Alternative to Microsoft BookingsAppointments without Microsoft Bookings.
With WhatsApp, prepayment and an app.

Microsoft Bookings sits inside Microsoft 365. terminio.ai is the booking page your customers use.

As of September 2026 · Sources: Microsoft 365 documentation and Microsoft's pricing page

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Microsoft Bookings
In short

In 30 seconds.

Microsoft Bookings fits if …

your business already pays for Microsoft 365, wants everything inside Outlook and Teams, and appointment slots with an email confirmation are enough.

terminio.ai fits if …

you have customers who book from a list of services with durations and prices, get reminded by WhatsApp and should pay when they book.

The biggest difference

Internal calendar versus customer business. Bookings hands out slots inside your Microsoft account; terminio.ai brings WhatsApp, prepayment and a phone assistant.

Features

Point by point.

The same eleven rows as on the comparison page, just for these two. Whatever Microsoft does not confirm stays a question mark. The points count confirmed features only; “no public information” scores 0 points.

Feature
terminio.aiBooking page, WhatsApp, AI phone
Microsoft BookingsPart of Microsoft 365
Free plan, not just a trial
50 bookings a month
Customers book without an account
Name and mobile number
No commission per booking
No commission on bookings; for online payment see price
Automatic WhatsApp reminders
Free 5 a month, Pro unlimited
?Email; SMS North America only
Online payment at booking
Via Stripe; per payment 6% + €0.25 to terminio.ai, plus Stripe 1.5% + €0.25 (EU cards)
AI phone assistant that books
Pro Voice or Pro Voice Flex, with a German number
?
Own booking page without a marketplace listing
Team with own calendars and schedules
Unlimited, Free too
App for iPhone and Android
Coming soon
Web, Teams, Outlook
Apple Watch app
Coming soon
Marketplace with new-customer reach
No marketplace
Price
Free: €0, 50 bookings a month · Pro €19.99 · Pro Voice €129.99 · Pro Voice Flex €29.99 + €0.45 per started minute · Online payment: 6% + €0.25 per payment
Included in Microsoft 365 Business, not sold separately
Points
8of 11
4of 11
Included Partly or with limits Not included? No public information

As of September 2026, based on public information on the providers’ websites. No guarantee. Brands belong to their owners.

Prices

What a year costs.

terminio.ai€0 – €19.99a month · Pro Voice with phone assistant €129.99 · online payments 6% + €0.25 · cancel monthly
Microsoft BookingsPaid for with Microsoft 365included in Microsoft 365 Business, not sold separately · the suite starts at about €12.50 per user a month · no free plan of its own
Example: one person, twelve months, Microsoft Bookings versus terminioalready paid for with Microsoft 365 versus €0 or €239.88
Honestly

Where Microsoft Bookings is stronger.
Where terminio is.

Microsoft Bookings

  • If you already pay for Microsoft 365 Business, Bookings comes with it at no extra cost; there is no second subscription.
  • It sits right inside Outlook and Teams, exactly where your calendar and your meetings already live.
  • For internal appointments and advice calls with an email confirmation it is solid, with no commission and no customer account.

terminio.ai

  • A booking page with services, durations and prices, plus prepayment via Stripe – Bookings has no confirmed online payment.
  • Reminders by WhatsApp from your own number, unlimited in Pro and with no cost per message; Bookings confirms by email, and SMS only in North America.
  • In Pro Voice an AI phone assistant with a German number; apps for iPhone, Android and smartwatch are in preparation.
For whom

Typical in these industries.

Microsoft Bookings appears on our comparison page for these industries. Each has a page of its own, with the workflow and the questions it really has.

Switching

From Microsoft Bookings to terminio
in three steps.

  1. 01

    Set up your services

    Tap your industry, adjust the prefilled services, set durations and prices. Your Bookings services become bookable services; ten minutes, and the page is live.

  2. 02

    Bring your customers

    Import your contacts and confirm existing appointments once by WhatsApp. From then on reminders go out from your number instead of by email.

  3. 03

    Swap the link

    Booking link in your signature, Google profile and website instead of the Bookings page. You keep Microsoft 365 anyway; only the booking moves.

Frequent questions

What gets asked
before switching.

  • Nothing extra if you already have Microsoft 365 Business: Bookings is included in it and is not sold separately, and there is no free plan of its own. The cost sits inside the 365 subscription, which starts at about €12.50 per user a month for the whole suite. terminio.ai starts at €0 with 50 bookings a month; Pro costs €19.99 and can be cancelled monthly.

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