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SimplyBook.me
Appointment-booking system for service businesses like salons, clinics, and studios.
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FindThatSoftware verdictEditorial ruling
A strong fit for appointment-driven service businesses that want a customer-facing booking site with reminders and payments out of the box. Its many add-ons can complicate setup and pricing. Verify which features your plan includes and current pricing.
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Should you use SimplyBook.me?
Use it if salons, clinics, studios, consultants. Avoid it if a multi-chair salon doing several hundred bookings a month, because Basic stops at 100 bookings and five providers before you add features.
Spec sheet
- Starting price
- ₹1,346/mo€11.9/mo sticker
- Free plan
- Available
- Free trial
- Available
- Status
- Source checked 29 Jul 2026
- Source trail
- 2 public sources
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SimplyBook.me is a commerce & operations / scheduling & appointments for Indian buyers. All-in it runs about ₹1,346/mo for a GST-registered business (€11.9/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 salons, clinics, studios, consultants, and a poor fit if a multi-chair salon doing several hundred bookings a month, because Basic stops at 100 bookings and five providers before you add features.
The trade-off, weighed
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- The free plan allows 50 bookings a month with a live booking page, enough for a solo therapist to take real appointments.
- Extra bookings sell in packs of 100 for 4 dollars, so a busy month does not force a permanent tier upgrade.
- Passing the monthly booking cap keeps the account live and existing appointments intact rather than taking the booking page offline.
The catch
- Every plan caps monthly bookings, 100 on Basic and 500 on Standard, so growth in volume alone pushes you to a higher tier.
- Paid tiers below Premium limit how many custom features run at once, three on Basic and eight on Standard, so intake forms compete with payments.
- Provider seats are capped as well, 5 on Basic and 15 on Standard, so hiring staff moves you up a plan regardless of booking volume.
- White label and the QuickBooks, FreshBooks and Xero accounting integrations only arrive on Premium at 59.90 dollars a month.
True India price
Registered business, per month
₹1,346
SimplyBook.me advertises €11.9/mo. A GST-registered business in India pays about ₹1,346 a month (₹16,148/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 ₹1,588 a month.
- Sticker price
- €11.9/mo
- Card forex markup
- about 3.5% over mid-market
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered per month
- ₹1,346
- Registered per year
- ₹16,148
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹1,588
- Try first
- Has a free plan, so you can start without a card.
- Watch for
- Free plan (50 bookings/mo). Paid plans from €11.9/mo, scaling to higher tiers, billed annually (monthly higher); Enterprise is custom-quoted. 14-day trial. EUR. 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 SimplyBook.me 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 SimplyBook.me 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 SimplyBook.me and for at most a third of the 6 others we list.
- Client login portal
- Intake forms
- Invoice generation
- Loyalty points
- Multi location management
- Online payment collection
- Photo gallery
- Point of sale
Also in most alternatives
Recorded for at least half of the 6 others, and for SimplyBook.me.
- SMS reminders
- Recurring appointments
- Sso saml
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 SimplyBook.me?
SimplyBook.me is an online booking system built for service businesses like salons, clinics, fitness studios, and consultants, with a booking website, reminders, payments, memberships, and point-of-sale add-ons.
Best for
- Salons, clinics, studios, consultants
- Service businesses needing a booking site
- Teams wanting reminders + payments
Who should avoid it
- A multi-chair salon doing several hundred bookings a month, because Basic stops at 100 bookings and five providers before you add features.
- Buyers who want every feature switched on, because unlimited custom features only start at Premium, more than four times the Basic price.
