Kwickly Answers vs. Setmore: Online Booking for Local Businesses
Kwickly Answers prices online booking by bookings a month, from $14.99, while Setmore charges per user, with a free plan for up to 4 users and Pro at $12 a user if billed monthly or $5 if billed annually. On Setmore each staff calendar counts as a user, so the bill follows crew size; on the Online booking plan one price covers the booking page, calendar, customer list and a reminder email the day before, however many people take bookings. Setmore's pages also list a separate Live Receptionist service answered by people, while a Kwickly Answers phone plan puts an AI assistant on your line that, when you choose direct booking, books callers into that same calendar.
What Setmore does, and what Kwickly Answers adds
Setmore's pricing page (read 1 Oct 2026) lists a Free plan for up to 4 users at $0 and a Pro plan for any number of users, at $12 a month for each user if billed monthly or $5 if billed annually. Its comparison table marks SMS reminders, recurring appointments, calendar sync in both directions, deposits and removal of the Setmore branding as Pro features. Setmore says a user is a staff member with their own profile.
On the Online booking plan, customers choose from a booking page that offers just the times you are free, worked out from your opening hours and how long each service takes. A booking brings a confirmation email, a reminder email goes out the day before, and the customer is saved to your customer list. Each person on your crew can have a booking link and a QR code of their own, and you add them under Calendar, then Who is working, then + Add staff member.
The price follows your bookings: $14.99 covers 100 a month, $24.99 covers 300 and $44.99 covers 1,000, so adding a person to the crew does not change the bill. When the phone starts to matter as much as the booking page, get in touch and we set the phone assistant up with you, with one calendar behind both.
How do the plans compare?
Setmore's Pro plan is $12 for each user if billed monthly ($5 if billed annually), and Kwickly Answers' Online booking plan is $14.99 a month for 100 bookings, however many staff you have.
| What is compared | Kwickly Answers | Setmore |
|---|---|---|
| Plan compared | The Online booking plan, sized by bookings | Pro plan (the Free plan, for up to 4 users, is in the price row) Source: setmore.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026 |
| Price | $14.99 for 100 bookings a month, $24.99 for 300, $44.99 for 1,000 | Free: $0 for up to 4 users. Pro: $12 per user a month if billed monthly, $5 per user a month if billed annually Source: setmore.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026 |
| What the price is based on | Bookings a month; the size of your crew is not part of the price, and a booking past your size is 10 cents, never refused | Users, meaning each staff member with their own profile; each staff calendar counts as a user Source: setmore.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026 |
| Reminders | Each booking is confirmed by email and reminded about the day before, whichever size you pick | Free: email confirmations, email reminders and 1 reminder. Pro: SMS reminders (500 SMS credits a month, per its page) and 2 reminders Source: setmore.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026 |
| Calendars | One booking calendar. Busy times come from Google Calendar or a private iCal link; the link is read on a best-effort basis and repeating events are not counted | Pro lists calendar sync in both directions; the Free column of its table marks it No Source: setmore.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026 |
| Customer list | Included, and it grows with each booking | Customer profiles, appointment history and notes are listed on Free and Pro Source: setmore.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026 |
| Answering the phone | Every phone plan has an AI assistant: Starter (Essential level) is $129.99 a month for 350 minutes, and you pick whether it books or takes a message | Live Receptionist, answered by a team of people, is a separate plan listed at $99 a month on the pricing page; its page says it is currently available in the US and not outside it Source: setmore.com/pricing, setmore.com/features/live-receptionist, read October 1, 2026 |
See Kwickly Answers' full published pricing. Prices change, so confirm Setmore's current price on its own site before you decide.
Is Kwickly Answers a Setmore alternative?
Yes, Kwickly Answers is a Setmore alternative if you run a local service business with online bookings. Setmore charges per user and counts each staff calendar as one; the Online booking plan charges by bookings, from $14.99 a month, and covers a booking page, calendar, customer list and a reminder email sent the day before.
Does Kwickly Answers work if I just need online booking?
Yes, Kwickly Answers handles online booking as a plan of its own, with no phone assistant or web page to pay for. Up to 100 bookings a month is $14.99, up to 300 is $24.99 and up to 1,000 is $44.99; each booking beyond your size is 10 cents, and there is no setup fee.
How does Setmore's price per user compare with Kwickly Answers' price by bookings?
Setmore bills per user and Kwickly Answers bills by bookings, so the comparison depends on the size of your crew and your booking count. Figures are monthly, read from setmore.com/pricing on 1 Oct 2026, and leave out add-ons and tax.
