Acuity Scheduling pricing, price hikes and cheaper alternatives
Acuity Scheduling (acuityscheduling.com) is a scheduling tool. Flat monthly plans tiered by number of staff/location calendars (1, up to 6, up to 36), 20% off on annual billing.. No free plan.
What Acuity Scheduling costs
- 1 user: $20/mo (Starter $20/mo monthly ($16 billed annually): 1 staff calendar, unlimited services and appointments; external calendar sync for conflict checking assumed to cover 2 connected calendars.)
- 10 users: $69/mo (Standard allows only up to 6 calendars, so 10 staff needs Premium (up to 36 calendars) at $69/mo monthly ($55 billed annually), flat. Round robin is handled via Acuity's 'any available' staff assignment; not listed on the pricing page.)
Plan compared: Starter. Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12). The headline is one person with 3 meeting types, 2 connected calendars and up to 50 bookings a month; the team figure is 10 users with a round-robin team event and about 300 bookings a month.
What Acuity Scheduling does
Core: Booking pages (partly), Service appointment booking, Payments at booking (partly), Booking questions & intake forms (partly).
Important: Multi-calendar sync (partly), Classes & group sessions (partly), Packages, memberships & gift cards, Reminders & follow-up workflows (partly), Website embed & white-label (partly), HIPAA & data compliance (partly).
Also has: CRM & app integrations (partly), Mobile apps (partly), AI scheduling assistant (partly), Team admin & SSO (partly).
Acuity Scheduling price hikes
- Acuity raised its Premium plan from $49 to $55/month (annual) · Oct 2026
Premium's annual-billed price rose from $49/mo (PricingSaaS capture of 2026-09-14) to $55/mo, about 12%; it is now $69/mo on monthly billing. Starter and Standard were unchanged. - Acuity cut Premium from 50 to 36 calendars and Standard from 7 to 6 · Mar 9, 2026
Acuity lowered the maximum calendars (staff/locations) on Standard from 7 to 6 and on Premium from 50 to 36 at unchanged prices.
Cheaper alternatives to Acuity Scheduling
At 1 user, Acuity Scheduling costs $20/mo. 2 scheduling tools cost less:
- Cal.com: free (Free plan, 1 user), covers 88% of Acuity Scheduling; missing or partial: Service appointment booking (partly), Packages, memberships & gift cards
- Calendly: $12/mo (Standard), covers 91% of Acuity Scheduling; missing or partial: Service appointment booking (partly), Packages, memberships & gift cards (partly)
Acuity Scheduling alternatives: 2 scheduling tools compared, at every size.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Acuity Scheduling
- HoneyBook (Freelancer business tools): covers 68% of Acuity Scheduling; missing or partial: Service appointment booking, Classes & group sessions, Packages, memberships & gift cards, HIPAA & data compliance
- Dubsado (Freelancer business tools): covers 57% of Acuity Scheduling; missing or partial: Service appointment booking, Classes & group sessions, Packages, memberships & gift cards, Website embed & white-label, HIPAA & data compliance
Every change we logged
- Oct 2026 · Price increase: Premium's annual-billed price rose from $49/mo (PricingSaaS capture of 2026-09-14) to $55/mo, about 12%; it is now $69/mo on monthly billing. Starter and Standard were unchanged.
- Mar 9, 2026 · Limits cut: Acuity lowered the maximum calendars (staff/locations) on Standard from 7 to 6 and on Premium from 50 to 36 at unchanged prices.
Sources
Pricing page: acuityscheduling.com/pricing. Prices last checked Oct 16, 2026. Prices from the official pricing page (monthly/annual toggle confirmed in page source) on 2026-10-17; changes from PricingSaaS. The Premium increase date is approximate (after the 2026-09-14 PricingSaaS capture showing $49) and the before price is annual-billed only; the WebSearch for news was unavailable.