Bookify vs Acuity Scheduling
Bookify is the better fit for solo professionals and small teams that want payments, custom branding, and SMS reminders bundled at $7–$8 / seat. Acuity Scheduling is the better fit for service-based businesses already using squarespace, classes-and-packages-heavy workflows, or hipaa-regulated us clinics.
At-a-glance comparison
Pricing captured from each vendor's public pricing page in 2026-05. Re-verified quarterly.
| Category | Bookify | Acuity Scheduling |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 1 seat, unlimited event types | |
| Lowest paid plan | $7 / seat (yearly) | $16 / seat |
| Payments at booking | Start plan, zero platform fee | All paid tiers |
| SMS reminders included | ||
| Custom branding on cheapest paid | Powerhouse tier | |
| Per-seat (vs per-calendar) | ||
| EU-only hosting | ||
| Open source |
Pricing
$7 yearly or $8 monthly per seat for Start (payments, branding, SMS credits). $13–$15 for Pro (waitlist, no-show tracking, per-seat analytics). Free plan never expires for one personal seat.
Acuity Scheduling pricing: Emerging $16, Growing $27, Powerhouse $49.
Bottom line: Bookify is usually cheaper for the same feature set on small teams; the gap closes for enterprise where you'd want SSO.
Taking payments at booking
Connect Stripe or PayPal once on the Start plan. Funds go directly to your merchant account; Bookify takes zero percent. Refund any booking from the dashboard in one click.
Acuity Scheduling supports Stripe / Square on all paid tiers from $16 / month.
Bottom line: Bookify is the cheapest path to paid bookings at zero platform fee. If you don't take payments at all, this category doesn't matter.
Reminders + reducing no-shows
Email reminders on every plan; SMS reminders bundled via a monthly credit pool on Start (100 / seat) and Pro (300 / seat). Configurable per event type.
Acuity Scheduling sends email reminders natively; SMS is typically an add-on you pay per message or per credit pack.
Bottom line: If you rely on SMS to cut no-shows (salons, clinics, tattoo artists), Bookify's bundled credits beat per-message billing.
Team scheduling + role-based access
Per-seat: each teammate gets their own page, working hours, event types. Owner / Admin / Member roles. Team analytics on Pro.
Acuity scales via per-calendar pricing — adding teammates may bump you into a more expensive tier.
Bottom line: For most small teams, Bookify's per-seat model is simpler.
Calendar + video integrations
Two-way sync with Google, Outlook, and Apple. Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams auto-create meetings. EU-hosted (Hostinger Lithuania).
Acuity Scheduling supports the same major calendars; comparable video provider support.
Bottom line: Roughly parity on the calendars/video tools that matter.
Acuity Scheduling fits you if…
Stay with Acuity if your site lives on Squarespace, if HIPAA compliance is a hard requirement, or if class-scheduling and package sales are core to your business.
Bookify fits you if…
Switch to Bookify if Acuity's per-calendar pricing has bumped you up a tier, if you want a modern booking UI, or if you'd rather pay per seat than per calendar.
Moving from Acuity Scheduling to Bookify
- Event-type definitions (manual rebuild)
- Booker contact CSV export
- Re-create intake forms (Bookify's custom-fields system is simpler)
- Re-connect Square or Stripe
- Re-build per-practitioner schedules in Bookify's per-seat editor
Typical migration: 20–40 minutes. Reply to [email protected] with your Acuity Schedulingexport and we'll talk you through it.
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