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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated August 20th, 2026 # Reviews of Booker Ease of use 4.1 Customer Service 4.1 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews ABDERRAHMANE E customer care agentTelecommunications, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “I really like the security system when you can use it safely,it allows you to feel free and no hacks that can get close to your informations.“ April 21, 2026 CO Corinne O Director of Business OperationsHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Had to leave the service and move to another scheduling company during our busy holiday system as we were losing revenue due to the issues and inability to check clients (who use credit cards) out! “ November 7, 2024 HD Haley D Accounting AdminMedical Practice, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Booker is a powerful and convenient platform for managing appointments and clients.“ March 19, 2026 Christine B Pilates transformation expertHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I lost money when the automated payment system glitched.“ April 10, 2026 KH Katherine H Office ManagerMedical Practice, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Booker is truly all-in-one, it manages employee schedules, hours, bookings, online bookings, services, products, retail management, and point-of-sale.“ October 20, 2023 Christine B Pilates transformation expertHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I paid too much money for a system like this to lose money on it.“ April 10, 2026 TB Tonja B Owner operatorAlternative Medicine, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “E-commerce and online booking options are great, easy to use and customer service is very responsive.“ October 16, 2024 MP Maggie P OwnerHospitality, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Booker has such excessive downtime that has cost my small business revenue (inability to book clients!) and poor client experience trying to book online. Because of this, I am switching to another platform and Booker will not let me cancel my subscription.“ October 20, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 981 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Ashely S. Recruiter Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Book It!" October 11, 2018 5.0 Pros Booker is a godsend for so many salons. It is very user-friendly and they have implemented the use of embedded training videos for all the features; this is a wonderful tool and works very well for people who are visual learners, which most stylists happen to be. For salon managers and owners, Booker offers a variety of tools: time-clock, sales tracking, inventory, tip allocation, expenditures/budgets, etc. Being a web-based software, it's very easy to add a widget or embed a link on your website and/or Facebook page to allow customers to easily schedule themselves for services. In addition, there is a built-in point of sale system that makes it easy to check out clients without needing to switch over to another program and/or system. Cons The downside to being a web-based software: if the server is down or there is an issue with the website, you cannot access your calendar or your point of sale system. Booker has been awesome enough to provide a separate website where they allow you to report issues of the system being down and also announcing known issues. Their customer service makes up for this issue. Review Source RD Renata D. Owner Hospitality Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good, but expensive " October 5, 2024 4.0 Worked with them for 5 years, love all the features, but with the economy the way it is, had to switch Pros Very complete with so many features, marketing and reports. Cons Charger are very, very high.. around $350/month plus the 3.5% and some flat fee cents on top of it Switched from [Setmore](https://www.capterra.com/p/122035/SetMore/) Needed more financial features and cash management Review Source CO Corinne O. Director of Business Operations Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Do Not Upgrade to Booker v2!!!" November 7, 2024 2.0 For many years Booker was a good, functional system. Version 2 was the worst. Not able to use to run the business. Had to leave the service and move to another scheduling company during our busy holiday system as we were losing revenue due to the issues and inability to check clients (who use credit cards) out! System just kept crashing. Do not use Booker version 2!!!! Pros The reports and ease of onboarding employees, setting security levels and booking appointments. Cons Once we moved to Booker v2, we found the software to be completely unusable. Constantly freezing, unable to check out clients without crashing, unable to view past transactions easily. Version 2 was completely unusable and we were told there was no way to return to version 1. We lost all of that data and ease of use. Switched from [Millenium](https://www.capterra.com/p/36629/Millenium/) Booker was cloud based when we switched about 15 years ago. We now used Meevo ( upgraded version of Millenium) which is now cloud based Review Source JO Jasmine O. Salon