A Timely Alternative for Appointment Booking & Quoting
Timely tracks time. Clickobook books appointments — with AI-generated booking & quoting forms, per-staff time slots, deposits and payments, all at flat pricing with 0% commission.
Why service businesses choose ClickoBook over Timely
Timely tracks time. If you need to book appointments, collect payments and manage quoting, a different tool is needed.
Billed per person
Timely charges $9–$16 per seat per month. A growing team means a multiplying bill — unlike flat per-business pricing.
Time tracking vs booking
Timely is built for tracking hours across projects, not for accepting online bookings with intake forms, deposits and dynamic pricing.
No online payments at booking
Timely invoices from time entries. ClickoBook takes deposits, full payments and balance dues at checkout — with 0% commission on top.
Timely vs ClickoBook at a glance
An honest comparison — two different tools that serve different core needs.
| Capability | Timely | Clickobook |
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| Core purpose Different focus | Automatic time tracking, AI timesheets & project management | Appointment booking & quoting with payments — for service businesses |
| Pricing model Flat pricing | Per user: $9–$16/seat/month + $5/seat Tasks add-on | Flat per business — no per-seat multiplication as your team grows |
| AI capabilities Unique to ClickoBook | AI timesheets (automatic time logging from desktop/phone activity) | AI builds your booking & quoting forms from a plain-language description |
| Booking & intake forms Unique to ClickoBook | Google/Outlook calendar sync for time entries; no booking forms | AI-generated booking & quoting forms with dynamic pricing and conditional logic |
| Staff scheduling Unique to ClickoBook | Team management, capacity planning, people dashboard | Per-service AND per-staff time slots with breaks, buffers and time-off |
| Payments & deposits 0% commission | Invoicing from time entries; no online payment capture at booking | Stripe + PayPal + cash at venue, deposits with full-payment discount, 0% commission |
| Recurring appointments Unique to ClickoBook | No recurring appointment engine (time tracking focus) | Recurring with smart auto-reschedule + credit fallback — value never lost |
| Custom domain & white-label ClickoBook advantage | Branded reports on higher plans; no custom-domain booking page | Custom domain with SSL + remove branding available on relevant plans |
Timely does automatic time tracking exceptionally well — this comparison is about appointment booking and quoting. Features verified against Timely's public pricing and against Clickobook's capabilities.
Capabilities Timely does not offer
Three things genuinely set ClickoBook apart for service businesses.
AI-generated booking & quoting forms
Describe a service in plain language. The AI builds the intake questions, options and dynamic pricing — and publishes them as a working form for your customers to book or get a live quote.
See the AI form generatorSmart auto-rescheduling & credit fallback
Recurring bookings generate the next session automatically. If a future slot becomes occupied, ClickoBook tries to reschedule on the same staff — and if there is no room, issues a credit so the value is never lost.
Per-service AND per-staff time slots
Give every team member their own time overhead for the same service, with buffers and breaks — instead of generic fixed-duration slots.
What choosing ClickoBook over Timely felt like
Real-world feedback from businesses that needed booking, not time tracking.
"We used Timely for tracking consultant hours, but for client booking and quoting we needed something completely different. ClickoBook gave us AI intake forms and per-staff scheduling in one platform — and the flat pricing saved us compared to per-seat costs."
Marcus D.
Consulting & coaching firm, Berlin
"Timely is brilliant at what it does — tracking time. But running a physio clinic is about booking sessions, not tracking hours. ClickoBook handles the whole client journey: booking, intake, payments, reminders. And the AI quote forms are in a league of their own."
Dr. Sarah L.
Physiotherapy clinic, Dublin
"We were paying Timely per seat for the whole team and still needed a booking tool on top. ClickoBook replaced both needs — flat pricing meant we stopped multiplying our bill by every team member."
James W.
Beauty & aesthetics clinic, London
Switch from Timely to ClickoBook easily
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Sign up free
Create your account in under a minute — free plan starts with no card.
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Import your customers
Bring your customer list over with CSV import and set up services, staff and availability in the wizard.
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Let AI build your forms
Describe a service and Clickobook's AI generates the booking or quoting form with the right questions and pricing logic.
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Share & get booked
Share your booking link, embed the widget, use your own domain, and connect via webhooks to Zapier, n8n or your own tools.
Timely is excellent automatic time-tracking software — it records hours, generates AI timesheets, and helps you bill clients accurately. But Timely is not an appointment booking platform. Service businesses that need online booking with intake forms, dynamic pricing, deposits and payments often find themselves needing a separate tool. ClickoBook is built for that: appointments, quoting, payments and per-staff scheduling in one platform.
Timely charges per user ($9–$16 per seat per month). A team of 5 pays $45–$80/month on Timely before any add-ons. ClickoBook uses flat per-business pricing — a team of up to 10 staff pays $59/month on Pro, no per-seat multiplication. We also take 0% commission on payments — you only pay your own Stripe/PayPal processor fees.
ClickoBook is built for appointment booking and quoting, not automatic computer time tracking. If your core need is tracking billable hours across projects and software, Timely is a strong tool for that. If you run a service business that needs online booking, AI-generated intake forms, deposits, payments and per-staff scheduling, ClickoBook is built for exactly that.
Yes — it is our signature feature. Describe a service in plain language and the AI builds a complete booking or quoting form with the right intake questions, options and dynamic pricing logic. Timely offers AI timesheets (automatic time logging), but not generative booking and quoting forms built from a text description.
Yes. ClickoBook supports deposits and partial payment with a full-payment discount, recurring appointments with smart auto-reschedule and credit fallback, and payments via Stripe, PayPal and cash at the venue — with 0% commission on top. Timely helps you track and invoice billable hours; ClickoBook helps you book, quote, take payments and manage the full client lifecycle.
Yes. On the relevant plans you can bring your custom domain and remove the platform branding (white-label), so the booking experience looks like your own business.
Yes. ClickoBook exposes four signed webhook events (booking created, cancelled, rescheduled and completed) plus a REST API. You can connect these to Zapier, n8n, Make or your own application to push appointments into a CRM, accounting or marketing tool. Timely also offers API and Zapier, but for a different purpose (time tracking data).
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