we finally decided to settle on Recharge. Recharge is definitely not the cheapest, but they also weren't the most expensive, either. For the all of the features and technology they offer versus what they are charging, we found it to be extremely fair (and now well worth the price).
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Genbook
    • Save me money. I do not need to hire a receptionist. People book directly online often without ever speaking with me.
    • People can book at all hours of day or night.
    Incentivized
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    Recharge
    • Our subscriptions are 33% up already from our previous system
    • Email automation is working super smoothly
    • Their tools (like Cancelation Prevention) really do help with order churn
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Genbook Screenshots

    Screenshot of Mobile Friendly Scheduling SoftwareScreenshot of New Appointment BookingsScreenshot of BookNow Scheduling WebpageScreenshot of Automated Review Collected after every serviceScreenshot of Secure Online Payments and Payment Information Capture