Bookeo vs. Acuity Scheduling, a Squarespace company

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bookeo
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Bookeo is appointment scheduling software from the company of the same name in Australia.N/A
Acuity Scheduling, a Squarespace company
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Acuity 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
BookeoAcuity Scheduling, a Squarespace company
Editions & Modules
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Emerging
$14
per month
Growing
$23
per month
Powerhouse
$45
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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10.0
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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9.3
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Usability
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9.5
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Support Rating
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9.7
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
In summary, Sussex County Dog Training has found Bookeo to be an invaluable tool in managing their dog training services. The platform's user-friendly interface, automated features, customisation options, and robust reporting have led to increased efficiency and improved customer satisfaction. Bookeo has not only streamlined their operations but has also contributed to the growth and success of the business
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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
  • Customer booking
  • Permits reports to be exported
  • Reasonable price
  • Receptive to program enhancements
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  • 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
  • Could do with a zapier Integration (although others are available)
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  • There are a lot of pages for similar things so sometimes its hard to find the location of where to edit things
  • The ability to stop a review request email from being sent to specific clients.
  • A way to block of clients scheduiling 3 times when you only have 2 openings and a way to cancel that easier.
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Likelihood to Renew
Great price for a program that works well. We have never had a system crash during the 10 years of use.
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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
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It's just very intuitive once you get the hang of it, which won't take long. They try not to make complex things very complex and they provide explanations for everything with a greyed-out question mark icon next to the function. Also, I love that they encourage people to just get live help when they need it.
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Support Rating
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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
Simply Book me - Too many optional extras Setmore - wont really help with customising of classes Honestly weve tested so many but bookeo is the only one that does all that we need!
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Acuity's user interface was much cleaner and easier to use when scheduling meetings. We love that you can embed it within your own website and it shows the calendar right there instead of redirecting you. Acuity gave us the ability to customize our meeting types and the information collected from the person scheduling the meeting.
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Return on Investment
  • We have increased our business by 20% each year over the last 10 years (bookeo a great help with this)
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  • 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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