Free online booking for independent consultants
What you see. A sample dashboard, shown with a cleaning business's bookings.
What your clients see. The consultant starter page, before you change anything.
Calendly is great for meetings. Consultants who sell their time end up adding a payment link and an intake form to it. 1MinuteBooking has both built in.
Clients book strategy hours or a half-day intensive and pay up front by card, into your own Stripe account. No monthly fee: 2% per card payment, plus Stripe's fee. How card payments work
Every booking asks what they'd like to cover, and whether it's video, phone or in person. See the booking page
Projects and retainers come in as quote requests with the scope, timeline and budget. You reply with a price and a card payment link. How quote requests work
No add-ons to buy and no per-feature upgrades. Pro, at $10 a month, only adds your branding, Excel export and analytics.
Bookings are confirmed the moment they come in, with a confirmation email. Bookings that look risky still wait for you. How it works
Clients get the date, time and address by email 24 hours before, or when you choose. How it works
A Manage booking button lets clients move or cancel up to a cutoff you set. You get an email for every change. How it works
When you mark a booking Completed, the client gets a Book again button with their last booking filled in. How it works
Every booking shows up in Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar, and moves and cancellations update by themselves. How it works
Every booking with its client, service, date, price and status in one Excel file, ready for your bookkeeper. How it works
Paste one line of code, and clients book and pay right on your site.
Square, Calendly and BookingKoala, side by side, for one person running their own business.
| 1MinuteBooking | Square Appointments | Calendly | BookingKoala | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost for one person | $0, with no time limit. Pro is an optional $10 a month | Free for one location. Plus is $49 a month per location (Oct 2026) | Free for one event type. $10 to $12 a month for more (Oct 2026) | From $27 a month, after a 14-day trial (Oct 2026) |
| Prices built from the job | Hours, quantities, sizes, add-ons and travel fees | Service variations | One event, one length | Pricing parameters for cleaning-style forms |
| Card deposits as they book | On the free plan, into your own Stripe account. 2% plus Stripe's fee | Through Square payments | On paid plans | Through its payment gateway |
| Quote requests with photos | Yes, with your own questions and up to 5 photos | Estimates in Square Invoices, not on the booking page | No | A lead form |
| Travel fees and drive time | A fee and drive time for each distance | Not a built-in setting | No | Pricing by location |
| Setup | Minutes. Your trade's services, prices and questions start filled in | Build your services in the Square dashboard | Build your event types | Pick an industry, then set up forms and providers |
Last updated . From each company's pricing page and help center. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide. Full comparisons: Square Appointments · Calendly · BookingKoala
Calendly and similar schedulers are excellent for meetings. Consultants who sell paid sessions usually end up adding a payment link, an intake form and sometimes a proposal tool around them.
If you mainly need meeting links for a team, a meeting scheduler fits better. If you sell your own time, 1MinuteBooking books your sessions and takes card payments. It's free, with no time limit.
Your booking page with stock photos, bookings and quote requests.
Your logo, your own photos and colors, Excel export and analytics, and no "Powered by" badge.
Many use Calendly for meetings plus separate tools for payments and intake. 1MinuteBooking combines paid sessions, intake questions and card payments on one free page for solo consultants.
Yes. The free plan has no time limit and no commission. The only 1MinuteBooking charge is 2% on card payments taken through Stripe, on top of Stripe's own fee, if you turn that on.
Yes. Turn on Stripe Payments to charge the full price or a deposit when the client books, or send a payment link for a custom engagement once you've priced it. The money goes to your own Stripe account.
Yes - the booking form asks what they'd like to cover. For projects and retainers, the quote form asks what they need help with, the type of engagement, their business, what they've tried, the result they want, timeline and budget.
Yes - Strategy Session (Per Hour) is $200 an hour, and clients pick 1 to 10 hours when they book. The time blocked on your calendar and the total grow with the hours.
Yes - the Free plan needs only a Google account or an email address. No card is asked for.
Yes - set a maximum advance booking window, adjustable up to 365 days.
Yes. The Consultant preset starts with three location options - "Video call", "Phone call" and "At your office" - all at no charge. The client picks one when they book, and their choice is saved on the booking, so you know how you're meeting. "At your office" asks for the client's address and adds 30 minutes of travel time, which blocks your calendar but is never shown to the client. Change the price or travel time, or add a meeting place of your own, under Settings > Locations.
Yes - Half-Day Intensive (4 Hours) is an $800 starter service with prep beforehand and a written action plan after, next to the free 20-minute Discovery Call and the Strategy Session at $200 an hour.
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