Comparison
BookingKoala is built for service businesses with staff and multiple locations to schedule, and is priced as a monthly subscription for that. 1MinuteBooking is built for one operator: live in minutes, free to keep, and with its depth in pricing logic and booking questions rather than staff rosters.
Everything below is in the product today - the exact Settings controls are listed on the customization page.
Sign in with Google or an email link, pick your business type from 24 starter setups, and your services, add-ons and booking questions are already filled in. Share the link and you can take a booking today - no credit card, no setup call, nothing to install.
Services, add-ons, booking rules, reminders, coupons, tax, spam protection, quote requests and Stripe payments are all on the $0 plan. Pro is an optional $10 a month for your own colors, logo and fonts, no "Powered by" badge, Excel export and analytics - and every new account starts with a 14-day Pro trial.
Export every booking, client, service, date, price and status to an Excel file in one click (Pro), and if you ever leave, Delete my account removes your page and everything in it permanently. Nothing from any other account is ever mixed into your export.
By default you collect the money yourself - cash, card reader, a payment link you send - and 1MinuteBooking never touches it. Or connect your own Stripe account and charge a flat or percentage deposit, or the full price, before the request is even sent. Money lands in your Stripe account; 1MinuteBooking's only fee is a fixed 2% on those charges, on top of Stripe's.
Client-set quantities (3 bedrooms, 2 vehicles) up to a max you choose, preset options each with its own price and extra time, add-ons scoped to specific services and required only for some of them, and services whose quantity multiplies price but not duration - all free. See every control.
Add a "Request a quote" option with its own questions and up to 5 client photos. Nothing is priced or held until you open it, enter your price and confirm.
An "I'm human" check is on from the start, and every booking's connection is checked, with VPN or proxy traffic flagged Unverified. Add spam countries, spam words or blocked clients, and unwanted requests go straight to a Spam folder - hidden from your calendar, holding no time slot, sending no emails. How it works
You sign in with Google or an emailed link. Clients open your page, book in a minute or two, and are emailed automatically when you confirm - or straight away with Instant booking - and Calendar sync keeps every booking in your own Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar.
Feature depth and pricing on any platform change over time - verify current details directly with BookingKoala before deciding.
| Dimension | 1MinuteBooking | BookingKoala |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | A single operator - no staff seats, no per-location pricing | Teams with multiple staff, technicians and locations, with customer and staff portals |
| Time to a live booking page | A few minutes - sign in, pick one of 24 business types, services are pre-filled | Pick an industry, then set up services, pricing parameters, providers and booking forms |
| Price | Free, with every booking rule and payment option included; Pro is $10/mo for branding, Excel export and analytics | $27 a month for up to 5 providers, $57 for 15, $197 for 50 (Oct 2026); 14-day free trial |
| How you sign in | Google or an emailed link - no password to manage | Email and password, for you and each staff member |
| What clients need | None - clients book in a minute or two, no app, no login | Clients can book as a guest or log in to a customer dashboard |
| Payment processor required | Your choice - cash, card reader, your own payment link, or optional Stripe | Card payments through its payment gateway settings, such as Stripe |
| Deposits on the booking page | Yes - flat or % deposit, or full price, into your own Stripe account; 2% fee only on Stripe charges | Card payments through its gateway integrations |
| Your data: export and leave | Yes - one-click Excel export of bookings and clients (Pro); permanent account deletion any time | Data exports from the dashboard |
| Quantity-based pricing | Yes - client sets a quantity (e.g. 3 bedrooms) up to a max you choose, on add-ons and on services | Pricing parameters such as bedrooms, bathrooms or square footage, built for cleaning-style forms |
| Preset options with price and duration | Yes - up to 50 single- or multi-choice options, each with its own price and extra time | Extras and frequency discounts on the booking form |
| Add-on required only for specific services | Yes - scoped to specific services, and required only for the ones you pick | Extras are set up per booking form and industry |
| Custom booking questions | Up to 25 on the booking form plus 25 more on the quote form; text, single and multi-choice | Custom fields on its booking forms; multi-step forms on Premium |
| Service combinations and booking several dogs, people or cars at once | Yes - choose exactly which services can be booked together, and book up to 3 dogs, people or vehicles in one appointment | Several services per booking; scheduling built around provider availability |
| Quote requests with photos | Yes - a "Request a quote" option with its own questions and up to 5 client photos | A lead or contact form for quote requests |
| Service locations and travel time | Yes - per-location travel charge, travel time that blocks only your calendar, address asked only where you travel | Pricing by location, for teams covering several areas |
| Availability rules | Yes - notice window, advance cap, buffer, slot length, overtime cap, second window per day, blackout dates, pending-blocks toggle | Availability set around each provider's schedule |
| Instant booking | Optional - bookings are confirmed as they come in, while risky ones still wait for you; free | Bookings are assigned to providers, with approval settings for the team |
| Appointment reminders | Yes - an email reminder 2 to 48 hours before each confirmed booking, free (email only, no texts) | Email notifications; text (SMS) reminders on Growing ($57 a month) and up |
| Clients reschedule or cancel online | Yes - from a Manage booking button, up to a cutoff you choose; nothing is refunded automatically | Customers manage bookings from their customer dashboard |
| Repeating bookings | Yes - you book a regular every 1 to 4 weeks, up to 26 visits in one go | Recurring bookings, a core feature for cleaning-style services |
| Spam and VPN/proxy protection | Built in - an "I'm human" check on by default, a VPN/proxy check on every booking, spam countries and words, spam IPs and blocked clients | No spam folder or VPN/proxy check listed on its pricing page |
| Coupons, tax and currency | Yes - percent or flat codes with expiry, tax at your rate, six currencies | Coupons, plus gift cards on Growing and up |
Last updated . 1MinuteBooking's column reflects its current Settings. BookingKoala details from bookingkoala.com/pricing - plans change, so check theirs before you decide. See the full customization breakdown for exactly how 1MinuteBooking's rules work.
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