Assuming up to 100 bookings a month on the Online booking plan ($14.99): one user on Setmore Pro is $12.00 if billed monthly or $5.00 if billed annually; 3 users are 3 × $12 = $36.00 or 3 × $5 = $15.00; 6 users are 6 × $12 = $72.00 or 6 × $5 = $30.00. Setmore's Free plan is $0 for up to 4 users, without the Pro features listed in the table above. On Kwickly Answers the same $14.99 covers 100 bookings whatever the crew, and $24.99 covers 300.
What if I also want my calls answered?
A Kwickly Answers phone plan answers your calls with an AI assistant, where Setmore's pages list a separate Live Receptionist service staffed by people. Starter (Essential level) is $129.99 a month for 350 minutes and extra minutes are $0.50 each, counted by the second; every phone plan also carries the calendar, online booking, email confirmations and reminders, and customer list. You choose what the assistant handles: booking directly, or taking a message, which is the default.
Which Setmore features are built, planned or not part of Kwickly Answers today?
- Built, not switched on yet: reminder texts to your customers outside the $39.99 Website & booking plan, which Setmore's Pro plan lists with 500 SMS credits a month; a deposit taken on a card saved at booking, with no-show fees, where Setmore's Pro plan lists deposits; and putting your Kwickly Answers bookings into your Google Calendar, where Setmore's Pro plan lists calendar sync in both directions.
- Not part of Kwickly Answers today: phone calls answered by a team of people, which Setmore sells as its Live Receptionist plan.
- What Kwickly Answers does today: an AI assistant answers the line you forward on a phone plan from $129.99 a month, booking directly or taking a message as you set it, and the Online booking plan from $14.99 a month gives each person on your crew a booking link and QR code with no charge per person. Website & booking ($39.99 a month) includes 250 reminder texts a month, from the shared Kwickly Answers number, to customers who said yes.
Source: setmore.com/pricing, setmore.com/features/live-receptionist, read October 1, 2026
Unhappy with Setmore? What switching to Kwickly Answers looks like
Switching from Setmore to Kwickly Answers means entering your hours and services in your portal, adding each person under Calendar, then Who is working, then + Add staff member, connecting Google Calendar so busy times are respected (never the details), and sharing a booking link and QR code for each person and each service.
Setmore's pricing page (setmore.com/pricing, read 1 Oct 2026) charges per user: a Free plan for up to 4 users, and Pro at $12 a month for each user if billed monthly or $5 if billed annually, with each staff calendar counted as a user. Source: setmore.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026
Your customers are added one at a time in your portal, and your customer list also grows with each booking. Kwickly Answers prices the Online booking plan by bookings, $14.99 for 100, $24.99 for 300 or $44.99 for 1,000 a month with no setup fee, so the number of people on your crew does not change what Kwickly Answers charges.
Why choose Kwickly Answers instead of Setmore?
- The bill follows bookings, not people: 100 bookings is $14.99 a month, 300 is $24.99, 1,000 is $44.99, and every booking past your size is 10 cents, never refused.
- A booking page that works from your opening hours and the length of each service, with emergency services sent to a call, not a time slot: the page asks the customer to call you now.
- Every person and every service gets its own booking link and QR code, so each member of the crew can share theirs.
- A confirmation email for each booking and a reminder email the day before, whichever size you pick, with the customer list and calendar in the same account.
- Booking now, an AI phone assistant when you want one: get in touch and we set it up with you. A phone plan starts at $129.99 a month and includes the booking page and calendar.
Questions people ask
Is Kwickly Answers a Setmore alternative?
Yes, for a local service business that takes bookings and would rather not pay for each staff calendar. From $14.99 a month the Online booking plan gives you a booking page, calendar, customer list and day-before reminder email, priced by bookings and not by users.
Does Kwickly Answers work if I just need online booking?
Yes, Kwickly Answers covers online booking by itself, with no phone assistant or web page attached; 100 bookings a month is $14.99, 300 is $24.99 and 1,000 is $44.99.
Can Kwickly Answers replace Setmore?
Yes, for a business whose customers choose a time to come in. The booking page, calendar, confirmations, reminder emails and customer list sit inside the Online booking plan, and each person can have a booking link and QR code.
Setmore or Kwickly Answers for a local service business?
Kwickly Answers, if you want a bill that does not grow with the number of staff and a route to an AI phone assistant on the same calendar. Setmore's pricing page counts each staff calendar as a user.
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Sources and last verified date
Last verified: 2026-10-01. Every fact about Setmore on this page was read from its own pages, listed here with the date each was read.
- setmore.com/pricing, read October 1, 2026
- setmore.com/features/live-receptionist, read October 1, 2026
Setmore is a trademark of its owner. Kwickly Answers isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Setmore. Setmore's prices are from its public page on October 1, 2026.
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