There are many different reasons you might want to enable your customers to book an appointment directly on your calendar without the inevitable back and forth emails trying to find a suitable date and time.
Website Scheduling Services
Here’s a rundown of some of the more popular appointment scheduling services:
Acuity
Acuity offers a 7 day free trial, and then three plans that start at $14/month (billed annually).
All Acuity plans allow you to include your logo and brand colors on your scheduling page, and integrate with Google Calendar, iCloud, Outlook.com, Exchange, and Office 365 calendars, Zoom, Google Meet, and GoToMeeting, and can be embedded in your website. All paid plans also offer the option to accept payments through Stripe, Square, or PayPal, and can integrate with QuickBooks, Freshbooks, and Xero for accounting.
Other features, integrations, and options can be found at https://acuityscheduling.com/signup.php
Appointy
Appointy offers a free plan for 1 staff member and up to 5 services, and paid plans starting at $19.99/month.
The free plan includes Google Bookings integration and can be embedded on your website. This plan integrates with Square Payments and POS, and can be connected with many more apps and services with Zapier.
Learn more or sign up for your 14-day full-featured trial at https://www.appointy.com/pricing/
Calendly
Calendly offers a free level that’s great if you’re just getting started. The free level includes 1 user and 1 event type.
Paid plans start at $8/month (if paid annually) and offer additional event type options.
All Calendly plans integrate with Google Calendar, Office 365, Outlook, and iCloud calendars, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and GoToMeeting, and can be embedded in your website. Paid plans offer additional integrations and customizations options, including charging for appointments through Stripe and PayPal with the Pro Plan ($12/month/user when billed annually)
Learn more at https://calendly.com/
You Can Book Me
You Can Book Me offers a free account with basic features and functionality, and a 14 day free trial form all new users.
You can integrate with Google Calendar and Outlook.com calendars, Zoom, and many more services through Zapier. You can also accept payments through Stripe for your appointments,
Their full-featured paid plan is an affordable $10/month per connected calendar
Learn more about You Can Book Me at https://youcanbook.me/