Square Appointments vs. x.ai

Looking to automate and have something handle appointments with ease, then square appointments will suit you well. It brings various schedules, tasks and calendar appointments into one place and helps you keep on top of things. Can bring to your attention up and coming appointments, scheduling and meetings with out the need for checking through calendars and to do lists.

Incentivized

If a person schedules a lot of meetings or simply has trouble managing a calendar, x.ai is phenomenal. That's especially true if the majority of meetings are internal since those meetings can be scheduled automatically. Even if you don't use Amy and Andrew, the calendar functionality is a great addition. Whether it's better than Calendly is more debatable, but combined with the other features of x.ai, it gives more ways to do calendar management. If a person needs to focus a lot on the interpersonal relationship with clients, x.ai may not work as well. It can feel like an impersonal way to handle scheduling, moreso than passing someone off to an actual human assistant.

Incentivized

• Square had good interoperability with Google Calendar, so all of our calendars were in sync.
• Square Appointments we easy to use for clients, and with a few Luddite exceptions, worked flawlessly.
• Square Appointments made it easy to schedule appointments without having multiple email messages or play phone tag with anyone.

Incentivized

• I can simply send a link to other person to pick a date
• If the other person mentions a specific week I can quickly provide availability for that range
• The tool will generate a meeting that goes directly into my calendar

• Additional functionality: real-time availability calendar to customers
• Not redirect away from our site to Square
• Additional functionality: Ability for customers to add up sales when checking out

Incentivized

• Since I am based out of Japan, adding Japanese language functionality would definitely be good for me.
• Would like the ability to forward emails to Amy and Andrew and asking them to set up meetings based on the content of the mail not originally copied to x.ai.
• Would like the ability to suggest the open meeting slots before scheduling meetings.
• Would like the ability to provide a daily schedule before start of the day.

Incentivized

• Square Appointment is excellent at support! I have had several calls with them, and not one time have they dropped the ball, leaving me frustrated without a solution — not one time.
• The community forum in Square Appointment can answer most of the questions, but if I have had real issues, I am always able to talk to a person. That is very valuable to me as a customer.

Incentivized

Support has been quick. We have not really had an issue, more just implementation questions.

Square Appointments is easier to use that other solutions from my experience. I find the user interface to be cleaner and more intuitive. I like the reminder features as well as suggested calendar blocks. It is helpful to have the option to show my time as free or busy, include when I am on vacation, and sick time.

Incentivized

I have used live virtual assistants and full-time PA's as well in the past. For a few bucks a month, X.ai takes away much of the drudge work involved in a PA keeping my calendar straight.

Incentivized

• Square Appointments enabled us to deal with a large number of clients in a much more rapid time frame than we would have done otherwise.
• Square Appointments has empowered us to go after other large organizations' business for photography sessions.

Incentivized

• Reduces phone calls or emails by allowing client to pick a time that works for them and us, as we have already set our options and availability in settings and/or two-way calendar sync.