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Booksy alternatives
Booksy: Booking app for hair, beauty and barbers with a marketplace listing and marketing tools. Its price when we checked: £40 a month for all features, plus VAT. Extra users £5 a month each. Optional Boost: one-time 30% fee (minimum £5) on new marketplace clients. If it isn't right for you, these tools do a similar job.
Prices at a glance
| Tool | Cheapest paid plan | Free plan |
|---|---|---|
| Booksy | £40 (single plan, per month plus VAT) | No |
| Fresha | $19.95 (Independent, per month) | No |
| Timely | $26 (Build, per staff member a month) | No |
| Calendly | $10 (Standard, per seat a month) | Yes |
Our verdict
Free plans: Calendly. Cheapest dollar-priced entry plan: Calendly at $10 (Standard, per seat a month). Choose by the job you need doing: each entry says who it suits best.
Fresha
Booking, payments and client records for salons, spas and barbers, with a consumer marketplace.
- Price: Independent: $19.95 a month. Team: $14.95 per bookable team member a month. 20% one-time fee on new marketplace clients (minimum applies). Card fees extra.
- Free plan: No. 7-day free trial. Booking links, Facebook and Instagram bookings and email/app notifications are included free.
- Best for: Salons and barbers who want online booking plus new clients from a marketplace.
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Timely
Salon and spa booking software with client records, payments and text reminders.
- Price: Build: $26, Elevate: $39, Innovate: $47 per staff member a month, billed in USD when we checked.
- Free plan: No. 14-day free trial, no card needed.
- Best for: Salons that want no new-client fees and included text reminders.
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Calendly
Online booking links that let customers pick a time that suits your calendar.
- Price: Free plan (always free). Standard: $10 per seat a month. Teams: $16 per seat a month. Enterprise from $15k a year.
- Free plan: Yes. An always-free plan for basic scheduling.
- Best for: Consultants, trainers and anyone booking calls or appointments.
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