10 Online Appointment Scheduling Tools for Small Business in 2026
Ten booking tools that let customers pick a time without the email back and forth, from free options to full client-booking systems.
An online scheduling tool shows your open times and lets customers book them. It cuts the email back and forth and the no-shows. Some are best for solo owners and some for teams, so start with the free plans.
1Calendly
The well-known option. The free plan allows 1 event type and 1 calendar connection, and Standard adds unlimited event types, automations and Stripe and PayPal payments. The catch: team scheduling such as round-robin needs Teams at $16 per seat a month billed yearly.
Visit Calendly →2Cal.com
The free plan covers 1 user with unlimited event types and calendars, text and email notifications and Stripe or PayPal payments. Teams adds round-robin and routing forms. The catch: team features cost $12 per user a month.
Visit Cal.com →3Acuity Scheduling
Built for client appointments, with online payments, custom intake forms and automatic time zone conversion. Standard adds text reminders and memberships and packages. The catch: there is no ongoing free plan, only a 7-day trial.
Visit Acuity Scheduling →4SavvyCal
Lets you connect calendars and build links for free, with meeting polls included. The catch: letting people actually book through your links needs a paid plan, and there is no self-serve trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Visit SavvyCal →5Setmore
The free plan allows up to 4 users, unlimited appointments and payments, and email reminders. Pro adds SMS reminders and deposits. The catch: the pricing page shows inconsistent Pro figures, so confirm the price before signing up.
Visit Setmore →6Zoho Bookings
Includes a free plan for one user, two-way calendar sync and round-robin on paid plans, plus integrations with Zoho apps and Zapier. The catch: the page does not clearly say how Basic and Premium differ beyond the number of workspaces.
Visit Zoho Bookings →7Google Calendar appointment schedules
Creates a booking page with set slots, buffer time, daily caps and Google Meet links, plus Stripe payments. The catch: you must create schedules on a computer, and some features need a paid Google subscription.
Visit Google Calendar appointment schedules →8Microsoft Bookings
Gives you personal and shared booking pages that sync with Outlook and make Teams meeting links, with email and text reminders. The catch: it is only available with certain Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
Visit Microsoft Bookings →9YouCanBookMe
Offers Free, Individual, Professional and Team plans. The free plan has 1 calendar, 1 booking page and up to 30 bookings a month, with a Powered for free button on your page. The catch: the pricing page showed $0 for every plan when we checked, so ask for real prices.
Visit YouCanBookMe →10Square Appointments
Has a Free tier for solo professionals with online booking and reminders, and Plus adds no-show fees, cancellation policies and a waitlist. The catch: we could not read paid prices on the page, so check them first.
Visit Square Appointments →How we picked
We opened each maker's pricing or product page on November 3, 2026 and used only what those pages said. We did not run hands-on tests or use third-party review roundups, so this is a features and pricing comparison, not a performance test. Where a page was unclear or would not show prices, we say so.
- Calendly pricing (Calendly)
- Cal.com pricing (Cal.com)
- Acuity Scheduling pricing (Squarespace)
- Microsoft Bookings overview (Microsoft)
- Create an appointment schedule in Google Calendar (Google)
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