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Google Calendar vs Genbook: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 13th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 17,037 reviews from Appointment Scheduling users.
% Fit
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Feature ratings
Appointment Management
NA
Online Booking
4.5
Calendar Management
4.8
Confirmations/Reminders
4.7
Availability Management
4.6
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Feature ratings
Appointment Management
3.2
Online Booking
4.3
Calendar Management
3.2
Confirmations/Reminders
3.9
Availability Management
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User satisfaction
4.8
User reviews3,464
Ease of use
4.8
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.4
4.7
User reviews278
Ease of use
4.7
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.7
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Can be used by businesses and teams of any size across various industries.

Over 22,000 successful hair, beauty and wellness entrepreneurs use Genbook to manage and elevate their businesses, winning the hearts and minds of their clients.

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Laura D
Owner
5.0

Laura: Hi, I'm Laura, and I'm the owner. I'm giving Google Calendar a five out of five for my review. And if you'd like to see more reviews, click below. Before I was using Google Calendar, just because I'm ancient, I was using paper. I carried around a little notebook that had a planner days, weeks, months, and I had a huge calendar in my office and I had to match the planner with the calendar on the wall. And if I wanted to work with other people, I had to print a copy of the calendar and go to a physical meeting with them, with all of their planner books so that we could make our calendars the same. This was really not efficient. Moving away from paper into digital. And I picked Google Calendar first because I had Gmail account and it was attached to Gmail. So super easy. And then it's online. So wherever I was that I had my computer or my smartphone, I could access my calendar and I was able to stop double booking, provided I looked at my calendar first. Then it was easy to add people to the calendar. Whether they had Gmail or not, I could invite them, and so we could all have a shared calendar and that worked really well. It was kind of first come, first serve too. It was one of the first online calendars I saw, and it was so easy to use that I've just never changed. Bringing Google Calendar into your business and having it work successfully for your team. This depends on your team. If your team are kind of fun, geeky, love new things people, it's just easy because it's easy to put on appointments. It's easy to make a Zoom meeting in the Zoom calendar, I mean, in the Google calendar. It's super easy. It's easy to invite people to a meeting, easy to accept. All of that's cool. If you have apps. I have one client I work with, and they have Trello, and we are connecting Trello to Google Calendar so that for the people who need to see it printed on a calendar, we can do that. That interaction is super helpful. The documentation is good. You can find what you need, and if you follow the steps, it works perfectly. So the first thing I would say if you're thinking about getting Google Calendar is get it. And why? It's easy to use. It's accessible all over the place, on your phone, on your laptop, on your desktop. Even if you're with somebody else, and you're borrowing their internet, you can get to your calendar. It's easily shareable, and that's a wonderful function for families, for working teams. You can share a calendar so that you all have your deadlines and everything together in one place. And that connectivity is excellent. If you happen to use a different program for booking and receiving payments, then you can connect that to your Google Calendar with about two clicks. And anybody who purchases a slot on your calendar and pays for it, shows right up on your Google Calendar. And if you have something else booked on your Google Calendar, that spot's not available for them to book in your scheduling and payment place. For me, this just simplified everything I was doing in my business. So again, if you're thinking about getting Google Calendar, go ahead and do it.

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David W
Owner
5.0

David W.: My name is David, I'm the Executive Director, and my rating for Genbook is a five. For more ratings, click below. Our previous scheduling program was written on paper. It was inefficient. Genbook has replaced the efficiency. I have several reasons for choosing Genbook. Efficiency, cost-effective, the ability to reschedule patients without being in the office, and be able to recall them when necessary. The set-up protocol for Genbook was quite simple and the staff was very helpful in providing services. My recommendation and considerations for obtaining Genbook would be, if you have more than one employee, I highly recommend it to control your hours and your scheduling.

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Access Controls/Permissions
207
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Activity Dashboard
388
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Google Calendar

6/30
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Appointment Management
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Client Database
  • Client Management
  • Client Portal
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer History
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Employee Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Location
  • Online Payments
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • SMS Messaging
  • Wait List Management
  • Website Integration
  • Availability Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Confirmations/Reminders
  • Group Scheduling
  • Online Booking
  • Recurring Appointments
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Google Calendar
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
Genbook
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
Google Calendar
  • By Google
  • Located in United States
Genbook
  • By Genbook
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2006
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