Kwickly Answers vs. Picktime: Online Booking for Local Businesses
Picktime prices its paid plans per user, with a Free plan for 3 users, while Kwickly Answers sizes its Online booking plan by the bookings you take and does not count the people on your calendar. For $14.99 a month and 100 bookings, Kwickly Answers includes a booking page, a calendar, a customer list, and a reminder email sent the day before each visit. Picktime's Starter plan lists $3.00 per user a month billed annually, for 3 users. Picktime's site also describes an AI receptionist for calls, while Kwickly Answers' phone plans answer calls and, if you choose direct booking, place the booking in that calendar.
What Picktime does, and what Kwickly Answers adds
Picktime's pricing page (read 2 Oct 2026, in USD) lists Free, Starter and Pro plans, each counting users, which it defines as "A User is a Team Member." Free and Starter cover 3 users and Pro covers 10. All three list an online booking page and no appointment limit, and the paid plans add features such as email reminders, SMS reminders, recurring bookings and, on Pro, a waitlist and round-robin booking.
On Kwickly Answers' Online booking plan, customers choose from the times you are free, calculated from your opening hours and the length of each service. They get a confirmation email, a reminder email follows the day before, and each person joins your customer list. Mark a service as an emergency and the page offers no slot, asking the customer to call you now.
The size you pick follows your bookings: $14.99, $24.99 or $44.99 a month for 100, 300 or 1,000, then 10 cents for each extra one, with none turned away. On the Online booking plan, adding a stylist or a technician to the calendar changes nothing on the bill. Customers who prefer to phone can reach a Kwickly Answers phone plan that answers and, when you choose direct booking, books into that same calendar.
How do the plans compare?
Picktime's Starter plan is $3.00 per user a month billed annually, for 3 users; Kwickly Answers' Online booking plan is $14.99 a month for 100 bookings, with users not counted on the Online booking plan.
| What is compared | Kwickly Answers | Picktime |
|---|---|---|
| Plans in this comparison | The Online booking plan: booking page, calendar and customer list | Free plan (3 users) and Starter plan (3 users), which adds email reminders Source: picktime.com/pricing, read October 2, 2026 |
| Monthly price | $14.99 at 100 bookings, $24.99 at 300 and $44.99 at 1,000 | Free $0. Starter $3.00 per user on the yearly view (billed annually) and $4.00 per user on the monthly view. Pro $2.25 or $3.00 per user Source: picktime.com/pricing, read October 2, 2026 |
| What sets the price | Bookings in a month, not users, on the Online booking plan. A booking past your size is 10 cents and none is refused | Users, each a team member: 3 on Free and Starter, 10 on Pro, where the page points to its support for more team members Source: picktime.com/pricing, read October 2, 2026 |
| Confirmations and reminders | A confirmation email with every booking, and a reminder email the day before, at every size | Free lists email notifications. Starter adds email reminders and SMS reminders, with a link to its SMS policy Source: picktime.com/pricing, read October 2, 2026 |
| Calendars | Busy times are read from Google Calendar, or from a calendar's private iCal link (best effort, repeating events are not counted), before a time is shown | Google, Outlook, iCloud and Exchange calendar sync, listed as one way on Free and two way from Starter Source: picktime.com/pricing, read October 2, 2026 |
| Payments and deposits | The Online booking plan does not take deposits or card payments for a booking | Free lists PayPal; Starter lists PayPal, Stripe and Square. The home page describes taking a deposit or the full amount in advance Source: picktime.com/pricing, picktime.com, read October 2, 2026 |
| Customer list | Included; each booking adds the customer, you add anyone else yourself, and you can bring a list in from a spreadsheet (CSV) file | Import contacts and export contacts are listed on all three plans; merge contacts from Starter Source: picktime.com/pricing, read October 2, 2026 |
| Phone answering | Not on the Online booking plan. Phone plans start at $129.99 a month (Starter, Essential level, 350 minutes) | An AI receptionist page describes answering calls and booking appointments. The pages we read (2 Oct 2026) show no price or minute allowance for it, and the pricing page lists Free, Starter and Pro plans without naming the receptionist Source: picktime.com/features/ai-receptionist, picktime.com/pricing, read October 2, 2026 |
See Kwickly Answers' full published pricing. Prices change, so confirm Picktime's current price on its own site before you decide.
Is Kwickly Answers a Picktime alternative?
Yes, Kwickly Answers is a Picktime alternative for a small business whose bill should follow bookings, not headcount. Picktime bills per user once you leave its Free plan; Kwickly Answers sizes its Online booking plan by bookings, from $14.99 a month, and bundles the booking page, calendar, customer list and a reminder email the day before. Phone plans that answer your calls are the next step.
Does Kwickly Answers work if I just need online booking for a small team?
Yes, Kwickly Answers works for online booking by itself: no phone assistant or web page is added to the bill. The plan is $14.99, $24.99 or $44.99 a month for 100, 300 or 1,000 bookings, past that each booking is 10 cents, and nothing is charged to set it up.
Can Kwickly Answers replace Picktime?
