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Bookafy vs Calendly: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 21st, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 16,579 reviews from Appointment Scheduling users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Appointment Management
5.0
Online Booking
5.0
Calendar Management
5.0
Confirmations/Reminders
5.0
Client Management
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Feature ratings
Appointment Management
4.7
Online Booking
4.8
Calendar Management
4.7
Confirmations/Reminders
4.7
Client Management
NA
User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews137
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.6
4.7
User reviews3,909
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.4
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Free trial
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Bookafy offers enterprises, municipalities and universities a fully branded version of our booking software with our White Label Solution. Also available to resellers, integrators and SMB.

Calendly has a proven track record of ROI for Sales, Marketing, CS, Recruiting, RevOps, IT, and any team that sched meetings. Millions of teams automate their scheduling with Calendly. Start for free.

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⚡️Scott K
Recruiting Manager
5.0

Scott K.: My name is Scott. I am the recruiting manager, and my company is small. It's under 50 people. And I give Calendly a five out of five rating. So before Calendly, we used a manual process where we would send a whole bunch of times that we were available to interview them and they would respond with a whole bunch back. It was awful. Then we just asked when are they available, but because we were located all across the globe, time zones really became a problem. So it was just too much back and forth. I chose Calendly because it made my job super simple. All I would do was integrate it with our applicant tracking system, which is Greenhouse, and I would send that out to the candidates and they would be able to see my calendar. They would pick their spots. And if they had to cancel and reschedule for any reason, they could do it through the Calendly app and I wouldn't even have to get involved. It was seamless. Getting started with Calendly is super simple. I'm not technical and I was able to do it, so that means anyone can, except my parents. But it was easy, and I did it for the entire company. So I was setting up their messaging to go out to the candidates that opened their links. I also tailored them for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes. Sometimes I wanted to speak with a candidate outside of normal hours because we were going to make an offer to them and I didn't care if it interrupted my dinner. So I would send them a different Calendly link that basically had my evening hours available on demand. If you want to save time with rescheduling, use Calendly. It's so easy. And they've also made a lot of improvements over the years and they send a lot of updates of different versions they put out with different features, so they're amazing. I've used it both as a user of it to work with other companies, and I've had my companies that I've worked with in the last few, five years, six years, all sign up for Calendly if they didn't already have it.

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Access Controls/Permissions
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Important

Bookafy

Top Features
29/30
  • Wait List Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Appointment Management
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Availability Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Client Database
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer History
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Management
  • Group Scheduling
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Location
  • Online Booking
  • Online Payments
  • Recurring Appointments
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • SMS Messaging
  • Website Integration
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Calendly

21/30
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Bookafy
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Calendly
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Bookafy
  • By Bookafy Scheduling
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2015
Calendly
  • By Calendly
  • Located in United States
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