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How much does salon booking software cost?

Between nothing and about 130 euros a month for five staff, with published prices clustering between 29 and 65 euros, and four vendors publishing no price at all.

By Thinking Desk 3 min read

Key takeaways

  • Published entry prices run from zero at TIMIFY Classic to 119,60 euros at Mangomint, with most between 29 and 59 euros.
  • For five staff the cheapest published figures are Treatwell at 29 euros, Shore and TIMIFY at around 48 to 50, and Fresha at 49,75.
  • Planity, Phorest and Shortcuts publish no price anywhere, and Salonkee publishes tiers without the pricing unit.
  • Card processing usually costs more than the software: the gap between 0.89 and 2.6 percent is about 255 euros a month on 15 000 euros of turnover.
  • Treatwell takes 35 percent plus VAT of a new marketplace client's first booking, which is not in the subscription price.
On this page
  1. Short answer
  2. What salon booking software costs, by vendor
  3. The three costs that are not in the subscription
  4. Is there free salon booking software?

Short answer

Salon booking software costs between nothing and about 130 euros a month for a five-person salon, and the published figures cluster between 29 and 65 euros. The cheapest real option is TIMIFY's free Classic plan, the cheapest paid entry is Fresha Independent at 14,95 euros a month, and four vendors in this market publish no price at all.

What salon booking software costs, by vendor

Every figure is the vendor's own published list price, excluding VAT, accessed 11 November 2026. The five-staff column is calculated from the vendor's own tiers.

Software Entry price Five-staff monthly cost Unit
TIMIFY Classic 0 EUR 48 EUR (Premium, 5 resources) per location, by resource count
Fresha 14,95 EUR 49,75 EUR per bookable team member (9,95 EUR)
Treatwell Pro (BE) 29 EUR 29 EUR per location, unlimited staff
Salonify 29 EUR 59 EUR (Pro, up to 10) per location
Booksy (Germany) 35 EUR 63 EUR 35 EUR plus 7 EUR per extra person
Shore 49,90 EUR 49,90 EUR per location, 12 month term
Booksy (France) 59 EUR 99 EUR 59 EUR plus 10 EUR per extra person
Salonkee 59 EUR not computable pricing unit not published
Mangomint 119,60 EUR about 156,40 EUR 120 USD per location plus 10 USD per user
Planity price on request not computable not published
Phorest price on request not computable not published
Shortcuts price on request not computable not published

Mangomint is converted from US dollars at 1 USD = 0.92 EUR. Treatwell is 35 euros in the Netherlands and Booksy 44 euros plus 5 per extra person in Ireland. Planity, Phorest and Shortcuts quote on request in every market. Salonkee publishes 59, 89 and 119 euros a month but never says whether that is per salon, per calendar or per employee, so a five-staff figure cannot be derived.

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The three costs that are not in the subscription

Card processing, usually larger than the software bill. Fresha charges 0.89 percent plus 10 cents in person, Salonify 2.9 percent plus 10 cents on a standard EU card, Booksy 2.6 percent plus VAT in Ireland. Planity, Phorest, Salonkee and Shore publish no card rate at all. On 15 000 euros a month of card turnover, the gap between 0.89 and 2.6 percent is about 255 euros, which dwarfs any subscription difference.

Marketplace commission. Treatwell takes 35 percent plus VAT of a new marketplace client's first booking, 25 percent in France, no published cap, and a client counts as new again after 365 days. Booksy's optional Boost charges a one-time 30 percent in the UK and US. Fresha's new client fee currently shows as Free in the euro area but is 20 percent with a six dollar minimum in the United States.

SMS. Fresha gives 20 free messages a month then 18 cents each, so 400 reminders cost about 68 euros. Phorest bills 9.5 down to 7 cents per message. Booksy includes 500 marketing SMS in Ireland and the UK, Planity 300 in France and Belgium. Salonify adds SMS only from its 59 euro Pro plan.

Is there free salon booking software?

One genuinely free plan exists. TIMIFY Classic costs zero euros, runs in a PC browser only, and cannot store a card or charge a no-show fee. Fresha ended its subscription-free model and now starts at 14,95 euros, and Salonify ended its free Starter plan in November 2026, with venues that had activated it keeping it. Everything else here is paid from day one.

Why the cheapest option is rarely the right one: our 2026 ranking, the Fresha against Planity head to head, and the Salonkee alternatives for Luxembourg and Belgium.

Questions and answers

What is the cheapest salon booking software?
TIMIFY's Classic plan is free, but it runs in a PC browser only and cannot store a card or charge a no-show fee. The cheapest paid entry plan is Fresha Independent at 14,95 euros a month for one bookable team member, then Salonify Starter and Treatwell Pro Belgium at 29 euros.
Why do some salon software vendors hide their prices?
Planity, Phorest and Shortcuts all quote on request, and all three sell through a sales conversation rather than self-service signup. The practical consequence is that you cannot compare them against a published competitor, and you cannot know the card rate either, because none of the three publishes that.
Is per-location or per-staff pricing cheaper?
Per location wins as soon as you have more than three or four people. Treatwell charges 29 euros in Belgium for unlimited staff and Salonify 99 euros for unlimited, while Fresha charges 9,95 euros per bookable team member, so a twelve-chair salon pays Fresha about 119 euros and Salonify 99. Below four people the per-staff model is cheaper.
Do I pay commission on bookings?
It depends on the vendor. Salonify, Salonkee and Planity state they take no commission on bookings, and Booksy charges none on ordinary marketplace bookings. Treatwell takes 35 percent plus VAT of a new marketplace client's first booking, 25 percent in France. Fresha's new client fee currently shows as Free on the euro-area pricing page but is 20 percent with a six dollar minimum in the United States.

Sources

Every price and fact above was checked against these pages on the date shown.

  1. [1] Fresha pricing, plans, card rates and SMS rates accessed 2026-11-11
  2. [2] Fresha help centre, marketplace new client fees accessed 2026-11-11
  3. [3] Salonify pricing (EN), Starter 29, Pro 59, Enterprise 99 accessed 2026-11-11
  4. [4] Salonify POS, EU card rates by card type accessed 2026-11-11
  5. [5] Salonkee pricing, GO 59, SMART 89, PRO 119 and add-ons accessed 2026-11-11
  6. [6] Treatwell partner pricing Belgium, 29 EUR and 35 percent new client fee accessed 2026-11-11
  7. [7] Treatwell partner pricing Netherlands, 35 EUR Starter accessed 2026-11-11
  8. [8] Treatwell tarification France, 25 percent new client fee accessed 2026-11-11
  9. [9] Booksy pricing Germany, 35 EUR plus 7 EUR per team member accessed 2026-11-11
  10. [10] Booksy pricing Ireland, 44 EUR plus 5 EUR and 2.6 percent card rate accessed 2026-11-11
  11. [11] Booksy tarifs France, 59 EUR plus 10 EUR per team member accessed 2026-11-11
  12. [12] Booksy pricing United Kingdom, Boost 30 percent fee accessed 2026-11-11
  13. [13] TIMIFY pricing, free Classic plan and EUR resource ladder accessed 2026-11-11
  14. [14] Shore Preise, per location tiers on annual billing accessed 2026-11-11
  15. [15] Mangomint pricing, 120 USD per location plus 10 USD per user accessed 2026-11-11
  16. [16] Phorest pricing, quote gated tiers and SMS rates accessed 2026-11-11
  17. [17] Planity Pro tarifs, no prices published, 300 SMS included accessed 2026-11-11
  18. [18] Shortcuts page sitemap, no pricing URL exists accessed 2026-11-11
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