ActBook vs Giggio
An honest comparison — from performers, not a sales team.
Giggio is a good, mature product. We're not going to pretend otherwise. Here's what each does better, who should pick which, and what moving across looks like — so you can decide for yourself.
Where Giggio is strong
- A mature product with years of polish and a large, active community
- A well-developed enquiry pipeline and admin workflow
- Depth for bands, extra acts and agency-style setups
- A larger, more established performer community to refer gigs into
Where ActBook is different
- Leads with client self-booking — one link that checks your real availability, not just an inbox to work
- Travel-aware availability: setup + show + teardown and the drive between gigs, so it won't offer an impossible slot
- A full booking lifecycle on autopilot — day-of texts, thank-yous, and yearly re-book nudges, with a Repeat Business screen
- Packages & deposits: clients pick the show, see the price, and pay a deposit by card when they book
- An open API and an AI assistant that can run the whole business by conversation — check availability, quote, contract, invoice and text a client, all from a chat
Feature by feature
| Capability | ActBook | Giggio |
|---|---|---|
| Client self-booking link | Core | Forms |
| Single or multi-date requests | ✓ | ~ |
| Travel-aware availability (drive + setup/teardown) | ✓ | Buffers |
| Packaged shows & pricing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contracts & e-signature | ✓ | ✓ |
| Invoices, deposits & card payment | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic overdue-balance reminders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Day-of SMS · thank-you · yearly re-book | ✓ | Partial |
| Repeat-business dashboard | ✓ | — |
| Open REST API | ✓ | — |
| AI assistant runs the business (native MCP) | ✓ | — |
| Setlists & per-gig notes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Enquiry pipeline board | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mileage / travel reporting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Refer gigs to other performers (network) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Years in market / community size | Newer | Mature |
We keep this current to the best of our knowledge and only claim what we can back. Giggio's own site is the source of truth for its exact current features and pricing — check it before you decide, and tell us if anything here is out of date and we'll fix it.
Who should choose which
Stay with Giggio if…
you want the most mature product with the biggest community and the largest referral network to pass gigs into (ActBook has a referral network too, just a newer one), or you run a band/agency setup that its extra-acts depth already fits.
Choose ActBook if…
you want clients to book themselves off one link, you want the software to chase the next gig for you (re-book, repeat-business, day-of texts), and you value travel-aware scheduling that understands setup, show, teardown and the drive between gigs.
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