vCita is a powerful all-in-all app, designed to help you manage your business and schedule, interact with your clients better, and save valuable time.
It includes all the tools you need to streamline your day-to-day:
- Manage your client base with a mobile CRM
- Manage your schedule, appointments and events with an online team calendar
- Invoice clients and manage your income with a payment dashboard
- Capture new leads with a customizable widget on your website
- Send action-driving email campaigns and SMS marketing
- Offer clients a personal client portal where they can book, reschedule, pay, fill forms, share files and more
ONLINE SCHEDULING
Say goodbye to time wasted and frustrated customers, and say hello to effortless online scheduling. Let clients schedule a free consultation, book and pay for services, and register for events online - 24/7 from any device. vCita comes with a customizable scheduling page where clients can view your services and up-to-date availability, as well as a personal client portal for each client. Add vCita to your website, email and social media - and get double the bookings in half the time.
CLIENT MANAGEMENT
Keeping clients at your fingertips is made easy with a 360-degree view of your customer communications, accessible from any device. Designed with small businesses in mind, vCita helps you organize, track and manage your client conversations. You'll be able to add clients on-the-fly, initiate new conversations in a single click, review client history across the board, track appointments and payments, add notes and tags, automate follow-ups and so much more.
ONLINE PAYMENTS
vCita makes it simple and secure to collect credit card and PayPal payments online 24/7 from any device. You can add payment buttons and forms to your website, email or social media, and funds will be deposited directly to your bank or PayPal account with no additional transaction fee. A friendly dashboard lets you view clients' payment history, issue branded invoices and track payment status in real time.
It even comes with a mobile app for Apple and Android, helping you take your business on-the-go, amaze clients with immediate responses - even after business hours - manage your team schedule while out-of-office and so much more.
For more information, visit http://www.vcita.com.
Pros
Vcita has "grown" along with my dog walking/pet care business that I started 3 years ago. I use it everyday.
The facebook page for improvement suggestions has been a great way to listen to customer needs. I'm impressed by all of the positive changes so far
Cons
The accounting aspect. I wanted to clear out my data so I could start the calendar year with a zero balance and use it to track my earnings/ cash flow. I am not able to use vCita for this so I have to pay a book keeper to do it.
Cant archive old clients. I have about 70 customers over the last 3 years. I only have about 20 "active" at any one time so I'd like there to be a data file/storage for the in-actives that I can access/reactivate when they want my services. Not able to be able to color code my appointments so I use Google calendar.
Server shuts down or times out so when I'm on the road when that happens I have to rely on my backup google calendar to make sure I'm on time for appointments or don't miss one.
Love having my clients book online and syncs with Google calendar.
Pros
1. Love the POP up on the website - engages visitors and my business grew because of it
2. I like the ability for my patients to schedule their own appointments and I can make recurring appointments
3. People can schedule with other team members
4. Syncs with Google Calendar
5. Works well on mobile
Cons
1. On rare occasion the sync with Google calendar doesn't work and it messes up my schedule.
2. I ask for 48 hour cancellation but clients can still cancel last minute and the system lets them reschedule it even though the policy says they cannot
3. Email campaigns are rudimentary and are extremely cumbersome for those with over 500 mailing list and one cannot divide the blast based on metrics (the most active clients in the last 6 months, certain age groups etc.)
For me, Vcita is now capturing more leads on my site because the visitors have a better interaction thanks to the widget that is constantly displayed, capturing the prospects and enticing them to contact me.
Pros
This is the best FREE Appointment Generator system you can get. It differentiates from other products by letting you set up a widget on your website that will capture the prospects and notify them to initiate a conversation with you by calling you, sending an email or leaving a note. Once the potential prospect starts any action, you can follow up on the web portal and start your lead generation/marketing campaign from there if you want. Vcita is easy to use and setup, and I would recommend any business to incorporate it on their website since it is FREE.
Cons
I didn't like the interface design of some web portal features.
