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Software profile Salon and booking

Booksy

Booksy International sp. z o.o. PL

Booksy sells one all-inclusive plan with no feature tiers, priced per country, 35 euros a month in Germany, 44 in Ireland and 59 in France, plus 5 to 10 euros per additional team member. Its marketplace charges no commission on normal bookings and it is the only vendor in this comparison that publishes concrete no-show figures.

From
€35
Free plan
No
Trial
7 days
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Best for

Salons in Germany, Ireland, France, Poland or the United Kingdom that want every feature in one tier and a lot of included SMS

Strengths / Weaknesses

Strengths

  • One tier, no feature paywalls, no monthly add-on fees, and no commission on normal marketplace bookings including new clients
  • Generous bundled SMS, 500 free marketing messages a month in Ireland and the United Kingdom and 100 in Germany, with appointment confirmations and reminders always free
  • No-Show Protection is included in the subscription: deposits charged at booking, card on file, a cancellation fee as a percentage of the service, an operator-set no-fee window and a Trusted Client exemption
  • The only vendor here that publishes numbers for it, 20 percent fewer cancellations with cancellation fees and up to 308 pounds a month in recovered revenue, both footnoted as average usage data
  • Large consumer base, 44 million users claimed, with a strong mobile-first client app
  • NF525 certified till for the French market
  • 30 minute payouts are available, and in the United States next business day payouts are free
  • The European data controller is an EU entity, Booksy International sp. z o.o. in Warsaw

Weaknesses

  • The most expensive euro-area card processing in this comparison, 2.6 percent plus VAT in Ireland against Fresha at 0.89 percent plus 10 cents in person
  • Fast payouts cost 1.5 percent, which is a direct tax on cash flow
  • Pricing is wildly inconsistent between markets with no published logic, 59 euros in France against 35 in Germany for the same product
  • The German pricing page shows no payment processing at all, so Booksy Payments appears unavailable in Germany
  • The optional Boost product charges a one-time 30 percent commission on a Boost client's first visit, exists only in the United Kingdom and the United States, and Booksy itself warns it can hit your own clients if you share the wrong link
  • No Dutch language anywhere, and no Belgium or Luxembourg, the Luxembourg locale redirects to the United States
  • The Netherlands has a live consumer locale but no business pricing page, so commercial availability there is unclear
  • No headquarters statement on its own site, and the help centre is gated so support documentation cannot be fact-checked independently

Pricing

Plan Price Unit Note
Booksy Biz, Germany Price on request per month plus 7 EUR per additional team member all features included, 100 free marketing SMS a month, no contract
Booksy Biz, Ireland Price on request per month plus 5 EUR per additional team member 500 free marketing SMS a month then 5 cents each, card payments 2.6 percent plus VAT
Booksy Biz, France Price on request per month plus 10 EUR per additional team member NF525 certified till, Tap to Pay 1,19 percent plus 0,20 EUR, online 1,5 percent plus 0,25 EUR
Booksy Biz, United Kingdom Price on request 40 GBP per month plus 5 GBP per additional team member quoted in pounds on the vendor page, no euro figure is published for the United Kingdom

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Verdict

Booksy is the cleanest subscription in the market, one price, every feature, no commission on ordinary bookings, and the bundled SMS allowance alone is worth real money against Fresha's 18 cents a message. The problems are payments and geography. Irish card processing at 2.6 percent plus VAT is close to triple Fresha's in-person rate, fast payouts cost another 1.5 percent, Germany appears to have no payment product at all, and the same software costs 59 euros in France and 35 in Germany. For an operator in Luxembourg or Belgium it is not an option, because Booksy does not serve either country.

Other Salon and booking software

Fresha Fresha Salons that take a lot of card payments and want the cheapest processing plus a marketplace that currently charges nothing for new clients €14.95 8.6 Salonify Salonify Luxembourg and Benelux salons that want deposits, a till and card payments in one flat subscription with no per-booking commission €29 8.2 Planity Planity Salons in France, Belgium or Germany that want the largest French-speaking consumer demand pointed at their calendar Price on request 7.8 Phorest Phorest Established salons and aesthetic clinics in Ireland, the UK, Germany or the Netherlands that want serious deposit enforcement and a real marketing suite Price on request 7.7 Salonkee Salonkee Luxembourg and Belgian salons that want marketplace demand plus card on file, and accept that the fees and the contract term are only disclosed in a sales call €59 7.5 Treatwell Pro Treatwell Pro Multi-chair salons in Belgium, the Netherlands or France that want real European consumer demand and accept a 35 percent cut of first bookings €29 6.9

Where we write about it

Where these numbers come from

  1. [1] Booksy pricing Germany, 35 EUR plus 7 EUR per team member accessed 2026-11-11
  2. [2] Booksy pricing Ireland, 44 EUR plus 5 EUR and 2.6 percent card rate accessed 2026-11-11
  3. [3] Booksy pricing United Kingdom, Boost fee and card rates accessed 2026-11-11
  4. [4] Booksy No-Show Protection, published cancellation figures accessed 2026-11-11
  5. [5] Booksy about us, 44 million users and 750 employees accessed 2026-11-11
  6. [6] Booksy privacy policy, Booksy International sp. z o.o. Warsaw, KRS 0000515914 accessed 2026-11-11
  7. [7] Booksy careers, founded 2014 and acquisition timeline accessed 2026-11-11

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