Free online booking and scheduling for solo and small service businesses
Acuity starts at $20 a month and is built around appointments at your place. 1MinuteBooking is free with no time limit, and it's built for jobs you drive to, price by the add-on or quote from photos.
Both let clients pick a service, add extras and pay a deposit. These are the parts Acuity leaves to workarounds.
Distance zones add drive time to your calendar and a travel fee to the price, based on the client's address. Acuity only has the same fixed padding on every appointment.
Clients answer your questions and send up to 5 photos for work you can't price up front, and you reply with a price. Acuity has no quote request.
Let clients request a date and set the time with them later, for weddings, moves or big jobs. Overnight stays and per-pet pricing are built in too.
Pro puts your page on book.yourbusiness.com for $10 a month. Acuity doesn't offer it on any plan, only a link on its own address.
No monthly fee. Card payments go to your own Stripe account, with 2% on top of Stripe's fee only when a client pays by card.
hCaptcha, VPN and proxy flags, and IP, country and word filters on every booking.
| 1MinuteBooking | Acuity | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, with no time limit. Pro is $10 a month | $20, $34 or $69 a month ($16 to $55 billed yearly); 7-day free trial, no free plan |
| Add-ons | Change the price and the length; can be priced per pet or per item | Change the price and the length |
| Travel to clients | Drive time and a travel fee by distance from the client's address. How it works | Fixed padding before or after each appointment type |
| Quotes | Quote requests with up to 5 photos; you reply with a price | No quote request; a manual request-and-confirm workaround |
| Bookings without a time | Yes, per service. How it works | Not offered |
| Overnight and multi-day | Overnight stays and boarding with nightly prices. How it works | Acuity says it isn't a good option for this |
| Your own domain | Pro, $10 a month. How it works | Not available; a link on as.me or an embed |
| Remove the platform's branding | Pro, $10 a month | Premium, $69 a month |
| Card payments | Stripe deposit or full payment; 2% plus Stripe's fee | Stripe, Square or PayPal; no Acuity fee, plan price applies |
| Reminders | Email reminders, free (the free plan sends up to 5 client emails a day) | Email; text reminders on Standard and Premium |
Acuity details from acuityscheduling.com/pricing and Acuity's help center, November 2026.
Solo cleaners, detailers, groomers, pet sitters, handymen and mobile pros who go to the client, price by the job, or need quotes from photos, and don't want a monthly bill to take bookings.
If you run a studio with several staff calendars, sell class packages and subscriptions, or need text reminders, Acuity's paid plans are built for that.
No monthly fee, no time limit and no per-booking fee. The only charge is 2% on top of Stripe's fee when a client pays by card.
Pro, $10 a month: your logo, colors, style and font, your own domain, no "Made with 1MinuteBooking" line, up to 10 photos of your work, analytics and Excel export. New accounts get 14 days of Pro free.
No. Acuity's pricing page says it doesn't offer free scheduling; it has a 7-day free trial, then plans from $20 a month. 1MinuteBooking's free plan has no time limit.
Only as fixed padding on each appointment type, the same for every client. 1MinuteBooking adds drive time and a travel fee based on how far the client's address is.
Yes, with Pro at $10 a month: your page opens on book.yourbusiness.com or yourbusiness.com. Acuity's help center says you can't point your own domain at its scheduling page.
Yes. A quote request asks your questions and takes up to 5 photos, and you reply with a price and a time.
Yes. Connect your own Stripe account and require a deposit or the full price when clients book.
Sign up here and pick your type of business in setup - your page starts set up for it. You can change anything later.