owner Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Booker is great for a beauty service provider who is starting out " December 6, 2022 4.0 I was happy with system. It helped keep my business organized Pros I was happy using Booker for my business for the first few years. It had online booking, kept track of clients individual notes and offered package services that clients could buy Cons It wasn’t as advanced as other booking systems but was worth the monthly price Reason for choosing Booker It had online booking Switched from [Meevo](https://www.capterra.com/p/172058/Meevo-2/) Meevo was too new and had too many technical problems Review Source BB Brandy B. Massage Therapist/ Business owner Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Do Not be Swindled by Booker" October 6, 2023 1.0 Bookers sales team worked really hard to sell me on a contract and once it was signed the truth slowly came out. The features that I was promised do not work properly and the over all design & functionality of the software are outdated and slow. Pros The software keeps up with what rooms a service can be performed in as well as items that may be needed to complete a service, and that are available in limited quantity. They also recently came out with an AI receptionist feature for online booking. Which is why I switched over to them however non of the features work very well and with the credit card processing regularly not working I regret switching. They also flat out lied about the functionality of Booker to get me to sign a contract. Cons Their sales team is awesome but once you sign your contract, the customer service is garbage they do not care about you or the issues the software has and it is very apparent. Credit card processing is arguably, the most important aspect of any business and there’s is not working properly. It hasn’t been for years apparently, and they do nothing to fix it. Reason for choosing Booker The sales team works really hard to win me over. They made a lot of promises. And the AI receptionist is what really got me. It is supposed to be able to book appointments and take a credit card to hold those appointments. But as previously stated their system regularly declines cards for no reason. Switched from [Vagaro](https://www.capterra.com/p/153752/Vagaro/) Because Booker offered the ability to track resources that are available in a limited capacity to prevent double bookings for services like hot stones as well as had the option for room assignments, but the real main reason I switched was for the new AI receptionist feature which does not work properly at all. Huge waste of time and money. I will be switching back to vagaro Review Source LB Laurie B. owner Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Booker wants you to use endless work arounds because they can't get it right" November 23, 2020 2.0 I am stuck in Booker because I have been using it since 2014. My client data base and content are huge, they have been purchased by mindbody and I had hoped for an improvement, but its worse. Do not get stuck with this software, purchase something else. They require you to do work arounds because the software does not function properly. The reporting is shite. Please do your self a favor and look else where. I have tow spas and they are on different versions of booker. I have asked multiple times to be placed on one version or the other. Pros It has a lot of useful features, sadly very few of them work as expected. - membership processing - gift certificates - embedded special codes for marketing - pixels for marketing - cancellation policy implementation - customer service availability - appointment scheduling - sales reporting - freezing memberships - mail campaigns and marketing Cons ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING with this software requires a work around. -I have lost members because the software randomly double and triple charges them each month and doesn't represent it in the recent orders tab so it looks as if it hasn't - freezing members is great, but then booker charges them for ALL the months they have been frozen - you cannot put special deals on for the holidays on gift certificates = no holiday gift certificate promos - special codes for marketing do not auto populate for orders and cannot be found from within the order - pixels for marketing from their marketing tools do not work - cancellation policy is great but if the person does not have a cc on file then you cannot close the order which makes it impossible to close the drawer at the end of the night - groups often book under the same name , booker requires you to CANCEl that appt rather than just changing the name - ridiculous -sales reporting is not customizable, past membership reporting cannot be done. it only shows current numbers regardless of the date you enter. kind of hard to measure growth -members may freeze their monthly billing, no benefits are accrued but when you take the freeze off it autocharges all previous unpaid months - customer service is available - but they are often unknowledgeable and can only submit requests to development and they take months even years before they fix your problem. - the marketing tab does not load on my booker if im running