SimplyBook.me is a deep booking platform for service businesses, with dozens of optional custom features like memberships, classes, gift cards, and POS. Amabrik's Booking widget works differently: it embeds a booking calendar on your own site, syncs with Google Calendar and Microsoft 365, and ships with nine other website widgets and two scanners on one flat per-site bill, with no Powered-by badge.
A clean embedded booking widget priced flat per site, plus a website toolkit, against a deep per-booking, per-feature platform.
SimplyBook.me is a dedicated booking platform, while Amabrik's Booking is one of ten widgets on a single snippet: cookie consent, banner, popup, forms, AI chatbot, reviews, social feeds, social proof, bookings, and a chat button, plus a Security scan and an SEO/AEO scan. The angle isn't price against SimplyBook.me's free tier, it's getting your booking calendar and the rest of your widgets from one place on one bill.
SimplyBook.me meters three things at once: bookings per month, how many premium custom features you can switch on, and how many providers you have. Cross any one cap and you upgrade an entire tier. Amabrik is flat by number of sites: $29/mo for one, $59/mo for ten, $159/mo for fifty, with no booking caps, no feature counter, and no provider count to track.
SimplyBook.me shows a Powered by SimplyBook.me footer on its free and lower paid tiers; removing it (white label) starts at the Premium plan, EUR 59.90/mo (EUR 49.90/mo billed annually). Amabrik shows no logo and no link on your widgets on any plan, including the $29/mo Starter.
SimplyBook.me stores your bookings and client records inside its own platform and acts as the system of record. Amabrik's Booking widget embeds directly on your site, on any platform: WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, custom builds, and AI-built sites.
Connect Google Calendar or Microsoft 365 and the widget reads your busy times via freeBusy, so visitors only book open slots, then it auto-creates the event with a Meet or Teams link. Your real calendar and the booking widget stay in agreement.
SimplyBook.me adds memberships, packages, classes and events, gift cards, coupons, intake forms, deposits and payments, POS, loyalty, and staff and provider management. Amabrik's Booking does none of those, on purpose: it stays a clean embedded calendar most sites can set up in minutes. Deep booking operations are a different, heavier category, but for the everyday appointment scheduling most sites actually need, Amabrik is the better choice.
Every row is a concrete fact. SimplyBook.me figures verified as of June 2026.
| Feature | AmabrikRecommended | SimplyBook.me |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat by number of sites (1 / 10 / 50) | Tiered, metered by bookings/mo + custom features + providers |
| Entry price | $29/mo ($23 annual), 1 site | EUR 0 free (50 bookings/mo, 1 feature, 1 provider) |
| Paid tiers | Flat: $59/mo (10 sites), $159/mo (50 sites) | Basic EUR 13.90, Standard EUR 29.90, Premium EUR 59.90/mo (less annually) |
| Bookings per month | No booking caps on any plan | 50 / 100 / 500 / 2,000 by tier, then upgrade |
| Feature limits | All 10 widgets on every plan | 1 / 3 / 8 custom features, unlimited from Premium |
| Where bookings live | On your own site, calendar sync | Stored inside SimplyBook.me's platform |
| Calendar sync | Google Calendar + Microsoft 365, real availability | Google Calendar and Outlook |
| Memberships / classes / gift cards | No (single embedded widget) | Yes (custom features) |
| Payments / deposits / POS | No | Yes (built-in) |
| Staff / provider management | No | Yes (per-tier provider count) |
| Remove provider branding | No badge on any plan | White label from Premium (EUR 59.90/mo, less annually) |
| Other website widgets | 9 more plus 2 scanners on one snippet | None (booking platform only) |
SimplyBook.me is a booking platform; Amabrik gives you a booking widget plus nine more widgets and two scanners from one snippet, with no Powered-by badge.
For most sites, Amabrik is the better choice. If you mainly want to embed a booking calendar on your own site that syncs your availability, and you also want cookie consent, popups, forms, a chatbot, and more, Amabrik gives you all of it at one flat per-site price. SimplyBook.me adds deep booking operations (memberships, classes and events, gift cards, coupons, intake forms, deposits and payments, POS, loyalty, and staff management) and has a free tier, but that's a heavier, separate category. For the everyday embedded scheduling most sites need, Amabrik is the cleaner fit.
