Webkio vs standalone booking software
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| Feature | Webkio | Booking software |
|---|---|---|
| Booking engine with real availability | Built in | Yes (its core) |
| Your customer-facing website | Included | Usually separate |
| Deposits & online payments | Built in, your own Stripe | Varies |
| Rentals, appointments and restaurant ordering | All three | Usually one |
| Online shop & gift cards | Built in | Rarely |
| Email marketing to your own list | Built in | Usually separate |
| Number of systems to run | One | Typically two or three |
| Who owns the customer record | You | Varies by provider |
Comparison reflects Webkio's built-in capabilities; competitor features vary by plan and available apps. Always check each provider's current plans.
Last reviewed 1 August 2026.
Standalone booking software is good at the diary and stops there - you still need a website in front of it and a way to get paid. That is three subscriptions, three logins and a customer list split across them. Webkio puts the booking engine, the public site and payments in one place. Here is where each approach wins.
The verdict
Choose Webkio if you want the booking engine, your website and payments as one product with one bill and one customer list. Choose dedicated booking software if your operation needs deep, industry-specific scheduling - complex resources, shift planning or integrations with equipment you already run - and you are happy to keep a separate website alongside it.
What each one costs
Booking software is usually priced per staff member or per booking, and sits alongside whatever you pay for a website. Webkio is one bill: 14.99 a month on Starter covers the site and the diary together, with 5 practitioners and 100 appointments a month, rising to 50 and 500 on Growth Business at 39.99. A 2% platform fee applies to payments taken online, 1% from Growth Business.
What moving involves
This is the one comparison where moving means moving. Your existing diary holds future appointments, so the sensible pattern is to publish the new site, take new bookings on it, and let the old system run down until the last appointment in it has happened. Nothing has to be cut over on a single day.
When to choose them instead
Dedicated booking software wins where the scheduling itself is the hard part: resource-level rules, complex multi-staff rotas, clinical or treatment records, insurance billing, or a trade with regulatory requirements that a general platform will never model. If your diary needs more logic than your website does, buy the diary.
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