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Alternatives to Timely
20 scheduling & booking tools sit alongside Timely in this directory. Below is what separates each from Timely 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
- 9
- Cheaper to start
- 13
- Timely starts at
- Free, then $29/month
Why people look past Timely
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Timely entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Timely starts at $29/month. Across the 8 scheduling & booking tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $21.5/month.
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
- Starts $29 a month cheaper, at Free.
Smart scheduling for modern businesses
- Starts $29 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Free salon and spa software
- Starts $29 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a free model rather than subscription.
Scheduling infrastructure for everyone
- Starts $29 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Free appointment scheduling and customer management
- Starts $29 a month cheaper, at Free.
Find the best time for anything
- Starts $14 a month cheaper, at $15/month.
Every Timely 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timely (this page) | Free, then $29/month | Subscription | 3 | |
| Schedulicity | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Timely |
| Appointy | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Timely |
| Fresha | Free | Free | 3 | vs Timely |
| Cal.com | Free | Freemium | - | vs Timely |
| Setmore | Free | Subscription | - | vs Timely |
| Doodle | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs Timely |
| Moovit | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Timely |
| Appointlet | Free, then $10/month | - | - | vs Timely |
| SimplyBook.me | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Timely |
| Cloudbeds | Free | Quote | - | vs Timely |
| Motion | $19/month | - | 2 | vs Timely |
| Acuity Scheduling | $16/month | Subscription | - | vs Timely |
| Booker by Mindbody | $129/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Timely |
| GlossGenius | $24/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Timely |
| Boulevard | $175/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Timely |
| Planday | On request | Subscription | - | vs Timely |
| Chili Piper | On request | Subscription | - | vs Timely |
| Airbnb | On request | Transaction | - | vs Timely |
| Booksy | $29.99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Timely |
| Mews | On request | Quote | - | vs Timely |
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 Timely 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
Cheaper than Timely (13)
Entry price under Timely's $29/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- 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
Timely is most often brought in for automatic time tracking across apps and websites for billing clients, reporting billable hours and monitoring project budgets, team capacity planning and timesheet approval. 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 Timely is broadly right and the question is cost, the Timely 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.
Timely runs on web, ios, android, api. 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 Timely alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Timely?
- 20 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 Timely?
- 9 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Schedulicity, Appointy, Fresha, Cal.com, Setmore.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Timely?
- Yes. 13 of the alternatives below start under Timely's $29/month: Schedulicity at Free, Appointy at Free, Fresha at Free, Cal.com at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Timely?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: it costs more than the category median. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Timely?
- Timely is most often brought in for automatic time tracking across apps and websites for billing clients, reporting billable hours and monitoring project budgets, team capacity planning and timesheet approval. 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 Timely?
- 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 Timely 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 Timely against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Timely 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, 20 tools beside Timely. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.