Acuity starts the meter on day one. NeetoCal doesn't rely on a meter.
Acuity has no free plan: after a 7-day trial you pay $16 to $49 a month, your team size is capped by tier, and the features you actually want (SMS reminders, packages, removing the branding) sit on higher tiers. NeetoCal gives you every scheduling feature free, with unlimited team members and your own payment gateway at 0% commission, plus contracts and spam protection Acuity doesn't offer at any price.
Unlimited team members and every feature below, no trial clock
Acuity: pay from day one after a 7-day trial
Acuity's monthly price per tier, and team-capped at each level
Where Acuity stops,
NeetoCal keeps going.
Here's exactly what changes when you switch
Acuity is a capable scheduler, but Squarespace has left it largely frozen at scheduling since acquiring it: no contracts, no e-signatures, no new business tooling in years. Meanwhile, its best features are split across three rising price tiers. Here's the honest, line-by-line difference.
Start free, not on a
7-day countdown
Acuity gives you a 7-day trial, then it's $16, $27 or $49 a month, every month. There is no free tier to fall back to. NeetoCal is free from the first minute with no trial clock and no booking caps; you only ever pay if you choose to remove branding.
Use every core feature indefinitely, with no credit card to start.
No free plan; a paid subscription is required to keep using it.
Add team members
without bumping up a tier
Acuity caps team size by plan: 1 on Emerging, 6 on Growing, 36 on Powerhouse. Grow past the limit and you're forced up a tier. NeetoCal supports unlimited team members on the free plan, with round-robin distribution (standard and priority-based) so bookings spread automatically across your team.
Add the whole team at $0, with priority-based round robin built in.
Outgrowing your team-size cap means upgrading to a pricier plan.
SMS, packages and the API are free, not tier-gated
On Acuity, SMS reminders, packages and removing branding require the Growing plan ($27/mo), while API access waits until Powerhouse ($49/mo). NeetoCal includes SMS reminders, packages and bundles, and the full API on the free plan. Branding removal is the one paid extra, a flat $5/user/month.
No climbing tiers to unlock the features you use every day.
SMS & packages on Growing; API on Powerhouse.
Get the agreement signed before the appointment
Acuity's intake forms can capture terms acceptance, but it has no dedicated contract or e-signature workflow; for a properly signed agreement, you bolt on a separate tool. NeetoCal builds contracts with DocuSeal e-signatures right into the booking flow: the client signs, then the slot confirms. Essential for coaches, clinics, lawyers and agencies, and free.
DocuSeal e-signatures collected before the appointment is confirmed.
Intake forms only; requires a separate e-signature service.
Keep 100% of what you charge, your gateway, your way
NeetoCal collects payments at 0% platform commission across Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, UPI, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Dodo, and adds tips, automatic refunds, taxes, discount codes and split payments. Acuity collects via Stripe, Square and PayPal, but with a narrower toolset and no split-payment or tipping flow. With NeetoCal, you're never boxed into one processor or one currency.
Tips, refunds, taxes, discount codes and split payments included.
No split payments or tipping; narrower payment toolset.
Block junk bookings, and put your brand on the page
NeetoCal verifies clients by OTP email code, blocks suspicious bookings automatically, and can accept business emails only. It also maps your own custom domain to booking pages free, so clients book at yourdomain.com. Acuity has no OTP/spam blocking, and your booking page stays on a Squarespace/Acuity URL unless embedded.
OTP verification, auto spam blocking and full domain mapping.
No OTP/spam defenses; no custom domain mapping.
A product that's still being built
Since Squarespace acquired Acuity, the product has stayed scheduling-only; reviewers note years without meaningful new business features. NeetoCal is built by an independent, self-funded team that ships constantly, with a public roadmap and changelog and a community that requests features directly. You're choosing a tool that's still moving.
Actively developed; users shape the roadmap in the open.
Little new functionality since the Squarespace acquisition.
So… what's the catch?
Fair question. "Free" usually means a trial clock, a booking cap, or a wall you hit in week two. None of that here. NeetoCal is built by Neeto (BigBinary), a profitable, 100% self-funded company that earns across a whole suite of products, not by nickel-and-diming schedulers. Every scheduling feature is genuinely free, with no booking limits and no per-seat charge. The single paid upgrade ($5/user/month or $30/user/year) removes the small NeetoCal logo and lets you add custom CSS. That's the entire paywall. Read our pricing philosophy.
