Thanks to your feedback, Calenso - the leading software for online appointment booking - is getting better every month. In October 2025, the focus is on transparency, automation and security. With the new Calenso update, you benefit from practical dashboard enhancements, smart add-ons in the booking process and even more control over your appointment management.
Update contents at a glance
What's in the October update
This release brings more transparency to everyday life (system status in the dashboard), more protection in the event of schedule changes (OTP) and more sales potential thanks to add-ons in the booking process.
Administrators also benefit from clearer information on licenses and optimized workflows. Find out now what this means in concrete terms.
New functions
1. external booking check: Enterprise Add-on
Calenso can now check whether customers are authorized to make a booking before each booking - e.g. for contracts, memberships or individual authorizations. An external system is queried in real time for this purpose.
Result: Only those who are authorized can book. Ideal for insurance companies, fitness chains or partner networks.
Tip: Use this to prevent incorrect bookings and reduce support costs.
2. system status directly in the dashboard
The Calenso system status is now visible in the dashboard:
You can now see the Calenso system status directly in your dashboard - clear, concise and up-to-date at all times. You can see at a glance whether everything is running smoothly(green), whether there are any disruptions(orange) or whether maintenance work is being carried out(purple). This allows you to keep control of system availability at all times - without the need for external status pages or additional logins.
Advantage: Maximum transparency and confidence in the stability of your online appointment booking.
3. clear indication of over-licensing
Over-licensing is now highlightedin redin the Subscription area.This meansyou can see at a glance if user or resource licenses are exceeded and can adjust the license size directly.
4. categories for dynamic availabilities
Services can now also be assigned a category for dynamic availabilities. This facilitates structure, filtering and overview - especially in complex setups with many services.
5. OTP protection in the event of date changes
The One-Time-Password (OTP) now also protects rebookings and cancelations. Only authorized persons can change existing appointments - a clear plus for security and trust.
6. add-ons in the booking process (with price)
A real highlight of this release: booking questions can now be activated as add-ons with prices.
This transforms your booking process into a clever sales tool - customers can now select optional additional services directly at the appointment, for example a fruit platter, a glass of Prosecco or a technical upgrade. Depending on the setting, the price is automatically integrated into the total amount or only displayed for information purposes.
This creates a flexible, personalized booking experience that not only inspires, but also enables additional sales - without any additional effort.
Improvements & optimizations
- Analytics performance: Significantly faster loading - especially with many stores.
- Time zone function: Now included in Business & Enterprise - ideal for international teams.
- Workflow mail preview: Now shows more precisely how the email will look to the recipient.
- Coupons in the upgrade process: Note when a coupon is linked to a product - fewer queries.
- Login protection: Display of active rate limiting after several failed attempts - better account protection.
- Language selection: Additional display of the country - helpful for globally operating organizations.
- External calendar view: Shows UPN or user names, among other things - more context in large environments.
- Client clone: Works reliably and without errors again.
Technical upgrades
- Angular 19: Dashboard & Smartwidget run on Angular 19 - more stable, more performant, more secure.
- Ready for Angular 20: First components already updated.
- Phone input search: Countries can be searched for directly in the phone number field - faster for international setups.
- Dual stack (IPv4 & IPv6): Preparations completed - future-proof network technology.
- Employee onboarding/offboarding: Automated processes revised and accelerated.
Conclusion & outlook
Whether appointment organization, evaluations or integrations - the October release ensures a smoother, more secure and more convenient user experience.