SimplyBook.me itself has a permanent free tier (50 bookings per month, 1 custom feature, 1 provider, with Powered by SimplyBook.me branding on the booking page). Amabrik does not have a forever-free plan. It offers a 7-day free trial with no card, and the trial includes all ten widgets and both scanners. That free tier carries a Powered-by badge and caps you to one feature and one provider, while Amabrik's trial puts the whole toolkit (booking widget plus a full website set) in your hands with no badge. For anything past basic single-provider booking, Amabrik is the better choice.
Not against SimplyBook.me's free tier, which is EUR 0 for 50 bookings a month. The honest comparison is the model. SimplyBook.me meters bookings per month, number of custom features, and providers, so your cost climbs as any of those grows, and removing branding needs Premium (EUR 59.90/mo, EUR 49.90 billed annually). Amabrik is flat per site ($29/mo, $23 annual) with no booking caps and bundles nine other widgets plus two scanners. SimplyBook.me's free tier is EUR 0 for basic single-provider booking with a Powered-by badge, but for a site that wants several widgets and no caps to track, Amabrik is the cheaper total and the better choice.
Switch if you want a booking calendar embedded on your own site instead of a hosted SimplyBook.me page, you'd rather pay one flat per-site price than juggle booking, feature, and provider caps, and you also want the rest of a website toolkit (cookie consent, popups, forms, chatbot, reviews) on one bill. SimplyBook.me adds memberships, classes, gift cards, deposits and payments, POS, and staff and provider management, which Amabrik does not offer, but those belong to a heavier, separate category. For embedded scheduling plus a full website toolkit, Amabrik is the better choice.
No. Those are SimplyBook.me custom features. Amabrik's Booking is a single embedded scheduling widget, not a full booking system. It does not handle memberships, packages, classes and events, gift cards, coupons, loyalty, or point-of-sale. Those sit in a heavier, separate category, while Amabrik stays the clean embedded calendar most sites need. For straightforward appointment scheduling, Amabrik is the better choice.
No. SimplyBook.me takes payments, deposits, and tips, and sells products through POS. Amabrik's Booking widget does not process payments or collect deposits. Taking payment at booking is part of a heavier, separate category, while Amabrik keeps scheduling simple and embedded on your own site. For booking without point-of-sale baggage, Amabrik is the better choice.
No. SimplyBook.me gives you provider and staff management with individual schedules, and its tiers are partly metered by how many providers you have. Amabrik's Booking is a single embedded widget without staff accounts or provider management. Multi-staff scheduling is a heavier, separate category, while Amabrik keeps a clean calendar synced to your own Google or Microsoft account. For single-calendar booking on your own site, Amabrik is the better choice.
Yes. Amabrik's Booking widget embeds a booking calendar on any site with one snippet: WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, custom builds, and AI-built sites from Lovable, v0, Bolt, Cursor, and Framer. SimplyBook.me centers on a hosted booking page, where your bookings and client records live inside its platform.
Yes. Connect Google Calendar or Microsoft 365 and the widget reads your busy times via freeBusy so visitors only see and book open slots, then it auto-creates the event with a Meet or Teams link. SimplyBook.me also syncs with Google Calendar and Outlook.
Not directly, because the two products work differently. SimplyBook.me stores your bookings and client records inside its own platform, while Amabrik's Booking widget embeds on your site and syncs to your own Google or Microsoft calendar instead of holding records. There's no automatic importer. You'd set up the Amabrik Booking widget, connect your calendar, and drop its snippet on your page. Amabrik does not cover SimplyBook.me's deeper features like memberships, payments, or staff management, which sit in a heavier category, but for embedded scheduling on your own site Amabrik is the better choice.
No. Amabrik shows no logo and no link on your widgets on any plan, including the $29/mo Starter. SimplyBook.me shows a Powered by SimplyBook.me footer on its free and lower paid tiers, and removing it (white label) starts at the Premium plan (EUR 59.90/mo, EUR 49.90 billed annually).