BookAndGo compared with the booking tools US businesses use

Vagaro is an all-in-one platform for beauty, wellness and fitness, with its own payments hardware, a branded app, a website builder and a client marketplace. BookAndGo is a booking page and calendar for businesses that want appointments handled well and nothing they will not use.

Square Appointments is booking inside Square's payments system: cards on file, prepaid packages and products rung up with services. BookAndGo is booking without the register, for businesses that take payment their own way, and every booking page has an AI chat that answers clients' questions and helps them book.

Acuity Scheduling is a scheduler that books, takes payments and deposits, and sells packages, subscriptions and gift certificates. BookAndGo keeps to the booking side and goes further on it: group classes, recurring series, a waitlist that can book the next client in, intake forms and client follow-up by email.

Booksy is an app for beauty and barber professionals with a client marketplace, payments, deposits and text reminders. BookAndGo is a booking page and calendar for any appointment business, where clients book you directly rather than through a marketplace.

GlossGenius runs scheduling, payments and admin for beauty, wellness and medspa businesses, with its own point of sale. BookAndGo handles the booking and the follow-up, for businesses that do not need a checkout system.

Mindbody is business management software for fitness, beauty and wellness, with class check-in, a point of sale, a branded app, lead management and a consumer marketplace. BookAndGo is a lighter booking page and calendar that still runs group classes, repeat bookings and a waitlist.

Setmore is a booking page and calendar with payments, group classes, video meeting links and email or text reminders. BookAndGo is a booking page and calendar with a waitlist, intake forms, review requests and email campaigns built in.

Calendly is built for meetings: AI scheduling, routing forms, event types, meeting recaps and follow-ups. BookAndGo is built for appointments: services, providers, classes, a waitlist and the client follow-up a service business runs on.

Fresha is salon and spa software with a beauty and wellness marketplace, upfront payments and its own payment terminal. BookAndGo is a booking page and calendar for businesses that would rather be booked directly than through a marketplace.

SimplyBook.me is a broad booking system with WhatsApp, SMS and email notifications, online and in-person payments, memberships, a client app and many optional features. BookAndGo is narrower: a booking page, provider calendar, classes, email reminders, a waitlist and client follow-up.

Schedulicity's own site says Schedulicity is now Vagaro. If you were a Schedulicity customer and are choosing your next booking system, here is how BookAndGo compares with what the Schedulicity site now offers.

Boulevard is a client experience platform for appointment-based self-care businesses, with its own point of sale, memberships, loyalty, HIPAA-compliant forms and an AI receptionist, with a demo as the starting point. BookAndGo is a booking page and calendar you can set up yourself.