What SimplyBook.me does
What we verified about SimplyBook.me
Read from SimplyBook.me’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
Features we confirmed58
- WhatsApp notifications
- 'WhatsApp Notifications - Send notifications via WhatsApp' with WhatsApp credits sold separately
- Two factor authentication
- Google Authenticator and password security settings appear under security features
- SMS reminders
- SMS credits are sold in packs and notifications go via Twilio, Nexmo or BulkSMS gateways
- Sso saml
- SAML SSO unlocks on the Standard plan with a separate MS Azure single sign-on feature
- Recurring appointments
- 'Recurring appointments' and recurring services are listed as included scheduling features
- Point of sale
- 'Sales (POS)' is a Basic-plan option and Point of Sale - POS is a named feature
- Photo gallery
- Photo gallery uploads business and service images onto the booking page
- Online payment collection
- 'Accept Payments' custom feature supports online and onsite payments across 30+ gateways
- Multi location management
- Multiple Locations custom feature creates sites at separate addresses, cities or countries
- Loyalty points
- 'Loyalty System - Let your clients earn loyalty points upon service purchase'
- Invoice generation
- Invoices are auto-generated for bookings and sales including cash and wire transfer methods
- Intake forms
- Intake forms gather mandatory or optional client answers, shown in booking details and reports
- Custom domain
- Custom domain name feature maps your own domain or subdomain to the booking site
- Custom css theming
- Custom CSS is offered free so brands can restyle the booking website beyond templates
- Client login portal
- 'Client login - Manage who can book your services' plus a branded Client App on Standard
- Rest API
- 'Development & API' section plus 'High Load API' on Enterprise and SOAP with data encryption
- Admin mobile app
- Admin App for iOS and Android is included on all plans for day-to-day management
- AI admin assistant
- 'Ask Simply' lets admins manage services, schedule and bookings by chat with no tech skills
- AI voice booking
- Clients can book by natural voice conversation through an AI assistant widget on your site
- Any employee selector
- Custom feature lets clients book the next available service provider rather than naming one
- Automated email reminders
- Automatic confirmation, reminder, cancellation and rescheduling emails are on all plans
- Branded client app
- Branded Client App unlocks on the Standard plan as a whitelabelled booking app
- Buffer times between appointments
- All plans include setting different service durations and buffer times
- Client database and history
- 'View client history', client management and 'Import Clients' are listed admin features
- Content pages and blog
- Custom page CMS plus a News/blog feature turn the booking site into a full website
- Deposits and partial payments
- 'Payments, Deposits, Tips' unlock on the Basic plan and Deposits is a named feature
- Embeddable booking widget
- Iframe widget, booking button widget and contact widget can be pasted into an existing site
- Facebook and instagram booking
- Services list on Facebook business pages with a Book Now button on Facebook and Instagram
- File uploader on booking
- 'File Uploader' is listed as a custom feature for collecting client documents at booking
- French fiscal mode nf525
- Terms describe an NF525 Fiscal Mode with cryptographically sealed, chained invoice numbering
- Gift cards and coupons
- 'Coupons & gift cards - Issue gift cards & coupons to your customers' is included
- Google reviews display
- A feature displays your Google Reviews directly on the booking website
- Group classes and events
- Classes for multiple participants, group bookings and one-time or recurring events are supported
- Hosted booking website
- Every plan includes a mobile-responsive booking website with 15+ templates and rich design options
- Memberships and recurring billing
- Membership feature supports recurring payments, noted to work with Stripe outside the EU
- Multi language booking pages
- Interface and booking pages ship in 20+ languages including Ukrainian, Greek and Korean
- Off peak promotions
- 'Promotion System - Offer promotions during low times' targets idle capacity
- Packages and bundles
- 'Packages - Offer bundled services and products in packages' is a listed feature
- Post service feedback requests
- Automatic feedback request after the service is an optional included notification
- Product sales alongside services
- 'Product for sale' and 'Sell products upon client booking' let you sell goods with the booking
- Public booking directory listing
- 'Directory listing in Booking.page' is included on all plans as a discovery channel
- Refunds and payment links
- Payments PRO on Premium adds 'Refunds, Payment Links, Vaulted cards'
- Reporting and analytics
- Statistics & Analytics, daily report, insights report and sales tax report are listed
- Reserve with google
- Integration lets clients book directly from Google Search results and Maps
- Resource and capacity limits
- You can define how many clients each service provider can accept at the same time
- Review collection and display
- Reviews are collected by email after service and published on the booking site as social proof
- Role based admin users
- 'Multiple system users' with 'Assign different user roles' are included on all plans
- Sales tax reporting
