Square Appointments vs. Zoho Calendar

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Square Appointments
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Square headquartered in San Francisco, California offers Square Appointments, appointment scheduling software. The software is based on technology acquired with BookFresh in February 2014.
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Zoho Calendar
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Calendar is an online business calendar designed to make scheduling easy. It can be used to stay on top of a schedule, or to share scheduled events with peers.N/A
Pricing
Square AppointmentsZoho Calendar
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Plus
$29
per month per location
Premium
$69
per month per location
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Square AppointmentsZoho Calendar
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
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User Ratings
Square AppointmentsZoho Calendar
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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8.3
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Square AppointmentsZoho Calendar
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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Zoho Calendar is appropriate for every scenario because it reminds you of your upcoming meetings. I am using the product to manage my team meetings in my current project and also in the past projects as well. It integrates well with other applications well and cross functional tool to manage your schedule.
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Pros
  • 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.
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  • I can see that Zoho Calendar allows for multiple tab use which seemed to be a rare and useful function to have.
  • I like how the search function is advanced and you can put specific info to find what you require.
  • I like the visual freedom the app gives in terms of the day, month, and workdays, 2-month views, and selecting colours as well, etc.
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Cons
  • 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
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  • It needs better software integration for use with other services and programs
  • It needs a better source code so that it doesn't crash or lock up as often
  • It should incorporate better customer service for dealing with the issues it creates.
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Likelihood to Renew
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I subscribe to Zoho One so I use many of the modules that come with that single subscription. I've had intermittent issues with scheduled Zoho Meetings through Zoho CRM not appearing in my Zoho Calendar. Zoho has been working on the issue but it will be fixed for a while and then I'll miss a meeting because it wasn't appearing.
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Usability
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Since there are lots of preference options, it can be a little confusing when setting up. It does integrate with other calendars where you can choose one or two way syncing which is helpful if you keep separate personal and work calendars. You can set your start day of the week which for me I have it set to Monday. There are also time zone options which are great but still a bit confusing to me.
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Support Rating
  • 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.
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Support has been excellent. As always, they are quickly responsive, and I feel they genuinely wish to address and fix any issues. It's unfortunate that my issues with meetings created in Zoho CRM don't always appear in my Zoho Calendar. While they mostly appear, my confidence level on any given week that I can see what is on my schedule is decidedly lacking.
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Alternatives Considered
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.
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It as easy access, it provides platform for every member to collaborate, and it makes event management easier It sends invitations easily. It helps to schedule meetings easily with SMART ADD. We can set the reminder for events each and every member of team has access to Zoho Calendar It is easy to understand and use it is not that complicated .
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Return on Investment
  • 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.
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  • Efficient and time saving and within minutes we can create events and meetings.
  • No paperwork and time saving which results in saving money and overhead cost spent on this.
  • No booking of any rooms of places we can now do visual meetings.
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ScreenShots

Zoho Calendar Screenshots

Screenshot of A bird's eye view of your scheduleScreenshot of Click on a grid, add your event, and get goingScreenshot of Skip the steps, one click is all it takesScreenshot of Book resources in advance for a smooth meetingScreenshot of Know what's available and what's not