from chrome. Alternatives considered [ZENOTI](https://www.capterra.com/p/131057/ZENOTI/) Reason for choosing Booker It seemed more modern and sleek at the time. Seemed to offer better options and functionality. The customer service team was great and seemed like they would be on point. There was a time when I was referring our clients to them but had to stop because the feedback from them was so awful Choosing the Booker software was one of the worst business decisions I have ever made. Switched from [Mindbody](https://www.capterra.com/p/40229/MINDBODY/) Mindbody was old and clunky, I switched after only a couple months of use. Review Source CN Chris N. Owner Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Know the Limitations of Booker" May 4, 2024 3.0 Negative. They really have a confusing business model. Booker vs Mindbody. Seems really obvious that they need to combine the two. Booker seemed like an afterthought. They upgraded it regularly when I started, then it became apparent that the upgrades were few and far between and really meaningless. The cancellation experience was nothing short of a nightmare. I can't believe how they treated a company that had been with them for over 3 years. You know these companies are in trouble when they try to hold you to a policy that says if you say nothing, your contract auto-renews for one year. Very deceitful. I don't recommend Booker, there are many better options out there. Pros It was far more capable than our previous scheduling software. It is fairly integrated solution that does client management, scheduling and POS. Cons Dealing with Booker reps. They are not genuine and you get the runaround a lot. There is a lot of turnover in the company. They are very pushy with their acquisitions like Reach and Classpass. Neither are worth your time. Review Source VR Valerie R. owner Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Look elsewhere for scheduling & business software" February 10, 2023 3.0 disappointed Pros can access schedule from mobile devices || clients can book appointments via web link Cons unreliable , inconsistent, lack of ownership when software not working, lack of ownership when they add services to our list that we don't offer, no report is accurate Reason for choosing Booker presentation of a stable reliable software with support team that can resolve issues quickly Review Source EK Ella K. Owner Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Frustrated user of six years" December 31, 2019 2.0 I’ve been using this software for six years the features seem promising but the reality of them are not easy to use and implement or take too long for customer service. It is not customizable for a large scale salon and that is not what bothers me the most, it’s when you call Support and they have no solutions except we don’t do that. And I mean repeatedly that is what I get from their Support team. Pros All the features they supposedly offer. Cons No customer support, terrible training, and my staff does not feel like it’s easy to use. It takes forever to track and check people out. The reports are confusing and make no sense and their payroll is not customizable so I still have to outsource and pay more. They seem to be prompt when they’re selling you something to add cost to your service but not when you need help. And their support has no solutions or work around options. Alternatives considered [Vagaro](https://www.capterra.com/p/153752/Vagaro/)[Meevo](https://www.capterra.com/p/172058/Meevo-2/)[Phorest](https://www.capterra.com/p/113530/Phorest-Salon-Software/)[SalonBiz](https://www.capterra.com/p/9175/SalonBiz/) Reason for choosing Booker I’m considering other products now. At the time Booker was $65 a month and now I pay $350 a month and instead of adding complementary features at that price they’re consistently trying to sell me new features and up my monthly cost. Switched from [DaySmart Salon](https://www.capterra.com/p/9167/DaySmart-Salon/) Because I wanted something that offered better online booking and worked in LiveTime and had an app it was six or seven years ago so at the time Salon Iris did not have this Review Source Katie S. Founder Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Booker initially worked okay, but we are seeing progressively worsened issues with Version 2." February 16, 2018 1.0 Pros I do think the UI on the backend is easy and simple to use. I also like the ability to manage payroll, inventory, store CC securely to appointments/client profiles. Cons I am in the process of franchising my concept, Mylkbar, and am absolutely livid with the level of customer support and consistent lack of transparency. Coming from an enterprise software sales background, the companies I have worked for always were transparent with product roadmaps, glitches/bugs, and capabilities. Initially, Booker worked okay and we could live with the occasional kinks and glitches. Now, the issues are so bad that I spend 50% of my time dealing with Booker and am vetting other software that I may need to select to replace Booker. The primary concerns are as follows: 1) Poor integration with Clover. Do NOT GO ON BOOKER VERSION 2. It is not fully developed and has too many kinks. If you look at all of their enterprise, multi-location accounts (Drybar, Olive and June, Ten Over Ten, Blushington, etc) they are all on Version 1. Version 2 is riddled with glitches. We constantly have to hit the refresh button and clear the cache to ensure things run smoothly. That is NOT how cloud software is supposed to work. 2) Constant payment glitches. In the past month, we have over 10 instances with payment glitches. We have to then close out the transaction on the Clover and reconcile our books within Booker. This takes up an inordinate amount of time, frustrates my employees, and also costs me time and money if I have to get my bookkeeper involved. 