Google Calendar vs. SimplyBook.me

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Calendar
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service, from Google, available as part of its productivity tool suite.N/A
SimplyBook.me
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
SimplyBook.me is an appointment booking system that improves customer service. It is designed to make the booking process simpler and more efficient.
$9.90
per month
Pricing
Google CalendarSimplyBook.me
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google CalendarSimplyBook.me
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$10 bookings
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Google CalendarSimplyBook.me
Considered Both Products
Google Calendar

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SimplyBook.me
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I work on Google Calendar when I have to schedule a call myself especially in cases where the client has asked for a call to be scheduled at their convenient time. For those cases where the clients can book appointment for themselves, I use SimplyBook.me. On Google Calendar I …
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User Ratings
Google CalendarSimplyBook.me
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(25 ratings)
7.4
(15 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google CalendarSimplyBook.me
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.
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SimplyBook.me
SimplyBook.me is actually well suited for product/service based business which require one to one involvement with clients or prospects or if the users need support. SimplyBook.me comes really handy for booking the concerned person's time slot as per their availibility or open time, both parties can see their availibility and connect/sync accordingly.
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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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SimplyBook.me
  • It is nice web application through which we can manage our meetings and events.
  • it have simple user interface and very user friendly
  • It have notification , through which we get alert message about our meetings , event , task, and much more
  • We can Upload many documents into this for our references and futures purpose
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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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SimplyBook.me
  • Schedule delay for beyond a day because there are times when I want to book beyond 3 or 4 days but I have to instead remember to come back before 1 day to set the reminder.
  • Confusing to pay for different features because many times I have found it unclear what features will be available to a paid user and what still will need to be paid for.
  • The interface is not easy, it takes time to adjust to things and find the options you find, navigation becomes relatively easier once you get the hang of the app.
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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
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SimplyBook.me
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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.
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SimplyBook.me
This software works far better for this specific industry when placing candidates in the medical field. The reason why is client information for companies and candidates is important to provide to each party. Calendly does an okay job at this but the integration could use work. EngageBay has a lot of other tools and isn't primarily a calendar tool but the calendar has basic features we used.
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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).
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SimplyBook.me
  • In around an hour or so, I have been able to solve my worries about getting paid, organizing my time, leaving me the time and energy to teach and to concentrate on promoting my business.
  • It's allowed me, in one stroke, to move forward my plans to add native-speaking language tutors to engage in follow-up courses.
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