SimplyBook.me alternatives
Scheduling · simplybook.me
SimplyBook.me is an online appointment scheduling and booking system for service businesses, offering a booking website, widget, admin/client apps and over 60 custom features across five pricing tiers.
Switching to Koalendar, which covers 75% of the compared capabilities.
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Top SimplyBook.me alternatives
We compared 11 products and found 3 cheaper options (2 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs SimplyBook.me Basic at $16.21/mo · scenario: 5 seats, monthly billing, USD.
SimplyBook.me costs $16.21/mo on the Basic plan at 5 seats, monthly billing. We found 3 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 1 of them covers at least 75% of the 16 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK TidyCal Pro plan · missing: Website embed, Intake forms, Custom branding, Team roles & permissions, Multilingual booking pages, Time-zone detection, Mobile app | 56% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | $50.52 / year 26% cheaper |
Which SimplyBook.me alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Koalendar — $0/mo (Free forever plan) · covers 75%
- Best paid drop-in
- TidyCal — $12/mo (Pro plan) · covers 56%
- Need calendar sync, SMS reminders, website embed, paid bookings, group events, recurring bookings, custom branding, team roles & permissions, booking limits & availability controls, multilingual booking pages, time-zone detection or mobile app?
- Koalendar — from $0/mo (Free forever plan)
- Need automated reminders & follow-ups or custom domain?
- TidyCal — from $12/mo (Pro plan)
- Need AI assistant?
- Calendly — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities SimplyBook.me has that the top alternatives lack.
- Automated reminders & follow-ups — Automatically send reminder and follow-up messages before a booking.Missing from Koalendar, Calendly.
- SMS reminders — Send booking reminders by text message.Missing from Calendly.
- Website embed — Embed a booking page directly on your website.Missing from TidyCal.
- Group events — Let multiple people book into the same time slot.Missing from Calendly.
- Recurring bookings — Set up bookings that repeat on a schedule.Missing from Calendly.
- Intake forms — Collect information from bookers before the meeting.Missing from Koalendar, Calendly, TidyCal.
- Custom domain — Host booking pages on your own domain.Missing from Koalendar, Calendly.
- Custom branding — Apply your own branding to booking pages.Missing from TidyCal.
- Team roles & permissions — Assign roles and permissions to team members.Missing from Calendly, TidyCal.
- Booking limits & availability controls — Cap how many bookings can be made in a given period.Missing from Calendly.
- Multilingual booking pages — Show booking pages in the visitor's own language.Missing from Calendly, TidyCal.
- Time-zone detection — Automatically show times in the booker's own time zone.Missing from Calendly, TidyCal.
- Mobile app — Manage bookings from a mobile app.Missing from TidyCal.
- AI assistant — Get AI help managing scheduling tasks.Missing from Koalendar.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
SimplyBook.me vs the top alternatives, on the 16 compared capabilities.
| Capability | SimplyBook.me | Koalendar | Calendly | TidyCal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calendar sync | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated reminders & follow-ups from Free | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| SMS reminders | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Website embed from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Paid bookings from Basic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Group events from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Recurring bookings from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Intake forms | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Custom domain | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom branding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Team roles & permissions from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Booking limits & availability controls from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multilingual booking pages from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Time-zone detection from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Mobile app from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI assistant | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $16.21/mo Basic | $0/mo Free forever | $0/mo Free | $12/mo Pro |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What SimplyBook.me covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Calendar sync
- ✓ Automated reminders & follow-ups — from Free
- ✓ SMS reminders
- ✓ Website embed — from Free
- ✓ Paid bookings — from Basic
- ✓ Group events — from Free
- ✓ Recurring bookings — from Free
- ✓ Intake forms
- ✓ Custom domain
- ✓ Custom branding
- ✓ Team roles & permissions — from Free
- ✓ Booking limits & availability controls — from Free
- ✓ Multilingual booking pages — from Free
- ✓ Time-zone detection — from Free
- ✓ Mobile app — from Free
- ✓ AI assistant
- ↑ HIPAA compliance — only from Standard, not compared
- ↑ SSO (SAML/SCIM) — only from Standard, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://simplybook.me/en/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does SimplyBook.me cost?
SimplyBook.me's Basic plan costs $16.21/mo in our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free SimplyBook.me alternative?
Yes. Koalendar has a free plan that covers 75% of the 16 capabilities we compared against SimplyBook.me.
What is the cheapest SimplyBook.me alternative?
In our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing), Koalendar is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free forever plan).
Does SimplyBook.me have a free plan?
Yes. SimplyBook.me's free plan is limited to 50 responses/month, 1 seat.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-28, on the vendors' official pricing pages.