Alternatives to SimplyBook.me
Booking system for service companies with custom booking pages
SimplyBook.me ranks #4 of 9 in Appointment scheduling, with an Alt Score of 89. It is freemium from €13.90/month (€11.90/month billed annually) and available on Web, iOS and Android. 12 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
SimplyBook.me is a booking system for service-based companies, providing a customizable booking website/widget, accepting payments and deposits, class bookings, intake forms, and reminders.
SimplyBook.me is built for service-based businesses that take appointments — beauty and wellness studios, healthcare and medical practices, education providers, fitness and class-based businesses, and other professional services needing a hosted online booking website.
A mobile-responsive booking website with online and manual bookings, two-way Google/Outlook calendar sync, recurring services and classes, a client admin/booking mobile app, embeddable iframe/button/contact widgets, and a public REST API, plus an a-la-carte library of premium custom features (payments and deposits, intake forms, and provider-selection tools among them) that businesses individually enable as they grow.
A business sets up its services, providers and schedule, then shares its generated booking website or embeds a widget on its own site so clients can browse availability and book; the business manages appointments through the web admin interface or iOS/Android admin app, and can toggle on additional custom features (like payment collection or intake forms) from the plan's feature-slot allowance as needed.
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Ranked alternatives
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Trafft is appointment-scheduling software for service businesses, with a customizable booking page and widget, calendar sync, payments, recurring appointments, group bookings, and reminders.
Bookeo is an online booking platform for appointments, classes, courses, and tours, with a booking widget, payments, group bookings, waitlists, and automated reminders.
Acuity Scheduling (a Squarespace product) is an online appointment-booking platform for service businesses, with client self-scheduling, calendar sync, payments, intake forms, and automated reminders.
Appointlet is a scheduling tool for booking meetings and appointments, with shareable booking pages, calendar sync, round-robin team assignment, reminders, and embeddable widgets.
Setmore is an appointment-scheduling platform with a free tier, offering an online booking page, calendar sync, staff calendars, payments, and automated reminders for service businesses.
Square Appointments is an appointment-booking tool integrated with Square's POS and payments, offering an online booking site, calendar sync, deposits, reminders, and staff scheduling.
Picktime is a free appointment-scheduling platform for booking appointments, classes, rooms, and equipment, with calendar sync, payments, team scheduling, and automated reminders.
Feature comparison
Rows come from the Appointment scheduling checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for SimplyBook.me is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-13
Free €0 per month, billed annually €0 per month, billed monthly Included bookings 50 Custom Features 1 Providers 1
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Starts at €13.90/month (€11.90/month billed annually) verified 2026-07-13
Basic is the cheapest paid plan. €11.9/month applies when billed annually; €13.9/month is the standalone monthly rate.
Basic €11.9 per month, billed annually €13.9 per month, billed monthly
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Platforms Web, iOS, Android verified 2026-07-13
Web platform is separately evidenced by the hosted, mobile-responsive booking website (see Online booking page cell); iOS/Android admin apps additionally confirmed via their apps.apple.com and play.go
manage your day-to-day bookings with the Android and iOS SimplyBook.me
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Online booking page Yes verified 2026-07-13
Mobile responsive booking website
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Calendar sync (Google / Outlook) Yes verified 2026-07-13
The Calendar Sync allows for 2-way synchronisation with your personal Google or Outlook web calendars.
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Payments / deposits Partial verified 2026-07-13
Delivered via the toggle-on 'Accept Payments' custom feature; pricing page lists it as 'Available options on Free+', i.e. an opt-in slot rather than a default inclusion.
you can accept payments, deposits and tips during the booking process or onsite when the clients come in for the service
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Group / class bookings Yes verified 2026-07-13
You can create one-to-one services or Classes for multiple participants. They can book them one by one, or make a Group booking
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Automated reminders Yes verified 2026-07-13
Automatic reminder emails
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Round-robin / team Partial verified 2026-07-13
Delivered via the toggle-on 'Any Employee Selector' custom feature, not enabled by default.
you can allow your clients to book an appointment with the next available service provider by using the Any Employee Selector custom feature
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Intake forms Partial verified 2026-07-13
Intake Forms is listed as a premium custom feature that must be toggled on, not a default inclusion.
Examples of premium custom features include: point of sale, intake forms, memberships, gift cards, custom email, HIPAA compliance, and SOAP notes.
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Recurring appointments Yes verified 2026-07-13
create it as a recurring service and clients will be able to sign up for all the course lectures at once
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Time-zone handling Yes verified 2026-07-13
Booking website in clients time zone
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Embeddable widget Yes verified 2026-07-13
Add booking functionality as a simple iframe, a booking button or a contact widget to your booking website
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API access Yes verified 2026-07-13
Public REST API
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Free tier Yes verified 2026-07-13
Free €0 per month, billed annually €0 per month, billed monthly
https://simplybook.me/en/pricing
FAQ
Yes. Trafft, Appointlet and Setmore have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.