Calday vs Formitize

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.

Formitize is a mobile business platform for paperless workflows, combining forms with CRM, job management, scheduling, document management, sales pipeline, quoting, and invoicing. Smart Forms include a drag-and-drop builder, templates, automated actions, API access, and integrations, and can work offline. Operations features cover one-off and recurring jobs, routing, tracking, reminders, and real-time status updates. Smart Assist can handle appointment reminders, job-status updates, invoice creation, lead and quote follow-up, and invoice chasing. Listed integrations include Zapier, Mailchimp, Stripe, QuickBooks, Xero, and Power BI. The platform is available on web and through Apple and Android apps, with API access. The Formitize plan costs $29.99 a month per user; Australian prices exclude GST. A free 14-day trial is available, and the maker says it will build a customer's first form at no charge during the trial. Webforms is a separate paid add-on, priced at $19.99 per month for business clients and from $250 per month for enterprise clients; Australian prices exclude GST.