Calday

Calday brings online booking, scheduling, and client management together for independent service providers. Its account-free booking page and calendar connections reduce the work between a customer choosing a time and the provider preparing for the appointment. The main trade-off is a tightly capped free plan, with payment collection reserved for Pro.

Overview

Customers can book through a shareable page at any time without downloading an app or opening an account. That makes Calday a practical fit for businesses that want to accept bookings online without requiring clients to adopt another tool. It covers appointments as well as on-site visits, classes, consultations, and rentals.

Calday connects with Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud, syncing bookings and availability in both directions. This can help avoid scheduling conflicts when a provider works across calendars, but the free plan allows only one integration. Scheduling controls for buffers, lead time, advance notice, cancellations, and rescheduling give operators useful ways to protect their working hours.

Key features

Bookings and client follow-up

Automatic email reminders are described for 24 hours and one hour before appointments, helping reduce the chance that clients overlook a booking. Client profiles keep contact details, notes, and booking history together, which is useful for providers who want appointment context close at hand without a separate client-record tool.

Virtual appointments and payments

Calday can create Zoom or Google Meet links for virtual appointments and include them in confirmation emails, removing a manual step after booking. Stripe-based payment collection supports deposits, full payments, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Calday says it adds no transaction fee, but payment collection is a Pro feature, so free users cannot use this part of the service.

Mobile access and safeguards

The mobile app is intended for managing bookings, clients, and payments by phone, a useful option for providers who are away from a desk. Calday says it uses encrypted connections and secure cloud infrastructure; its privacy policy describes SSL transmission and GDPR controls as an operational baseline. It also lists 24/7 support, with priority support included on Pro, and offers email and live chat.

Pricing

Calday is freemium, with a seven-day trial and two stated plans. The Free plan costs nothing and is billed Free forever. It includes a booking page, one service, up to 100 clients, and one integration. That is enough for a solo provider testing online bookings or running a small, stable service list, but the caps can become restrictive as clients or calendar needs grow; payment collection is not included.

Pro costs $12 a month, billed Monthly. It removes the service and client limits and adds payment collection, add-on services, and priority support. Pro is the necessary step for providers who take payments through Calday or offer multiple services, while the free plan remains more suitable for a single-service operation that can work within its client and integration caps.

Platforms

Calday is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its mobile app supports booking, client, and payment management from a phone, while the web option gives providers another way to manage the service.

Who it's for

Calday is best suited to solo operators and small service businesses that want customers to self-book and need calendar sync and basic client records in the same service. Its support for appointments, visits, classes, consultations, and rentals gives it a broader use than a tool limited to one appointment format. It is less compelling for a provider who needs payment collection but will not pay for Pro, or whose workflow exceeds the free plan's one-service, 100-client, or one-integration limits.

Pros and cons

• Client booking needs little setup on their side: customers can book from a shareable page without an app or account.
• Two-way calendar sync: Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud connections can keep bookings and availability aligned.
• Useful free starting point: a booking page and one service cost nothing, but the 100-client and one-integration caps narrow its long-term fit.
• Payments require an upgrade: deposits and full payments, including Apple Pay and Google Pay, are reserved for Pro at $12 a month.

Alternatives

For a broader carpet-cleaning software comparison, see Carpet Cleaning Software. Consider MioCommerce if a paid service with a free one-page website and an Essentials plan at $19 a month billed annually better suits your needs. Carpetan is another freemium option, with a free tier capped at 50 orders per month and a Pro plan at €50 a month. Fieldified may suit businesses seeking scheduling, invoicing, CRM, and reporting on its free plan, with certain usage limits, or a Basic plan at $49 a month billed for 5 users. Fieldorbit offers a free Basic Plan capped at 10 jobs per month and a Premium Plan at $10 a month. Formitize is a paid alternative at $29.99 a month per user, with primary modules included and Australian prices excluding GST. ServiceOS uses custom pricing based on operation size, monthly order volume, and required advanced functionality. HiveSuite is a paid option with a Solo plan at £34.99 a month, including VAT, for one admin and two crew. Tradify is another paid alternative, with a Lite plan at $47 a month per user.

Verdict

Choose Calday if you want a shareable, account-free booking page backed by calendar sync and client records, and your service fits within the free plan or you are willing to pay for Pro. Its strongest case is the combination of booking, scheduling, and client follow-up in one tool; look elsewhere if payment collection must be free or the free plan's limits do not fit your operation.