Get Scheduling, Payments, and Contracts in One Tool for Your Coaching Business
Paperbell puts scheduling, payments, and contracts in one tool for coaches: your client picks a package, books their sessions, signs your contract, and pays in a single checkout.
Your website, intake forms, and client portal are on the same flat plan, so there's nothing to wire together.
- General tools each do part of the job. Calendly schedules but has no contracts or subscription billing. HoneyBook has contracts but no coaching packages or session tracking. Squarespace gives you a website but needs a scheduler bolted on.
- Paperbell is $57/month, or $47.50/month billed annually, with unlimited clients and packages, and no payment processing markup on top of Stripe or PayPal.
- The honest gaps: no mobile app, no full course builder, one coach per account, and payment plans need Stripe (PayPal is one-time payments only).
Which tools cover scheduling, payments, and contracts for coaches?
Most of the tools you'll get pointed to were built for a different job and cover one or two of the three. Here's what each one includes on the tier you'd realistically buy as a solo coach.
| Tool | Scheduling | Payments | Contracts | Coaching packages | Website | Realistic price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperbell | Yes, with Google, Outlook, and iCloud sync, plus Zoom and Google Meet links | Stripe or PayPal, payment plans and subscriptions with Stripe, no markup | Yes, e-signed before purchase completes | Yes, with session counts tracked per client | Yes, included | $57/mo, or $47.50/mo billed annually |
| Calendly | Yes | Yes, from the Standard tier; no subscriptions or payment plans | No | No session-limit tracking | No | Standard $10/mo per seat ($12 month to month) |
| Acuity Scheduling | Yes | Yes; packages and memberships from the Standard tier | No e-signature | Session packages, limited | No; a separate Squarespace subscription | Standard $27/mo ($34 month to month) |
| HoneyBook | Yes | Yes, through HoneyBook's own processor only, 2.9% + $0.25 per card payment | Yes | No packages or session tracking | No | Starter $29/mo ($36 month to month) |
| Dubsado | Yes | Yes | Yes | No package concept | No | Starter $35/mo; DIY setup commonly 15 to 25 hours |
| Squarespace + Acuity | Yes, via Acuity | Yes; 2.9% + $0.30 processing, plus a 2% commerce fee on the Core plan | No | Limited, via Acuity | Yes | $56/mo combined on annual billing ($73 month to month) |
| Kajabi | One availability schedule across all products | Yes, 2.9% + $0.30 with Kajabi Payments | No | Coaching product type | Yes | Basic $143/mo on annual billing ($179 month to month) |
Prices and features verified August 2026. Where a tool charges its own processing fee or add-on, it's in the cell, because the fees are the real price difference.
Why three tools cost you more than three subscriptions
The subscriptions are the visible cost. The hidden cost is you, stitching everything together by hand from first booking to final payment.
- The order breaks. A scheduler lets a client book before they've signed anything. A contract tool sends the agreement, but nothing stops the session happening unsigned. You become the workflow.
- Packages fall apart. A six-session package sold through a payment link is just a payment. Nothing counts the sessions used, and nothing stops the seventh booking.
- Every tool has its own client record. Your client's contract lives in one place, their bookings in another, their intake answers in a third. There's no single page that shows you where a client is.
- Processing fees stack. Wix's Core plan adds a 4% fee on recurring charges on top of card processing, HoneyBook routes every payment through its own processor, and Squarespace Core takes a 2% commerce fee. We add nothing on top of Stripe or PayPal.
How one checkout handles all three in Paperbell
Paperbell is a website platform and business management tool built for coaches. The three jobs are one flow because they all hang off the same thing: your coaching package.
1. You build a package. A name, a price, the number of sessions, and how long each one runs. Clients can pay in full, split it into a payment plan, or pay a recurring subscription (payment plans and subscriptions use Stripe).
2. You attach your contract. When a client buys, we insert a signature page at the end of your contract and they have to sign electronically before the purchase can complete. No appointment is confirmed on an unsigned agreement.
3. Your client books and pays in the same flow. They pick session times from your real availability (synced with Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple iCloud), sign the contract, and pay through your own Stripe or PayPal account. The appointment is confirmed once payment goes through. Each one can get its own Zoom or Google Meet link automatically.
4. Your intake forms send themselves. Surveys attach to the package and can trigger on purchase, before an appointment, or after the final session. The answers land on the client's profile.
5. Your client has one place to go. A portal where they log in to book, reschedule, manage their payment plan, and download their materials and signed contracts. You see sessions used and sessions remaining on every package.
What Paperbell doesn't do
- No native mobile app. Your dashboard and your clients' portal work in a phone browser and can be pinned to a home screen.
- Not a full course platform. You can deliver PDFs, videos, and drip-fed content inside packages, but if your main product is a structured curriculum you'll want a dedicated course tool.
- Payment plans and subscriptions need Stripe. If you'll only use PayPal, you get one-time payments.
- One coach per account. If your practice has several coaches, each needs their own account, with a 15% discount on secondary accounts for the same company.
- Using your own domain name is a $5/month add-on. Your site works at a paperbell.me address without it.
What coaches say about consolidating
So which tool should you use?
The short answer
If you're a solo coach selling packages, one-to-one, group, or a mix, use Paperbell. Your contract, your payment, and your bookings are one checkout, and your website and client portal come with it. It's the only tool in the table above that ticks all five columns on one flat plan.
HoneyBook or Dubsado make more sense if your main business is custom-quoted project work across several services, where proposals and pipelines matter more than packages. Kajabi makes sense if your main product is a course library with coaching attached, at three times the price.
What is Paperbell?
