Scheduling & Booking · head to head
Timely vs GlossGenius
Timely
Scheduling & Booking
Smart scheduling software with AI-powered features
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
GlossGenius
Scheduling & Booking
Beautiful booking for beauty pros
- From
- $24/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Timely has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Timely starter is capped at 20 projects and a maximum of 5 users, at $11 per user per month billed monthly or $9 billed yearly; GlossGenius card payments are charged at a flat 2.6 percent, and instant payouts cost a further 1.8 percent
- They diverge on capability: Timely covers AI-powered scheduling, GlossGenius covers Custom booking pages.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Timely and GlossGenius actually diverge.
| Attribute | Timely | GlossGenius |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $24/month |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Web, Ios, Android, Api | Web, Ios, Android |
| Founded | 2015 | 2016 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Scheduling & Booking).
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 Timely
- AI-powered scheduling
- Online booking
- Staff management
- Resource allocation
- Analytics and reporting
- Mobile app
- PayPal
- Zapier
Only in GlossGenius
- Custom booking pages
- Payment processing
- Marketing tools
- Website builder
- Reports & insights
- Gift cards
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
Both cover
- Automated reminders
- Client management
- Stripe
- Google Calendar
- SSL encryption
- Cloud deployment
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Timely
- Automatic time tracking across apps and websites for billing clientsnot GlossGenius
- Reporting billable hours and monitoring project budgetsnot GlossGenius
- Team capacity planning and timesheet approvalnot GlossGenius
GlossGenius
- Appointment booking and calendar management for salonsnot Timely
- Card payments and tipping at the chairnot Timely
- Client records, forms and waiversnot Timely
- Memberships and prepaid packagesnot Timely
- Medspa charting and photo markup on the clinical plansnot Timely
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Timely
- Starter is capped at 20 projects and a maximum of 5 users, at $11 per user per month billed monthly or $9 billed yearly
- Premium is capped at a maximum of 50 users, at $20 per user per month billed monthly or $16 billed yearly
- Unlimited users requires the Unlimited plan at $28 per user per month billed monthly or $22 billed yearly
- Capacity management and reporting, overtime and undertime tracking, Azure user management and 50+ currencies are all on the Unlimited plan only
- Team management, budgets and costs, and accounting and project management integrations are excluded from Starter
- The Enterprise plan is contact sales only with no published price
- Tasks is sold as a paid add-on rather than being included
GlossGenius
- Card payments are charged at a flat 2.6 percent, and instant payouts cost a further 1.8 percent
- Forms and waivers, waitlists and Google booking need the Gold plan at $56 a month
- Team analytics, custom commissions and unlimited team members require Platinum at $168 a month
- The medspa plans start where the beauty Platinum plan does, at $168 a month, rising to $298 for the full clinical suite
- Payroll is a separate add-on at $40 a month plus $6 per staff member
Pricing, plan by plan
Timely
Free- FreeFree
- Basic scheduling
- Online booking
- Automated reminders
- Starter$29/month
- Everything in Free
- Staff management
- Customer management
- Professional$69/month
- Everything in Starter
- Advanced analytics
- Marketing tools
GlossGenius
$24/month- Standard$24/month
- Custom booking site
- Unlimited appointments
- Client management
- Gold$48/month
- Everything in Standard
- Marketing suite
- Advanced analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Timely if
- You need ai-powered scheduling.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want online booking.
Choose GlossGenius if
- You need custom booking pages.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want payment processing.
Questions people ask
- Is Timely or GlossGenius better?
- Neither clearly leads. Timely starts at Free and GlossGenius at $24/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Timely or GlossGenius?
- Timely has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Timely and $24/month for GlossGenius.
- Does Timely or GlossGenius run on more platforms?
- Timely runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. GlossGenius runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- Can I use Timely for free?
- Yes. Timely has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. GlossGenius starts at $24/month.
- What is Timely best used for?
- Timely is most often used for automatic time tracking across apps and websites for billing clients, reporting billable hours and monitoring project budgets, team capacity planning and timesheet approval. Of those, automatic time tracking across apps and websites for billing clients and reporting billable hours and monitoring project budgets are not what GlossGenius is typically brought in for.
- What can Timely do that GlossGenius cannot?
- Timely covers AI-powered scheduling, Online booking, Staff management, Resource allocation. GlossGenius covers Custom booking pages, Payment processing, Marketing tools, Website builder. Both handle Automated reminders, Client management, Stripe, Google Calendar.