3) Terrible UI for clients booking online. Clients can't select multiple services. They have to add a service to their cart, then go back to main page to select second service. This is also a MAJOR issue with group bookings, which account for a big chunk of our business. The group booking functionality in Version 2 is NONEXISTENT, therefore are phone rings ALL day with people asking how to book more than one person. 4) Version 2 is not supported in the Apple App Store. How did this even happen?! You introduce an app, which should be well vetted and readily available on your "newer" Version and then the app store declines it? Unreal. On top of this, Booker had a lot of Version 2 customers who had paid to develop/access the client facing app (like me) and just waited months with no response. 5) Terrible customer support. Booker's main clientele is the salon industry, yet customer support is not available on weekends?! What a joke. I was told support was available daily when I signed up. Expect 20 minute hold times for chat support. Then, Booker will create an incident ticket and act like you are the only client experiencing that issue and then never follow up. I have unresolved tickets still open from last July, 2017. 6) Total lack of transparency. I may decide to stick with Booker and pay for access to their APIor revert to Version 1 (which is so beyond ridiculous considering Version 2 \*should\* be better)... I have asked for details on the API and functionality, yet I have to upgrade my account FIRST and sign another contract?! At least the contracts are a 30 day back out... At least I am assuming that is the case. In short, I would not recommend Booker to anyone UNLESS they miraculously address these issues in the short term. My guess is that Booker is understaffed and underfunded. I think Booker bit off more than they could chew with Version 2. Just go and talk to any business using Booker (even those enterprise accounts) and they will happily share their experiences with you. Oh, and I have complained about all of the above to a Director of Product Development and their Director of Customer Support. After I got extremely angry and basically demanded a dedicated support rep, my voice is finally being \*somewhat\* heard, but I am still not satisfied. We just experienced another major payment glitch today. I am making my review public, so feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn if you have questions. Review Source CW Cassidy W. Massage therapist Leisure, Travel & Tourism Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use booking manager" March 13, 2025 4.0 I used Booker for several years and found it to be easy to navigate. It offers options for how to view the schedule, and a way to keep notes on client profiles. Pros App version allowed for easy and quick reference from my smart phone. Cons Occasional glitches that were not fixed quickly. Some tasks did not work reliably through the app. Review Source DJ Denise J. Massage Therapist Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Booker has been a life changer for me and my Therapeutic Massage Practice. " August 19, 2017 4.0 The ease and functionality for my clients to have my app on their phone for scheduling wherever they are, no matter what time of day or night it is. It's also a reminder for them to schedule when they see my app At a glance! The reminder notifications allows me to focus on servicing my clients instead of scheduling appts, and making confirmations calls every day. Pros I love the way Booker works directly with my web page. My clients and potential clients can book right from my web site, purchase gift certificates from the comfort of their homes or offices, and print them or email them right from their computer without having to come to my office. I am often in service with a client and don't have a lot of time to answer or return calls during my work day let alone meet people to hand deliver gift certificates. I don't have a receptionist or assistant to assist in these matters. I love the fact that I have my very own App to give to my clients so they can save ME to their phones and book on line any time of the day or night, without having to try to find me first. I'm just a click away. The best part is that after you set up your booker to work with your website, it just makes scheduling my clients appts soooo much easier. They get an email notification with Appt details and directions. Then an appt reminder 24 hrs before their Appt so they can click the confirm button, so I don't have to make confirmation calls the day before, then a text reminder notification 