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Integrating your meeting scheduler with your CRM is a customer relationship game-changer. Nutshell Scheduler does more than simplify client bookings—it helps you turn appointments into tangible business growth. Plus, Nutshell Scheduler is built right into Nutshell, so you don’t have to rely on a third-party integration.
Nutshell Scheduler beats out Acuity for its:
Acuity Scheduling is scheduling software with features like meeting scheduling, form creation, and availability management.
Nutshell Scheduler is the built-in meeting scheduling tool for Nutshell, the all-in-one CRM that helps businesses close more deals. Nutshell Scheduler connects seamlessly to your CRM data and other Nutshell tools to help you connect with clients at every stage of the funnel.
Nutshell Scheduler lets you book team meetings, demos, sales calls, or any other type of appointment from right inside Nutshell. Share Scheduler links in email or embed them on your website, and include Nutshell forms in your bookings to collect important information about prospects.
With Nutshell Scheduler, say goodbye to scheduling headaches and hello to turning your bookings into real growth opportunities. See Scheduler in use!
You may have come across Acuity Scheduling in your search for the best online scheduling software. But with its lack of sales integration, limited time zone management features, and restrictive plans, Acuity may not be the best option for your business.
Nutshell Scheduler is the Acuity alternative that offers:
Compare these appointment scheduling tools side-by-side to see for yourself why Nutshell Scheduler comes out on top.
Scheduler works hand-in-hand with Nutshell, so it’s easy to see the full picture of every relationship! First, easily link Nutshell forms in your scheduler to gather information about your prospects and learn more about their needs.
Once someone fills out a form, Nutshell will automatically create a new Person, Company, or Lead for them. Then, you can go to their page in Nutshell to see all your information about them, including a complete timeline of every interaction they’ve had with your team.
Nutshell also makes it easy to report on your bookings. Choose an activity type for each scheduler, whether a Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams meeting, phone call, demo, or a custom activity type you create. Once you log the booking as an activity, you can report on those activities in your Nutshell reports.
Acuity doesn’t integrate natively with any CRM, so you’re forced to juggle yet another integration if you want to sync your booking data. And you won’t get a complete view of every prospect and client relationship—client profiles in Acuity only show information like contact information, notes, and form submissions.
Scheduling meetings can quickly get complicated if your team members and prospects are in multiple time zones.
To eliminate back-and-forth and simplify time zone management, Scheduler displays the meeting host’s time zone for prospects to see and shows potential meeting times in their own time zone. This feature makes it easy for everyone to stay on top of their meetings.
And if you’re co-hosting a meeting with a team member in another time zone, Nutshell Scheduler will alert you during setup and cross-reference both of your calendars for joint availability.
Acuity also displays potential meeting times in a client’s time zone, but having multiple time zones for your own staff is a feature reserved for their highest-paying customers. So, if your sales or customer support team lives across the world or even across the state, you’re locked into Acuity’s most expensive plan.
At Nutshell, we realize that a lot of people on your team may need to book appointments, whether it’s your sales reps, customer success team, marketers, or executives. It’s why Scheduler is included on the Nutshell Sales Pro plan, and every plan above it.
For just $42 per user per month, you give everyone on your team all the features on the Sales Pro plan, including the ability to create and book appointments—and others like sales automation, personal email sequences, the full reporting suite, and more.
Acuity imposes strict limits on the number of team members you can add to each tier. The Emerging plan only allows one team member, the Growing plan allows six, and the Powerhouse plan allows 36. These limits force you to pay more to allow your team members to schedule meetings.
The Sales Pro plan gets you essential Scheduler features, so your whole team can start scheduling appointments with leads and customers right aways. Sales Pro includes:
By upgrading to the Sales Business or Sales Enterprise plans, you can also leverage:
Nutshell Scheduler vs. the 3 tiers of Acuity Scheduling (updated March 2024)
Nutshell Scheduler is available in our Pro, Business and Enterprise Nutshell Sales plans. Some Scheduler features are only available on Sales Business & Enterprise. We’ll highlight those features in the table below.
Scheduler is included on every Nutshell Sales Pro plan and above. Acuity has three separate plans to sift through.
Included with our Sales Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans at no additional cost.
Included with your Nutshell Sales plan starting on Sales Pro.
Scheduler is built into Nutshell CRM, so you get the complete picture of every client relationship. With Acuity, you’re forced to add another integration if you want to sync data with a CRM.
Assign activity types for your scheduler meetings so you can log and report on them later in your Nutshell reports.
Nutshell Scheduler lets you add multiple co-hosts to any booking, so you can get the right people in on your appointments.
Nutshell Scheduler supports your team’s multiple time zones and displays them for prospects when scheduling appointments to prevent confusion.
Replace Nutshell branding with your company logo to enhance brand recognition
Nutshell forms are completely customizable, so you can design branded forms to include in your schedulers. Acuity’s forms allow limited customization.
Nutshell Scheduler lets you turn any booking into a one-to-many appointment, and attendees can invite others to keep every important stakeholder in the loop.
Easily embed Nutshell Scheduler on your website with just a few clicks.
Sync your Scheduler meetings with your Google and Microsoft calendars
Scheduler syncs with Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams, so you can book appointments however works best.
Give prospects control over their meetings with your team via self-scheduling.
Send booking confirmation and reminder emails that give prospects the ability to cancel or reschedule, giving customers flexibility and reducing last-minute changes.
Automatically rotate meeting assignments between your team members based on availability.
Host Scheduler links on your custom domain for enhanced brand recognition.
Customize your main and individual meeting pages with a unique link and your Nutshell avatar
Enable secret bookings that are hidden from your main Scheduler page and only accessible through a private link you share with attendees, perfect for confidential or internal meetings.
A shareable web page with all of your public-facing meeting options. With a Sales Business and Sales Enterprise plan, you can add your photo and a company logo to customize your Scheduler page.
Available on Monday-Friday, 7:30am to 10:30pm Eastern Time (excluding holidays).
Create a ticket through a support email.
Whether your business collects appointments for your service offerings or needs to schedule demos as part of your sales process, a meeting scheduler platform is a powerful tool for staying in touch with customers and leads.
Integrating your meeting scheduler tool with your CRM fosters even better customer relationship building. With all your CRM data at your fingertips, you can analyze your prospects’ needs and build upon all your interactions to strengthen the relationship.
You can also track every meeting a contact has booked with you and every web form they’ve submitted, giving you insight you can use to move them toward a sale.
When it comes to booking and managing appointments with potential customers that will result in real business growth, Nutshell Scheduler is the meeting scheduler tool your team needs.
With its all-in-one meeting scheduler and CRM functionality, integration with web forms, multiple time zones for your team, and per-company pricing, Nutshell Scheduler can help your business level up its outreach and drive higher revenue.
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