--- title: "Free SimplyBook.me Alternative: NeetoCal vs SimplyBook.me" description: "NeetoCal vs SimplyBook.me: unlimited bookings, team members and scheduling features, free. SimplyBook.me caps its free plan at 50 bookings a month." canonical_url: "https://www.neeto.com/neetocal/compare/simplybook-me-alternative" markdown_url: "https://www.neeto.com/neetocal/compare/simplybook-me-alternative.md" --- # Free SimplyBook.me Alternative: NeetoCal vs SimplyBook.me NeetoCal vs SimplyBook.me: unlimited bookings, team members and scheduling features, free. SimplyBook.me caps its free plan at 50 bookings a month. ## Overview SimplyBook.me rations features by tier. NeetoCal includes every scheduling feature. SimplyBook.me prices by booking volume (50 a month free, up to 2,000 on Premium) and rations its feature marketplace by tier: the free plan unlocks just one premium feature, and enabling payments or intake forms uses up a slot. NeetoCal gives you unlimited bookings and every scheduling feature, with nothing to ration. - Unlimited: Bookings and scheduling features on the NeetoCal free plan - $0: Every scheduling feature, nothing metered or rationed - 50/mo: SimplyBook.me's free-plan booking cap, then paid tiers ## Where SimplyBook.me meters, NeetoCal includes it all. Here's exactly what changes when you switch SimplyBook.me is flexible, with a marketplace of 70-plus features. But you pay by monthly booking volume and you only get a fixed number of premium features per tier, so enabling payments, intake forms or coupons means spending a limited slot. NeetoCal hands you every scheduling feature and unlimited bookings on the free plan. ## Key differences ### No booking cap at all SimplyBook.me caps bookings by tier: 50/month free, 100 on Basic, 500 on Standard, 2,000 on Premium. A busy month can force an upgrade. NeetoCal's free plan has no booking cap, so volume never costs you more. - NeetoCal: Unlimited bookings · Free. No monthly cap at any point on the free plan. - SimplyBook.me: 50 to 2,000 bookings by tier. 50 a month on Free, 100 on Basic, 500 on Standard and 2,000 on Premium. ### Every scheduling feature on, not a rationed few SimplyBook.me's premium features are capped per tier: 1 on Free, 3 on Basic, 8 on Standard, unlimited only on Premium. Turning on payments, intake forms or coupons each spends a slot. NeetoCal includes every scheduling feature at once, free, with nothing to count. - NeetoCal: All scheduling features on · Free. Payments, packages, contracts, routing and more, all enabled, free. - SimplyBook.me: 1 to 8 premium features by tier. Each premium feature you enable counts against your tier limit. ### Unlimited team, not a per-tier provider count SimplyBook.me limits providers by tier (1 on Free, then 5, 15 or 30). NeetoCal gives you unlimited team members free, so adding people never bumps you to a higher plan. - NeetoCal: Unlimited providers · Free. Add the whole team at no cost on the free plan. - SimplyBook.me: 1 to 30 providers by tier. Provider count is fixed per tier; more team members means a higher plan. ### Payments without spending a feature slot On SimplyBook.me, accepting payments is a marketplace feature that consumes one of your limited slots. NeetoCal collects payments on the free plan, with 0% commission, across Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, UPI and more, plus tips, taxes, discounts and split payments, none of it rationed. - NeetoCal: Payments · Free · 0% commission. Multiple gateways, tips and discounts, with no feature slot used. - SimplyBook.me: Payments use a feature slot. Enabling payments spends one of your tier's premium feature slots. ### Remove branding for $5/user/month to make it yours SimplyBook.me removes its branding only on the Premium plan. NeetoCal lets you brand your page and map your custom domain free, with logo removal and custom CSS as a $5/user/month add-on. - NeetoCal: Branding + domain · Free. Brand and map your domain free; remove the logo for $5/user/month. - SimplyBook.me: White label on Premium. Removing SimplyBook.me branding requires the top Premium tier. ### One clear plan, not a feature accounting exercise SimplyBook.me's tier-by-feature model means tracking booking counts and feature slots. NeetoCal is one free plan with every scheduling feature included: packages, contracts, routing, intro pages, reports and SMS, with a single $5/user/month upgrade only to remove branding. - NeetoCal: All scheduling features · Free. No counting bookings or feature slots; it's all just on. - SimplyBook.me: Track bookings and slots. Plans defined by booking caps and a limited feature count. ## 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. - ~10 min: Typical time to migrate from SimplyBook.me - 0: Booking limits on the free plan - $0: Cost to add your whole team ## NeetoCal vs SimplyBook.me, feature by feature - Unlimited bookings: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — 50 to 2,000/month by tier - All features included: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — 1 to 8 premium features by tier - Unlimited team / providers: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — 1 to 30 by tier - Payment collection: NeetoCal — Free · 0% commission; SimplyBook.me — Uses a feature slot - Payment gateways: NeetoCal — Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, UPI, more; SimplyBook.me — Via marketplace features - Session packages & bundles: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Uses a feature slot - Contracts & e-signatures: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Not built in - Round robin (standard + priority): NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Not available - Routing forms: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Not available - Group meetings / classes: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Uses a feature slot - Recurring bookings: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Free - Intake forms: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Uses a feature slot - SMS reminders: NeetoCal — Free (your provider); SimplyBook.me — Paid / metered - Custom domain: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Higher tiers - Intro / landing pages per link: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Not available - OTP verification / spam blocking: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Not available - Revenue & booking reports: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Free - Multi-language booking pages: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Free - API access & webhooks: NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Free - Mobile app (iOS & Android): NeetoCal — Free; SimplyBook.me — Free - Remove provider branding: NeetoCal — $5/user/mo or $30/yr; SimplyBook.me — Premium only 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: $0 No credit card required - 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: $5 per user/month · $30/user/year - Everything in Free, plus: - Remove NeetoCal branding - Add your own custom CSS - Cancel anytime To lift booking caps and unlock features, SimplyBook.me Standard and Premium run about $299 to $719 a year, and white-label needs the top tier. NeetoCal is $0 with unlimited bookings and every scheduling feature; removing branding is $5/user/month. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Is NeetoCal a good SimplyBook.me alternative? Yes. SimplyBook.me limits bookings by tier and makes you choose which premium features to switch on. NeetoCal has unlimited bookings, and every scheduling feature is included on the free plan, from payments at 0% commission to packages, contracts and routing forms, so there are no feature slots to track. ### Does NeetoCal cap monthly bookings? No. The free plan has no booking cap. SimplyBook.me caps bookings by tier, from 50 a month on Free to 2,000 on Premium. ### Do I have to choose which features to turn on? No. Every scheduling feature in NeetoCal is available on the free plan at the same time, including payments, session packages, contracts with e-signatures, routing forms, intro pages, custom booking form questions, SMS reminders and reports, so there are no slots to count. On SimplyBook.me, premium features are capped per tier (1 on Free, 3 on Basic, 8 on Standard, unlimited only on Premium), and turning on payments, intake forms or coupons each uses up a slot. ### How do payments work? NeetoCal collects payments on the free plan with 0% platform commission, through Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, UPI, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Dodo Payments and more, so you only pay your processor's standard fee. You can also add tips, taxes, discount codes and split payments, and issue refunds. On SimplyBook.me, accepting payments is a marketplace feature that uses one of your plan's limited premium feature slots. ### Is the team count limited? Not on NeetoCal. You can add unlimited team members on the free plan with no per-person charge, and share bookings across the team with standard or priority-based round robin. SimplyBook.me limits providers by tier, from 1 on Free to 30 on Premium, so a growing team means moving to a higher plan. ### What does it cost to remove branding? On NeetoCal, removing branding is the only paid upgrade: the Pro plan costs $5/user/month or $30/user/year, and it also lets you add custom CSS. Your custom domain and your own logo are free. On SimplyBook.me, removing branding requires the top Premium plan. ### Is switching hard? No. For most businesses it takes about 10 minutes. Sign up for free, connect your Google, Outlook or iCloud calendar, recreate your services as booking links, add your intake questions to the booking form, connect Stripe, PayPal or another payment gateway, and share your new NeetoCal links. There's no booking cap or trial clock, and your whole team can join at no extra cost. ## Links - [Human page](https://www.neeto.com/neetocal/compare/simplybook-me-alternative)