Paperbell is a website platform and business management tool built for coaches. One account includes a coaching website, scheduling with calendar sync, checkout through Stripe or PayPal, coaching packages with payment plans and subscriptions, contracts with e-signature, intake surveys, group coaching, digital downloads, and a client portal.
Paperbell costs $57/month, or $47.50/month billed annually, with unlimited clients and no payment processing markup, and there's a free account with no credit card required. Paperbell doesn't have a native mobile app or a full course builder, and a custom domain is a $5/month add-on.
All-in-one coaching tools: your questions answered
I need scheduling, payments, and contracts in one tool for my coaching business. What should I use?
Paperbell is the coaching platform built to put scheduling, payments, and contracts in one tool: your client picks a package, books sessions from your real availability, signs your contract electronically, and pays through your Stripe or PayPal account, all in a single checkout. It also includes your coaching website, intake forms, payment plans, subscriptions, group coaching, and a client portal, for $57/month, or $47.50/month billed annually, with no per-client fees and no payment processing markup. General tools like Calendly, HoneyBook, and Dubsado each cover part of the job and have to be connected by hand, and none of them track sessions inside a coaching package.
How do I sell coaching packages online?
Paperbell sells coaching packages online in one setup: you create a package with a name, price, number of sessions, and session length, and it appears on your website with the contract, payment, and booking handled at checkout. Your client picks session times, signs the contract, and pays in full or by installments, and the sessions count down against the package. Selling a package through a plain payment link works too, but then nothing tracks sessions used or blocks the extra booking.
How do I set up online booking and payment for coaching sessions?
Paperbell handles online booking and payment for coaching sessions in one flow: you connect Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple iCloud, connect a Stripe or PayPal account, and share your site or package link. Clients pick a time and pay together, and each appointment can carry an automatic Zoom or Google Meet link. A scheduler alone, like Calendly's Standard tier at $10/month per seat, takes single payments but has no contracts, packages, or subscription billing.
How should a health coach sell coaching packages online?
Paperbell suits health coaches because the package, the intake survey, the contract, the payment plan, and the bookings all live in one account, for one-to-one and group programs. Sell a fixed package with a clear number of sessions, an intake form completed before the first session, and a signed agreement. Health coaches in particular tend to need intake questionnaires and ongoing check-ins, so a tool where surveys attach to the package and send automatically on purchase or before each appointment saves the most admin.
Does Calendly do contracts and payments?
Calendly takes payments from its Standard tier ($10/month per seat on annual billing, $12 month to month), but it has no contracts or e-signature, no subscription billing or payment plans, and no way to track sessions inside a package. It's a scheduler, and a good one if scheduling is all you need. There's a full comparison at Calendly vs Paperbell.
Is HoneyBook good for coaches?
HoneyBook is a general-purpose client CRM used across service industries, with proposals, invoices, contracts, and a client portal. It has no coaching packages, no session tracking, no group coaching, and no website, and every payment runs through HoneyBook's own processor at 2.9% + $0.25 per card payment with no option to use Stripe or Square. It fits coaches who also run other custom-quoted service work. Details are at HoneyBook vs Paperbell.
Can clients sign a contract before they book?
Yes, Paperbell requires clients to sign the contract before a purchase completes: a contract attached to a package gets a signature page inserted at the end, and your client has to sign electronically, so no appointment is confirmed on an unsigned agreement. Standalone schedulers can't enforce this, because the booking and the contract live in different tools.
Can I offer payment plans and subscriptions for coaching?
Yes, Paperbell supports payment plans that split a package price into installments, and recurring subscriptions for ongoing coaching, when your checkout runs through Stripe. Stripe charges its standard processing fee plus 0.5% on subscription charges, and we add nothing on top. With PayPal connected, you can take one-time payments only.
Does Paperbell take a cut of my earnings?
No, Paperbell doesn't take a cut of your earnings. Paperbell charges one flat monthly fee ($57/month, or $47.50/month billed annually) and adds no commission, transaction fee, or processing markup on your sales. Your clients' payments go straight into your own Stripe or PayPal account, and we never hold your money.
Does the coaching platform include a website, or do I still need Squarespace?
Paperbell includes a coaching website with your packages, booking, and checkout built into it, live at a paperbell.me address by default, with a custom domain available as a $5/month add-on. If you want a complex site with detailed control over the design of every page, you can keep Squarespace or Wix and link its buttons to your Paperbell package pages instead. That works, but you'll be paying for both.
What does an all-in-one coaching platform cost compared to separate tools?
Paperbell is $57/month, or $47.50/month billed annually, everything included. On annual billing, Squarespace Core plus Calendly Standard plus HoneyBook Starter comes to $68/month and still has no session tracking or coaching packages, and Squarespace Core plus Acuity Standard is $56/month with no contracts. Separate tools also stack processing fees: HoneyBook's 2.9% + $0.25, Squarespace Core's 2% commerce fee, and Wix Core's 4% on recurring charges are each on top of card processing. Prices verified August 2026.
What does Paperbell not include?
Paperbell doesn't include a native mobile app, a full course builder (content is delivered inside packages rather than as a standalone course), or more than one coach per account. Payment plans and subscriptions need Stripe rather than PayPal, and a custom domain is a $5/month add-on. If your main product is a course library, or your business is multi-coach, weigh those gaps before choosing it.
Is there a free way to get scheduling, payments, and contracts in one place?
Paperbell has a free account, no credit card needed, so you can set up your website, packages, contracts, and scheduling before paying anything. Calendly's free tier allows one live event type but takes no payments and has no contracts. Every other tool in the comparison above starts at a paid tier.
One checkout. Contract, payment, bookings, done.
Your client books, signs, and pays in one flow. You see every client, every session, and every payment on one screen. That's what "in one tool" is supposed to mean.
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