I provide business management consulting for optometrists. All my work is done through appointments and email. vCita flawlessly syncs my calendar and allows clients to schedule when I'm actually available. Prior to vCita, I spent way too much time suggesting times, getting voicemails, etc. Besides that, they have done a great job of allowing a feature-rich "live-site" that is easy to set up and super customizable. I think for many businesses it would suffice to be the landing page.
Pros
Very simple appointment set-ups. Before vCita there was a ton of back and other emails, or worse than that - phone calls.
Cons
The invoicing/billing system is not as robust as some other programs out there. Specifically I would like the program to send out regular monthly retainer billing.
Scheduling interviews with businesses in different time zones used to be a nightmare before I found vCita. Now, I am confident I'll never miss a call thanks to vCita sending notifications to both parties in our respective time zones.
Pros
The vCita Team is very responsive and open to new feature requests. All it took was a suggestion of making directions to a client's location accessible through the app and they made it a one-click solution! Because the app works across different devices, I can run my business from anywhere.
Cons
I'm ready to delve into their email campaign feature and see it integrates with Constant Contact. Having more auto-responder integrations would be great.
vCita offers various subscriptions, so you can find the best fit for your needs.
If you only need the scheduling package, it will cost you $15/month.
The Essentials plan adds online scheduling & event registration, online payments, and more advanced features ($19/month*)
The Business plan adds email campaigns, SMS marketing, client tags & follow-ups, client text messages, multiple staff accounts, team calendar, 3rd party integrations & analytics, and more advanced features ($45/month*)
The Platinum plan adds staff roles & permissions, auto-assignment rules, custom email & SMS notifications per service, integrations via API, and more advanced features ($75/month*)
*annual subscription pricing
Find out more at: https://www.vcita.com/pricing
Manage your business with an all-in-one business app:
* Mobile CRM - manage your clients, take notes, mark for follow-up and respond to client requests while on-the-go
* Calendar management - manage your business schedule, appointments and events, all in-sync with your existing calendar
* Billing & invoicing - create and email branded invoices and track your business income with a centralized dashboard
Let clients take action online 24/7:
* Online scheduling - invite clients to set appointments, book services and register for events & classes online from any device
* Online payments - let clients pay for your services online, accept any credit card or PayPal and issue branded invoices
* Client portal - keep clients engaged with a 24/7 personal client portal where they can book, reschedule, pay, fill forms, share files and more
Step up your marketing and generate more business:
* Lead capturing - enhance your website with an actionable widget that captures more clients and increases customer satisfaction
* Your business page - generate more interaction and revenue with a beautiful, mobile-friendly landing page to showcase your services and engage clients
* Email campaigns - create beautiful, action-driving emails to get more business & bookings from clients and prospects
Below are some frequently asked questions for vCita.
vCita offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $15.00/month
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available
vCita offers various subscriptions, so you can find the best fit for your needs.
If you only need the scheduling package, it will cost you $15/month.
The Essentials plan adds online scheduling & event registration, online payments, and more advanced features ($19/month*)
The Business plan adds email campaigns, SMS marketing, client tags & follow-ups, client text messages, multiple staff accounts, team calendar, 3rd party integrations & analytics, and more advanced features ($45/month*)
The Platinum plan adds staff roles & permissions, auto-assignment rules, custom email & SMS notifications per service, integrations via API, and more advanced features ($75/month*)
*annual subscription pricing
Find out more at: https://www.vcita.com/pricing
vCita offers the following features:
vCita has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Mid Size Business, Public Administrations, Small Business
vCita supports the following languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
vCita has the following pricing plans:
Subscription
vCita supports the following devices:
Android, iPhone, iPad
vCita integrates with the following applications:
Assessment Generator, Benchmark Email, Cognito Forms, Constant Contact, Dialpad Sell, Google Drive, QuickBooks Online, Retently, VisitorTrack, Wordpress
vCita offers the following support options:
FAQs, Forum, Knowledge Base, Online Support, Phone Support, Video Tutorials
Automation, ease of use, runs my business life efficiently