BookSteam vs Microsoft Bookings

Goldie

Acuity Scheduling

Doctoralia for Specialists

Goldie is a comprehensive software designed for salon and beauty professionals. The platform offers appointment scheduling, automated client reminders, and integrated payment processing capabilities to help reduce no-shows and streamline business operations. Beauty professionals can manage their calendars, create branded online booking websites, and track business performance through detailed reports.

Acuity Scheduling is an online appointment scheduling solution that allows clients to self-schedule appointments or classes online, complete custom forms, receive confirmation notifications and reminders, and pay or donate with a credit card.

Doctoralia Pro provides solutions to manage communication between health centers and patients. It is designed for any type of clinic: therapeutic, pediatric, ophthalmology, dental, fertility, or respiratory. It helps to optimize time and increase revenue.

BookSteam allows your clients to book, reschedule or cancel appointments & classes 24/7. Supports notifications, online payments & calendar syncing.

Appointment Management

Calendar Management

Mobile Access

Online Payments

BookSteam

Web-based

iPad

Android

Windows

iPhone

Mindbody

Booksy Biz

Setmore

SimplyBook.me

Bookeo

Solo

Standard

Plus

Premium

Staff

Don't like that I can't make multiple reminders, only one reminder is allowed, but that's ok, it doesn't really matter, one is good.

Dance instructor

The Stripe integration is a big plus, payments are quick and automatic, so no more chasing after fees.

In a beginning it's a bit confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, it saves a lot of time.

Admin

We like Booksteam a lot, it is the perfect app to manage our bookings at our spa.

BookSteam has helped streamline our operations and improve customer satisfaction in our salon.

Teacher

I know its not possible to have everything but I wish they made an api available for integration with other services.

It allows me to easily schedule, organize, and track all of my appointments in a single platform.

Team coordinator

Overall, BookSteam is a reliable and user-friendly appointment scheduling software that simplifies the booking process for businesses and enhances the customer experience

Main staff

I would like for the waitlist option to be added, but it's not a deal breaker.

Online Fitness Instructor

I teach  an online class to an international audience and I have never had any issues with using the system.

Booksteam is like our virtual assistant for booking English lessons!

Handling invoices and payments isnt a headache anymore.

Additionally, the software's integration with my google calendar ensures that I never double-book or overlook any appointments.

Sales

The customization options for services and staff scheduling make it easy to tailor the system to our specific needs.

As a yoga business owner, I have been using this online appointment scheduling software to streamline my booking process, and I couldn't be happier.

Technician

BookSteam has made our operations smoother and more professional.

Additionally, the ability to accept online payments through Booksteam has greatly improved our operational efficiency.

Overall, Booksteam has been a valuable tool for our business, making booking appointments seamless and hassle-free.

Setting up class and course schedules is super easy.

Manager

Overall, Booksteam has been a valuable addition to our dance business, helping us streamline our operations and improve customer satisfaction.

Instructor

Pretty easy to use app to schedule classes for my Yoga business.

Highly recommended for any salon looking to modernize their appointment system!

I recently had to use the support system and received amazing service within minutes!

Sales and support

We've been using Booksteam for our class scheduling needs, and we've been really impressed with its functionality.

Administrator

It is user-friendly for all of my clients, even the ones who do not speak English!

RMT massus

The reporting functions could be more robust, but this is a minor issue compared to the overall efficiency we’ve gained.

Customer service

Customers don't complain which means it's working well.

Employee

Seriously, it's the scheduling sidekick you never knew you needed!

The intuitive user interface makes it simple to navigate through different features and functions.

Highly recommend for any wellness business!

I find it very easy to navigate and my clients find it very easy to use.

They should have more help guides available in their support section.

The customer support has been excellent, with prompt and helpful responses to any questions or issues that arise.

Pilates Instructor and Studio Owner

There is an extra validation step to confirm the booking that my clients sometimes miss, especially if they're using their phone.

Sync Agent/Teacher

Owner

Allows data management, booking different providers and locations.

I have intentionally made my usage of it for me, my teachers and clients as minimal as possible to keep it simple and to the point.

Booksteam is great.

As a nail salon owner, I highly recommend BookSteam online scheduling software.

Fitness Instructor

None of my customers have had any issues, it’s easy to use, and customer service answers quickly!

They even let me tweak and add to the French version of the tool.

The Booksteam Team has been extremely accommodating and responsive.

My clients and I all adopted the tool very easily.

Customer Service Specialist

We had a time Zone glitch and they were able to fix it in a timely manner and informed us of once it was fixed.

Founder

Calendar: I am able to embed the Booksteam calendar, but it shows the attendants of a class.

Llama farm owner and tour operator

My clients have been able to book farm visits online easily.

Barber

None truly fits my needs... but Booksteam really made it easy for me to find ways to make it work.

I would like the get a reminder of my client's birthdays.

Customer Support

Appointment Scheduling

Client Online Scheduling

Ease of Use

Online Payment

Reminder Customization

Booking

Studio Management

Yoga Scheduling

Scheduling

Small Business

Large Enterprises

Freelancers

Mid-size Business

Calendly

Calendly is a scheduling automation platform that helps individuals, teams, and enterprises book meetings faster, eliminate back-and-forth emails, and connect their calendar, CRM, and video tools into one seamless scheduling workflow.

Google Calendar

Google Calendar is an online calendar solution that enables users to manage business and personal schedules. The platform offers calendar migration options, allowing users to integrate existing calendars, including those from Microsoft and IBM. Google provides comprehensive tools and resources to facilitate data migrations into the Google Workspace ecosystem.