- 'Sales & Sales tax report' is a named reporting feature in the catalogue
- Service add ons
- Service Add-ons offer extra paid treatments layered on top of a booked service
- Service provider scheduling
- Providers get personal schedules, days off and vacations independent of general opening hours
- Stored card vaulting
- Vaulted cards are listed under the Premium-tier Payments PRO option
- Telegram notifications
- 'Telegram Notifications - Send booking notifications via Telegram' is a listed feature
- Timezone aware booking
- Booking website shows clients their own time zone and notifications follow client time zone
- Tips collection
- 'Tips Upon Booking and Upon Checkout on place' is a listed monetisation feature
- Two way google calendar sync
- Google Calendar 2-way sync keeps company bookings and personal calendars in step
- Two way outlook calendar sync
- Outlook Calendar 2-way sync is a named integration preventing double bookings
- Video meeting links
- Online Video Meetings, Google Meetings and Gruveo video integrations are listed features
- Waiting list
- 'Waiting list' appears as a named custom feature in the features catalogue
What people use it for4
- Sell class passes and memberships
- Memberships, packages and ClassPass sync support recurring class-based businesses
- Run a salon or spa
- Multiple Locations plus the Enterprise Cluster Interface handle multi-location chains
- Reduce no-shows
- Automatic reminder emails, SMS and deposits are all offered to protect booked slots
- Take online bookings
- HIPAA option and Medical & Health Services industry pages target clinics and practices
Works with36
- Zapier
- Zapier Connector triggers actions in Mailchimp, Salesforce, Google, Slack and hundreds more
- Xero
- Xero integration exports sales and refund files to the accounting account
- Worldpay
- Listed among the supported payment systems on the payments feature page
- Wordpress
- A WordPress plugin and WordPress widget are offered for embedding the booking system
- WhatsApp Notifications is a paid-credit channel for booking alerts
- Twilio
- Listed as one of the trusted SMS gateways for sending notifications
- Telegram
- Telegram Notifications send booking alerts through Telegram
- Stripe
- Named as one of the two most popular worldwide payment providers and required for recurring memberships
- Square
- Listed among the supported online payment systems on the payments feature page
- Slack
- 'Send messages in Slack and other messengers' via the Zapier connector
- Quickbooks
- QuickBooks integration auto-syncs all sales and refund information with item detail
- Paypal
- Named alongside Stripe as a worldwide payment provider integration
- Outlook
- Outlook Calendar 2-way sync is a dedicated calendar integration feature
- N8n
- 'N8N Automatisation' appears as a named integration in the features catalogue
- Mollie
- Listed among the supported payment systems on the payments feature page
- Microsoft entra id
- 'Single Sign On (SSO) - MS Azure' is a named identity integration
- Mailchimp
- Zapier connector example explicitly lists sending Mailchimp emails on booking events
- Line
- 'Line Bot' is listed among the notification and messaging integrations
- Joomla
- 'Joomla, Wordpress, Site123 integration' is a named website integration feature
- Integrately
- 'Integrately' is listed as an automation integration alongside Zapier
- Instagram photo sharing auto-publishes Instagram images onto the booking website
- Google tag manager
- Google Tag Manager and Google AdWords/Analytics are listed marketing integrations
- Google calendar
- Google Calendar 2-way sync is a dedicated calendar integration feature
- Google business profile
- Google Business integration powers Reserve with Google and 'near me' discovery
- Freshbooks
- FreshBooks integration auto-syncs sales and refund information
- Facebook client login stores profile data and Facebook bookings list services on the page
- Classpass
- 'Sync bookings with ClassPass via API' is a listed fitness marketplace integration
- Ccavenue
- Listed by name among supported payment systems, the one India-relevant gateway present
- Authorize net
- 'Authorize' appears in the list of supported payment systems
- Alipay
- Listed among the supported payment systems on the payments feature page
- 2checkout
- Listed among the supported payment systems on the payments feature page
- Duda
- 'Duda Integration' appears in the features catalogue for website builders
- Hitpay
- 'HitPay Integration' is a named payment integration in the features catalogue
- Nexmo
- Listed as one of the trusted SMS gateways alongside Twilio and BulkSMS
- Skrill
- Listed among the supported payment systems on the payments feature page
- Sumup
- 'SumUp Integration' is a named payment integration in the features catalogue
Terms, compliance and how you buy48
- Self serve signup
- Every plan below Enterprise has a 'Get Started' button with no sales contact
- No card required
- Pricing page header states 'No credit card needed' above the plan table
- Iso 27001 certified
- 'ISO 27001 certification' is listed under the security and legal section of the site
- Annual discount
- 'Save with annual billing - Save 17%' with Premium falling from EUR 59.9 to EUR 49.9
- 14 day free trial
- 'Get 14-day free trial, includes most features and 50 bookings' with no credit card needed
- 1 5 percent late payment interest
- Terms 5.5 applies 1.5% interest on sums unpaid 21 days after the due date
- 24 5 live chat support
- Nav advertises 'Live Chat Support - Instant live support 24/5', so weekends are uncovered
