Booked vs Google Calendar and a form
A form plus Google Calendar stores the requests people submit. It does not apply your hours, your service lengths, or the bookings already on the calendar. You confirm each request yourself. Two people can request the same time before you have read either request.
Comparison
| Google Calendar and a form | Booked | |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | You check each request yourself | Calculated from your hours, service lengths, buffers and bookings already on the calendar |
| Double-booking | You prevent it by checking the calendar | Two bookings for one staff member cannot overlap on the same seat. A different service cannot overlap that time |
| Reminders | You send them yourself | Booked sends email reminders. Text reminders are the SMS add-on on Pro |
| Card processing | None | Optional, on Pro. The default is 3.75% + 45¢ per successful charge, all-in |
Choose Google Calendar and a form when
- You take few appointments a week and you want to confirm each one yourself.
- Your hours change too often for a weekly schedule to describe them.
- You want to find out whether clients will book before you pay for software.
Choose Booked when
- You have had two bookings at the same time, or you check the calendar before each reply.
- You want the time marked taken as soon as someone books it.
- You want Booked to send the reminders.
Questions
- Can I keep using Google Calendar?
- Yes. Subscribe to the Booked calendar feed. Confirmed bookings show in Google Calendar with your other events. New bookings are made in Booked.
- Can two people request the same time on a form?
- Yes. Two people can submit the same time before you read either request. A form does not check availability. Booked checks it when the booking is submitted.