Comparison
Calendace vs Booksy
Both of them fill your diary. The difference is how much you pay each month, how much that grows with your team, and whose client the person booking is.
What a barbershop with three professionals pays
Official figures from both, excluding VAT, as of 7 October 2026.
Monthly fee
Calendace
From 0 €. Standard Plan 12,99 €, or 9,99 € paying yearly.
Booksy
34,99 €, a single plan.
Cost per employee
Calendace
Included. The Standard Plan covers up to 3 professionals; Premium, unlimited.
Booksy
8 € a month for each extra employee.
Total with 3 professionals
Calendace
12,99 € a month.
Booksy
50,99 € a month (34,99 € + 8 € + 8 €).
Commission per booking
Calendace
None.
Booksy
None. Booksy does not charge per booking either.
Commission per new client
Calendace
None.
Booksy
Only if you turn on Boost: a one-off charge of 30 % of the total of the first visit of every client who arrives that way, capped at 50 € per client.
Lock-in
Calendace
None.
Booksy
None.
Where your client finds you
Calendace
On Google and on Google Maps, and they land straight on your booking page.
Booksy
On the Booksy marketplace and app, next to other salons in your area.
Card payments
Calendace
We do not handle them. You get paid the way you do now, in your salon.
Booksy
Built in. 2 % + 0,15 € on mobile payment; 0,99 % + 0,10 € on Tap to Pay; 1,5 % on instant payment.
Waitlist
Calendace
Included in Standard and Premium. Alerts on its own by WhatsApp, SMS, email or the app, in order and three at a time.
Booksy
Included. Texts whoever is waiting; the client still has to go in and book the slot.
App for your clients
Calendace
Your page installed on their phone, with your name and icon: their appointments, cancellation and free alerts, no password.
Booksy
The Booksy app, with your salon next to the others in your area.
Public holidays
Calendace
Automatic. Calendace knows the national and regional holidays of your area and closes on those days every year. Open on the ones you want.
Booksy
Manual. You mark each closure day by day from the opening calendar.
| What a barbershop with three professionals pays | Calendace | Booksy |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | From 0 €. Standard Plan 12,99 €, or 9,99 € paying yearly. | 34,99 €, a single plan. |
| Cost per employee | Included. The Standard Plan covers up to 3 professionals; Premium, unlimited. | 8 € a month for each extra employee. |
| Total with 3 professionals | 12,99 € a month. | 50,99 € a month (34,99 € + 8 € + 8 €). |
| Commission per booking | None. | None. Booksy does not charge per booking either. |
| Commission per new client | None. | Only if you turn on Boost: a one-off charge of 30 % of the total of the first visit of every client who arrives that way, capped at 50 € per client. |
| Lock-in | None. | None. |
| Where your client finds you | On Google and on Google Maps, and they land straight on your booking page. | On the Booksy marketplace and app, next to other salons in your area. |
| Card payments | We do not handle them. You get paid the way you do now, in your salon. | Built in. 2 % + 0,15 € on mobile payment; 0,99 % + 0,10 € on Tap to Pay; 1,5 % on instant payment. |
| Waitlist | Included in Standard and Premium. Alerts on its own by WhatsApp, SMS, email or the app, in order and three at a time. | Included. Texts whoever is waiting; the client still has to go in and book the slot. |
| App for your clients | Your page installed on their phone, with your name and icon: their appointments, cancellation and free alerts, no password. | The Booksy app, with your salon next to the others in your area. |
| Public holidays | Automatic. Calendace knows the national and regional holidays of your area and closes on those days every year. Open on the ones you want. | Manual. You mark each closure day by day from the opening calendar. |
How much would commissions cost you in a year? Work it out with your own numbers.
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Four times less a month, for the same job
With three professionals on the team, the difference is 38 € a month: 456 € a year, excluding VAT. That is a day's wages or half a week of rent.
Your team does not make the software more expensive
On Booksy every person who joins your team adds 8 € a month. With Calendace the Standard Plan covers three and Premium has no limit: hiring does not push up your bill.
Boost is client acquisition, and it is priced like it
30 % of the first visit is not outrageous in itself: it is the price of a marketplace bringing you someone who had never heard of you. The question is how many of your new clients come from there and how many were already looking for you by name.
You can try it without leaving Booksy
Open a free account, put your link on your Instagram and on your Google listing, and watch for a month how many bookings come to you directly. You decide with that number.
Where they beat us
They have a marketplace with its own traffic
The Booksy app has millions of users looking for somewhere to get their hair cut. We do not have that, and we are not going to pretend we do. If you depend on being discovered by people who have never heard of you, that channel is worth something.
They take card payments inside their own app
Booksy has payments, a card terminal and prepayment built in. Calendace does not handle online payments today: you get paid in your salon, as always.
They have been around longer and they are bigger
More features, more integrations and a much bigger team behind it. We do fewer things, and the ones we do we want understood without a manual.
When each one makes sense
Booksy, if your problem is that nobody knows you
You have just opened, you are in a busy spot and you need new people to discover you. You pay more each month and 30 % of the first visits, but you are buying access to a shop window that already has an audience.
Calendace, if your problem is organising the clients you already have
You have a client base, they come to you through Instagram, Google and word of mouth, and what you have too much of is calls in the middle of a cut and gaps that stay empty. You pay 12,99 € and you keep everything else.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Booksy cost per month?
According to its official website, 34,99 € a month for its single plan plus 8 € a month for each extra employee, excluding VAT. A salon with three professionals pays 50,99 € a month. Calendace costs 12,99 € a month with up to three professionals included, or 9,99 € if you pay yearly, and there is a free plan.
Does Booksy charge a commission per booking?
Not per booking. If you turn on Boost, its client-acquisition service, it charges a one-off 30 % of the first visit of every new client who arrives that way, capped at 50 € per client. Card payments inside Booksy have their own fees, such as 2 % + 0,15 € on mobile payment. Calendace charges no commission.
What is an alternative to Booksy with no cost per employee?
Calendace: your own booking page, automatic reminders by WhatsApp, SMS, email and notification, a waitlist and an area for your clients, for a flat fee. The Standard plan includes up to three professionals and Premium has no limit, with no commission and no lock-in.
Can I try Calendace without leaving Booksy?
Yes. Open a free account, put your link on Instagram and on your Google listing, and watch for a month how many bookings come to you directly. You get Premium for the first 30 days without a card, and you do not have to cancel anything to try it.
Guides
Practical guides
Short articles on the questions businesses like yours ask us most.
How to move your clients from a marketplace to your own booking page without losing them
Leaving Booksy or Treatwell overnight is the quickest way to lose clients. What to say at the front desk, on Instagram and in the reminder, how long to keep both running, and what to check in your contract first.
What a booking marketplace really costs: commission vs flat fee
A 25% or 30% cut of every new client sounds small until you multiply it by twelve months. The full maths for a salon with three professionals, including commission, per-staff fees and lock-in, and the one case where the marketplace does pay off.
How to choose booking software for a small salon: ten questions before you sign up
Ten questions worth asking any appointment software before you put your clients into it, and Calendace's honest answer to each one, including the things it doesn't cover.
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Free account, no card and no lock-in. You do not have to cancel anything to try it.