Starta.one
To book through Acuity, clients open your booking link, select a service and time, fill in an intake form, and confirm. With Starta.one they just message on Telegram: 'book me for Friday at 4pm' — done.
Acuity Scheduling is a solid online booking tool with powerful intake forms, but it hasn't added meaningful business management features since Squarespace acquired it in 2019. No CRM, no financial reports, no loyalty program, no AI. Support has declined too — email only, no phone. It's a scheduling link, not a business platform.
Starta.one is a complete business management platform with a built-in AI assistant that automates everything from setup to daily operations.
| Feature | Starta | Acuity Scheduling |
|---|---|---|
| How clients book | | |
| How you manage your business | | |
| Telegram bot for clients | | |
| Intake forms | | |
| Online booking | | |
| Calendar & scheduling | | |
| CRM / client database | | |
| AI assistant | | |
| P&L reports | | |
| Loyalty program | | |
| Salary management | | |
| Inventory | | |
| SMS notifications | | |
| Mobile app | | |
| Product development | | |
| Free plan | | |
Starta.one Lite — free, unlimited bookings
Starta.one Pro — from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing), +€1.26/mo per additional
Emerging $20/mo, Growing $34/mo, Powerhouse $61/mo (annual billing). Monthly: $23/$41/$74
No free plan — 7-day trial only. No CRM, financial reports, loyalty program, or AI. Scheduling-only tool.
Acuity from $20/mo for scheduling only — everything else requires separate tools. Starta.one Lite is genuinely free, Pro from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff — full platform including AI.
It sees who hasn't visited in months and reaches out first — with a relevant offer. Acuity doesn't track client churn at all.
Starta.one's AI analyses your business weekly: where revenue dipped, which staff slot is underutilised, which clients are about to churn. Acuity only shows booking statistics.
Acuity handles scheduling only. CRM, finances, loyalty, payroll — all require separate subscriptions. Starta.one sets up everything from a single chat in minutes.
Send any request to the chat — AI executes it in seconds. Like Telegram, except your business listens.
Acuity is a solid online booking tool but lacks CRM, financial reports, loyalty program, payroll management, and AI. It hasn't meaningfully developed since 2019.
Starta.one is a complete business management platform with a built-in AI assistant.
Starta.one Pro — from €6.29/mo for one specialist or €10.79/mo for up to 5 staff (annual billing), +€1.26/mo per additional, all features included. Lite — free. Acuity: from $20/mo for Emerging, $34 Growing, $61 Powerhouse — scheduling tool only.
No — only a 7-day trial.
Starta.one Lite is genuinely free with unlimited bookings.
Acuity has no AI at all.
Starta.one has a full operational AI assistant: sets up the system from a description of your business, optimises scheduling, reactivates inactive clients, runs weekly business analyses and gives recommendations.
Acuity allows exporting your client and appointment data to CSV. After that — import the database and describe your business to the AI, it rebuilds the rest in minutes.