The self-hosted Setmore alternative
Slotly: Self-hosted appointment booking that refuses a second booking for a slot already taken, even when two people try at the same moment. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Setmore every month.
Stop renting Setmore.
Slotly7 months of Setmore costs what Slotly costs once.
Buy onceHow we counted: Per-user; figure shown for 3 staff x $5 = $15/mo on annual billing - the same three seats cost $36/mo billed monthly. Free tier exists; Slotly is one payment, unlimited staff.
Setmore charges per user: each staff member with their own profile is a seat.
“Setmore charges per 'user' or by each staff member with their own profile.”, their own page, read 2026-08-11
Setmore offers a paid Live Receptionist add-on where a real person answers your business calls around the clock.
“Have your calls answered by a professional team of real people and stay available 24/7 for customers.”, their own page
If you want online card payments in the booking flow without holding your own Stripe account, stay with Setmore — Slotly takes card payments at booking only through your own Stripe account, when you switch them on, and otherwise quotes and tracks deposits in admin.
What Slotly deliberately doesn't do is on its product page.
Why owning beats renting Setmore.
No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.
It never lives in Setmore's cloud.
Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.
Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.
The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Slotly vs renting comparison.
Questions about moving off Setmore.
Does it take payment online?
What do automatic reminders need?
Can I run group classes?
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- Setmore: price checked 2026-09-03, source“$5/user/month billed annually; $12/user/month billed monthly”
Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory: every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.