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Alternatives to Appointy
20 scheduling tools sit alongside Appointy in this directory. Below is what separates each from Appointy on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- 14
- Appointy starts at
- Free, then $19.99/month
Why people look past Appointy
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Appointy entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Appointy starts at $19.99/month. Across the 16 scheduling tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $17.5/month.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Appointy publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to $79.99/month. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Appointy pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Scheduling automation platform for eliminating back-and-forth
- Starts $9.989999999999998 a month cheaper, at $10/month.
Scheduling infrastructure for everyone
- Starts $19.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
Your intelligent calendar that prioritizes for you
- No free tier, where Appointy has one.
- Starts $0.9899999999999984 a month cheaper, at $19/month.
- 2 tiers to Appointy's 4.
Scheduling made simple
- Starts $3.9899999999999984 a month cheaper, at $16/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 3 tiers to Appointy's 4.
German-hosted scheduling with GDPR positioning and CRM features built into the upper tiers
- Starts $9.989999999999998 a month cheaper, at €10/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than freemium.
- 5 tiers to Appointy's 4.
Appointment scheduling priced per calendar rather than per business
- Starts $0.9899999999999984 a month cheaper, at $19/month.
- Sold on a Per calendar per month model rather than freemium.
Every Appointy alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appointy (this page) | Free, then $19.99/month | Freemium | 4 | |
| CalendlyScheduling automation platform for eliminating back-and-forth | Free, then $10/month | - | 4 | vs Appointy |
| Cal.comScheduling infrastructure for everyone | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Appointy |
| MotionYour intelligent calendar that prioritizes for you | $19/month | - | 2 | vs Appointy |
| Acuity SchedulingScheduling made simple | Free, then $16/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Appointy |
| Zeeg | Free, then €10/month | Per user per month | 5 | vs Appointy |
| Bookedin | Free, then $19/month | Per calendar per month | 4 | vs Appointy |
| Zcal | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Appointy |
| Picktime | Free, then $3/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Appointy |
| Setmore | Free, then $5/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Appointy |
| SimplyBook.me | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Appointy |
| Schedulicity | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Appointy |
| Appointlet | Free, then $10/month | - | - | vs Appointy |
| Doodle | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs Appointy |
| Sawyer | $189/month | Per business per month, plus marketplace commission | 4 | vs Appointy |
| iClassPro | $139/month | Per location per month | 4 | vs Appointy |
| Amilia SmartRec | $99/month | Per month plus 1% of invoiced items | 3 | vs Appointy |
| Planday | £2.99/user per month | Subscription | 3 | vs Appointy |
| Boulevard | $140/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Appointy |
| Chili Piper | $1250/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Appointy |
| Booker by Mindbody | $129/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Appointy |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Appointy badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (12)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than Appointy (14)
Entry price under Appointy's $19.99/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Appointy is most often brought in for salon and spa appointment booking, medical practice scheduling, personal training and fitness classes, tutoring and educational services, tour and activity reservations. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Appointy is broadly right and the question is cost, the Appointy pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Scheduling category lists everything the directory holds, and best scheduling tools ranks them.
Appointy runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Appointy alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Appointy?
- 20 other scheduling tools are listed in this directory, led by Calendly, Cal.com, Motion, Acuity Scheduling. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Appointy?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Calendly, Cal.com, Acuity Scheduling, Zeeg, Bookedin.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Appointy?
- Yes. 14 of the alternatives below start under Appointy's $19.99/month: Calendly at Free, then $10/month, Cal.com at Free, Motion at $19/month, Acuity Scheduling at Free, then $16/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Appointy?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Appointy?
- Appointy is most often brought in for salon and spa appointment booking, medical practice scheduling, personal training and fitness classes, tutoring and educational services, tour and activity reservations. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Appointy?
- None of the scheduling tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Appointy alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Scheduling, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Appointy against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Appointy covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every scheduling tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Scheduling category, 20 tools beside Appointy. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.