Product Comparison

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What is the difference between Resource Booking Pro and Appointment Booking Pro?

With RBPro the user-tells-you when they want the booking. The user sets the start and end times.

With ABPro you-tell-the-user what time blocks are available. They pick one of the available timeslots or appointments.

 

 
RBPro
 
ABPro
Joomla version 1.5.x
X
 
X
New ! Extras - define any number of extra charge items.   

X

New! Seats per Booking - Optionally define a number of 'seats' for a resource and define set types (Adult, Child, etc).   

X

New! Coupons - Create any number of coupon codes, give to your customer for discounted booking charges.  

X

New! Mobile Apps - limited functionality Android, iPhone, BlackBerry aplications.  

X

Google Calendar support X X
Full featured administration back-end.
X
 
X
Limited Community Builder support (pull data from CB profile)X X
Limited JoomSocial support (pull data from JS profile)

X

 

X

JCalPro2 support X X
Multi-day bookings
X
  
Define any number of timeslots in a day, global and/or resource specific  
X
Specify days of the week to allow booking, globally or by resource
X
 
X
Front-end administration, resource administrators do not need Joomla back-end access.
X
 
X
PayPal - accept PayPal payments at booking time.
X
 
X
SMS text messaging for reminders and notifications.
X
 
X
Front-Desk or Calendar view for resource administrators, month/week/day views  
X
cron jobs for handling automated reminders.
X
 
X
Integration with 3rd party calendars; JCalPro, JEvents, Eventlist and Thyme calendar.2
X
 
X
Define Categories for resources - example physical locations or departments.
X
 
X
Define Services offered by resources, an attribute the visitor chooses.
X
 
X
Define unlimited number of user defined fields (UDFs)
X
 
X
Graphic availability display (GAD) booking screen, see which slots are available and which ones are booked
X
 
X
Resource Specific UDFs - define UDFs (user defined fields) that vary depending on which resource is chosen.

X

 

X

Assigned resource administrator(s), any user can be assigned as a resource administrator.
X
 
X
Define Book-off days for each resource.
X
 
X
Copy timeslots or book-off days from one resource to one or more others.
X
 
X
Front-end booking cancellation.
X
 
X
Front-end user's My Bookings screen.
X
 
X
Auto accept bookings.
X
 
X
Specify what field is displayed on the optional 3rd party calendars.
X
 
X
Edit key outgoing message text in admin c/w token field inserts
X
 
X
Data fields in confirmation message.
X
 
X
Listing screens c/w paging, sorting, filtering.
X
 
X
Export requests or PayPal info to csv for reporting.
X
 
X
Admin edit screen for language file and css.
X
 
X
Support Forum access1
X
 
X
   

 

Service based costs - define costs by service

X

 

X

Service based duration - define booking duration by service.

X

 

X

Price
$49
 
$49

1 Posting access is limited to paid customers