Best scheduling software on Reddit

163 reviews from r/smallbusiness, r/software, r/ConstructionManagers and 33 more subreddits

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Calendly

4.5

(12)

"Caldotcom would work very fine."

"We are using it daily."

"Consider SimplePractice or Calendly with their HIPAA-compliant plans."

"I love using Calendly. You can share a link that will access a calendar and update in real time."

"Calendly is great for booking meetings."

"Something like Calendly could display her openings and they can cancel or reschedule the appointments."

"Calendly is around $10/mo does exactly this."

"Only have experience w/ calendly and it synced fine with google calendar."

"Calendly ?"

"Calend.ly has a free tier."

Acuity

4.2

(6)

"I have been overall very happy with it. It doesn’t require clients to jump through a bunch of hoops to schedule, which I feel has benefitted my business."

"It's very customizable and I've been using it for years without any issues."

"Acuity Scheduling offers customizable scheduling options."

"Acuity is pretty good"

"I'm happy with Acuity after trying MassageBook and Vagaro."

"Acuity is the nicest. But it's costly."

Google

4.6

(5)

"Google Calendar is an excellent tool for managing my schedule."

"Highly recommend Google Workspace for this. It will cost less than $50/month. Each employee gets an account that has email (that you control)."

"Google Calendar is very powerful and allows for easy scheduling."

"Would google calendar work?"

Buildxact

4.4

(5)

"It's great for scheduling and Gantt charts. It connects to QB too."

"I use buildxact and the scheduling feature is great."

"Buildxact is great for scheduling and gantt charts."

"I use buildxact and the scheduling feature is nice."

"I use buildxact and their scheduling feature is nice (it's got gantt charts included)."

Trello

4.0

(4)

"Trello, Asana, ClickUp"

"Trello with calendar power-up is effective for long form and series work."

"Trello"

Curly Pet

5.0

(3)

"Curly pet is a good scheduling software. Software scale as your business grows."

"I use curly pet, they offer grooming, boarding and sitting all in one. It’s very helpful to us because we don’t need to switch between softwares."

My Music Staff

5.0

(3)

"It's helpful for tracking attendance and payments, invoicing, lesson notes, and bulk emailing."

"The online portal for parents and students to log in and adjust their schedule is so much easier, and automatic invoicing is a game changer."

"I love it. You do need to be disciplined about taking attendance, but basically everything else can be automated."

Schedulicity

5.0

(3)

"The best one is the one that has the tools you need. It offers online booking, credit card processing at a cheap rate, and marketing tools."

"I use schedulicity and love it."

"Schedulicity."

Alora

4.7

(3)

"It’s definitely more comprehensive than some other options."

"We use Alora and based on what you've described, they will meet all of your needs."

"I use Alora for scheduling and EMR."

#10

Dagster

4.7

(3)

"Dagster my man. I migrated most of our Python/Powershell/batch scripts into that and it ran very well."

"Dagster works very well on Windows Server, much easier to deploy than Airflow."

"You could give dagster a try. Open source and easy enough to get going."

#11

Buildern

4.7

(3)

"Buildern is an excellent option for your needs."

"Buildern is our current go-to software, praised for its user-friendly interface and versatile construction scheduling module."

"For both small and larger projects, our software is Buildern, and all its features meet our satisfaction."

#12

Square

4.3

(3)

"Ease of use and text reminders are appreciated by clients."

"Square does a good job. fairly easy to setup, good interface, doesn't take a huge cut of the revenue."

"The user appreciates the flexibility of scheduling and payment options."

#13

LibCal

4.0

(3)

"LibCal."

"We use LibCal to schedule rooms."

"For scheduling software we use LibCal."

#14

Clio

3.7

(3)

"CLIO!!!!!"

"Our firm uses Clio for our general info management and it’s calendar function is easy to use."

"Clio is getting better, but when it first came out it was a mess!"

#15

ScheduleFly

5.0

(2)

"Love schedulefly"

"Look at Schedule Fly. It’s simple, cheap, and does everything you are asking for."

#16

Microsoft Excel

3.0

(3)

"You can do some really nice schedules in Excel."

"I have experimented with versions of excel to partially automate the scheduling."

"We tried a particular software program and went back to doing it by hand (i.e., Excel)."

#17

ClickUp

3.0

(3)

"Trello, Asana, ClickUp"

"I use ClickUp. I find it very helpful for day to day, future tasking, reminders and so much more."

"Nothing worked for me; I am scrolling Reddit and I should work."