3 hours before their Appt which cuts down on no shows, and late cancellations. I love it!! Cons I have 2 locations and Booker does not have a place to differentiate either location. So when my clients book on line, there is no way of telling them which days I am at one location and which days I am at the other. So when they are looking at my open appts, they don't know which location they are booking for. This kind of takes my 5 star Status and brings it down to a 3 because this causes my clients much confusion when trying to book, and me soooo much stress, because what good is it if I always have to call them anyway when they are trying to schedule on line?? This defeats the whole purpose of online scheduling. This needs to be fixed and upgraded. Another thing. The mobile app is limited to its back of the house functionality. It's very easy to schedule appts, but looking up Gift Certificate numbers and entering them for payment after a client redeems them is time consuming and not user friendly. I also wish I had Email/ text Marketing built in so I could send my clients daily, weekly and monthly specials. There are days that I would love to send out a quick text telling my clients what time slots I have available. This would be soooooo easy since all of their contact info is already in the system. I would also like to see yearly reports and just imagine how great it would be if the accounting software was built right in! All in one place! Now that would make Booker the leader in the industry! Review Source Response from Playlist August 29, 2017 Denise - Thank you for your review and the detail on why it's working so well for you and your clients. We'll share your feedback with the product team and if there's anything we can do to help, contact support@booker.com. We love hearing that you've cut down on cancellations and no shows! You rock! - The Booker Team MP Maggie P. Owner Hospitality Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excessive down time and Booker does not listen to customers" October 20, 2023 2.0 Lack of responsiveness to customer inquiries and valid concerns with downtime and non-functioning software. Most recently their denial of my subscription cancellation. They do not send a renewal notice or offer a reasonable cancellation window. These are very antiquated, predatory subscription practices. Pros Booker originally seemed to have a robust suite of functionality including marketing. Cons Booker has such excessive downtime that has cost my small business revenue (inability to book clients!) and poor client experience trying to book online. Because of this, I am switching to another platform and Booker will not let me cancel my subscription. Talk about antiquated, predatory subscription practices! Review Source SG Sally G. owner Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Booker was better years ago. Not now." April 13, 2024 5.0 It was great until around 2020 when Mindbody came around. Been struggling ever since with the software. Each update seemed to break booker more. I signed up in 2014 and left in December. Will not recommend booker or mindbody to anyone. Pros Data from clients, calendar views, appt reminders, cloud Cons Lack of access to my client data. Wording in set up making it where my software was my own worst enemy- keeping seeking clients from booking available appointments I wanted to fill. My membership tracking and usage was difficult to track. Reason for choosing Booker price, ease, visual clarity, data organization Review Source SC Sierra C. Guest Concierge Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A good starting point for a scheduling platform" June 23, 2023 3.0 Fairly user friendly, easy to learn, and always loved all the details available. Pros I mostly liked all of the details available for us - such as time stamps for appointment details, membership history, and so much more! Cons There were frequent glitches in the system and eventually the platform simply did not have the infrastructure in place for our clientele size. Review Source AP Anna P. Owner Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Booker? ARE YOU KIDDING?" April 10, 2017 1.0 This company is a joke. They may have tried to put together a Salon software, which has some good qualities and bad, but, the company has ruined their name and a host of other businesses because of their lack of understanding how their software has a direct effect and how they manage their software on a day to day basis. They are completely horrific! We continually try to deal with the issues, (Booker being slow, or totally down on a regular basis), and we have heard every unimaginable excuse, but the only people that are having a very costly, negative impact, are the businesses that purchased this worthless product. We came to Booker primarily through the recommendation of Spa Magazine. They touted Booker as being the Best Software Company in the market and they still continue to do so. We took their recommendation strongly and pursued Booker. We were courted with full Attention and Promises when we first met. We were promised complete support and excellent service, which was also written by American Spa. We signed on with Booker and slowly problems continued to arise. We