Makeplans
Makeplans: A practical booking tool for appointments and smaller capacity-limited events. Ranked #44 of 55 in Event Registration Software by our editors (6.0/10); pricing: 14-day trial; best for simple appointment and small-event booking.
At a glance
- Editor score6.0 / 10
- Pricing14-day trial
- Best forSimple appointment and small-event booking
- Free planNo
- Paid from$10/unit/mo
- Founded2016
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Includes booking pages, forms, capacity controls, reminders, and payments
- Unlimited bookings, services, and users on the single plan
- REST API, webhooks, CSV export, Zapier, Make, and Stripe support
Where it doesn't
- Broader booking focus than comprehensive event registration
- Calendar integration is limited to a read-only iCalendar feed
- Not suited to attendee apps, exhibitor management, or onsite workflows
Our verdict on Makeplans
Makeplans is a web-based appointment scheduling and event registration service for businesses that accept customer bookings. It supports standalone or embeddable booking sites, appointment and event registration booking types, availability and capacity controls, recurring appointments, customer records, and booking reports. Its fit is strongest for clinics, salons, meeting-room providers, saunas, and other service businesses that need to manage appointments or smaller capacity-limited events.
The published plan is straightforward: Makeplans costs $10 USD per resource per month, billed monthly. There is no separate feature tier; the plan includes all functionality, unlimited bookings, unlimited services, and unlimited users. A 14-day free trial is available. The feature set covers custom forms, branding, CSS, custom domains, email and SMS confirmations and reminders, and credit-card prepayment through payment partners. This makes the pricing easier to assess for organizations that can map their needs to a resource-based monthly cost.
Makeplans also offers practical connectivity through a REST API, webhooks, CSV export, Zapier, Make, and Stripe. Its calendar connection is a one-way, read-only iCalendar feed. The product’s breadth is centered on booking operations rather than a full event-management workflow: organizations needing attendee apps, exhibitor tools, or onsite processes should choose a more specialized event platform. Pick Makeplans when appointment scheduling, capacity management, payment collection, and branded booking pages are the priority; look elsewhere when event delivery extends beyond registration and booking administration.
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Makeplans fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $10/unit/mo |
| Check-in app | Not verified |
| Ticketing | Not verified |
| Session registration | Not verified |
| Badge printing | Not verified |
| Attendee limit | Not verified |
| Payment processing | Not verified |
| Form customization | Not verified |
| Free trial | 14 days · no card needed |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Compliance & security | ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS, 2FA |
| Support | Email, Docs |
| Built for | Solo, Small business, Mid-market (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 20+ integrations: Zapier, Make, Stripe See all → |
| Pricing | 14-day trial (source) |
| Website | makeplans.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Makeplans integrations
Makeplans lists 20+ integrations on its own site — the 3 named here are the ones its pages call out.
- Zapier
- Make
- Stripe
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Alternatives to Makeplans
- CventA broad event platform for complex programs, with quote-based pricing and extensive event operations.9.4
- EventsAirA broad event platform for complex registration, onsite operations, and hybrid delivery.9.2
- vFairsA broad event platform for branded registration, complex check-in, and exhibitor programs.9.0
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