Can I still take bookings?

Yes — OBRI handles scheduling and recurring lessons, plus everything around the lesson.

Does OBRI sync with my calendar?

Yes, lessons sync to Google Calendar.

Does OBRI take payments at booking like Acuity?

OBRI focuses on tracking ongoing payments per student rather than one-off checkout at booking. It suits recurring lessons more than single appointments.

Can OBRI handle recurring lessons better than Acuity?

Yes — recurring lessons, reminders, homework, and a long-term progress history are core to OBRI rather than add-ons.

Head-to-head comparison

OBRI vs Acuity Scheduling — Tutor CRM vs Booking Tool

Acuity handles appointment booking. OBRI adds recurring lessons, homework, payment tracking, and parent access built for tutors.

Best for: Tutors with recurring weekly students who need more than a booking calendar.

In short

Yes. Acuity is great for booking; OBRI adds recurring lessons, homework, payment tracking, and parent access purpose-built for tutoring.

OBRI

Free up to 3 students. Paid from $9/mo.

Acuity Scheduling

Paid plans from ~$16/mo.

FeatureOBRIAcuity Scheduling

Tutor-specific CRM

Appointment booking

Recurring lessonsLimited

Student homework portal

Payment tracking per studentPayments via integration

Lesson notes / progress

Parent access portal

Calendar sync

Multi-language UI (UA/EN)

No per-lesson commission

Why tutors switch from Acuity Scheduling to OBRI

You re-book the same students weekly and want recurring slots.
You track payments and homework outside your booking tool.
Acuity covers booking but not tutoring workflows.
You want student history, not just appointments.

The bottom line

Acuity Scheduling is a strong booking and appointment tool with payment collection at checkout. For appointment-style businesses it is excellent, but it is built around bookings, not the ongoing tutoring relationship — no homework portal, no lesson-by-lesson progress history, no parent view.

OBRI includes scheduling but adds the tutoring-specific layer: homework submission, payment tracking over time, lesson notes, and parent access. If you only need polished booking and checkout, Acuity is great. If the booking is the beginning of a long relationship, OBRI covers the whole arc.

How to switch from Acuity Scheduling in 4 steps

1Note your recurring lesson times and rates set up in Acuity.
2Create a free OBRI account and add your students.
3Recreate recurring lessons and switch on reminders.
4Add homework and ongoing payment tracking, then retire the standalone booking page.

Who should choose what

Choose OBRI if

Tutors who want scheduling plus homework, ongoing payment tracking, notes, and parent access.

Stick with Acuity Scheduling if

Tutors who mainly need a polished public booking page with checkout and little else.

Quick answers

Is OBRI an Acuity alternative for tutors?: Yes. Acuity is great for booking; OBRI adds recurring lessons, homework, payment tracking, and parent access purpose-built for tutoring.
Can I still take bookings?: Yes — OBRI handles scheduling and recurring lessons, plus everything around the lesson.
Does OBRI sync with my calendar?: Yes, lessons sync to Google Calendar.
Does OBRI take payments at booking like Acuity?: OBRI focuses on tracking ongoing payments per student rather than one-off checkout at booking. It suits recurring lessons more than single appointments.
Can OBRI handle recurring lessons better than Acuity?: Yes — recurring lessons, reminders, homework, and a long-term progress history are core to OBRI rather than add-ons.

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