Comparison
Square Appointments is built around Square's payments and point-of-sale ecosystem - the booking tool is a way into Square processing. 1MinuteBooking never requires a payment processor: it's live in minutes, free to keep, lets you collect money however you like or take Stripe deposits, and puts its depth into pricing logic and booking questions.
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 84 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, 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; the only fee is a fixed 2% on those Stripe charges.
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.
Every booking's IP is checked for a VPN or proxy and flagged Unverified. Add optional hCaptcha, spam countries and spam words, and junk goes straight to a Spam folder - hidden from your calendar, holding no time slot, sending no emails.
You sign in with Google or an emailed link. Clients just open your page, book in a minute or two, and are emailed automatically when you confirm - with an Add to Calendar link for Google, Apple, Outlook and iCal.
Feature depth and pricing on any platform change over time - verify current details directly with Square Appointments before deciding.
| Dimension | 1MinuteBooking | Square Appointments |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | A single operator - no staff seats, no per-location pricing | Square's payments and point-of-sale ecosystem; individuals and teams |
| Time to a live booking page | A few minutes - sign in, pick one of 84 business types, services are pre-filled | Create a Square account, then build services and hours in the Square dashboard - longer if you also set up POS and hardware |
| Price | Free, with every booking rule and payment option included; Pro is $10/mo for branding, Excel export and analytics | Free tier for an individual, with paid tiers for staff and locations - plus Square's processing fee on every card payment |
| How you sign in | Google or an emailed link - no password to manage | Square account with a password |
| What clients need | None - clients book in a minute or two, no app, no login | No account needed, though booking flows live inside the Square ecosystem |
| Payment processor required | Your choice - cash, card reader, your own payment link, or optional Stripe | Built around Square's own processing - paying by card means paying through Square |
| Deposits on the booking page | Yes - flat or % deposit, or full price, into your own Stripe account; 2% fee only on Stripe charges | Prepayment and no-show protection run through Square processing - check your tier |
| Your data: export and leave | Yes - one-click Excel export of bookings and clients (Pro); permanent account deletion any time | Customer and appointment exports exist in the Square dashboard - check scope and format |
| Quantity-based pricing | Yes - client sets a quantity (e.g. 3 bedrooms) up to a max you choose, on add-ons and on services | Item/modifier quantities exist within Square's catalog - per-service conditional logic varies |
| Preset options with price and duration | Yes - up to 50 single- or multi-choice options, each with its own price and extra time | Service variations and modifiers available - check duration-per-option support for your plan |
| Add-on required only for specific services | Yes - scoped to specific services, and required only for the ones you pick | Not a typical modifier-level control - confirm with Square's own docs |
| Custom booking questions | Up to 25 on the booking form plus 25 more on the quote form; text, single and multi-choice | Intake form fields available - field count and types vary by plan |
| Service combinations and multi-pet/person bookings | Yes - choose exactly which services can be booked together, and book up to 3 dogs, people or vehicles in one appointment | Multiple services per appointment; combination rules and per-pet/person itemising are not a focus |
| Quote requests with photos | Yes - a "Request a Quote" option with its own questions and up to 5 client photos | Not a built-in booking-page option - estimates live elsewhere in Square |
| Service locations and travel time | Yes - per-location travel charge, travel time that blocks only your calendar, address asked only where you travel | Multiple locations are a paid-tier, per-location feature |
| Availability rules | Yes - notice window, advance cap, buffer, slot length, overtime cap, second window per day, blackout dates, pending-blocks toggle | Booking window and buffer settings exist, structured around Square's calendar |
| Spam and VPN protection | Built in - VPN/proxy check on every booking, optional hCaptcha, spam countries and words, spam IPs | Relies on Square's payment-side fraud tooling |
| Coupons, tax and currency | Yes - percent or flat codes with expiry, tax at your rate, six currencies | Discounts and tax through Square's catalog; currency follows your Square account |
1MinuteBooking's column reflects its current Settings. Square Appointments's cells are described generally, may not reflect every plan tier, and should be checked against its own site - see the full customization breakdown for exactly how 1MinuteBooking's rules work.
Every add-on, service-type, availability, location and booking-form control, in one place - or create your free booking page and see it live in minutes.
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