Planyo - Avis

A must-have for any type of rental business.

Avantages :

This software is extremely customizable for any type of rental, whether it's a tangible item (e.g., renting cameras to the public) or a service (e.g., managing a vacation rental). The customer service is also excellent and support tickets are always answered very quickly.

Inconvénients :

Sometimes the software is actually too complicated and I find it difficult to navigate amongst different item management screens. At times I'm worried that I'm editing more than one item when I don't want to be, or in other instances I do want changes to apply globally but it can be tough to figure out how to do that.

Complex, but flexible

Commentaires : Our scout activity centre started using planyo after COVID, and have found it to be a fantastic system, which we have referred several other activity centres to. We started using planyo due to how competitive the pricing was, which was much needed when we first opened. This has allowed us to persuade several other centres to use the system, with us offering guidance. At first the system had a steep learning curve, but as we use it more and began to understand it, this was less of an issue. Anytime we could not figure out a quirk of the system, or have a request for a new feature, Planyo are quick to respond, and super helpful. From updating the pricing management system to account for our complex needs, to giving advice on the best way to set up a resource, they are always happy to help.

Avantages :

Planyo has flexibility that most booking systems, even those designed for our industry, simply don't. With the ability to add resources, and sub resources, complex pricing rules, gift cards, codable invoices, and fantastic integration with other systems we use for data reporting and event management. The support offering is also fantastic - I usually get a response within 1-2 hours, and the quality of the support is incredible.

Inconvénients :

It has an incredibly steep learning curve. It does not handle very complex VAT rules well (for example different groups having different VAT rates for the same resource).

its okay, bummer there is a 9hr time difference

Avantages :

it works for the most part and bummer.

Inconvénients :

not user-friendly... I've put in 3 support tickets in the last week per the same topic and haven't hear back

A powerful rental software that nearly can handle everything

Commentaires : The experience is solid, good. We did not find better rental software fitting our needs.

Avantages :

Planyo has so many features, that every crazy idea we had could be done with few clicks in Planyo.

Inconvénients :

The pros are the cons: The complexity of the possibilities by Planyo gives you chances to "do a few clicks" here and there. You might end to not understand every detail the software offers you. So you really have to go deeply into it and try to understand the complexity behind Planyo. Some support pages are not updated at the same moment as the software has been. We run into some hidden limitations (number of resources). Those limitations should be published open according to our opinion.

An extremely powerful software suite with endless integration and customization potential.

Commentaires : A highly customizable booking engine and channel manager with resource-specfic credit-card merchant account processing.
Seamless and professional automated customer notifications.
Powerful and dynamic pricing.

Avantages :

The notification system is extremely powerful, and the numerous plugins for channel managing provide peace of mind over double-bookings. A unique feature is the possibility of having one merchant account per resource for credit-card processing. The system is reasonably priced and modular.

Inconvénients :

Reporting engine is lacklustre. The standard user interface is overly complicated. Although the pricing engine is powerful, there's no way of easily displaying prices without manually entering start/end dates/times. Integration according to our specfic needs was complex and required a third-party. A couple of unanounced system changes were made with a business impact.

A totally terrific product that saves staff time and maximizes revenue and reporting.

Commentaires : Planyo has helped us launch a new non-profit business. There are numerous out of the box features that have really come in handy. Each time we reach out to customer service the response comes within 24 hours and is comprehensive. I can scarcely imagine being more pleased with another solution.

Avantages :

Customizable reports! API integration Wordpress plugins Integrated payment processors Calendar integrations Responsive customer service! Custom admin privileges

Inconvénients :

So perfect and always improving, you'll never want to use another system! Wish the mechanisms were issuing refunds were automated. Wish it wasn't so easy to delete users without reservations.

Flexible booking system

Commentaires : Real-time management of my products and services. Direct online bookings.

Avantages :

Great flexibility in pricing and setting up booking criterias using the pricing manager module. Our business is fairly unique to our location so we can't just use an off the shelf system. Easy to link to a website. Very clear calendar view. Very responsive customer service/technical support team.

Inconvénients :

To make the most of the system, you need to be quite technical and computer savvy so it's taken a lot of research and trial and error to get the pricing correct however there are options to hire a third party expert to set this up.

Excellent system for the reservations of our rental company, have used it faultlessly for 3yrs

Commentaires : This enabled my business to take bookings in real time and secure customers which, in turn helped us grow

Avantages :

Easy to use and setup; logical and web based means access anywhere, including using the mobile app which is also handy

Inconvénients :

The only con for this software for our use is capturing the data taken from the booking system to put this into a rental agreement/contract is currently a manual process, though I'm sure there are ways around this that we haven't yet explored. Excellent bit of software though

Very good

Commentaires : I would say the price is very affordable.

Avantages :

The flexibility and the freedom for developers like me to integrate with a lot of apps. The application also has a lot of features that can be used by people who are not a tech-savvy as well.

Inconvénients :

The design can be better and more independent from the platform like Wordpress. It can be a good idea if you can be like another Shopify, but extensively for booking system online, that provides also hosting.

Affordable booking and channel manager with dynamic pricing

Commentaires : Using Planyo for a few days was quite enjoyable, although I ended up trying a few more similar products for my family member who asked about such a product. In the end, he got in touch with a local software startup to get a custom — at least that's what those behind the company said — solution built from the ground up.

Avantages :

I sometimes try products for customers and relatives, and taking Planyo for a spin was one of those cases. I really enjoyed the power of the notification system and the chanel management plugins that are great for avoiding double-bookings. Planyo allows to have a single merchant account per resource for credit-card payment processing. The modularity of the whole system also allows for very flexible pricing.

