Genbook vs. vCita

Great for solo-preneurs! Genbook is like an automated admin assistant! Great for seeing my entire weekly schedule laid out. I use the back end calendar instead of Google Calendar.

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It makes client communication extremely easy - we can message and schedule online appointments. Clients really like those options. We also like the online payment portal. That way clients can pay at their convenience, and we don't end up with credit card information that requires PCI compliance. It also helps with payments. It would also help with invoicing, but unfortunately, there are only 3 linked payment options (Square, Stripe, and PayPal). If you don't use one of those payment processors, you cannot link to billing.

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• 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.

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• Very easy implementation of a contact/scheduling widget.
• Allows for scheduling of appointments with clients. The setup is easy and the allotted times can be changed as needed. Easy for the client to use as well.
• Managing communication between individual clients is easy as well.

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• Incorporating Square payment
• Incorporating a one general automatic message to all your clients, with emails or text
• Marketing backdrops for emails to clients, to encourage rebooking

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• Syncing with our google calendars has some flaws or is just not clear
• Messages show unread when they have been read

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Genbook is an amazing online platform and easy to use and work with on the go.

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Overall - easy to use. There are some missing features (like fillable pdf forms), and it also requires using certain credit card processors to link billing (otherwise it doesn't work).

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Genbook customer support is very responsive and great at communicating with customers.

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I do miss the days when I could easily call up a rep and talk to them about any issues I had with the service. But I still do hear back from the customer service rep during the week within 24 hours.

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amazing work

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They were on point with everything, I didn't need to try others, Genbook was fast, simple to use, and set up. Clients love using it on any device and didn't have to download any app. I was a clean interface, easy to read and move appointments around, block out time if needed.

vCita has been very responsive to our needs and desires for improvement in certain areas. We have appreciated the level of support we receive when a problem arises. Our biggest gain when moving was the reliability of this product's teleconferencing integration with Zoom. With OnCall we had trouble onboarding people, difficulty with the app they used going down, etc. We also had expectations about progress with Forms that we unmet.

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• Increased bookings: positive.
• People like booking online without having to create a user name.
• Would like to be able to take deposits using Square and not just Stripe.

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• The initial cost was high compared to other options but the features in the base level allowed even the smallest of business to grow into the paid version of the service.
• The time saved with self service bookings and profile management for customers has been a big plus and made the purchase of the service worthwhile.
• The constant improvements to the platform have been enough to continue to use the service as it develops into a competent CRM.

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