Compare Best
Appointment Plugins
JetAppointment + JetEngine + JetSmartFilters by Crocoblock
BookingWP
WooCommerce Appointments
BirchPress
Amelia
Bookly Pro
 JetAppointment + JetEngine |  |  |  |  |
| $89 - $299 | $99 - $249 | $59 - $249 | $89 |
Multiple services Add different services and configure
individual duration, price, and other parameters. | |||||
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Multiple service providers Assign multiple providers, their dedicated
profiles, and the calendar to display their time slots. | |||||
Working hours Adjust the default schedule with working hours
for all the services in one place. | |||||
Days off Define custom availability rules for each
calendar date or specific hours and set holidays & days off. | |||||
Buffer Time Arrange the buffer time between appointments:
for extra time to get ready for the next service session. | |||||
Appointment Capacity Increase or decrease the number of available
spots for a specific time slot. | |||||
Multi booking Allows adding group appointment bookings, thus several appointments can be arranged in a group. | |||||
Minimum time required before booking Set minimum time before appointment slot, so the customer still can book the appointment. |
Availability Calendar Show up the available, booked dates, days off and
appointment capacity in a calendar directly. |
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Single step Form Build a one step appointment booking form and
customize it top to bottom: fields, layout, style settings, etc. Get
all user details you need and process the orders from the backend. | |||||
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Multistep Form Allows filling the information in several
small steps in the form and helps to organize the form better. | |||||
Form Submission Message Settings Make the submission messages fully custom. For
cases when the form is successfully or failed to submit etc. | |||||
Smart Notifications/Actions Pick and set the needed Post-Submit Actions
and Notifications Settings after the user submits a form. |
| PayPal | |||||
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| WooCommerce | |||||
| Google Calendar | |||||
| Zapier | |||||
| Integromat | |||||
| MailChimp | |||||
| ActiveCampaign | |||||
| GetResponse |
Custom Post Types Custom content type by analogy with post and
page. Manage the website’s content and make it structured. | |||||
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Custom Fields Expand the custom post types with the 18 meta
field types. Add them to the CPTs to display attributes. | |||||
Custom Taxonomies & Terms Сategorize the Posts Types, products and pages
according to any clasification characteristics. | |||||
Relations Interrelate posts from CPT and CCT, users and
taxonomy terms choosing the relevant type of relations. | posts only | posts only | posts only | posts only |
Grid  | |||||
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Slider  | |||||
Carousel  | |||||
List  | |||||
Masonry  | |||||
Listing Injection  | |||||
Map Listing  | |||||
Event Calendar Listing  | |||||
Load More option Hide one part of the listing under a
corresponding button/widget and showcase it on demand. | |||||
Pagination Adjust the per-page navigation to switch
between the different pages of the listing fast and freely. |
Quickstart plugin installation A guided Wizard helps to set up the schedule, add
fields to the forms, customize Providers & Services fast. |
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Custom Content Types (CCT) Create the database tables storing CCT
metadata. Query and export data faster to save server resources. | |||||
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Options Page Create and manage any global website data in
one place like company address, or phone number. | |||||
Data Stores A personal data repository for every end-user.
Store any post collections such as wishlists, favorites, likes. | |||||
Content Visibility Dynamic Visibility, Conditional Logic, Dynamic
Function, Dynamic Tag, Macros and Queries | |||||
Profile Builder / Membership Account Pages, Registration & Login Form,
Profile Page, Restrict Admin Area Access, Front-End Post Submission,
Post Publishing Rules by Roles, Permalinks Structure, Sample Profile
Pages | |||||
Rest API Rest API Endpoint Management for CCT, Rest API
Listings, Rest API Notifications/Actions for Forms | |||||
Query Builder Set complex queries on the backend and apply them to posts, users, terms, comments, SQL tables, REST API.Set complex queries on the backend and apply them to posts, users, terms, comments, SQL tables, REST API. | |||||
Tables Builder Display posts, products, users, comments, terms CCT and REST API data in a dynamic tables. | |||||
Charts Builder Add dynamic charts to your site with all the neccessary numeric data from posts, products, users, comments, CCT. | |||||
Glossaries Ability to create a set of Meta data and use it as a source for options in any CPT, form and filter. | |||||
| ACF, Toolset Integration | |||||
| Yoast Seo plugin | |||||
| Math Rank Seo plugin |
What is the must-have functionality to build an appointment booking website? Let's figure it out by comparing five standalone solutions - Appointment Solution by Crocoblock, WooCommerce Appointments by BookingWP, BirchPress, Amelia, and Bookly PRO's packages.
Manage appointments
Appointment Solution by Crocoblock comes at a fixed yearly price – $69 for One project and $142 for Unlimited projects. It consists of three perfectly matching plugins, which are JetAppointment, JetEngine, and JetSmartFilters. Thanks to this combo, it's possible to create websites where services are booked on an hourly basis. Crocoblock Appointment Solution covers a bunch of appointment settings like working hours, days off, buffer time, capacity rules, support for multiple services and providers, customizable calendar labels, multi-step forms, automatic confirmation, booking Wizard, and more.
Priced at $69, Bookly PRO is the closest to Crocoblock in terms of functionality despite lacking such settings as custom calendar labels, booking Wizard, and multiple locations support. It offers though multi-day scheduling, timezone conversion feature, backend appointment booking, and staff management & login functionality.
Amelia's appointment booking package comes for $59–$249. Of all the previously mentioned features, it lacks multi-day scheduling, custom calendar labels, and multi-step forms.
BirchPress offers the same range of appointment settings as Amelia except for booking Wizard and timezone conversion. To get it, you'll have to pay $99–$249 depending on the number of projects you need it for.
BookingWP is the least functional solution; it provides no booking Wizard, no multi-step forms, no backend appointment booking, no support for multiple providers or locations, and no custom calendar labels (only color can be changed). The price for this package varies from $89 to $299.
All five appointment booking solutions can be integrated with WooCommerce and PayPal.
As to synchronizing bookings with third-party services, Crocoblock supports four – Google Calendar, Integromat, Zapier, and iCal. WooCommerce Appointments and Bookly PRO can be synced to Google Calendar only. Amelia supports Google Calendar and Zapier (via a webhook). The BirchPress's solution can be synced to iCal and Google Calendar.
Dynamic website structure
An appointment booking website is impossible without service and providers pages, as well as dynamic content blocks. Crocoblock Appointment Solution embraces the key dynamic features one needs when building an appointment scheduling site. These are meta fields,custom post types,listings,taxonomies, flexible grid layouts like slider, masonry grid, and even alternative templates for listing items. It also supports custom template creation, which can be applied to providers and services pages.
WooCommerce Appointments by BookingWP offers the same basic dynamic features such as taxonomies, CPTs, meta fields, listings, and alternative templates for listing items. However, it suggests neither listing layouts nor custom page templates.
As to Amelia's appointment booking solution, it embraces basic dynamic elements including configured CPTs but that's it.
Bookly PRO offers as much functionality as Amelia except for taxonomies and listings.
Of all the previously mentioned dynamic components, BirchPress offers just ready-made custom post types.
Multi-step appointment forms
All the enlisted appointment booking solutions support the setup of availability search (advanced filters) and creation of appointment booking forms, although only Crocoblock and Bookly PRO allow building multi-step forms.
The functionality described here lets you create full-fledged appointment scheduling websites be it a doctor appointment site, virtual barbershop, spa salon, etc.