Acuity Scheduling is owned by Squarespace and offers a HIPAA-compliant tier with BAA (Powerhouse plan or healthcare add-on). Standard Acuity is NOT HIPAA-compliant. The HIPAA tier is popular with solo therapists who want better scheduling than their EHR offers.
Scheduling & BookingVerified June 2026
Acuity Scheduling
Scheduling platform with HIPAA-compliant tier for healthcare.
About Acuity Scheduling
What Acuity Scheduling does
The features that actually matter for therapy practice.
Online booking
Multiple appointment types
Reminders (email/SMS)
Payment collection (Stripe/Square)
HIPAA tier with BAA
Calendar sync
Honest assessment
What works and what does not, based on hands-on testing.
What works well
- Strong scheduling UX
- HIPAA-tier BAA available
- Wide integrations
- Squarespace ecosystem
Where it falls short
- HIPAA requires specific tier (verify which plan)
- Lower tiers are not HIPAA
- Overlaps with EHR scheduling
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vcita
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YellowSchedule
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