worked through them but as time progressed, it became a regular ongoing occurrence. We were told that Booker was growing too fast and that the problems would be resolved; this couldn't be further from the truth. Things progressively got worse! We have issues getting through to Booker and the slowness and down times are becoming commonplace. Our business has suffered and lost customer satisfaction and comfort in quick appointments. Our good will has been damaged and through all of this, we have tried to be tolerant and understanding. Last week the experience in our company, using Booker software, became intolerable. The software was barely running or slow, and on our busiest day, it completely shut down. We were so dependent on Booker that we had to turn away our business. We cannot continue to do business this way! We would love to know if other companies are dealing with this issue and what they are doing to keep their business from this harm. While we wait on hold and continue trying to get through to the owner of Booker, we are searching for a software that can service our needs with minimal issues. Please let us know Review Source Response from Playlist May 4, 2017 Dear Anna, We take our role in your business very seriously. We've invested significantly in improving our servers so this won't happen again in the future. This investment of engineering resources and updated equipment has resulted in greater stability and faster speed, and we intend to continue the improvements. We'd love to discuss this further with you if you have time. We thank you for using Booker and for your feedback. Thank you, The Booker Team PM Pamela M. Corporate Officer Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Could not do without it" September 17, 2019 5.0 The pro's definitely outweigh whatever problems or frustrations I have with Booker, so I'm overall a happy customer and will continue working with them. I honestly could not do without this software and look forward to them making more improvements to make it an even better products. Pros I appreciate that my clients can book online and purchase gift certificates when I'm too busy to answer the phone. It's also super easy checking out clients, but best of all is that I'm able to manage our calendar for both therapists and clients, and reschedule with ease. I love that I am also able to track client history and their progress. As we get busier and our client base grows, it can become more challenging to manage paper files and this has helped us cut down on paperwork, thank goodness! Cons There is definitely a learning curve with Booker and there have been times when I've been unsure of how to do something, and have had to contact their support team. One of the glitches that annoys me, is that when I add a new staff member, it adds or populates their name in the calendar even before their official start date! It can be confusing. The same happens when I terminate a staff member or switch them to 'inactive' - then their name and client appointmentss that day, all disappear from view. This is probably one of the more frustrating things for me. I also wish I could do a bit of my own customization like removing things from a drop down table that do not able to me. Review Source DH Desiree H. Executive Assistant Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Talk to Technicians, not just salesmen " April 18, 2017 4.0 Overall, interacting with several people there were only two I had significant issues with. Their customer service is helpful if only slightly fragmented. My companies stake holders were not impressed by the service and went elsewhere. However, I still would recommend at least investigating their services to assist your company. Pros Salesmen are very attentive, attempt to find questions to any answers and are quick to return calls. Software is very clean and easy to use as long as you stay within their realm of "basics". Cons Unfortunately, if you have any type of development background this software will not allow you to utilize it unless you upgrade to the API. Prior to purchase we were told we would have Full Access to all features and everything was 100% customize-able. However, there are areas of customization you still need to have a "Super User" (call in to tech support + talk to a manager) to change. Example: Accepting cash in office. The second issue I had is their merchant processing. They don't have syncing with Amazon Pay (primary issue we were told could be done with this software), PayPal or Square. You are charged additionally to use their merchant processing (and with companies my accounting had never heard of/didn't want to use). Again, while promised we would be able to find a work around, eventually it was found even with upgrading to a higher tier with API access, there was an extremely slim chance that different integration methods was possible. Third: The price. Please understand if you desire to let one company manage everything then this software is helpful. However, if you don't then per month charge is rather high when other simple services are free or offer nearly every feature Booker does for 1/5th the price. So, do your research and speak with both Sales force and Tech support before making a