Setster review (2026): is it worth $8 a month per seat, billed yearly?
Appointment scheduling priced per bookable seat, with an API
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Setster report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for scheduling priced by each bookable seat
Setster is appointment scheduling with a 15-day trial, priced as $8 a month plus $8 per bookable seat on annual billing. One person working at two locations counts as two seats, the API needs the $96 Developer plan, and its pages carry a 2024 copyright line and name no mobile apps.
Who Setster is for
- Fits if you have a handful of bookable people at one location
- Works for developers who want an API to book appointments
Who Setster is not for
- Pricey if staff work in several places: one person at two locations counts as two seats
- Skip it if you want the API cheaply, as it needs Developer at $96 a month plus seats
- Watch out: Dedicated is $12,000 a year and sold through sales
- Watch out: the pages read name no mobile apps, and there is no free plan
Why Setster gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$8 a month plus $8 per seat billed annually, so one person pays $16 and five about $9.60 a head, inside the category's $6.99 to $10 band.
- CFree plan and trialA 15-day trial with no credit card. No free plan.
- CFeaturesAvailability, appointment types, locations, payments, waiting lists and an API. The pages carry a 2024 copyright line, so how current it is is unclear.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Availability, locations and seats need setting up first.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Google Calendar, Office 365, Outlook.com, Salesforce, Zapier, Stripe and PayPal, plus an API on Developer.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Setster's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Setster's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 10 of the 89 other calendar and scheduling apps we grade, and level with 16.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 26 of 89) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $8 a month, against a middle price of $6.99 for the category: 37 of the 66 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 26 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 90 calendar and scheduling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Setster’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 14 of 89, level with 34
- CFree plan and trialAbove 7 of 89, level with 41
- CFeaturesAbove 4 of 89, level with 51
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 89, level with 45
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 26 of 89, level with 58
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 81 calendar and scheduling apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Setster, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Setster you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 63 of the 89 other calendar and scheduling apps grade higher. It costs $96 a year.
What you could make
- Appointment booking: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- Booking pages that read and write other people's calendars and send the emails.
What this rests on. Setster’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Setster?
Setster is an appointment and event scheduling service for businesses of different sizes. Each plan has a monthly base fee plus a charge per seat, where a seat is a bookable person and location pair or a room. The Growth plan includes every booking feature; the Developer plan adds API and developer toolsets, and a Dedicated plan offers separate server hosting.
Worth knowing
- The price rises with every seat, and one person working at two locations counts as two seats.
- API and developer toolsets need the Developer plan, which starts at $96 a month plus seats on annual billing.
- The Dedicated plan is yearly only and sold through sales.
- The pages read carry a 2024 copyright line and name no mobile apps, so check current details before buying.
Key features
- Defined availability
- Block time off, add holidays and control availability by team member or appointment type, with advance-notice rules and padding or prep time between bookings.
- Appointment types and locations
- Offer appointments with a specific person, a department or a conference room, each with its own rules, across physical and virtual locations.
- Calendar sync and payments
- Sync with Google Calendar, Office 365 and Outlook.com, and accept online payments through PayPal, Stripe or invoices.
- Requests and waiting lists
- Let customers request a time before it is confirmed, and keep a waiting list to fill cancelled slots, with notifications you configure for customers and staff.
- API and Studio
- The Developer plan opens the scheduling API for booking, cancelling and rescheduling. Studio is described as a low-code option for building logic flows and collecting client data.
- Integrations
- Pre-built connections include Salesforce and Zapier, alongside calendar and payment links.
Setster pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Setster is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $8 per month plus $8 per seat, billed annually ($10 plus $10 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $8 per month plus $8 per seat, billed annually ($10 plus $10 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 15-day free trial, no credit card required.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Growth | $8per month, plus $8 per seat, billed annually ($10 + $10 monthly) | All scheduling features with unlimited appointments and events. A seat is one bookable person at one location, or one room. |
| Developer | $96per month, plus $6.40 per seat, annual ($120 + $8 monthly) | Everything in Growth, plus unlimited API access and developer toolsets. |
| Dedicated | $12,000per year, plus $6 per seat, yearly plan only | Dedicated server hosting and a custom code base for more capacity; sold through sales and priced from this amount. |
Read from setster.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Setster before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount20% off with annual billing
Setster's pricing page labels its annual option as a 20% discount on the month-to-month plan price.
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Common questions
Does Setster have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Setster is listed for Web.
Does Setster have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Setster is listed for Web.
Is Setster open source?
Setster is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Setster have an API?
Yes. Setster offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.