Scheduling & Booking · head to head
Square Appointments vs Velocity Global

Square Appointments
Scheduling & Booking
Free scheduling for beauty businesses
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -

Velocity Global
Payroll & Benefits
Work at the speed of tomorrow
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Square Appointments has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Square Appointments the free plan is aimed at solo professionals; booking across multiple staff requires the paid Plus plan; Velocity Global velocity Global has rebranded to Pebl and velocityglobal.com redirects to hellopebl.com
- They diverge on capability: Square Appointments covers Online booking, Velocity Global covers Global Employment.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Square Appointments and Velocity Global actually diverge.
| Attribute | Square Appointments | Velocity Global |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | On request |
| Pricing model | subscription | quote |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android | Web |
| Category | Scheduling & Booking | Payroll & Benefits |
| Founded | 2009 | 2014 |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Square Appointments
- Online booking
- Client management
- Point of sale
- Payment processing
- Automated reminders
- Instagram booking
- Google booking
- Mobile app
Only in Velocity Global
- Global Employment
- Payroll
- Benefits
- Compliance
- Immigration Services
- Contractor Management
- Workday
- SAP
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Square Appointments
- Online appointment booking for salons, barbers and personal servicesnot Velocity Global
- Taking card payments and deposits at the time of bookingnot Velocity Global
- Managing staff calendars, waitlists and no-show policiesnot Velocity Global
Velocity Global
- Hiring employees in countries where a company has no legal entitynot Square Appointments
- Running global payroll and benefits administration across multiple countriesnot Square Appointments
- Immigration and visa support for international hiresnot Square Appointments
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Square Appointments
- The free plan is aimed at solo professionals; booking across multiple staff requires the paid Plus plan
- Cancellation policies, no-show fees and waitlists require the Plus plan
- Resource management, service cost tracking and the future bookings report require the Premium plan
- Custom processing rates are reserved for Square Pro, which is aimed at businesses processing over $250,000 a year
- Card processing fees are charged on top of the plan fee on every tier including the free one
Velocity Global
- Velocity Global has rebranded to Pebl and velocityglobal.com redirects to hellopebl.com
- No pricing is published for the Employer of Record service; the site routes to a demo request with no published per-employee rate
- The offering is an Employer of Record arrangement, so the employee is legally employed by the provider rather than the client
Pricing, plan by plan
Square Appointments
Free- FreeFree
- Unlimited appointments
- Online booking
- Client management
- Plus$29/month
- Everything in Free
- Multiple staff calendars
- No-show protection
- Premium$69/month
- Everything in Plus
- Multi-location
- Staff management
Velocity Global
On request- Employer of Record$undefined/month
- Global Employment
- Payroll
- Benefits
Which should you pick?
Choose Square Appointments if
- You need online booking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want client management.
Questions people ask
- Is Square Appointments or Velocity Global better?
- Neither clearly leads. Square Appointments starts at Free and Velocity Global at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Square Appointments or Velocity Global?
- Square Appointments has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Square Appointments and On request for Velocity Global.
- Does Square Appointments or Velocity Global run on more platforms?
- Square Appointments runs on Web, Ios, Android. Velocity Global runs on Web.
- Can I use Square Appointments for free?
- Yes. Square Appointments has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Velocity Global starts at On request.
- What is Square Appointments best used for?
- Square Appointments is most often used for online appointment booking for salons, barbers and personal services, taking card payments and deposits at the time of booking, managing staff calendars, waitlists and no-show policies. Of those, online appointment booking for salons, barbers and personal services and taking card payments and deposits at the time of booking are not what Velocity Global is typically brought in for.
- What can Square Appointments do that Velocity Global cannot?
- Square Appointments covers Online booking, Client management, Point of sale, Payment processing. Velocity Global covers Global Employment, Payroll, Benefits, Compliance. Both handle Web support.
Related pages
More on Square Appointments
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