decision. Review Source Response from Playlist May 4, 2017 Dear Desiree, Thank you for your feedback and thoughts. Booker partners with a number of the largest payment vendors to offer our customers a variety of highly secure options. We're sorry to hear that there wasn't an option that you felt worked for your business. We'd love to discuss your feedback on the API access and other specifics if you have time. Thank you for using Booker and for your feedback. Best, The Booker Team JE JENNIFER E. OWNER/OPERATOR Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Pretty good, need a more affordable tier for solo practitioners" August 18, 2017 3.0 In general I already covered the benefits....but one thing I forgot to complain about is the difficulty in moving a client with multiple treatments!!! I may have a client booked for 3-4 treatments lasting 2-3 hours, and say the opportunity comes up for them to come in an hour earlier. I can't just move the whole appt up! I have to edit each item one by one, updating the appt after each adjustment!!! or just cancel the whole damned-able thing and reenter it?! Pros Seems to be everything I need, like that it's cloud-based, like that it tracks inventory and gives me reports, allows me to keep great notes....I do think it provides all that's needed. Cons Problems with SPEED this past year! Especially if you are in minimum itier. I will say that I'm seriously interested in switching to another company. mindbody offers ASCP/ABMP members a program. It doesn't have as much capability as booker, I think I wouldn't be able to sell products online, etc., but that's not something I use very much anyway. Review Source Response from Playlist August 21, 2017 Hi Jennifer - Thank you for your feedback. We've made a lot of in speed/stability this year so you should continue to see improvements there. We'll share your feedback with our product team regarding appointments as well. We're always working to make Booker better and take your suggestions very seriously. Thank you for sharing and for using Booker. - The Booker Team LA Laura A. Manager Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Better than others" October 5, 2017 3.0 I hope they put the document management settings back on the brand level, so our new employees don't have to log into both locations on different browsers in order to upload documents. Pros It is pretty simple to use, and they work on improving it often. We were able to edit our membership even though when I called, they told me it could not be done. Cons They have taken some features away that make it very inconvenient. The Brand level is separate from the location levels, so we have to change locations on our screen when we need to do certain things. Also, their customer support is not very good. They prefer you email them, which works in some cases, but most of the time you need more than an email to convey the issue. Second, I have called more than once to find out how to do something, and they were wrong. Last time, I called to see if we could edit our membership to include more than just one service that the benefits could be used for. He told me no, unfortunately I'd have to cancel all of our memberships, make a new one, and then resell all of them. This would take far too long. I did some digging and found the solution on my own, and it was not only possible, but really not that hard. They also update during our open hours. Since we're 6 hours different, it's not surprising but it is very inconvenient to have our system down during that last hour or two of our day. Review Source JW Jill W. Owner Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Booker Provides the Right Details" January 6, 2021 4.0 We had several manual processes and workarounds to track and fix our data, but the auditing capabilities and ease of use make this system worthwhile! Pros Booker makes it easy to book clients, review accurate data, see clients shared to a membership, easily manage gift cards and online certs, easily view status changes of a membership, provide great auditing capabilities... Cons The customer support is extremely lacking. We also couldn’t get all the reports we needed and had to use a custom developed Stage 1 reporting system that was insanely slow. Our franchise switched systems to a MUCH inferior system due to the poor customer service. The Booker company doesn’t seem interested to work to improve the system based on the client needs. It’s got a great core but there were several bugs that would go on for years and the typical response would be a time consuming workaround, rather than addressing this issue and providing timelines. Review Source MN Michael N. co-founder Used the software for: ### "Best available Cloud based solution for POS & Online Booking" February 3, 2015 5.0 So there is no perfect product BUT... We've run our beauty business for 8 years now using a variety of non-integrated systems including AppointmentQues and Intuit POS. About 2 years ago, we became very frustrated with the total lack of customer support from our current solutions'they literally did not have a phone number to reach a real person in any circumstance. The role Booker would play for us was mission critical so I did some serious due diligence