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Squarespace's appointment platform for service businesses — flat per-account pricing by calendar count, with payments, packages and intake forms built in.
The appointment-business platform at $16/month flat for one calendar — worth it when payments, intake forms and packages are the job; expensive for a plain booking link.
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Acuity is the scheduling system for a business that sells appointments: flat $16 a month for one calendar with payments, deposits and intake forms included, scaling by calendar count rather than seats.
Clients pay, pre-book packages or complete intake forms when they book — and you would rather run that in one system than stitch a booking link to separate payment and form tools.
You only need a simple 'book a call with me' link — Calendly, TidyCal and YouCanBookMe all do that for $0 to $12 a month, and Acuity has no free tier to start on.
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Starts A new client books an appointment
You get A paid, documented appointment with nothing left to chase
Booking, payment and paperwork collapse into one client action
Starts A regular client should prepay for a block or join a membership (Standard and above)
You get Prepaid, recurring client revenue
Retention income without manual rebooking and invoicing
Starts Your popular times fill up (Standard and above)
You get Cancelled slots refilled from the waitlist
Peak demand stops leaking to competitors
Starts Your practice handles protected health information
You get A HIPAA-ready scheduling flow with a signed BAA
Approval Confirm the signed BAA is in place before any client health information enters the system
Compliance stops being the reason to avoid online booking
There is no free plan to fall back on, so test Starter versus Standard on the real question: do you need text reminders and packages?
The intake form is the feature that pays for Acuity — set it up before sharing the link, not after.
Link your payment provider, set deposit rules, and put the scheduling page on your site and profiles.
Time to first useful result: Under 1 hour · no-code 5/5
Flat per account, priced by calendars. Starter $16/mo billed annually ($20 billed monthly) — 1 calendar. Standard $27/mo billed annually ($34 monthly) — up to 6 calendars, text reminders, packages, memberships, waitlist. Premium $55/mo billed annually ($69 monthly) — up to 36 calendars, AI booking assistant, HIPAA BAA, remove branding, custom API/CSS. No free plan; 7-day free trial on any plan. Prices in USD before tax.
$16/mo billed annually ($20/mo billed monthly)
Flat / month · $16/mo for one person
$27/mo billed annually ($34/mo billed monthly)
Flat / month · $27/mo for one person
$55/mo billed annually ($69/mo billed monthly)
Flat / month · $55/mo for one person
| Plan | Published price | Solo monthly | Billed by | Limits & overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| StarterSolo pick | $16/mo billed annually ($20/mo billed monthly) | $16/mo | Flat / month | No text-message reminders — email only · No packages, memberships, gift certificates or waitlist |
| Standard | $27/mo billed annually ($34/mo billed monthly) | $27/mo | Flat / month | No AI booking assistant or HIPAA BAA — those are Premium · Acuity footer remains on the scheduling page |
| Premium | $55/mo billed annually ($69/mo billed monthly) | $55/mo | Flat / month | Priced for multi-calendar practices — a one-calendar solo pays for headroom they may never use |
The jumps are calendar-driven, not usage-driven: a second calendar moves you from $16 to $27 a month billed annually, and needing a BAA, the AI assistant or branding removal moves you to $55. Nothing meters per booking, so a busy month never raises the bill by itself.
Price record · 2026-11-08: Checked 2026-11-08 on acuityscheduling.com/pricing: the plan structure, feature split and comparison table extract as text directly (Starter 1 calendar, Standard up to 6, Premium up to 36; payments via Stripe/Square/PayPal/Venmo, intake forms and time-zone conversion on all plans; text reminders, packages, memberships and waitlist from Standard; AI Booking Assistant, HIPAA BAA, branding removal and custom API/CSS on Premium; 7-day free trial; prices in USD excluding taxes) but the dollar figures themselves are JS-rendered and do not extract as text. The figures recorded (Starter $16/mo billed annually / $20 monthly; Standard $27 / $34; Premium $55 / $69) are corroborated by multiple dated reads of the same official pricing page in October-November 2026. Note on Premium: earlier 2026 reads showed $49 billed annually / $61 monthly; the most recent dated reads of the official page (late October and 5 November 2026) show $55 / $69, and the newer figures are recorded here. No price is guessed.
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Acuity Scheduling, owned by Squarespace, is built for businesses where the appointment is the product: salons, clinics, coaches, photographers and practitioners who take payment, deposits and intake information at the moment of booking. Its pricing is the structural opposite of per-seat rivals — you pay one flat fee for the account, and the tier is set by how many bookable calendars you need: one on Starter, up to six on Standard, up to thirty-six on Premium. Every plan includes client self-scheduling, unlimited services and appointments, payments and deposits through Stripe, Square, PayPal or Venmo, custom intake forms, automatic time-zone conversion, and confirmation, reminder and follow-up emails. Standard adds the features most growing practices actually use: text-message reminders, appointment packages and payment plans, subscriptions, memberships, gift certificates and a waitlist. Premium adds an AI booking assistant, multiple time zones per location, removal of the Acuity footer, custom API and CSS, and a signed BAA for HIPAA compliance — the reason health and wellness solos often land here despite the price. There is no free plan, only a seven-day trial, and Starter at $16 a month billed annually is a higher entry point than most rivals. For a one-calendar solo the honest question is whether intake forms, deposits and packages are worth roughly double a basic booking link; if they are, Acuity does that whole job in one system.
Solo Fit stays the public score: the qualitative roll-up of these four published inputs under the How We Rank method. Flat per-account pricing a solo can predict exactly and a no-code setup carry it; the absence of any free tier is the honest trade.
The difference: Calendly is the per-seat meeting link at $10/seat/mo with a free tier; Acuity is flat per account with payments, intake forms and packages native — the catch is no free plan and a $16 floor.
The difference: TidyCal does basic booking for $0 or $29 once; Acuity charges monthly but runs the full appointment business — deposits, packages, memberships and a HIPAA tier.
The difference: Cal.com is the open-source, developer-friendly scheduler with a free tier for one user; Acuity is the managed service-business platform — less flexible, far more built-in commerce.
Starter is $16 a month billed annually ($20 billed monthly) for one calendar, and for a one-calendar solo that is both the entry price and the typical price. Standard is $27 billed annually when you need up to six calendars, text reminders or packages; Premium is $55 billed annually. Pricing is flat per account — the people behind the calendars are not billed per seat. Checked on the official pricing page on 2026-11-08, with figures corroborated as described in the price history.
No. Acuity publishes no free tier — every plan starts with a 7-day free trial, after which the cheapest route is Starter at $16 a month billed annually. If $0 matters, TidyCal and YouCanBookMe both publish free plans in this directory.
Calendly charges per seat; Acuity charges one flat fee per account and sets the tier by calendar count — one, up to six, or up to thirty-six. A five-person practice on five calendars sits inside Standard at $27 a month total, where five Calendly Teams seats would cost several times that.
Up to 36 calendars, the AI Booking Assistant, a signed BAA for HIPAA compliance, removal of the Acuity footer, multiple time zones per location, and custom API and CSS. For most solos the BAA is the only one of those that justifies the step from $27 to $55.
Acuity Scheduling is not in a published stack yet — stacks are edited buying guides, and memberships are added only when the combination has been worked through.
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