A Setmore alternative priced in Australian dollars past the free tier

The short answer

Gaplessly's appointment plans are priced in AUD and have no booking cap once a card is on file: Solo is free up to 50 bookings a month and A$19 in a busier one. Setmore's free plan is more generous, up to 4 users with no appointment cap, but text reminders, deposits and a fifth user need its Pro plan, priced per user in US dollars.

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Setmore pricing, side by side with ours

Setmore's figures were read off their own pricing page on 9 October 2026. Check them at the source before deciding, and tell us if anything here has gone out of date.

Setmore

A free tier for up to 4 users with no appointment cap, then per-user pricing for features and more staff.

Free plan: US$0, up to 4 users; Unlimited appointments and email reminders. No text reminders, deposits, two-way calendar sync, recurring appointments or branding removal.
Pro plan: US$5 per user/mo billed yearly; US$12 per user billed monthly. Priced in US dollars, so an Australian buyer also carries the exchange rate.

Gaplessly

Published monthly plans. No commission and no fee per cover, on any plan.

Appointments, from: A$0/mo; Solo, one person: free up to 50 bookings a month, A$19 in a busier one.
Appointments, team: A$59/mo; Growth. 3 bookable team members, then A$12/mo each.
Table reservations, from: A$0/mo; Venue Starter: free up to 35 bookings a month, A$49 in a busier one.
Booking limit: None on appointment plans; Fair use is 1,000 a month per team member. Venue plans cover 100, 350 or 1,500 bookings a month.
Commission on a booking: None, ever
Fee per cover: None, ever
Customer record limit: None
Email confirmations and reminders: Included, unmetered, every plan
Text messages: A$0.09 per text; On the Growth and Pro plans, because the carrier charges us per text. No activation fee.
Add-ons: A$14.99 or A$29/mo each; All included on the Pro plans.
Prices shown: Excluding GST

Source: setmore.com/pricing. Figures shown in the currency published on that page.

Where we compare, feature by feature

Gaplessly is ahead on 2 of 5, 1 about the same, 2 where Setmore genuinely has the edge.

Their edge

Appointment cap

Gaplessly: No cap once a card is on file; without one, free up to 50 a month
Setmore: No cap, free plan included

Better here

Currency of published pricing

Gaplessly: Every plan priced in AUD
Setmore: Pro plan US$5 per user a month billed yearly, US$12 monthly, no AUD figure published

Their edge

Entry price for a small team

Gaplessly: Free up to 50 bookings a month for one person (Solo)
Setmore: Free for up to 4 users, with email reminders only

About the same

How team size is priced

Gaplessly: Growth includes 3 seats, Pro includes 10, before a per-seat fee
Setmore: Pro plan billed per user per month

Better here

Appointments and table reservations together

Gaplessly: One login runs both appointment and table-reservation booking
Setmore: Their pricing page describes appointment scheduling and per-user seats, with no table-reservation plan mentioned

A real free plan, worth crediting

Setmore's free plan is genuinely capable: up to 4 users and unlimited appointments, with email reminders included. It used to stop at 200 appointments a month; it no longer does. A team of four that is happy with email reminders and takes no deposits can run on it at no cost however busy it gets, and for them it is a good tool.

Where the free plan stops

The free plan ends at a feature or a fifth user, not at a busy month. Text reminders (Pro includes 500 SMS credits per user a month), deposits, two-way calendar sync, recurring appointments and removing Setmore branding are all Pro features. Pro is US$5 per user a month billed yearly, or US$12 billed monthly, per Setmore's pricing page on 9 October 2026.

Those prices are in US dollars and no Australian figure is published, so an Australian business on Pro also carries whatever the exchange rate is that month, and its card may add a foreign transaction fee.

What we do instead

No booking cap on any appointment plan once a card is on file, and every price on the pricing page is quoted in Australian dollars, excluding GST, stated plainly. On Growth and Pro a busy month costs the same as a quiet one, and the number you budget against does not move with a currency you do not bill in.

When Setmore is the right choice

You are a team of up to four, reminders by email are enough, and you do not need deposits or text messages. The free plan has no appointment cap, so a busy small studio can stay on it indefinitely, and for them it is a good deal.

Common questions

How many appointments does Setmore's free plan allow?

Unlimited, for up to 4 users, on their own pricing page. It was capped at 200 a month until recently. What the free plan leaves out is text reminders, deposits, two-way calendar sync, recurring appointments and branding removal; those need Pro, at US$5 per user a month billed yearly or US$12 billed monthly. Read from setmore.com/pricing on 9 October 2026.

Does Gaplessly cap appointments?

Not once a card is on file. Solo is free up to 50 bookings a month and A$19 in a busier one; without a card, we give 7 days' notice before online booking pauses. Growth and Pro never change with volume, and there is no cap on client records.

Why does Setmore price in US dollars for an Australian business?

Their pricing page states the Pro plan's per-user rate in USD rather than AUD, so an Australian buyer also carries the exchange rate on top of that figure. We publish every price in Australian dollars, so what you read is what you budget against.

Can I move my client list and services across from Setmore?

Yes. Export your data and we will import your clients, services and staff. For the first 50 businesses we do the whole setup ourselves within 48 hours at no cost.

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