#18

Taskade

4.5

(2)

"It integrates with Google Calendar, and with its automation features, you can schedule your tasks easily."

#19

Setmore

4.5

(2)

"It has a free option."

"Have you considered trying out Setmore for your scheduling needs?"

#20

7shifts

4.5

(2)

"7shifts is an excellent tool for managing employee schedules, allowing for easy communication and updates."

"But if you 100% want software, 7 shifts works great"

#21

Asana

4.5

(2)

"It’s awesome for managing deadlines, and the calendar view keeps everything on track."

"Trello, Asana, ClickUp"

#22

Vagaro

4.5

(2)

"It's excellent. Very easy to use."

"Vagaro"

#23

Smartsheet

4.0

(2)

"Have you explored Smartsheet?"

"Smartsheet. You can do a lot more than make schedules with Gantt charts."

#24

Reserve Rabbit

4.0

(2)

"[Reserve Rabbit] is a really good booking system for scheduling appointments."

#25

Sling

4.0

(2)

"I use Sling and it works great. $2/person/month. Not bad."

"I use sling since use toast as our pos."

#26

Quickbase

4.0

(2)

"Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I am not familiar with Quickbase and will definitely have a look."

"Quickbase is worth taking a look at."

#27

GetMacha

4.0

(2)

"Happy to give you a demo and an extended trial to our solution getmacha.com."

"Would be happy to give you a demo for www.getmacha.com and an extended trial period."

#28

BuilderTrend

4.0

(2)

"It works pretty well for scheduling and job management."

"You should be using a cloud based management system like buildertrend"

#29

Excel

4.0

(2)

"We just use a big excel sheet and a shared google calendar tried a few paid things but always end up back at that."

"Excel has been around forever and you would be surprised how effective it is."

#30

Microsoft

4.0

(2)

"Microsoft Teams has a built-in calendar and sends reminder emails to Outlook."

"Microsoft Planner is a great tool for small simple projects, fully integrated with Outlook."

#31

Phoenix

3.5

(2)

"It’s basically a light version of P6. And much more affordable"

"Phoenix might be a good middle ground."

#32

TickTick

3.5

(2)

"TickTick works great for me. You can organize tasks into lists and tag them if you want."

"Had a bad experience with natural language processing and list limits caused procrastination."

#33

Microsoft Project

3.0

(2)

"Microsoft project is decent"

"On a budget you can use Microsoft Project."

#34

Todoist

2.5

(2)

"I use Todoist, it has these features and it's really worked for me."

"Had my tasks suddenly disappear due to a backend server issue."

#35

Hypnotes

5.0

(1)

"It's built specifically for therapists, so it caters to massage therapy needs better than some salon-focused options."

#36

Motil

5.0

(1)

"You might like what we’ve built - Motil - mobile first (Android and iOS), super easy setup."

#37

EasyAppointments

5.0

(1)

"This is probably exactly what you're looking for: https://easyappointments.org/"

#38

Wrike

5.0

(1)

"Wrike is an award-winning project management and scheduling software trusted by 20,000+ companies and over two million users worldwide."

#39

SimplePractice

5.0

(1)

"Consider SimplePractice or Calendly with their HIPAA-compliant plans."

#40

AcuBliss

5.0

(1)

"AcuBliss is super customizable and their customer service is great."

#41

Healthie

5.0

(1)

"Healthie is HIPAA compliant."

#42

Caspen Software

5.0

(1)

"I recently came across Caspen Software. It's been a game-changer for me."

#43

SimplyBook.me

5.0

(1)

"[SimplyBook.me] is perfect for that and has client time zones."

#44

Paycor

5.0

(1)

"We use Paycor/Ximble and it has done great things for us."

#45

Apptoto

5.0

(1)

"Apptoto integrates with existing calendars and offers customizable reminders."

#46

Cheensa

5.0

(1)

"Cheensa offers a user-friendly drag and drop interface for task assignment and recurring schedules."

#47

Fons

5.0

(1)

"I just started a free trial of Fons. I am in a Facebook group and there is a lot of support and help."

#48

Fresha

5.0

(1)

"Super easy to use - colour coding options, easy to move and reschedule appointments by just dragging them."

#49

Pet Exec

5.0

(1)

"Pet Exec has a pay feature and excellent customer support."

#50

MoeGo

5.0

(1)

"The company is very responsive and constantly improving the app based on user’s input."

#51

Deputy

5.0

(1)

"Designed for shift work and scheduling."

#52

When I Work

5.0

(1)

"Designed for shift work and scheduling."

