Quick answer: We compare all 10 booking tools we track, including Acuity Scheduling, Book Like A Boss and Microsoft Bookings. Entry prices start around $9/mo and 9 offer a free plan. Each is rated on entry price, core strengths and who it fits, with links to a full review and pricing breakdown.
Every booking tool we track, in one place: 10 options compared on entry price, strengths and who each one fits. For a curated shortlist by use case, see the guides linked below.
| Tool | Entry price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Acuity Scheduling | ~$16/mo (annual) | service-businesses |
| Book Like A Boss | ~$9/mo | freelancers |
| Microsoft Bookings | $0 add-on | microsoft-365 |
| Picktime | $0 | free-tier |
| Setmore | $0 | small-business |
| SimplyBook.me | $0 | service-businesses |
| Square Appointments | $0 | retail-pos |
| vcita | ~$29/mo (annual) | service-smb |
| YouCanBookMe | $0 | teams |
| Zoho Bookings | $0 | zoho-ecosystem |
Prices verified 2026-06-28 from public vendor pricing. Plans and prices change — always confirm on the vendor's own site. No price here is guaranteed.
Full appointment-booking platform (now Squarespace Scheduling) with intake forms, packages, classes and payments, built for service businesses.
A full appointment-booking platform (now Squarespace Scheduling) built for service businesses, not just meeting links.
See Acuity Scheduling plans →Booking page that doubles as a mini one-page website: sell sessions, memberships and events with integrated payments.
A booking page that doubles as a mini one-page website for selling sessions and memberships.
More on Book Like A Boss →Booking bundled into Microsoft 365: zero extra cost for qualifying business/enterprise plans with native Teams and Outlook integration.
Appointment booking bundled free into Microsoft 365, with native Teams and Outlook integration.
More on Microsoft Bookings →Unusually generous free appointment scheduling with multi-service, multi-location and class management at no cost.
An unusually generous free booking tool with multi-location and class management included at no cost.
More on Picktime →Free-forever appointment booking with a generous free tier (up to 4 users, 200 appts/mo) and inexpensive Pro upgrade for SMS and video.
A free-forever booking tool that supports up to 4 users and payments out of the box.
See Setmore plans →Feature-rich booking system for service businesses with a marketplace of custom features (POS, deposits, memberships, intake).
A modular booking platform where 70+ add-on features (POS, deposits, memberships) let you build exactly the system you need.
See SimplyBook.me plans →Booking tied to Square's POS and payments ecosystem: free single-user plan, integrated checkout, no-show protection for in-person businesses.
Scheduling built into the Square POS/payments ecosystem, with a free single-user plan and integrated checkout.
See Square Appointments plans →All-in-one business management for small service firms: scheduling plus CRM, invoicing, payments and a client portal in one platform.
An all-in-one platform that bundles scheduling with CRM, invoicing, payments and a client portal.
See vcita plans →Highly customizable booking pages with strong branding control and email workflows, popular for teams and education/recruiting use cases.
Booking pages you can brand and customize heavily, with strong workflow automation for teams.
See YouCanBookMe plans →Affordable appointment scheduling that plugs into the Zoho ecosystem (CRM, Meeting, Invoice) with round-robin and resource booking.
Low-cost scheduling that plugs natively into Zoho CRM, Meeting and Invoice with flexible round-robin algorithms.
See Zoho Bookings plans →It depends on your priorities. This page compares all 10 booking tools we track on entry price, strengths and who each fits; Acuity Scheduling and Book Like A Boss are common starting points.
All 10 booking tools in our Scheduling category, side by side, with links to each tool's full review and pricing breakdown.