Chili Piper vs. Timely Booking and Client Management Software

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Chili Piper
Score 8.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Chili Piper is scheduling and routing software for B2B revenue teams. Its products help revenue teams increase their inbound conversion rates, increase customer satisfaction, and reach new levels of productivity. The vendor states Companies like Twilio, Forrester, Spotify, and Gong use Chili Piper with the goal of increasing their inbound conversion rates, eliminating manual lead routing, and streamlining critical processes around meetings. Chili Piper…
$15
per month per user
Timely Booking and Client Management Software
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Timely is appointment scheduling and business management software for spas and salons from the New Zealand company of the same name.
$25
per month per user
Pricing
Chili PiperTimely Booking and Client Management Software
Editions & Modules
Instant Booker
$15
per month per user
Handoff
$25
per month per user
Concierge Inbound Scheduling
$30
per month per user
Distro
Starting at $20
per month per user
Build
$25
per month per user
Elevate
$35
per month per user
Innovate
$40
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Chili PiperTimely Booking and Client Management Software
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsOnboarding and Support are included at no additional charge.All plans available through a simple monthly plan, with no long-term contract.
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User Ratings
Chili PiperTimely Booking and Client Management Software
Likelihood to Recommend
6.2
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Chili PiperTimely Booking and Client Management Software
Likelihood to Recommend
It is very well suited for anyone looking for a scheduling tool that integrates directly with Salesforce and/or Marketo, or other marketing automation platforms. Especially if you need to route to teams based on different regions or other criteria.There are other simpler scheduling tools out there, but this makes routing and tracking on the back end much easier with the best integration with other tools.
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Hairdressers or massage salons, the places where they are too busy to take an appointment via the phone effectively. Places with high pace client walkthrough and multiple staff members. Timely is perfect for environments like that as it would assist in automating a huge part of the admin processes. In my experience using it for high-value services, [it has] proven to be a sales killer due to two main reasons: 1) Booking process taking so long, that a lot of clients change their mind or just call, as for the money that they are saying they are expecting better service. 2) Shows price only at the end of the process, which clients don't like, they want to know price upfront.
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Pros
  • The Google Calendar integration is seamless, a unique zoom link is also automatically created when a meeting is booked on my calendar.
  • The booking link is simple for my prospects and customers to find time on my calendar.
  • The chrome plug in is useful to use no matter what tab or page im sitting on.
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  • Scheduling appointments
  • Online bookings
  • Rebooking emails and texts
  • Friendly interface
  • Great tech
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Cons
  • The ux interface could be easier to navigate for admins
  • The set up or meeting types could be more intuitive, as an admin I have had to help our reps set this up a lot as they have gotten confused
  • Chili Piper can have certain words they use like booker assignee which could be better defined in the onboarding process for reps
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  • Support is slow and not very knowledgeable. Taking into account that they work only UK time, makes it almost useless.
  • Users are taken through a very lengthy booking process that required a lot of information from them and gives a price only at the very end. Because of that, we have got only 5 bookings in 5 years. Majority of people preferred to book over the phone as it was too difficult.
  • Event/Class booking does not allow you to book more than 1 ticket at the time
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Support Rating
  • Support was very responsive during our integration phase, and after that too.
  • They have the whole infrastructure built to notify customers about bug/outages, which is excellent. Entire System outage only happened once, but being updated on fix progress helped a lot to keep our team calm.
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Alternatives Considered
I've used Drift and Salesloft scheduling tools. They all connect to google calendars, but Chili Piper is the only that I'm aware of that can insert time suggestions without actually blocking the time off as well as Round Robin assignment of meetings. Chili Piper has been the easiest to use as a sales rep.
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Timely is by far the most user-friendly and fun to use. It's got a great interface, works on iPads, and training is super easy for the team. Other software is clunky and takes too long to set up and train the team to use.
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Return on Investment
  • More qualified opps
  • Increased efficiency. Much less time spent trying to line up availability etc. No more back and forth email chains trying to find times to meet.
  • Increased transparency. All meetings and Chili Piper events are logged directly in Salesforce for us.
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  • Cost efficient because of discounts
  • Regular customers gets a lot of concessions
  • A little higher for non-regular customers
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ScreenShots

Timely Booking and Client Management Software Screenshots

Screenshot of a view of the Timely calendar.Screenshot of an example of Timely's administrative automation.Screenshot of Timely's automated re-booking feature.Screenshot of TimelyPayScreenshot of Timely's customizable client communications.Screenshot of Timely's analytics, on a mobile app.