Square Appointments
Appointment booking inside the Square ecosystem — services, staff calendars, and checkout, best known in salons and studios.
A fair comparison
RelayLeads vs Square Appointments
If your business is chairs and time slots, Square Appointments is a fair default — especially if you already run Square. RelayLeads plays a different game: jobs with quotes, deposits, crews, and a lifecycle after the booking.
RelayLeads
A booking and operations system for the trades AND studios — trade playbooks, live quotes, deposits, scheduling, and reminders. Works with your Stripe or your Square. Free.
Side by side
Where they differ
| Square Appointments | RelayLeads | |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start | Free tier, paid plans for more staff/locations | Free — the whole platform, no credit card |
| Payments | Square only | Your Stripe or your Square — your choice |
| Built around | Appointments for services and staff | Jobs: quotes, deposits, windows or appointments, multi-visit work |
| Trades fit | Salon-style services fit best | Playbooks for movers, electricians, haulers, detailers — and salons |
| Quoting | Fixed service prices | Fixed, estimated, or quote-first flows per trade |
| After the visit | Checkout and receipts | Balance billing, payment nudges, a no-login customer status page |
Competitor details are summarized in general terms from public materials and may change — always confirm current plans and pricing on their site.
Where Square Appointments shines
- Tight integration if your business already runs on Square
- Solid staff calendars and salon-style booking
- A trusted checkout experience customers recognize
Where RelayLeads shines
- ✓Not locked to one processor — bring Stripe or Square
- ✓Quote-first and estimated pricing for work that can't be priced blind
- ✓Jobs with two visits (consult + work, drop-off + pickup) book as one
- ✓Trade-tuned intake with photos, not a generic service menu
A single-chair studio fully on Square can be happy with Square Appointments. The moment your work needs a quote, a deposit against a crew window, or a second visit — or you'd rather keep Stripe — RelayLeads is the system built for it.
FAQ
Common questions
I already use Square for payments — does RelayLeads work with it?
Yes. RelayLeads runs checkout on your existing Square account, so your money and history stay exactly where they are.
Is RelayLeads good for salons too, or just trades?
There's a dedicated salon playbook — service menu, exact-time appointments, and no-show deposits. See the Salons & Studios page for the real booking flow.
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