Yes, for a business whose customers pick a time to see you, because the Online booking plan holds the booking page, calendar, both emails and the customer list. Picktime also lists SMS reminders, payments through PayPal, Stripe and Square and two-way calendar sync, which the Online booking plan does not include. Customers come in from each booking, from a spreadsheet (CSV) file you bring in, or one at a time.
How does Picktime's AI receptionist compare with a Kwickly Answers phone plan?
Both use an AI assistant to answer the call, and Kwickly Answers prints each phone plan's price and minutes on its pricing page. Picktime's AI receptionist page describes answering calls and booking appointments onto the Picktime calendar, and the pages we read (2 Oct 2026) show no price or minute allowance for it. A Kwickly Answers phone plan is $129.99 a month for 350 minutes, $259.99 for 1,000 or $469.99 for 2,000 at the Essential level, with extra minutes at $0.50 counted by the second. You decide whether it books directly or takes a message, and urgent calls are flagged to you by email.
Picktime or Kwickly Answers for a team whose headcount keeps changing?
Kwickly Answers, if you want the bill to follow your bookings and a phone plan on offer when calls matter, while Picktime counts users. A 3-person calendar on Picktime's Starter plan is 3 × $3.00 = $9.00 a month on its yearly view or 3 × $4.00 = $12.00 on its monthly view, our arithmetic from its printed per-user prices (read 2 Oct 2026). For 150 bookings a month the Online booking plan is $14.99 + 50 × $0.10 = $19.99, and 10 people on Pro would be 10 × $2.25 = $22.50 on the yearly view against $24.99 at 300 bookings. Picktime also lists features, such as SMS reminders and payments, that the Online booking plan does not.
Which Picktime features are built, planned or not part of Kwickly Answers today?
- Built, not switched on yet: SMS reminders outside the $39.99 Website & booking plan, which Picktime's Starter plan lists; a deposit taken in advance on a card saved at booking, with no-show fees, where Picktime's home page describes taking a deposit or the full amount; and Kwickly Answers bookings added to your Google Calendar, where Picktime lists two-way calendar sync from Starter.
- What Kwickly Answers does today: the Online booking plan from $14.99 a month offers a waiting list for a full day and emails the customer when a time opens, and its customer list fills itself from every booking and can be exported. Website & booking ($39.99 a month) includes 250 reminder texts a month, from the shared Kwickly Answers number, to customers who said yes.
Source: picktime.com/pricing, picktime.com, read October 2, 2026
Unhappy with Picktime? What switching to Kwickly Answers looks like
Switching from Picktime to Kwickly Answers means typing your hours and services into your portal, sharing your new booking link or its QR code, and, if you use Google Calendar, connecting it so your busy times (never the details) are respected.
Picktime's pricing page (read 2 Oct 2026) opens on a Yearly view billed annually, shows higher per-user prices on its Monthly view, and lists contact export on its Free, Starter and Pro plans. Source: picktime.com/pricing, read October 2, 2026
You bring your customers in from a spreadsheet (CSV) file or add them one at a time in your portal, and each booking adds more to the list. The Online booking plan is $14.99, $24.99 or $44.99 a month, and if you want calls answered too, get in touch and Kwickly Answers sets the phone assistant up with you.
Why choose Kwickly Answers instead of Picktime?
- Users are not counted on the Online booking plan: $14.99, $24.99 or $44.99 a month at 100, 300 or 1,000 bookings, with 10 cents for a booking past your size.
- A booking page that offers times from your hours and each service's length, with emergency services sending customers to call you now.
- Both a confirmation email and a day-before reminder email arrive at every size, next to your customer list and calendar, with no setup fee.
- A phone plan to grow into: get in touch and we set the phone assistant up with you. Starter at the Essential level is $129.99 a month for 350 minutes, and every phone plan carries the calendar, online booking, email confirmations and reminders, and your customer list.
Questions people ask
Is Kwickly Answers a Picktime alternative?
Yes, for a small business whose bill should follow its bookings rather than its headcount. The Online booking plan from $14.99 a month brings a booking page, calendar, customer list and a day-before reminder email, and its size follows bookings, not users.
Does Kwickly Answers work if I just need online booking for a small team?
Yes, Kwickly Answers does online booking on its own, with no phone assistant or web page. It is $14.99, $24.99 or $44.99 a month for 100, 300 or 1,000 bookings.
Can Kwickly Answers replace Picktime?
Yes, when customers choose a time to see you. It keeps the booking page, calendar, both emails and the customer list, but the Online booking plan has no SMS reminders, deposits or card payments, which Picktime lists.
Picktime or Kwickly Answers for a team whose headcount keeps changing?
Kwickly Answers, if you want a bill that follows your bookings instead of your user count, and a phone plan on offer for the calls. Check both pricing pages against your own team size and monthly bookings.
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Sources and last verified date
Last verified: 2026-10-02. Every fact about Picktime on this page was read from its own pages, listed here with the date each was read.
- picktime.com/pricing, read October 2, 2026
- picktime.com/, read October 2, 2026
- picktime.com/features/ai-receptionist, read October 2, 2026
Picktime is a trademark of its owner. Kwickly Answers isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Picktime. Picktime's prices are from its public page on October 2, 2026.
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