Microsoft Bookings is an online appointment booking and scheduling tool for small businesses, available as part of Microsoft 365 for Business subscriptions. Clients can book the time and service they need, get a confirmation email and calendar invitation, reschedule or cancel if they must.

Recurring Appointments

Client Database

Group Scheduling

The Microsoft Bookings integrations most frequently cited by reviewers are: Microsoft Outlook (an email management product rated 4.9 out of 5 for its integration with Microsoft Bookings) and Microsoft Teams (a meeting product, 4.4).

Integrations

Reviews for Microsoft Bookings come from a wide variety of industries, including higher education (9% of reviewers), computer software (8%), and education management (6%). The most frequent use case for Microsoft Bookings cited by reviewers is appointment scheduling (84% of reviewers).

Microsoft Bookings

Book Like A Boss

Square Appointments

Doodle

TimeTap

Microsoft 365 Business Basic

Microsoft 365 Business Standard

Microsoft 365 Business Premium

Microsoft 365 Apps for business

Project and IT Manager

Colleagues and externals can use it to book meetings with me easily, and it’s connected with my calendar, so they can only book slots when I am available.

Another awesome feature is that it allows externals (that are not guest users in your Microsoft tenant) to use the link to book a meeting with you.

Senior Consultant

Helps people book meetings based on my outlook calendar easily and find open slots and spaces, it's great value for money and the learning curve is very easy.

Vice President of Sales and Operations

It allows for customers and team members to book or schedule a meeting with me easily without a lot of emails back and fourth on availability.

Management Technician II

The interface on the sign-up side is straightforward, and the ability to have reminders sent out to attendees automatically as an included feature is invaluable. If you already calendar with Outlook, this integration is very smooth (and again, very convenient as far as reminders go)

Software Engineer

It is integrated straight into the Office 365 environment, so you can easily create bookings that employees, clients, or potential clients can schedule with you to discuss anything work related or if you just need someone to talk to in general.

Director of Finance

I was able to schedule appointments with my staff and clients. And my clients were able to book appointments with me without any issues.

Useful tool for securing appointments with prospects who can book a convenient timeslot at their leisure.

Overall this is a solid solution, but if you want customizations and more importantly, to work with other softwares, you may need to check other alternatives

Online Marketeer

As a markteer I use bookings as a tool to have new customers plan meetings directly with my salesteam, co-workers use it to send out a personalised agenda to others so they can pick their own timeslot that suits them.

IT Manager

Overall it's been a huge asset to our organization that allows customers, vendors & partners to easily "book" time with key personnel just by following a link in the signature of an email.

Owner, Designer

I also had trouble getting the Online Chat option to work through my website and enabling the Booking option through it.

Sales Engineer

I use Bookings every day to manage my availability & avoid back-and-fourth exchanges to book my meetings with collaborators, partners, prospects & clients.

It’s a free tool if you have Microsoft paid account, and it’s worth using it if you (your company) operates in Microsoft’s environment.

Director of IS Project Management

You can copy your link and add it to your email signature or send out whenever you need someone to schedule an appointment with you.

A great solution if you already work (or planning to work) with other microsoft solutions like Teams or Outlook in a cohesive ecosystem.

It cannot work with google software, so it has to be microsoft stack like outlook and outlook for web

Great tool for booking calls with colleagues and also externals.

Administative Associate

Microsoft Bookings makes it easy for me to manage appointments for myself and others.

As an administrator, being able to quickly manage appointments is a must and this service makes it easy.

Coordinator

I have been able to integrate Microsoft Bookings easily into my daily workflow.

Sales Rep

It made scheduling test drives and follow-up appointments much easier.

However, upon adding a connector (which took some research) I was able to get the calendar issue resolved.

I would recommend this as an option to any small business wishing to find an affordable yet robust option for scheduling appointments.

The setup can take a little time at first, especially when configuring services and availability.

It saves me time because I'm not having to go back and forth with each person to figure out "what time works best" for all of us.

I had some trouble connecting it up to my Teams app installed on my computer.

Marketing Associate

If you are using the Microsoft Suite for your business, including your calendars, then this is the easiest software to use to schedule appts with customers.

HR Assistant

I love how easy it is to send a link or include it in my signature for people to book meetings with me.

Administation

I can't figure out how to make certain changes or delete a shared bookings page, even as the administrator.

It is easy to accidentally send your booking link out to a mass group of people, which can cause confusion and give people the impression that you are spamming them.

You can also embed that booking into your email signature, so people you talk to can find it easily.

Peer support worker

Some scheduling software can be confusing and yiu have to look here and there for appointments.   With this everything is connected and stored in easy to find files.

It was free to add on my Teams account, and there was no learning curve.

Learning curve exists, and there are a lot of options to check.

Microsoft bookings is easy to set up and allows for flexibility to accommodate your schedule to people.

It simply would NOT add a calendar event.

It's a great consistent business tool supporting multiple departments & locations.

I also wish we could customize the booking link to match the theme of our website.

Owner hair stylist

I absolutely love the features, and how affordable it is, and it’s helped with my business so much.

HR Coordinator

The ability to coordinate its use throughout is valuable.

Affordable and logical booking/meeting scheduling tool that may no thave the flashiness of competitors

Director

We only pay £6/month for two users, with six email addresses.

Marketing Manager CRM

Same goes for usual utilities and options which are available on other Microsoft applications.

Incredible performance overall and syncronization across different devices and apps.

Saves time when creating bookings and is very straight forward when implementing into the business.

It's an inexpensive way to schedule clients, meetings, and much more.

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