before selecting Booker. I created a massive feature spreadsheet that compared the 4 top contenders. Booker and one other option appeared to be the best on paper. So I called Booker and grilled that sales person for literally 3 hours about all the nuances of Booker. She was cheerful and knowledgable (I think her name was Erica) and answered pretty much all of my questions. We have over 60 employees, so training and switching our software backbone is a huge hassle'you really want to choose the right long term partner so you don't have to deal with all that work again. I'd say Booker gets 98 out of 100 issues and features. It is very elegant and thoughtfully designed and a pleasure to work with on a day to day basis. So much more robust and clean that our previous patched together solutions. Yes, on the rare occasions when the Booker servers go down for an hour at 3pm, you will curse their name, but you will also quickly forgive, because no cloud based solutions has perfect uptime, and this cloud based solution is soooooooo much better than our previous desktop apps. Yes, we push the limits of the features. Yes, we wish they would fix some of the "glitches" more quickly'it seems that adding new customers might be getting more CEO focus than improving the user/customer experience. But so far, Booker appears to still be the best available option. Side note: Robert Schmidt in support is a rockstar and really gave us a lot of good advice and strategic insights related to Booker. PROS: Smart, friendly people in customer support that live in NYC or SoCal. They really know their stuff and try hard to help you. And they don't speak English as a 3rd language or live in Bangladesh! Well thought out, elegant interface. CONS: Booker needs to hire more/task more programmers to fix glitches in the system'fixes trickle in, but far more slowly than other SaaS providers in other industries. Feels like they are resting on their laurels with features'slow to fix or add features Review Source AR Alexander R. Float consultant Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Booker is awesome compared to other software options " December 22, 2020 5.0 Very good experience Pros Definitely go with booker, I used the software for 5 years. It’s cheaper than most competitors for the great performance it has, booker is more user friendly and has multiple different pathways to solve the same problem to offer multiple routes of action. So like I said I worked with booker for a long time and loved it, however the corporate branch of our company has recently forced the rest of us franchises to transition to another software that is not booker. Honestly I’m sad because booker was so much better than this new software is and there’s nothing we can really do. This is software is terrible as it has made the user experience of our employees and clients much more difficult, both of which were aspects that booker excelled in. Cons Honestly nothing bad to say about booker Review Source EC Emily C. Spa Manager Cosmetics Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Booker Review " January 24, 2017 5.0 We love Booker here at our spa. I love the features we use for creating yoga classes and memberships as well. It's very easy to use in that aspect. Scheduling appointments is a breeze and checking customers out couldn't be easier. I do wish there was a way to put notes onto gift card codes or under a customer's name so that if there is any confusion with an order or if someone gave their gift card to someone else, we could go back and see who they gave permission to use that gift card. Another thing that would be a great feature to add to Booker is the use of storing a client intake form on a client's file in the system. If we were able to take a photo of a signed client consent form with all of their information on it and upload it to Booker as a PDF file, it would be truly magical. Paper piles up... we would love to go digital :) Pros The ease of scheduling. It is simple to teach new people and services just pop up when you start typing them. I like that. Cons Sometimes the system can be a little bit slow. It is truly only difficult when there are lots of people waiting on you. Review Source Response from Playlist January 31, 2017 Thank you for your excellent feedback Emily. We're thrilled that using Booker is working so well for your business. You can use the Document Storage feature to save information on clients as you mentioned in your review. If you have questions, please contact support@booker.com. Thank you for using Booker! - The Booker Team CP Chantel P. Registered Massage Therapist Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy appointment management, schedule settings could be improved" June 7, 2024 5.0 Overall easy set up and navigation. User friendly for clients, however could use some minor upgrades with scheduling customization. Pros They notified you via email for every new appointment, making it easy to keep track of client appointments. Cons Their practitioner scheduling could use some improvement, in terms of making it more customizable. There was no way to have practitioners on a bi-weekly schedule and had to be input manually week by week. 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