Acuity Scheduling is a calendar booking tool for 1:1 appointments, part of Squarespace. Class Booking is built for group classes and memberships, with 1:1 sessions in the same calendar. If you run classes, memberships or a team of instructors, this page shows where the two differ.
Where we differ
Acuity Scheduling and Class Booking both handle the core of running a studio: class booking, memberships and payments. They differ in focus, pricing model and setup. Below are the points where Class Booking takes its own approach, so you can judge which matters for your studio. For Acuity Scheduling's current features and prices, check its own website.
Class Booking handles capacity, waitlists, late cancellations and class series natively.
Sell drop-ins, class packs, unlimited monthly memberships and family memberships, with credits and expiry handled for you.
Instructors get their own login and shift swaps, and payroll is calculated by the hour or per class. Included in Studio, an add-on on Basic and Pro.
Class Booking includes a CMS with custom pages and your own domain from the Pro plan.
Class Booking works with any website, and you can embed the booking widget on a Squarespace site if you keep one.
Side by side
Both columns are based on what each company publishes at the time of writing. Features and prices change, so check each provider's own website before you decide.
| Class Booking | Acuity Scheduling | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Public (€10 / £8 / $13 / €30 / £20 / $35 / €50 / £40 / $60) | See Acuity's website |
| Built for | Group classes & studios | 1:1 appointments |
| Group class booking with waitlists | Native | Check with Acuity |
| Recurring memberships | Yes, drop-ins, packs, monthly, family | Packages and subscriptions, see Acuity |
| Instructor portal & shift swaps | Yes, in Studio or as an add-on | Check with Acuity |
| Built-in payroll | Yes, in Studio or as an add-on | Check with Acuity |
| Website & custom domain | CMS included, own domain from Pro | Via Squarespace |
| Per-booking fees | None | See Acuity's pricing |
| EU GDPR-compliant hosting | Yes, Denmark | See Acuity's data terms |
Fair take
Different studios need different systems. Here's when Acuity Scheduling may suit you better.
Tell us when you want to switch. We export your members, classes, schedules and active subscriptions from Acuity Scheduling, import them to Class Booking, sit on a video call with you to verify everything looks right, and switch your domain over the weekend. Your customers don't notice.
Yes, Class Booking handles both. 1:1 sessions and group classes sit in the same calendar.
Yes. Sell single appointments, multi-session packages, recurring monthly memberships and family bundles, with credits and expiry handled for you.
Class Booking gives you your own branded site, so you can run without Squarespace. If you want to keep Squarespace as your main site, you can embed Class Booking's booking widget on any Squarespace page.
Migration from Acuity usually takes 1-3 days. We import customers, appointment packages and historical bookings.
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