Calday vs Carpetan

Calday provides service businesses with booking pages, scheduling, payment collection, reminders, and client records. Clients can book at any time through a shareable page without downloading an app or creating an account. Calday syncs bookings and availability in both directions with Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud, and can create Zoom or Google Meet links for virtual appointments. Stripe handles deposits and full payments, including Apple Pay and Google Pay; Calday says it adds no transaction fee. Email reminders are described for 24 hours and one hour before appointments. Client profiles can store contact details, notes, and booking history, while scheduling controls cover buffer time, booking lead time, advance notice, and cancellation or rescheduling limits. A mobile app supports managing bookings, clients, and payments. Calday says it is built for solo operators and small service businesses offering appointments, visits, classes, consultations, or rentals. The free plan allows one service, up to 100 clients, and one integration; payment collection is a Pro feature. Pro costs $12 a month, and a 7-day trial is listed.

Carpetan is a web-based order management platform for carpet and rug cleaning businesses. It follows work from customer contact through pickup, measurement, cleaning, delivery, and payment, while keeping customer contact details, address history, and order history. Drivers can see assigned pickups and deliveries, navigate to addresses, contact customers, and confirm tasks in the mobile app. Businesses can configure automatic SMS updates for order stages and arrange routes by zone, including multiple pickups or deliveries. Payment tracking is per order, and reports cover revenue, order volume, driver productivity, and customer return rate. The free plan costs nothing and allows 50 orders a month, one driver, and one admin plus one worker account. Pro is €50 a month; it allows 150 orders and includes two drivers and 20 SMS a month. Pro+ costs €120 a month, and Enterprise costs €200 a month. The maker offers Android apps, while its driver app page also lists iOS. Drivers can view loaded tasks with weak signal, but need internet to sync and confirm completed work; GPS tracking is not required.