[{"content":"Choosing software should not require decoding five pricing pages and a dozen footnotes.\nThis site builds focused calculators for business-software decisions where the right answer depends on measurable things such as team size, usage, locations, plan limits, or required features.\nThe goal is to make those trade-offs easier to understand before you buy, upgrade, or switch.\nWhat you can expect # Clear calculations based on the information you enter. Official provider pricing and support sources wherever possible. Neutral outcomes when a free plan is enough or no compared option clearly fits. No change to rankings based on affiliate commissions. The software providers themselves remain responsible for their products, billing, support, and final purchase terms.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/about/","section":"Platform Modules","summary":"Choosing software should not require decoding five pricing pages and a dozen footnotes.\nThis site builds focused calculators for business-software decisions where the right answer depends on measurable things such as team size, usage, locations, plan limits, or required features.\nThe goal is to make those trade-offs easier to understand before you buy, upgrade, or switch.\nWhat you can expect # Clear calculations based on the information you enter. Official provider pricing and support sources wherever possible. Neutral outcomes when a free plan is enough or no compared option clearly fits. No change to rankings based on affiliate commissions. The software providers themselves remain responsible for their products, billing, support, and final purchase terms.\n","title":"About","type":"page"},{"content":"Some links on this site may be affiliate links. If you follow one of those links and make a qualifying purchase, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.\nCommissions do not change the recommendation # Affiliate relationships do not affect:\nwhich providers are compared; whether a plan meets your requirements; the price calculations; or the order of the results. A provider can still be the recommended option when we have no affiliate relationship with it. An affiliate partner can also be excluded when its plans do not fit the information you entered.\nWhere affiliate links are used, they are added only after the relevant programme has approved the relationship.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/affiliate-disclosure/","section":"Platform Modules","summary":"Some links on this site may be affiliate links. If you follow one of those links and make a qualifying purchase, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.\nCommissions do not change the recommendation # Affiliate relationships do not affect:\nwhich providers are compared; whether a plan meets your requirements; the price calculations; or the order of the results. A provider can still be the recommended option when we have no affiliate relationship with it. An affiliate partner can also be excluded when its plans do not fit the information you entered.\n","title":"Affiliate Disclosure","type":"page"},{"content":"Use the calculator to find the lowest-cost plan we can verify that fits the information you enter.\nIt compares software subscription cost only. Payment-processing fees are not included in the ranking because providers handle payments differently and a like-for-like comparison would be misleading.\nAppointment Booking Software Cost \u0026amp; Plan Calculator Find the lowest-cost published appointment-booking plan that meets your measurable requirements.\nYour setup Bookable staff People who need their own bookable availability. Expected appointments per month Business locations Physical or distinct business locations you need to offer. Billing preference Monthly Annual Features you need Select only the features your booking system must support.\nTwo-way Google Calendar sync Recurring appointment series Your business needs to create repeat appointment series. Classes or group bookings Rooms, equipment, or resource scheduling Remove vendor branding from the booking experience Compare suitable plans Providers currently compared # The calculator currently covers Setmore, Acuity Scheduling, Square Appointments, and SimplyBook.me for the US market.\nSimplyBook.me can still appear when its plans fit your requirements, but we do not rank it by price until we can verify a current US-dollar subscription price from an official source. Some Setmore multi-location cases also require a quote.\nWhat the calculator looks at # The result can change based on:\nnumber of bookable staff; expected appointments per month; number of business locations; monthly or annual billing preference; calendar sync; recurring appointments; classes or group bookings; room or equipment scheduling; and whether you need vendor branding removed. What it does not try to score # The calculator does not rank subjective factors such as interface preference or support quality. It also does not cover healthcare/compliance-heavy requirements or enterprise procurement.\nIf those factors are critical for your business, use the result as a shortlist rather than a final buying decision.\nHow the ranking works # For each provider, we identify the least expensive plan that meets the requirements you selected. Plans with a verified public price are then compared by effective monthly software cost.\nTies stay as ties. Quote-only options remain visible, but we do not guess a price or let an unverified price outrank a verified one.\nAffiliate relationships do not change the calculation or ranking. See how recommendations work or read the affiliate disclosure.\nCheck the source before buying # Software prices and features can change. The official sources below show what we used and when we last checked it. Confirm the final price and terms on the provider\u0026rsquo;s website before purchasing.\nOfficial sources Material pricing, limits, and feature rules are maintained from the official sources below. Verification dates reflect our last manual check, not a guarantee that a vendor has not changed something since.\nSetmore Pricing — verified 2026-08-17 · Free plan limits and plan comparison. Setmore Pro — verified 2026-08-17 · Web/desktop Pro pricing and advanced features. Setmore Multilocation — verified 2026-08-17 · Multi-location is an early-release Pro capability requiring support contact. Acuity Pricing — verified 2026-08-17 · Current monthly/annual plan prices and calendar allowances. Acuity Calendars — verified 2026-08-17 · Calendars represent separate bookable hours and may be used per staff member or location. Acuity Recurring — verified 2026-08-17 · Recurring appointment behavior. Acuity Resources — verified 2026-08-17 · Rooms/resources scheduling. Acuity Sync — verified 2026-08-17 · External calendar sync. Square Pricing — verified 2026-08-17 · Free, Plus, and Premium subscription prices by location; payment processing excluded from this module. Square Sync — verified 2026-08-17 · Google Calendar sync availability. Square Classes — verified 2026-08-17 · Classes availability by plan. Square Resources — verified 2026-08-17 · Resource management availability. Square Recurring — verified 2026-08-17 · Business-side recurring appointment series. Simplybook Pricing — verified 2026-08-17 · Plan limits verified; official page retrieved localized non-US pricing, so US subscription amounts are intentionally not ranked yet. Simplybook Calendar Sync — verified 2026-08-17 · Two-way calendar sync custom feature. Simplybook Multiple Locations — verified 2026-08-17 · Multiple Locations custom feature. Simplybook Classes — verified 2026-08-17 · Classes custom feature. Simplybook Resources — verified 2026-08-17 · Related Resources custom feature. Simplybook Branding — verified 2026-08-17 · Branding/link removal requires eligible paid plan; represented as quote-only until US price verification. ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tools/appointment-booking-cost/","section":"Tools","summary":"Compare appointment-booking plans using your actual business requirements.","title":"Appointment Booking Software Cost \u0026 Plan Calculator","type":"tools"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Categories","type":"categories"},{"content":"Our tools are designed to answer a simple question: which software plan best fits the information you give us, and what should it cost?\nWe use your actual requirements # Instead of publishing a generic “best software” list, each calculator asks for the things that can change the answer — for example your team size, expected usage, number of locations, or features you genuinely need.\nWe then check those requirements against the published limits and pricing of the providers we compare.\nWe show the lowest-cost suitable option # For each provider, we first find the least expensive plan that meets all of your selected requirements. We then compare the published software costs on the same basis.\nIf two options cost the same, we show a tie. If a free plan is enough, we can recommend staying free. If a provider requires a custom quote, we say so rather than guessing a price.\nAffiliate relationships do not change the result # Some providers may pay us a commission if you later visit them through a qualifying link. That does not change which providers qualify, how costs are calculated, or which option appears first.\nA provider can still be recommended even when we have no affiliate relationship with it.\nWe use official sources # Pricing, plan limits, and feature availability are taken from official provider pricing pages and support documentation wherever possible.\nEach calculator shows the sources we used and when they were last checked, so you can verify important details yourself before purchasing.\nWhat our tools do not try to decide # We focus on measurable questions such as price, usage limits, plan eligibility, and specific features.\nWe do not pretend that subjective factors such as interface preference or support quality can always be reduced to a reliable score. We also do not replace legal, tax, compliance, or other professional advice.\nAlways check before buying # Software companies can change prices and features at any time. We work to keep our data current, but you should confirm the final price and terms on the provider\u0026rsquo;s website before making a purchase.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/methodology/","section":"Platform Modules","summary":"Our tools are designed to answer a simple question: which software plan best fits the information you give us, and what should it cost?\nWe use your actual requirements # Instead of publishing a generic “best software” list, each calculator asks for the things that can change the answer — for example your team size, expected usage, number of locations, or features you genuinely need.\n","title":"How our recommendations work","type":"page"},{"content":" Make better software decisions with your own numbers # Software pricing pages are often hard to compare. Different providers charge by staff, locations, usage, features, or a mix of all four.\nOur calculators turn those rules into a practical answer based on your actual requirements.\nStart with appointment booking software # Compare appointment-booking plans using your team size, expected bookings, locations, billing preference, and the features you need.\nThe calculator can recommend a paid plan, show a tie, tell you a free plan is enough, or flag when a provider requires a quote.\nCompare appointment booking plans\nWhat makes these tools different # Your inputs change the result. We do not publish generic “best software” rankings. Prices and limits come from official provider sources wherever possible. Affiliate relationships do not change the calculation or ranking. Free or no-change outcomes are valid. We do not force a purchase recommendation. Browse all tools · See how recommendations work\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"Platform Modules","summary":"Make better software decisions with your own numbers # Software pricing pages are often hard to compare. Different providers charge by staff, locations, usage, features, or a mix of all four.\nOur calculators turn those rules into a practical answer based on your actual requirements.\nStart with appointment booking software # Compare appointment-booking plans using your team size, expected bookings, locations, billing preference, and the features you need.\n","title":"Platform Modules","type":"page"},{"content":"We rely on official provider sources wherever possible — especially pricing pages, plan-comparison pages, and support documentation.\nEach calculator also shows the sources used for its important pricing and feature rules, together with the date they were last checked.\nWhy the dates matter # Software companies can change prices, limits, and included features at any time. A verification date tells you when we last checked a source; it is not a guarantee that nothing has changed since.\nFor any purchase decision, use the calculator as a decision aid and confirm the final price and terms on the provider\u0026rsquo;s own website.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/sources/","section":"Platform Modules","summary":"We rely on official provider sources wherever possible — especially pricing pages, plan-comparison pages, and support documentation.\nEach calculator also shows the sources used for its important pricing and feature rules, together with the date they were last checked.\nWhy the dates matter # Software companies can change prices, limits, and included features at any time. A verification date tells you when we last checked a source; it is not a guarantee that nothing has changed since.\n","title":"Sources","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"},{"content":"Use these tools when a software pricing page does not make the answer obvious.\nEach calculator asks for the few inputs that materially affect price or plan eligibility, then shows the lowest-cost suitable option from the providers currently covered.\nAppointment booking software # Compare appointment-booking plans using staff, monthly bookings, locations, billing preference, and key feature requirements.\nCompare appointment booking plans\nMore software-decision calculators will be added as they are researched and verified.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tools/","section":"Tools","summary":"Use these tools when a software pricing page does not make the answer obvious.\nEach calculator asks for the few inputs that materially affect price or plan eligibility, then shows the lowest-cost suitable option from the providers currently covered.\nAppointment booking software # Compare appointment-booking plans using staff, monthly bookings, locations, billing preference, and key feature requirements.\nCompare appointment booking plans\n","title":"Tools","type":"tools"}]