Bookly
Long-running WordPress booking plugin, with paid Pro licences and optional add-ons.
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About Bookly
Bookly is a WordPress plugin for online appointment booking that has been on the market since 2014. A booking form on your site walks customers through service, staff member, time and payment, and the admin side lets you manage staff schedules, services, customers and notifications. The paid Pro version adds features such as Google and Outlook calendar sync, online payments, custom fields, recurring appointments and staff cabinets, and many more capabilities come as separately sold add-ons. Licences are priced per number of sites, either as yearly renewals or one-time purchases, with a 30-day money-back guarantee; the developer also runs Bookly Cloud services for SMS and other hosted extras. Because it lives in WordPress, your data stays on your own hosting, but setup, updates and compatibility with your theme and other plugins are up to you. The add-on model can make the total cost harder to predict than an all-inclusive SaaS subscription.
Best for: WordPress site owners who want booking on their own site with one-off licensing.
Pros and cons
What works
- Mature plugin with a long track record
- One-time licence option
- Data stays on your own WordPress hosting
Why people leave
- Many features are separately priced add-ons
- Requires WordPress maintenance
- Admin interface feels dated
Top Bookly alternatives
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Amelia66.5More features in the base licence, including events and packages.
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Easy!Appointments62.6Free and open source, with an official WordPress plugin.
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Trafft59.6A hosted booking site if you want to stop maintaining plugins.
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Acuity Scheduling57.2Hosted scheduler that embeds in WordPress without plugin upkeep.
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SimplyBook.me55.3Hosted booking with a free plan and a WordPress widget.
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Bookly: common questions
Is Bookly free?
No, Bookly is a paid product.
Is Bookly open source?
No, Bookly is not open source. Open-source alternatives include Easy!Appointments.
What platforms does Bookly run on?
Bookly is available for Web and Self-hosted.
What are the best alternatives to Bookly?
The highest-ranked Bookly alternatives right now are Amelia, Easy!Appointments and Trafft. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.