# Setster review (2026): is it worth $8 a month per seat, billed yearly?

> Appointment scheduling priced per bookable seat, with an API

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** Calendar & Scheduling
- **Made by:** Setster Inc. (since 2008)
- **Website:** https://www.setster.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if staff work in several places: one person at two locations counts as two seats.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## 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).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 15-day free trial, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Growth | $8 per 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 | $96 per month, plus $6.40 per seat, annual ($120 + $8 monthly) | Everything in Growth, plus unlimited API access and developer toolsets. |
| Dedicated | $12,000 per 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 https://www.setster.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Setster before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **20% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): Setster's pricing page labels its annual option as a 20% discount on the month-to-month plan price. Source: https://www.setster.com/pricing

## 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.

## Good for

- Developers who want to build booking into their own product
- Businesses booking rooms or staff across several locations
- Teams that want every feature without tier restrictions

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: C.** $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.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A 15-day trial with no credit card. No free plan.
- **Features: C.** Availability, appointment types, locations, payments, waiting lists and an API. The pages carry a 2024 copyright line, so how current it is is unclear.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Availability, locations and seats need setting up first.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Google Calendar, Office 365, Outlook.com, Salesforce, Zapier, Stripe and PayPal, plus an API on Developer.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it stands among calendar and scheduling apps

- 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/calendar

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Appointment booking: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- You could not: Booking pages that read and write other people's calendars and send the emails.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Google Calendar, Office 365, Outlook.com, Salesforce, Zapier, Stripe, PayPal

**Tags:** Appointment booking, Booking links, Public API, Workflow automation

## Alternatives

- [Setmore](https://toolgpa.com/tools/setmore): Appointment booking app with a free plan for up to four staff. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/setmore-vs-setster)
- [Acuity Scheduling](https://toolgpa.com/tools/acuity-scheduling): Appointment booking, payments and reminders for service businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/acuity-scheduling-vs-setster)
- [SimplyBook.me](https://toolgpa.com/tools/simplybook-me): Online booking system for service businesses, priced by volume. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/setster-vs-simplybook-me)
- [SuperSaaS](https://toolgpa.com/tools/supersaas): Booking system priced by upcoming appointments, not seats. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/setster-vs-supersaas)
- [Trafft](https://toolgpa.com/tools/trafft): Appointment booking with a free plan for one user. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/setster-vs-trafft)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.setster.com/pricing
- https://www.setster.com/features

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/setster
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