Compare Shortcuts and Acuity Scheduling - Dec 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Shortcuts or Acuity Scheduling?

Shortcuts is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Acuity Scheduling, and Acuity Scheduling is rated higher (93/100) than Shortcuts (59/100).

Looking for the right Appointment Scheduling solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Shortcuts Software Vs. Acuity Scheduling

Shortcuts Software: With 22 years of experience providing software to the hair and beauty market, Shortcuts Software is the largest provider of salon and spa business management software in the world in terms of global capacity as well as installations. As a public unlisted company, Shortcuts has grown successfully through excellent people that share the passion of im...

Acuity Scheduling: Acuity Scheduling was founded in 2006 by Gavin Zuchlinski to solve a problem close to home. His mom, Kim, struggled to balance a successful massage therapy business with the overhead involved in managing it. He knew there was a better way, and Acuity Scheduling sprouted. We love helping small businesses, like Kim's, to become more efficient and...

Who is more expensive? Shortcuts or Acuity Scheduling?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Appointment Scheduling software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Shortcuts and Acuity Scheduling.

Shortcuts price starts at $29 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Shortcuts Software is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Appointment Scheduling software. Acuity Scheduling price starts at $14 per month , When comparing Acuity Scheduling to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Appointment Scheduling software cost.

Bottom line: Shortcuts is more expensive than Acuity Scheduling.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Shortcuts Vs. Acuity Scheduling based on some of the most important and required Appointment Scheduling features.

Shortcuts: We are still working to collect the list of features for Shortcuts.

Acuity Scheduling: We are still working to collect the list of features for Acuity Scheduling.

Target customer size

Shortcuts's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, Customers of the software mainly include small and medium businesses hailing from a variety of different industries.