Pulse vs. Acuity Scheduling

Acuity is a solid booking tool owned by Squarespace. Pulse is purpose-built for Canadian service businesses — with CAD pricing, PIPEDA compliance, and a no-show protection system that actually shows you the money it saved.

Where Pulse wins

Prices in CAD — no monthly USD conversion guessing
PIPEDA and CASL compliance built in
Revenue Protected metric shows your no-show savings
Birthday and win-back campaign automation
Client portal with self-service history
Real-time WebSocket dashboard updates
Canada-first support and pricing transparency

Where Acuity Scheduling wins

Squarespace website builder integration
Longer track record and larger user reviews
More third-party app integrations

Feature

Pulse

Acuity Scheduling

Online booking page

CAD pricing

PIPEDA/CASL compliance tools

Deposits at booking

No-show fee auto-charge

Partial

SMS reminders

Client intake forms

Gift cards

Packages / credits

Memberships

Google Calendar sync

Multi-staff scheduling

Revenue Protected dashboard

Birthday campaign automation

Win-back campaign automation

Real-time dashboard

Squarespace integration

Pricing comparison

Pulse

$69/mo

Pro plan

CAD · No contracts

Acuity Scheduling

$34/mo

Growing plan

USD — ~$46 CAD

Grows to $61 USD (~$83 CAD) at higher tier

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