Inconvénients :

I didn't find the reporting engine to be that powerful as the notification system that I mentioned in the Pros section. For beginners, the standard user interface can seem like an advanced equation that's impossible to crack.

Very customisable features, powerful, but can become confusing if you're not experienced.

Avantages :

Flexible timings, pricing rules, payment gateway integration, customer record management. Easy to install and get running. Good set of resource and package customisation features.

Inconvénients :

Limited sometimes inflexible website integration, limited and complex calendar customisation. Occasionally buggy backend in terms of colour rules and logic events.

It's a good tool to use for calendar blocking - very helpful and easy

Commentaires : Calendar bookings is what we have used until now - haven't yet explored any other things yet

Avantages :

We can use this for multiple functionalities on the site. We don't have to purchase license for multiple functionality uses

Inconvénients :

I think we need to add more debug if we need to find out if there is an error from the software. More debug responses would be useful

Planyo worked well for us. Most importantly, it was user friendly so our students were satisfied.

Commentaires : Quick and easy room booking system for our library.

Avantages :

We liked it's simplicity and how easy it was for our staff to use it. Training was minimum and setting it up for our organisation was easy enough.

Inconvénients :

The rules/ conditions we had to put in place were not always easy to work out but i had technical support from Planyo so it worked!

Simply Fantastic it has become invaluable to my company

Commentaires : I no longer have the need to employ an secretary as all the work is done for me within your software

Avantages :

I like it's Ease of use and it's performance and also i like the fact that i only pay when i make an online sale I also like the way i can make admin bookings free of charge

Inconvénients :

I Cannot make admin bookings on my smartphone This would help me as i am always on the move Maybe that is a glitch on the App This is the only drawback i can find with the software

Excellent customer service but some glitches

Avantages :

The customer service is very fast, friendly and clear. The back-end has improved a lot in usability.

Inconvénients :

Lately there have been some glitches in the system and Planyo did not take responsibility. The Airbnb plugin is useless as it doesn't synchronise often enough.

It's very simple to use, Not complicate

Avantages :

The simplicity of the management

Inconvénients :

some clients mistake the "Number of resurces" with "Number of persons" whem they do the reservations by internet

This really is the most flexible booking system on the market!

Avantages :

Our company researched many many booking systems and only Planyo allowed us to meet the very specific needs we have; using their advanced integration we were able to create a system which not only matched our previous system but also enhanced it considerably too! The technical support offered is excellent too - we had countless numbers of questions & queries answered promptly with the exact answers we needed. I couldn't recommend Planyo enough!

The only system versatile enough for us to use

Avantages :

Versatility. The number of options available is like nothing else on the market. You can really mould it to you businesses needs

Inconvénients :

Difficult to setup. I'm pretty tech savy but needed to employ a Planyo expert to get it setup. There's also the odd glitch that crops up every now & again.

Great software that feets many needs!

Avantages :

The software is very easy to use and if you have time to read some faq and documents you will discover that is possibile to do as many things as you need ;) The support is also very good and fast.

Inconvénients :

I think that a development for integrations will be much usefull for all kind of use. The process is well documented but is not so easy to understand if everythins is fine and is not easy for "non-tech" as the clients are. In general is not difficult but could be improved.

More features than expected

Commentaires : Due to Corona only two of our snooker tables currently can be used. Therefore we needed a tool to make reservations for the tables. Integration into our Joomla website took me 5 min, the configuration about 1 h. Absolutely perfect!

Avantages :

Just integrated the system in our snooker website (Joomla) for reservations the snooker tables (in times of Corona). I was really surprised, how easy the Joomla integration worked. And there are more helpful features available, than expected. Planyo turned out to be the perfect tool for us. U did a great job!

Inconvénients :

It was a little bit hard to find orientation in the admin area...

Short time from start to value

Avantages :

Easy to add cars and setup payment. Flexible in setup and notification. Handy CMS integration was critical for us.

Inconvénients :

Flexible can sometimes mean complex difficult tradeoff, however the support team is super responsive.

Excellent product and excellent implementation by Planyo Experts, exactly what we needed!

Commentaires : Save time, save money and deliver a consistent service to our clients. The automation and integration is a BIG WIN for us.

Avantages :

Planyo is so flexible it was able to do exactly what we needed. It has totally changed our business and automated our bookings, communication, banking and integrated our CRM and Accounts. Its like have 2 extra staff members.

Planyo meets our overall needs and the developer has been extremely supportive and helpful.

Avantages :

1. The ease of creating accounts 2. Copying existing setups so we don't need to reinvent the wheel each time. 3. Web-based solution. 4. Third party integrations. 5. Custom reports

Inconvénients :

Though the pricing seems fair, we do spend a considerable amount of money on the product. And perhaps no fault of Planyo, I don't know, the training and documentation could be better. Maybe we just haven't spent enough time with it to know for sure. We've been using it for 5-6 years and it seems to meet our needs overall but a few users are unhappy - I suspect their unhappiness is because they are a Squarespace customer and Planyo doesn't integrate as easily as it does with WordPress.

Really good and simple Tool

Avantages :

Simple to use with much Options. It could be used for lot of different cases and so we only have to use one Tool for reservations and co.

Inconvénients :

The Design could be a Little bit more modern (maybe more flat design elements --> material design?)

great customer service and virtually endless customization possibilities

Commentaires : very, very responsive and accurate

Avantages :

- great customer service - virtually endless customization possibilities

Inconvénients :

- a bit complicated to use, but that's only normal given the level of customization