Comparison

Booked vs Easy Appointments

A free, open-source WordPress appointment plugin. A side-by-side on what each one gives you.

Where Easy Appointments is strong. Easy Appointments is free and flexible for simple location/service/worker scheduling. This isn’t a hit piece — it’s about which model fits how you want to run your business.

Feature Booked Easy Appointments

Where it runs Your WordPress, your server, your data Your WordPress

Pricing model One licence — every feature included Free / community

Own the code & data Yes — it’s your install Yes

Video consultations Built in — in-browser, no add-on Not included

AI note-taker Included with video No

AI growth advisor Reads your numbers in plain English No

Payments Booked Payments day one, or bring your own key Bring your own gateway

Deposits · courses · bundles · groups All included Partial / via add-ons

Multi-location & staff rosters Included Usually higher tier / add-on

Email & SMS reminders Email free · SMS from a managed number Often metered or add-on

Google / Microsoft calendar sync Included Varies by tier

Updates & security One team · signed, verified releases Per plugin + its add-ons

Comparison is based on publicly available information and typical plans at the time of writing, and describes common product models. Features and pricing change — check Easy Appointments’s current site before you decide.

Why teams choose Booked

What you get with Booked that you don’t with Easy Appointments.

A designed booking widget, dashboard and reminders out of the box.

Video, AI notes and an AI advisor.

Managed payments, deposits, courses and bundles.

Everything in one plugin, on your own site.

One licence. Video, AI notes, an AI advisor, managed payments, reminders and calendar sync — already built.

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