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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Calendar

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service, from Google, available as part of its productivity tool suite.N/A

    Mindbody

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMindbody is business management software for gyms and spas, as well as fitness and yoga studios built around appointment scheduling and online bookings and calendaring, from the company of the same name in San Luis Obispo, California. Notably, the platform also contains marketing automation to maintain club member engagement, and enrollment.

    $129

    per month

    Pricing
    Google CalendarMindbody
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $129
    per month
    Accelerate
    $259
    per month
    Ultimate
    $399
    per month
    Ultimate Plus
    $599
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google CalendarMindbody
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google CalendarMindbody
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    Mindbody
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    77%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
    65%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    77%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    69%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    68%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Best Alternatives
    Google CalendarMindbody
    Small Businesses
    iCal
    Score8.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    iCal
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google CalendarMindbody
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (30 ratings)
    7.6
    (39 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (8 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (23 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google CalendarMindbody
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    I think it's appropriate for everyone that meets with customers, meets with people within their businesses. I even put my personal calendar on my work calendar. I'm just looking at it every day, so I think everyone could use it.
    Incentivized
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    Mindbody
    Mindbody excels in areas that rely on the "bread and butter" of its design: scheduling, member management, and payment processing. Overall as a fitness center management solution, Mindbody is by far the best product we have used and they have evolved their capabilities in good alignment with our needs as well.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Google
    • Enables the creation of designated Focus Hours
    • Enables users to set their "working hours" and others can see if they are setting up a meetings a moon symbol next to their name to show it is outside of that invitees working hours
    • Allows you to easily create scheduled tasks directly on your Google Calendar
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    Mindbody
    • Mindbody does a great job of sending out reminder emails to clients so they do not miss a class.
    • Mindbody does a great job at giving instructors a fast and easy way to check in clients and to see who is all signed up for their classes for the week.
    • Mindbody has a great payroll feature. All you have to do is set the dates and it generates a nicely laid out PDF of all the classes you taught during that time period and what you have made from them.
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    Cons
    Google
    • The booking page is really helpful for external people who want to chat with me, but so few people use it, that it makes it more frustrating. The solution exists but nobody is using it. It needs to be highlighted more
    • You have to switch between email accounts or set up additional calendars to schedule work events vs personal events
    • integrations with other calendars don't update quickly, so sometimes a coworkers vacation doesn't show up in the calendar until much later
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    Mindbody
    • There is so much functionality and not enough accountability. I wish there were more tracking of all transactions done on the clients or operations end to be able to review history and learn from mistakes.
    • The Mindbody branded app connection needs more attention.
    • Please add a covid vaccination checker to the application (not just to use in the web browser). It has taken way too long to get this feature.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Google
    The platform itself is pretty user friendly even if you don't have a technical background. You can easily schedule meetings, block out focus time, update your time off, and add meeting notes. The settings are easily mapped out in terms of functionality and if you need help you can easily search for an answer on Google search
    Incentivized
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    Mindbody
    Settings are often buried, user interface rules vary depending on whether it's a newer feature or an older one. From daily usage, people learn how it works and get used to it, but it's not something someone could just pick up without any training or hand-holding.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Mindbody
    Constant errors and TERRIBLE PRODUCT support
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    Performance
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Mindbody
    Fails at everything form availability to reliability.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Mindbody
    Mindbody support takes forever to get back to you via email in my experience. The process is not as simple as it was back when they had the chat feature. I really wish they would bring that back! Most items are normally some weird glitch that they can fix in minutes but you have to wait days now.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Most of the other services we would use don't have the same integration with other Google services that Google Calendar has. The ability to view and set things from your email is very convenient. So is the ability to have your notifications automatically show up on an Android phone as a reminder.
    Incentivized
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    Mindbody
    Mindbody is really the only system of its kind that is widely used by fitness and yoga studios. Its app is the industry standard for looking up and signing up for classes, so most students rely on it exclusively. If there were another viable alternative it would have to promise more ease of use and intuitive backend.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Mindbody
    Constant errors and ZERO support from the company.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Very significant improvement in employee productivity (more than 10%), because people spend much less time arranging meetings.
    • Essential tool to develop remote work within the company during Covid.
    • No need to build an email infrastructure (significant cost reduction in IT infrastructure).
    Incentivized
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    Mindbody
    • I've had agents help me set something up that ended up costing time and money because it was done wrong. [In my experience], less senior agents need to stop guessing or going with "I think so" and talk to a senior agent to make sure what they are telling the client is correct.
    • The app is good exposure.
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