#53

zcal.co

5.0

(1)

"Pretty generous free tier + the 'pro' tier is like half the price of Calendly."

#54

Jobber

5.0

(1)

"You'd be able to schedule recurring cleans at specific times and add notes to each individual job."

#55

Google Calendar

4.0

(1)

"What about something as simple as google calendar?"

#56

TimeGo

4.0

(1)

"You can look into https://timego.com where you can require an employee to submit a form with their signature by the end of their shift."

#57

ProjectLibre

4.0

(1)

"Project Libre is a free version of MS Project (just open source)"

#58

Kevala

4.0

(1)

"Check out Kevala.care."

#59

Capterra

4.0

(1)

"[Capterra.com](https://Capterra.com) is my goto start point for all commercial software search"

#60

AxisCare

4.0

(1)

"AxisCare, Wellsky Personal Care, AlayaCare are the three main systems in this space."

#61

EDclerk

4.0

(1)

"EDclerk.com has a service scheduler feature."

#62

Workiz

4.0

(1)

"For field service, I know Workiz, House Call Pro etc do what you're asking for pretty well."

#63

StackStorm

4.0

(1)

"I recommend using StackStorm. You can run your scripts, observe if they failed, set cron jobs on them to run at certain times or certain intervals."

#64

Pycio

4.0

(1)

"Pycio.com is a simple and easy to use tool to better understand your labor resources and track work orders and SOPs."

#65

Monday

4.0

(1)

"Monday.com... It has robust scheduling and Gantt charting with dependencies."

#66

Assignar

4.0

(1)

"Assignar is one I've learned of recently. Don't know a lot about it, but it seems like a good solution."

#67

Homebase

4.0

(1)

"Homebase could do that. They even have auto shift function which was pretty accurate last time I checked."

#68

JobTread

4.0

(1)

"You should be using a cloud based management system like jobtread"

#69

Procore

4.0

(1)

"You should be using a cloud based management system like procore"

#70

Leap

4.0

(1)

"I like Leap (formally job progress) a lot."

#71

Housecall Pro

4.0

(1)

"Housecall Pro"

#72

MRPeasy

4.0

(1)

"MRPeasy has been used for ETO production scheduling."

#73

Communico

4.0

(1)

"We use Communico for our room reservations."

#74

Assabet Interactive

4.0

(1)

"We use Assabet Interactive for rooms, library of things."

#75

Zenith Calendar

4.0

(1)

"Check out Zenith Calendar - you can set up a personally branded meeting page."

#76

PodiumIO

4.0

(1)

"PodiumIO is great at complex scheduling."

#77

Appointy

4.0

(1)

"I use Appointy. Very convenient, easy on the pocket."

#78

Microsoft Teams

4.0

(1)

"Teams and Calendly could do the trick."

#79

Tcmsuite

4.0

(1)

"Tcmsuite from kamwo should be perfect."

#80

CareVoyant

4.0

(1)

"Please check out CareVoyant."

#81

CareSmartz360

4.0

(1)

"Have you considered CareSmartz360?"

#82

MassageBook

4.0

(1)

"I use Massagebook. It has an AMTA discount for the subscription."

#83

Squarespace

4.0

(1)

"I use Squarespace for my website and they have a scheduling add on."

#84

PocketSuite

4.0

(1)

"PocketSuite with an AMTA discount."

#85

Qgenda

4.0

(1)

"Qgenda is pretty expensive but is very robust."

#86

Acuity Scheduling

4.0

(1)

"Acuity scheduling."

#87

WorkInSync

4.0

(1)

"We use WorkInSync - a hybrid workplace solution in our company for desk booking."

#88

WooCommerce Bookings

4.0

(1)

"I would suggest you WooCommerce Bookings & Appointments plugin."

#89

Zoomshift

4.0

(1)

"You can give a try to Zoomshift."

#90

Sidekick AI

4.0

(1)

"Sidekick Ai! They are replacing X . AI."

#91

Jane

4.0

(1)

"Jane allows telemedicine video software while keeping HIPAA compliance."

#92

Simple Practice

4.0

(1)

"Simple Practice has a trial and also offers telemedicine video software."

#93

Harvest

4.0

(1)

"Harvest Forecast app syncs well with Outlook and helps manage tasks effectively."

#94

FieldRoutes

4.0

(1)

"FieldRoutes specifically helps with lawn care routing needs."

#95

Doodle

3.0

(1)

"I use Doodle for work and it does a pretty basic job as the free version."

#96

Planbition

3.0

(1)

"I use Planbition, but depending on team size it might be hells overkill."

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