AppointmentReminders.com vs Slick

AppointmentReminders.com sends appointment reminders by text, phone call, and email to help businesses reduce no-shows. Recipients can reply to texts, and a reminder can include up to three messages. Businesses can set message wording and timing, choose response options, and route failed texts to calls. The service accepts appointments through Google Calendar and Excel or CSV uploads, and it offers advanced connections to EMR and scheduling systems. Its API can send customer and appointment details and retrieve reminder outcomes and replies; API access is listed for Small Business and Premium accounts. A Google Calendar extension sends reminders through calls, texts, and email. The company says it serves healthcare practices and other professional, home-based, and service businesses. Plans include a free option and a 30-day trial. Express is $11.95 a month for up to 100 reminders; Premium is $119.95 a month for 1,700, with additional reminders at 7 cents each. Monthly reminders expire unused, and each 160-character text block counts as one reminder.

Slick is paid business-management software for salons and barbershops. It covers booking, client records, payments, marketing, reporting, staff, and inventory. The calendar supports staff-specific schedules and prices, drag-and-drop appointment changes, day and week views, and client notes and history. Booking buttons can be placed on Instagram and Facebook pages. Unlimited SMS reminders are included, while marketing allowances range from 50 to 2,000 credits by plan. Essential costs $22 a month for one staff member, with a $22 owner calendar and $14 per additional staff member or booth renter. Supercharged costs $250 a month for 10 or more staff and includes 2,000 marketing SMS credits. Advanced is for small to medium businesses, but its price is not rendered. Slick supports Android, iOS, and web, offers a free trial, and uses monthly-rolling subscriptions as standard.