The self-hosted Acuity Scheduling alternative
Slotly — Appointment & Booking System (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) — Self-hosted appointment booking engineered so it can't double-book. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Acuity Scheduling every month.
Stop renting Acuity Scheduling
7 months of Acuity Scheduling equals this one-time price.
Assumption: Flat per-account Starter tier; annual billing saves 20%.
How Acuity Scheduling pricing grows with you
Acuity Scheduling's plans are tiered by how many staff or location calendars you need, scaling from a single calendar on Starter up to many more on higher tiers.
“Use separate calendars per employee or location, depending on business needs.” — their own page, read 2026-08-11
What Acuity Scheduling does that we don't
Acuity Scheduling includes a mobile app so you can manage appointments, client details, and payments from your phone.
“Manage appointments, client details, and payments from your phone.” — their own page
Who should stay with Acuity Scheduling
If you need two-way calendar sync with Google Calendar, Outlook, or iCloud, stay with Acuity Scheduling — Slotly has no calendar sync and only knows about bookings made inside itself. Full honest limitations are on the product page.
Why owning beats renting Acuity Scheduling
- One payment. No monthly, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. It never lives in Acuity Scheduling's cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records and users are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset or price-hiked out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up, and apply updates yourself — see the product page for honest limitations, and the full Slotly — Appointment & Booking System (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) vs Acuity Scheduling comparison.
Sources
- Acuity Scheduling — price checked 2026-08-02 —
source “$16/ month”
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