- 8 week inactivity deletion
- Terms 6.8: a cancelled account with no login for 8 consecutive weeks may be permanently deleted
- AI voice sold as credits
- AI Voice Booking is metered at $8 per 100 credits rather than bundled in the plan
- Arbitration dispute resolution
- Terms 617 route disputes through mediation then final binding arbitration rather than courts
- Booking overage top ups
- Extra booking packages cost $4 per 100 bookings on top of the plan
- Booking volume metered
- Each plan caps included bookings at 50, 100, 500 or 2000 per month, with top-ups sold separately
- Byo SMS gateway fee
- 'Your own SMS gateway' is a $149 additional item for merchants with existing SMS contracts
- Cancellation drops to limited free tier
- Terms 6.6: on cancellation paid features and expanded limits are suspended immediately
- Competitor comparison pages published
- Site hosts SimplyBook.me vs Calendly, Acuity Scheduling and Setmore comparison pages
- Custom domain charged separately
- 'Custom domain + 3 years SSL' is a $119 one-off additional item
- Custom feature count limits
- Plans allow 1, 3, 8 or unlimited simultaneously enabled custom features
- Cyprus incorporated vendor
- Terms name SimplyBook.me Ltd, incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, Limassol
- Data residency choice on enterprise
- Enterprise adds 'Select data location (UK, US, AU, etc.)' as a listed option
- Eu consumer 14 day withdrawal
- Terms 5.6 grants consumers a 14-day right of withdrawal with an in-account withdrawal button
- Eur billed
- All five plan prices are quoted in euros, from EUR 0 to EUR 59.9 per month
- Eu whistleblower directive support
- 'EU Whistleblower Directive' appears as a compliance feature in the catalogue
- Forever free plan
- The Free tier is EUR 0 with 50 included bookings, 1 custom feature and 1 provider
- Free plan requires monthly renewal
- Terms 6.3: free account owners must renew the subscription every month to avoid disconnection
- Gdpr compliance
- GDPR Compliance and a Data Processing Agreement are published in the features and legal sections
- Hipaa option
- HIPAA unlocks on the Standard plan and patient data protection is a listed feature
- Hourly account manager fee
- 'Account manager assistance $100/hour' is an itemised additional cost
- No downgrade from paid to free
- Terms 5.4: once you upgrade from Free to a paid system you cannot downgrade back to Free
- No india data residency option
- The Enterprise data location choices name UK, US and AU with no Indian region listed
- No INR pricing
- Pricing page shows only euro plan prices and dollar add-ons, with no rupee option
- No per user pricing
- Pricing copy stresses flat per-plan pricing with 'no per-user charges' unlike competitors
- No razorpay integration
- The 30-name payment provider list includes CCAvenue but no Razorpay, Cashfree or PayU India
- No transaction fees
- Pricing page states every plan has no hidden setup fees and no transaction fees
- Owned by team blue
- Site footer states 'SimplyBook.me is part of team.blue'
- Paid onboarding service
- Full Setup costs $499 and includes 4 hours of setup plus two months of Premium
- Partner and affiliate program
- Both a Partner Program and an Affiliate Program with commission are advertised
- Payu integration is latin america only
- Payment provider list explicitly reads 'PayU(Latin America)', not the Indian PayU entity
- Provider seat caps per plan
- Providers are capped at 1, 5, 15 and 30 across Free, Basic, Standard and Premium
- Purchases non refundable
- Terms 5.3: 'all purchases are final and non-refundable' with refunds at company discretion
- Quote only enterprise tier
- Enterprise price is 'Custom' and requires booking a discovery call with sales
- SMS sold as credits
- 100 SMS credits cost $8, so messaging is metered on top of the subscription
- Unilateral suspension without notice
- Terms 6.3: the vendor may terminate, delete or suspend an account without prior written notice
- Usd priced addons
- SMS, WhatsApp, booking packages and setup services are priced in dollars while plans are in euros
- Vat charged on top
- Terms 5.2: any applicable VAT is payable in addition to the fees in the Fee Schedule
- Vertical specific marketing
- Industry pages cover salons, clinics, gyms, driving schools, embassies, libraries and universities
- WhatsApp sold as credits
- 100 WhatsApp credits cost $8 as a separate metered add-on
- White label only on higher tiers
- White label page footer starts at Premium and full White Label plus branded favicon at Enterprise
- White label reseller program
- 'SimplyBook.me White Label Partnership' is a listed offering for resellers
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Free plan (50 bookings/mo). Paid plans from €11.9/mo, scaling to higher tiers, billed annually (monthly higher); Enterprise is custom-quoted. 14-day trial. EUR. Confirm on vendor site.
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Does SimplyBook.me give a GST invoice in India?
SimplyBook.me 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 SimplyBook.me good for Indian small businesses?
SimplyBook.me can work for Indian buyers, but check currency, tax, billing, support, and whether the workflow justifies foreign-currency pricing.
Does SimplyBook.me have a free plan?
SimplyBook.me lists a free plan, but check the official pricing page for current usage limits before choosing it.
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