A booking flow built the way studios sell.
Clients pick a service, a setup and add-ons, choose how they want their files delivered, and pay, on a booking site with your brand on it. You set the delivery options and what each one costs.
Podyx vs SimplyBook.me
Podyx vs SimplyBook.me
for podcast studios
SimplyBook.me is a flexible booking tool for almost any service business, priced by how many bookings you take and which features you switch on. Podyx is the operating system built for content studios, with the setups, pricing rules, video review and invoicing a studio runs on, and no cap on how many bookings you take.
30 days free · No credit card required
Podyx and SimplyBook.me,
side by side.
SimplyBook.me grows by add-on features and booking caps. Podyx is built around the studio from the start, and your plan price never depends on how many bookings you take.
| Feature | Podyx | SimplyBook.me |
|---|---|---|
| Built for how studios sell | ||
| A booking flow built around how studios sell: services, setups, add-ons and packages | Included | Generic booking flow |
| Flexible availability across multiple rooms and setups | Included | Through an add-on |
| Clients choose how they get their files at booking, and you charge for each option | Included | Not included |
| Bookable studio tours | Included | Not included |
| Pricing rules: weekend surcharges, last-minute and early-bird discounts | Included | Not included |
| Several sessions in one checkout | Included | Through an add-on |
| Your client’s production hub | ||
| Clients download their files from their own profile, straight from your Google Drive or Dropbox | Included | Not included |
| Clients share brand guidelines, session briefs and social channels with the studio | Included | Not included |
| Video review with time-stamped comments | Included | Not included |
| Review comments sent to Premiere Pro as markers | Included | Not included |
| Guests get their own invitation to the session | Included | Limited |
| Getting paid | ||
| Flexible ways to charge: at booking, Pay Later, payment links, bundles and memberships | Included | Through add-ons |
| Payment links that remind the client on their own | Included | Basic |
| Automatic branded invoices | Included | Basic |
| Clients reschedule and cancel themselves, with a refund preview | Included | Limited |
| Running the studio | ||
| A dashboard built for studios: earned per hour, room utilisation, add-on uptake | Included | Through an add-on |
| What the price depends on | Your plan, never your booking volume | 50 to 2,000 bookings a month by plan |
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | 14 days, 50 bookings |
| Built for | Podcast and video studios | Service businesses in many industries |
SimplyBook.me features as published on its own site, October 2026. Podyx charges no processing fees on any plan; Stripe and Square charge their own card fees.
Built for studios
Built for how
studios actually run.
SimplyBook.me can be bent to fit a studio, one custom feature at a time. Podyx starts from the studio: rooms sold as setups, pricing rules that lift the spend per hour, and the session, the files and the invoice in one place. Built by podcast studio operators who understand the industry, with no cap on bookings, so a busy month never costs you more.
See it in a live studio
Multi-room, multi-setup availability.
Sell one room as several setups, set hours per room, buffers and session lengths by day. Booking one setup blocks the rest of that room on its own.
Let prospects book a tour.
A free or paid studio tour with its own page, limits and calendar, so the walk-round turns into a booking.
Every client profile becomes their production house.
Connect Google Drive or Dropbox once. Clients download their files from their own profile, review the cut with time-stamped comments, and share their brand guidelines, session briefs and social channels with your team.
Charge the way your clients buy.
Pay at booking, Pay Later with approval, payment links that chase on their own, bundles, memberships, pricing rules and automatic invoices.
A dashboard built for how studios run.
Earned per hour, utilisation by room, add-on uptake and revenue mix, with every number opening onto the sessions behind it.
Switching from SimplyBook.me
Moving from SimplyBook.me
to Podyx.
Want someone to look at your current setup with you?
Book a callHow do I move my studio from SimplyBook.me to Podyx?
Start a trial and set up your rooms, setups and services while SimplyBook.me keeps taking bookings, then point your booking link at Podyx when you are ready. If you would rather do it with help, book a 30-minute call: moving over from the tools you run now is one of the things the team covers.
How long is the free trial?
30 days, with no credit card needed. SimplyBook.me offers 14 days, also without a card.
Is there a contract?
No contracts and no hidden fees. You can cancel any time from your dashboard, and your account stays active until the end of the billing cycle you have paid for.
Does Podyx take a cut of my payments?
No. Podyx charges no processing fees on any plan. Stripe and Square charge their own standard card fees.
Is there a limit on bookings?
Podyx plans are not priced by booking count. What changes between plans is seats, rooms and features: Essential has one seat and two rooms, Premium five seats and four rooms. The pricing page has the full list, and if you need more, talk to us.
Will Podyx work with my existing website?
Yes. Podyx connects to your existing website and handles booking behind it, or works as a standalone booking page if you do not have a site yet.
Outgrown a general booking tool?
Run your whole
studio on Podyx.
Rooms, setups, bundles, payments, files and invoices in one place.
Try it on your own studio for 30 days before you move anything.
30 days free · No credit card required