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Setmore
Free-to-start appointment-scheduling software with a booking page and reminders.
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FindThatSoftware verdictEditorial ruling
A budget-friendly pick for small service businesses and solo pros that want online booking and reminders without upfront cost. Advanced features and integrations sit in paid tiers. Verify current plan limits and pricing for your needs.
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Should you use Setmore?
Use it if solo professionals and small service teams. Avoid it if businesses needing two-way calendar sync on a zero budget, because the free plan pushes bookings out but never pulls conflicts in.
Spec sheet
- Starting price
- ₹496/mo$5/user/mo sticker
- Free plan
- Available
- Free trial
- Available
- Status
- Source checked 29 Jul 2026
- Source trail
- 2 public sources
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Setmore is a commerce & operations / scheduling & appointments for Indian buyers. All-in it runs about ₹496/mo for a GST-registered business ($5/user/mo sticker plus about 3.5% card forex). It does not issue an India GST invoice, so a registered business reclaims the GST via reverse charge. FindThatSoftware rates it best for solo professionals and small service teams, and a poor fit if businesses needing two-way calendar sync on a zero budget, because the free plan pushes bookings out but never pulls conflicts in.
The trade-off, weighed
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- The free plan covers up to 4 users and 200 appointments per month, which runs a small clinic or salon without payment.
- Pro costs $5 per user per month on annual billing, undercutting most booking tools that include SMS reminders at that price.
- Square, Stripe and PayPal payments plus deposits work on the free plan rather than sitting behind an upgrade.
The catch
- Monthly Pro billing costs $12 per user against $5 on annual, so paying month to month more than doubles the seat price.
- The free plan gives one-way calendar sync only, so outside commitments will not block your Setmore availability until you upgrade.
- Removing Setmore branding, recurring appointments, video appointments and API access all sit behind the Pro tier.
- Reviewers report calendar sync glitches with Google and Outlook plus slow calendar updates across devices.
True India price
Registered business, per month
₹496
Setmore advertises $5/mo. A GST-registered business in India pays about ₹496 a month (₹5,954/yr) once the roughly 3.5% card forex markup is added, with GST reclaimed as input credit. If you cannot reclaim GST, it is about ₹585 a month.
- Sticker price
- $5/mo
- Card forex markup
- about 3.5% over mid-market
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered per month
- ₹496
- Registered per year
- ₹5,954
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹585
- Try first
- Has a free plan, so you can start without a card.
- Watch for
- Free plan (up to 4 users, 200 appts/mo). Pro from $5/user/mo on annual billing, higher on monthly. 30-day trial. USD. Confirm on vendor site.
Indicative, not a bill. The exchange rate is a single mid-market reference, not a live feed, and GST-registered businesses may reclaim input credit. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.
Full India pricing breakdownIndia readiness
How well Setmore fits an Indian business operationally, from the verified pricing and company facts we hold.
- ✗GST invoice
No Indian GST invoice, so a registered business cannot claim input tax credit on the bill.
- ✗Bills in INR
Priced in a foreign currency, so your card or bank adds forex conversion on top.
- ✗India HQ
Headquartered outside India, so check support hours and India-specific features.
How Setmore compares
Against the 6 other appointment scheduling toolswe list, from what we verified on each vendor’s own pages.
Less common among the other appointment scheduling tools
Recorded for Setmore and for at most a third of the 6 others we list.
- Analytics and reports
- Desktop app
- Public API
- Tap to pay
- White label
- Contact import export
- Hipaa baa
- Online booking
Also in most alternatives
Recorded for at least half of the 6 others, and for Setmore.
- SMS reminders
- Calendar sync
- Mobile app
- Recurring appointments
This compares only the capabilities enough rival tools share for a comparison to mean anything — roughly a quarter of what we verified. The full list is under “What we verified” below, and anything absent from both is something we did not record rather than something the product lacks.
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Audit my stackOverview
What is Setmore?
Setmore is an appointment-scheduling tool offering a customer booking page, staff calendars, reminders, and payment integrations, with a generous free tier. It targets small service businesses and solo professionals.
Best for
- Solo professionals and small service teams
- Businesses wanting free online booking
- Teams needing simple reminders
Who should avoid it
- Businesses needing two-way calendar sync on a zero budget, because the free plan pushes bookings out but never pulls conflicts in.
- Indian buyers wanting the answering add-on, since the Live Receptionist service at $99 per month is offered in the United States only.
