Scheduling & Booking · alternatives
Alternatives to Mews
19 scheduling & booking tools sit alongside Mews in this directory. Below is what separates each from Mews on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 9
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Mews starts at
- On request
Why people look past Mews
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Mews entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Mews carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 9 of the 19 alternatives below can be used without paying.
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.
Easy online booking & payments
- Can be used without paying; Mews cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Mews does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
Smart scheduling for modern businesses
- Can be used without paying; Mews cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Mews does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
Free salon and spa software
- Can be used without paying; Mews cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Mews does not.
- Sold on a free model rather than quote.
Scheduling infrastructure for everyone
- Can be used without paying; Mews cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Mews does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
Free appointment scheduling and customer management
- Can be used without paying; Mews cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Mews does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
Find the best time for anything
- Can be used without paying; Mews cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $15/month, where Mews does not.
Every Mews 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mews (this page) | On request | Quote | - | |
| Schedulicity | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Mews |
| Appointy | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Mews |
| Fresha | Free | Free | 3 | vs Mews |
| Cal.com | Free | Freemium | - | vs Mews |
| Setmore | Free | Subscription | - | vs Mews |
| Doodle | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs Mews |
| Moovit | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Mews |
| Appointlet | Free, then $10/month | - | - | vs Mews |
| SimplyBook.me | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Mews |
| Cloudbeds | Free | Quote | - | vs Mews |
| Motion | $19/month | - | 2 | vs Mews |
| Acuity Scheduling | $16/month | Subscription | - | vs Mews |
| Booker by Mindbody | $129/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Mews |
| GlossGenius | $24/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Mews |
| Boulevard | $175/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Mews |
| Planday | On request | Subscription | - | vs Mews |
| Chili Piper | On request | Subscription | - | vs Mews |
| Airbnb | On request | Transaction | - | vs Mews |
| Booksy | $29.99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Mews |
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 Mews badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (9)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Schedulicity , Free
- Appointy , Free
- Fresha , Free
- Cal.com , Free
- Setmore , Free
- Doodle , Free, then $15/month
- Moovit , Free
- Appointlet , Free, then $10/month
What you would be giving up
The record we hold does not list what Mews is typically used for, so there is no honest way to enumerate what a switch would cost you from this page alone.
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 Mews is broadly right and the question is cost, the Mews pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Scheduling & Booking category lists everything the directory holds, and best scheduling & booking tools ranks them.
Mews runs on not recorded. 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 Mews alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Mews?
- 19 other scheduling & booking tools are listed in this directory, led by Schedulicity, Appointy, Fresha, Cal.com. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Mews?
- 9 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Schedulicity, Appointy, Fresha, Cal.com, Setmore.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Mews?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Mews?
- The record we hold does not list what Mews is typically used for, so the honest answer is to check the side-by-side comparison for whichever alternative you are considering. Each one puts the two full feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Mews?
- None of the scheduling & booking 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 Mews alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Scheduling & Booking, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Mews against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Mews 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 & booking tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Scheduling & Booking category, 19 tools beside Mews. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.