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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail) is a contact-management platform for Google Workspace. It enables organizations to create shared contact directories and contact groups, then make approved records available in Gmail, Google Contacts, Calendar, Google Drive, mobile devices, and connected business applications. Teams can centralize professional contacts and labels, add custom details such as company, job title, phone number, notes, and interaction…

    $1.99

    per month per user

    YouCanBookMe

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AYouCanBook.me is appointment scheduling software from the UK company of the same name.

    $0

    (free with one calendar connection and one booking page)

    Pricing
    ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)YouCanBookMe
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Teams
    $1.99
    per month per user
    Business
    $2.99
    per month per user
    Individual
    $9
    per month
    Professional
    $13
    per month
    Teams
    $18
    per month per member
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)YouCanBookMe
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—10% discount available for annual pricing, and 20% discount for 2-year pricing. Special discounts available for educators.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)YouCanBookMe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
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    Usability
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    User Testimonials
    ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™)YouCanBookMe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    Shared Contacts for Gmail is well suited for organizations that generate and coordinate long term partnerships and that have a big remote working component as a main form or working. It is less appropriate with organizations dedicated to sales and performance based ways of working. I would recommend it for medium size organizations.
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    YouCanBookMe
    Youcanbook.me is great for small businesses or for self-employed professionals who need an easy-to-use and cost-effective solution for handling large numbers of clients. It's great for eliminating inconvenient miscommunication and tedious back-to-back emails in order to set a proper date and/or meeting details. However, if you need a more sophisticated system that fits into your company's IT procedures and carries sensitive data, an in house solution would fit best.
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    Pros
    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    • Helps manage contact lists and distribution lists.
    • Eliminates the need for the use of an additional platform, like a CRM, to manage contacts.
    • Makes it easier to share contacts with a targeted audience with the flexibility to be selective about who the data is being shared with.
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    YouCanBookMe
    • One really helpful feature of YouCanBook.Me for our organization is that everyone can see appointment times in their own time zone. We frequently schedule interviews with applicants nationwide, as well as communicating with team members located in 32 different countries, so this has really simplified scheduling.
    • We rely heavily on Google Calendar for staff scheduling, so it is great that YouCanBook.Me can sync your availability straight from your calendar as well as automatically adding meetings to your calendar when they are booked.
    • We use YouCanBook.Me to schedule follow-up calls with people we meet at conferences and other recruiting events. It's really simple to have someone sign up for a call, and this has been a really effective tool for us to stay in communication with prospects.
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    Cons
    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    • I have been looking for a way to share our contacts within our organization for a while now. This process really improves how we were doing it within Google Sheets.
    • My only negative is that it has taken so long for it to be functional within Google.
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    YouCanBookMe
    • I don't like the generic email invite to a Zoom meeting it sends out. Once I get the date sent to me in my email, I have to cancel the meeting and re-set the meeting with my own personalized Zoom Invite. Sometimes that is confusing for the prospect. However, now that I write this...I see an article on the web site about creating a unique Zoom meeting invite. I will have to check that out.
    • I set my work days as 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. but on the calendar it shows a time available at 6 p.m. My last appointment should be listed as 5 p.m., as my appointments are in 30-minute increments and I leave at 5:30 p.m. So that is confusing and resulted in a few appointments booked when I am not actually working.
    • I book demos for a coworker, and if he is busy in another meeting, I have to block it off in my calendar as "Jack is Busy" so that prospects won't pick a time that is not available for Jack. I wish there was a way I could link his Outlook calendar to my YouCanBook.Me. Perhaps there is, but I am unaware of it.
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    Usability
    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    Very easy to use. Mostly related to the design of the program, but also due to the layout. I find it easy to find what I am looking for. As noted in earlier comments, greater implementation of AI would probably make the program even easier to use, as sometimes finding certain functions is not entirely transparent.
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    YouCanBookMe
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    Alternatives Considered
    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    My company used Zendesk Sell for a while, but the profiles weren't as manageable and easy accessed as Shared Contacts [for Gmail.] It resulted easier to update the contact information within Shared Contacts [for Gmail] and maintain the contact flow, than updating in Zendesk, and then manually go into gmail and continue the conversation. As well we don't use Shared Contacts [for Gmail] alone. We do accompany it with an internal operations system, were we manage the clients profile, but the combination between the two is perfect.
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    YouCanBookMe
    YouCanBook.Me allows fuller messaging in addition to appointments. Calendly is more minimalist than YouCanBook.Me. I prefer having more control over the look and feel, and functionality than it offers.
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    Return on Investment
    Shared Contacts for Gmail
    • More contact with clients
    • Keeping track of contact information no matter the places
    • Clients like the familiarity that is created by the constant check on them
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    YouCanBookMe
    • It's helped our Professional Services Team immensely. Although we don't have numbers as far as an ROI, we use it daily across our whole team of 8 project managers.
    • We also use youcanbook.me to schedule in interviews with our 20+ researchers who are moderating sessions. Our admin team also uses youcanbook.me to allow our employees to schedule our weekly massages.
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    ScreenShots

    ContactsFlow (formerly Shared Contacts for Gmail™) Screenshots

    Screenshot of ContactsFlow keeps contacts synced with the power of AI.Screenshot of contacts management to maintain contacts centralizedScreenshot of Share contact lists with different permissions with different users and groupsScreenshot of Restore deleted contacts using the backupScreenshot of Keep Google Workspace contacts synced with LDAP using all devicesScreenshot of collaboration features.

    YouCanBookMe Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example appointment, in YouCanBookMe.Screenshot of A customized booking page. Users can create a unique scheduling experience with multiple display options and customizable notifications.Screenshot of YouCanBookMe's security features.Screenshot of an example of YouCanBookMe's automations, including automated video links, CRM updates, reminders, follow-ups and no-show tracking.Screenshot of an example booking experience, on a mobile device.Screenshot of YouCanBookMe's customer support team.