Acuity or Calendly?

Organizing and Automating Your Calendar:

A Guide for Small Business Owners

Leave behind the back and forth of scheduling meetings and calls! Both Calendly and Acuity help you simplify and organize your calendar. You can send (or embed) links so clients, colleagues, or vendors can choose a convenient time and book meetings with you directly.

If you’re ready to get your hands on one of these scheduling apps, we’ve done the homework for you! While Calendly and Acuity are both great platforms, each has its strengths, depending on what you'll be using it for, both now and as you grow.

Acuity vs. Calendly

Both platforms are designed to simplify bookings, organize your calendar, and save time.

With both Acuity and Calendly, you can:

Allow clients to easily book meetings with you
Automate notifications, reminders, and follow-ups
Set your availability and preferences
Collect payments through apps like Stripe and Paypal
Create unlimited appointments and meetings
Sync with your existing calendar (Google, Office 265, Outlook, iCloud)
Incorporate APIs and web forms
Customize branding and templates
Connect with MailChimp for email marketing
Download user-friendly apps for both platforms

Acuity

Best For:

While Acuity is mainly a scheduling app, it does so much more. Because it offers comprehensive services such as accounting, invoicing, and client database management, it’s best for businesses looking for more than just a scheduling app.

It's perfect for companies looking to grow who aren't using other platforms right now. Higher-priced plans offer e-commerce features and allow you to receive tips, offer coupons, and upsell clients at the checkout. Acuity has a ton of great features!

Cost:

Acuity Emerging begins at $14 US/month with a free 7-day trial

Acuity Emerging = $14

What we love:

Acuity is intuitive and easy to use, with a well-organized dashboard and on-screen prompts to guide you through setup. The extra features Acuity offers can be convenient if you don't already have those options with your current platforms. It can be a great way to keep everything all in one place!

Calendly

Best for:

If scheduling automation and calendar management are your priorities, then you’ll reap more benefits from Calendly’s platform. It connects easily with existing software and systems and specializes in automated scheduling.

Calendly works well for teams with user permissions, collaboration tools, and activity management and stays relatively affordable as your company grows.

Cost:

Calendly Professional Plan starts at $12 US/month with a 14-day free trial.

What we love:

Calendly is laser-focused on meetings for simple, customizable scheduling. For businesses with teams, it’s handy to set user permissions and workflows (an upgraded function) that allow you to send reminders, follow-ups and thank you messages via email or text.

Calendly also has more custom connections to other apps, including the most popular CRMs, Salesforce and Hubspot.

Both Acuity and Calendly work well to help you take control of your calendar. Your choice will depend on the features you need, and which platform feels best for you.

Whichever platform you choose, we're sure you'll find automating your scheduling a huge time-saver!

If you need any support we will always offer FREE business needs assessments!

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