Looking past
Fresha?
Fresha is free to start and charges as you go - marketplace fees for new clients, fees on payments. hey.booked charges one flat, predictable price and stays out of your money.
No card needed. Try your own page before upgrading.
Fresha is a full salon platform: POS, payments, marketplace, inventory. Its pricing follows the platform - free to join, with fees when new clients find you through its marketplace and when you process payments through it.
hey.booked is deliberately smaller: your own booking page, reminders, staff schedules, and calendar sync, for a flat price. If you mostly serve your own regulars and charge at the counter, you may not need the platform - just the page.
Booked while you work
Clients book from your link at any hour - no app, no account. You'll find the booking on your calendar between clients.
Phone down
Clients book without texting you.
Reminders included
Email on every plan, texts on Pro.
Start with what you need.
Free
30 bookings a month · 3 services · 1 staff member
Email reminders and your branded booking page included.
At the monthly limit, public bookings pause until next month or an upgrade.
Pro
$15 / month
$150 billed yearly
Unlimited staff, services, and bookings. Google Calendar sync and calendar feeds included.
$5 of text credit every month, about 250 texts. Extra credit never expires. Shared across your businesses.
No booking commission. You collect payment separately; deposits and checkout are not included.
View all plans and limitsside by side
The factual differences, without the marketing gloss:
Check the provider’s current pricing for your country, including staff, messaging, and payment fees.
What about new clients?
Your booking page gives people a place to book after they find you. Share it in your Instagram bio, messages, and Google Business Profile. Search visibility and new clients are not guaranteed.
Put the link in your Instagram bio and on your Google Business Profile, and the people already searching for what you do can book themselves.
What switching gets you
a bill you can predict
Free, or $15/month. The price does not move with how many new clients booked or how you took payment.
no marketplace between you and clients
Your page carries only your salon. Clients bookmark your link, not a marketplace profile next to your competitors.
booking without an account
Clients pick a slot and leave contact details. No marketplace account, no app download, no upsell screens.
reminders included
Email reminders on every plan, SMS with a configurable lead time on Pro.
calendar sync
Two-way Google Calendar sync on Pro, with Apple and Outlook feeds, so double bookings cannot sneak in.
set up in an afternoon
Services, staff, working hours, link in bio. Most shops take their first online booking the same day.
Move over at your own pace.
Add your services and working hours
Copy your service names, durations, and prices. Add the people who offer them.
Import your clients
Upload the client export from your old app (CSV or Excel) or your phone contacts. You review every row before it is saved, and nobody gets a message.
Add upcoming bookings, then share
Appointments do not import, so add the ones already booked to keep those times taken. Then put your link in your bio and messages.
where Fresha still wins
An honest comparison cuts both ways. Stay with Fresha if you rely on:
- Built-in payments and POS - Fresha processes cards, sells products, and handles deposits. hey.booked does not touch money yet.
- Marketplace discovery - Fresha can bring in clients who have never heard of you. hey.booked only serves the clients you bring.
- A one-click migration of services, staff, or appointments - those are re-created by hand. Your client list does come across: import Fresha's Excel or CSV export in a few minutes.
who should switch
Salons and barbershops with a loyal client base who want online booking and reminders without a platform - and without fees that scale with their success.
Shops that depend on Fresha for card payments, deposits, or a steady stream of marketplace clients should stay put.
Set up your page on the free plan and compare a real week before you decide.