Acuity Scheduling - Top Competitors (Dec 2022)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Dec 30, 2022

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Acuity Scheduling vs. Alternatives in 2024

Acuity Scheduling competes with other appointment scheduling systems like Doodle, Engageware, and Calendly. We will compare these appointment scheduling systems below:

• Functionality: Acuity Scheduling offers features like Control of availability 24/7, Schedule Management, Client Information Management, Reminder & follow-up emails, etc. Compared to its alternatives, Doddle offers a Booking page, schedule Management (available in Acuity Scheduling), Bookable Calendar, etc. Engageware offers Queue Management and Reporting & Analytics. Calendly offers Workflow Management and On-demand Scheduling.
• Customers/Industries: Acuity Scheduling targets businesses in industries like Health, Consultancy, etc. Some organizations using Acuity Scheduling are Peace & Healing For Women, Llama-ste Yoga Studio, Gavins Global Goodies, etc. Compared to its alternatives, Doodle targets teams in Recruiting & Staffing, Board meetings, Sales & Marketing, Education, Non-profit, Consultants & Freelancers, and Enterprise scheduling. Engageware targets Retail Banks, Credit Unions, Services, Consumer Retail, & Tech, Education, Health & Wellness, etc. Customers who use Engageware are Logix Federal Credit Union, South Carolina Federal Credit Union, Bank of Oak Ridge, etc. Calendly targets Individuals, teams, Sales Recruiting, Education, etc.
• Cost: Acuity Scheduling license pricing starts at $14 per month on annual billing and $15 on monthly billing. Calendly starts at $8 per seat per month billed annually and $10 per seat per month on monthly billing. The license cost information for Engageware is unavailable on its official website. Doddle license pricing starts at $6.95 per month billed annually. According to ITQlick expert cost research, Acuity Scheduling is cost-rated at 1/5, which means it is a low-cost appointment scheduling software. The rating system considers this software rated 1-2 as low-cost and 4-5 as high cost.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: Acuity Scheduling and all its alternatives are cloud-based.
• Popularity: Doodle is privately held and used by 30,000+ companies worldwide. Engageware is also privately held and used by more than 500 organizations. Calendly is privately held and has simplified scheduling for more than 10,000,000 users worldwide.
• Scalability: Engageware has solutions to meet the demands from small business owners to enterprise organizations. Doodle can accommodate individuals, small and large teams, and Enterprise organizations.
• Support: Acuity Scheduling and all its alternatives share similar support channels like Email/help desk, FAQs/forums, a knowledge base, and Chat. Engageware offers phone support which is lacking in all the alternatives.

Acuity Scheduling vs. Alternatives (pricing table)

Acuity Scheduling's Free Alternative

Doodle and Calendly are free alternatives to Acuity Scheduling. However, Acuity Scheduling offers a better user experience and is more straightforward to understand than most competitors, such as Calendly.