What Setmore does
What we verified about Setmore
Read from Setmore’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
Features we confirmed36
- White label branding
- Removing Setmore branding is a Pro-only feature
- Website booking widget
- A customizable Book Now widget embeds on Wix, Weebly and WordPress
- Two way calendar sync
- 2-way calendar sync is available only on Pro
- Tap to pay
- Tap to Pay is available even on the free plan
- SMS reminders
- SMS reminders are Pro-only and subject to a fair use policy
- Recurring appointments
- Recurring appointments are a Pro-only feature
- Public API
- The Setmore API with secure access tokens is Pro-only
- Online booking page
- Core product is a customer-facing Booking Page with services and availability
- Hipaa baa
- Setmore Health offers a signed BAA for HIPAA compliance on Pro
- Email reminders
- Email reminders and confirmations are on the free plan
- Desktop app
- A desktop app is listed alongside iOS and Android apps
- Contact import export
- Import and export contacts is available on both plans
- Mobile app
- Customers can add your Booking Page to their home screen like an app
- Analytics and reports
- Analytics and reports are available on both plans
- Block customers
- Blocking specific customers is a Pro-only capability
- Class and group booking
- Group classes and class links are supported on both tiers
- Custom booking url
- Feature matrix includes a custom URL link on both plans
- Customer profiles
- Customer profiles with appointment history, notes and labels
- Custom notifications
- Custom notifications and reminders are a Pro feature
- Deposits
- Deposits can be collected on both plans
- Google review requests
- Automated Google review requests are Pro-only
- Individual and team calendar views
- Both team calendar view and individual calendar are listed
- In person payments
- In-person payments and a cash register are on both plans
- Live receptionist service
- A human answering service is offered as a separate 99 dollar a month add-on
- Multiple reminders
- Free sends one reminder; Pro allows two
- One on one services
- 1-on-1 services are supported on Free and Pro
- Online payments
- Online payments are accepted on both Free and Pro
- Payment reports
- Payment reports and tracking are included on both tiers
- Permission levels
- Permission levels control what team members can access
- Qr code booking
- A custom QR code links customers straight to the Booking Page
- Staff calendars
- Team profiles each get their own login, calendar and Booking Page
- Team booking page
- A shared team Booking Page is available on Free and Pro
- Team messaging
- Connect team messaging is included on both plans
- Vacation tracking
- Vacation tracking appears in the team scheduling feature group
- Video appointments
- Video appointments are gated to the Pro plan
- Working hours management
- Working hours and vacation tracking are configurable per staff member
What people use it for5
- Schedule personal training
- Personal training is one of the named industry verticals
- Run a salon or spa
- Barber shops and beauty are named industries
- Reduce no-shows
- Automated email and SMS reminders exist to cut missed appointments
- Collect deposits upfront
- Deposits protect against no-shows for service businesses
- Take online bookings
- Instagram Book Now button turns the profile into a booking channel
Works with16
- Zoom
- Zoom appears in the integrations menu for video appointments
- Zapier
- Zapier connects thousands of apps without code
- Wordpress
- Website booking widget supports WordPress
- Wix
- Booking widget supports Wix sites
- Weebly
- Booking widget supports Weebly sites
- Stripe
- Stripe payments work on Free and Pro
- Square
- Square is a supported payment processor on both plans
- Reserve with google
- Reserve with Google is a listed booking channel
- Paypal
- PayPal is a supported payment method
- Mailchimp
- Mailchimp is available on both plans
- Instagram Book Now button is a supported booking channel
- Hubspot
- HubSpot integration is listed on Free and Pro
- Google calendar
- Google Calendar is a listed calendar integration
- Google analytics
- Google Analytics GA4 integration is listed
- Facebook Book Now button is a supported booking channel
- Lawpay
- LawPay is supported, aimed at the legal vertical
Terms, compliance and how you buy21
- Annual billing much cheaper
- Pro is 12 dollars monthly against 5 dollars on annual billing
- API paywalled
- API access is unavailable on the free plan
- Enterprise via sales
- Larger organisations are directed to Contact us for a custom build
- Environmental pledge
- Pro plan advertises donating 1% to plant trees
- Fair use SMS policy
- SMS reminders are subject to a fair use policy rather than a stated allowance
- Free plan appointment cap
- Free is capped at 200 appointments monthly
- Free plan user cap
- Free plan is limited to four users
- Generous free plan
- Free covers up to 4 users and 200 appointments a month
- Live receptionist us only
- The 99 dollar receptionist add-on is available in the United States only
- No INR pricing
- No rupee pricing is offered for Indian buyers
- Onboarding help paywalled
- Account optimisation and integration setup assistance are Pro-only
- Payments not paywalled
- Square, Stripe, PayPal, deposits and Tap to Pay all work on the free plan
- Per seat pricing
- Pro is priced per user per month
- Priority support paywalled
- Faster response times are a Pro benefit
- Reported calendar sync glitches
- Reviewers report sync glitches with Google and Outlook calendars
- Setmore branding on free
- Free plan keeps Setmore branding on the Booking Page
- Smb and solo oriented
- Positioning targets small service businesses and solo professionals
- SMS paywalled
- SMS reminders require the Pro upgrade
- Support on free plan
- 24/7 human chat, email and phone support is offered on both tiers
- Two way sync paywalled
- Free plan pushes bookings out but never pulls conflicts in
- Usd billed
- Pricing is in US dollars with a US toll-free support number
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Free plan (up to 4 users, 200 appts/mo). Pro from $5/user/mo on annual billing, higher on monthly. 30-day trial. USD. Confirm on vendor site.
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Does Setmore give a GST invoice in India?
Setmore does not issue an India GST invoice. A GST-registered business can still reclaim the 18% through the reverse-charge route by raising a self-invoice, but there is no vendor GST invoice to claim against directly.
Is Setmore good for Indian small businesses?
Setmore can work for Indian buyers, but check currency, tax, billing, support, and whether the workflow justifies foreign-currency pricing.
Does Setmore have a free plan?
Setmore lists a free plan, but check the official pricing page for current usage limits before choosing it.
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