Typical time to migrate from Acuity
Booking limits on the free plan
Cost to add your whole team
NeetoCal vs Acuity, feature by feature
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- None (7-day trial)
Entry price
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- $16/mo (annual)
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- 1 / 6 / 36 by tier
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Free
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Growing plan ($27/mo)
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Growing plan ($27/mo)
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Growing plan ($27/mo)
Round robin (standard + priority)
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Limited
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Not available
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Intake forms only
Payment collection · 0% commission
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Free (Stripe/Square/PayPal)
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Not available
OTP verification + spam blocking
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Not available
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Not available
Intro / landing pages per link
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Not available
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Basic
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Powerhouse plan ($49/mo)
Roles, permissions & audit logs
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Limited
Calendar sync (Google/Outlook/iCloud)
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Free
- NeetoCal
- Free
- Acuity Scheduling
- Free
- NeetoCal
- $5/user/mo or $30/yr
- Acuity Scheduling
- Growing plan ($27/mo)
Disclaimer: Information on this page is based on publicly available data at the time of writing. Features, pricing, and limits may change. Please refer to each provider's official pricing page to confirm the latest information.
Every scheduling feature is free
The only thing you ever pay for is removing NeetoCal branding. No seat fees, no feature walls.
Free plan
- Unlimited scheduling links
- Unlimited team members
- Round-robin (standard + priority)
- Payment collection — 0% commission
- Packages, intro pages, custom domain
- Form routing, contracts, API, SMS
Pro plan
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Remove NeetoCal branding
- Add your own custom CSS
- Cancel anytime
A single Acuity Growing seat is about $324/year, and Powerhouse about $588/year, before you outgrow the team-size cap. NeetoCal is $0 for an unlimited team, or $5/user/month only if you choose to remove branding.
Good software works alone.
Great software works together.
You have clients and they need to book and pay you. The difference between the work you trained for and the work nobody warned you about is a booking page, a payment link, and automated reminders. And who's doing the admin disguised as work at 9pm on a Tuesday. Before NeetoCal, it was you. After NeetoCal, it isn't.
They came for the price.
They stayed for the product.
I've tested many platforms (Dubsado, 17Hats, Honeybook, Practice.do, Paperbell, Cal .com, Satori, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, ClickUp, SmartSuite, Acuity Scheduling, and more). None fully met the four criteria. Cal .com came close — but its features are limited. Then I found Neeto.
NeetoCal simplifies appointment management for therapists and clients, while integrated features streamline our workflow and enhance counseling services.
NeetoCal in comparison has all their features and is free! I can't think of any reason to use any other calendaring tool at this point.
Neat, simple and fairly priced!
You've added round robin scheduling to the basic plan as well and it works smoothly.
Thank you so much for working on a fix very quickly. That shows a lot about Neeto and their customer service. I use a lot of your tools and can't wait to use even more! All the products are very useful for a small business like mine to grow. Thank you!
We explored many platforms (you know there are 30+ of them) and chose NeetoCal.
NeetoCal vs Acuity: FAQ
Is NeetoCal a good Acuity Scheduling alternative?
Yes. Acuity has no free plan and caps team size by tier, while NeetoCal is free from day one with unlimited team members. SMS reminders, packages and API access, which Acuity keeps on its $27 and $49 plans, are free in NeetoCal, along with contracts, spam protection and custom domain mapping that Acuity doesn't offer.
Does Acuity have a free plan?
No. As of 2026, Acuity offers a 7-day free trial, after which you must choose a paid plan: $16, $27 or $49 per month on annual billing. NeetoCal has a genuinely free plan with no trial clock, no team-size caps and no booking limits.
What can NeetoCal do that Acuity can't?
Several things Acuity doesn't offer at any price: contracts with DocuSeal e-signatures collected during booking, automatic spam blocking on top of OTP email verification, business-email-only bookings, tips at checkout, split payments, routing forms, intro pages on every scheduling link and custom domain mapping. NeetoCal also includes SMS reminders, packages and bundles, and API access, which Acuity keeps on its $27 Growing and $49 Powerhouse plans. All of it is on NeetoCal's free plan.
How many team members can I add on NeetoCal?
As many as you like. NeetoCal's free plan includes unlimited team members, with standard and priority-based round robin to spread bookings across the team automatically. Acuity caps team size by plan: 1 on Emerging, 6 on Growing and 36 on Powerhouse, so growing past the limit forces you up a tier.
Does NeetoCal charge commission on payments?
No. NeetoCal takes 0% platform commission. Payments go straight through your own gateway, whether that's Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, UPI, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Dodo, and payment collection is included on the free plan, along with tips, automatic refunds, taxes, discount codes and split payments. Acuity collects payments via Stripe, Square and PayPal, but has no tipping or split-payment flow.
Is NeetoCal still actively developed?
Yes. NeetoCal is built by an independent, self-funded team that ships constantly, with a public roadmap and changelog and a community that requests features directly. Since Squarespace acquired Acuity, the product has stayed scheduling-only, and reviewers note years without meaningful new business features.
How hard is it to migrate from Acuity?
For most people it takes about 10 minutes. Sign up for free, connect your Google, Outlook or iCloud calendar, recreate your appointment types and share your new NeetoCal links. There's no trial clock to beat, and your whole team can join at no extra cost.