When Booksy is no longer enough
Booksy puts salons and barbers in front of millions of people on its app, with reminders, deposits and marketing in one subscription. If it covers how you work, stay with it. This page is for the moment its fees and limits cost more than the app brings.
- Prototype and quote
- 48 h
- Build time
- 2–3 weeks
- Fixed price, typically
- $15–50k
- Commission on bookings
- 0%
Where Booksy fits
When is Booksy the right choice?
For many salons and barbers Booksy is the better choice. Stay with it when:
- New clients from the Booksy app are a big part of your bookings.
- Reminders, deposits and cancellation fees solve your no-show problem.
- Text campaigns, loyalty cards and review requests are all the marketing you need.
- A Booksy profile, booked from Instagram, Google or Facebook, is fine for your clients.
Signs
How do you know you have outgrown Booksy?
Boost fees add up
In the US, Booksy charges 30% of a new Boost client's first visit, up to $100. In Poland it is 45%, up to 250 zł net.
The bill grows with your team
In the US it is $29.99 a month, plus $20 for every extra team member.
Your client list sits in the app
Booksy's help says to contact support to get your client list with contact details. We found no export you run yourself.
Your brand shares the page
Your booking page lives on Booksy's marketplace, where clients searching nearby also see other salons.
Your rules have no setting
Packages across services, prices by stylist and time of day, memberships with your own rules.
You want your own app
A branded app for your regulars, with their history, points and offers, and no other salon in sight.
Side by side
Booksy or a system you own?
Booksy is rented and shared with every other customer. Your own system is built for your rules and the code is yours.
New clients
With Booksy: A one-time fee on each new Boost client: 30% up to $100 in the US.
With your own system: No commission. Clients come through your site, Google and your own campaigns.
Client data
With Booksy: Kept by Booksy. The client list comes through support.
With your own system: In your own database, exported whenever you like.
Brand
With Booksy: A profile on Booksy's marketplace, next to other businesses.
With your own system: Your own site and booking flow, with nobody else on the page.
Price
With Booksy: A monthly fee, plus a fee for each extra team member.
With your own system: One fixed price for the build, then hosting billed by usage.
Cost
Is your own system cheaper than Booksy?
In the US, Booksy costs $29.99 a month plus $20 for each extra team member. A salon with five people pays about $110 a month, or $1,320 a year, before Boost and card fees.
Boost is where it grows. Say Boost brings 20 new clients a month with a $60 first visit. At 30%, that is $360 a month, or $4,320 a year. Boost is optional, and it may bring clients you would not find otherwise, so count what it brings as well as what it costs.
A system we build costs $15,000 to $50,000, paid once. It pays off when the fees reach thousands a year, or when you want your own brand and data. If most new clients come from the Booksy app, you can keep Booksy for that and book regulars on your own system.
After the build there is no subscription and no commission on bookings. Hosting is billed by usage, and three years of support come with the project.
Migration
How do you move off Booksy?
We found no export you run yourself, so we start with what Booksy support sends you and what your calendar shows. We move it before the switch, so nobody has to book again.
- 01
Ask for your data
You ask Booksy support for your client list and history. We tell you exactly what to ask for.
- 02
Map
We match services, staff, clients and upcoming appointments to the new system.
- 03
Run side by side
Your new booking site goes live while Booksy still takes bookings. Boost can stay on while it pays.
- 04
Switch
You point your Instagram, Google and website links to the new site. Then you decide if Booksy stays for new clients.
Questions
What do people ask first?
No. Its app brings real new clients, and for many salons that is worth the fee. We build systems for businesses that want their own brand, data and costs.
Yes. Some businesses keep the marketplace for new clients and book regulars on their own site, with no fee. At the brief we check how to keep the two calendars in step.
Booksy says no. The Boost fee applies to new clients who find you on the marketplace while Boost is on, not to clients who come through your own link.
Booksy's help says to ask support for the client list. We take what they send and import it, so the new system starts with your clients.
No. There is no commission on bookings. Payments go to your own Stripe or Adyen account.
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Facts about Booksy checked on 12 October 2026 on its public pages: US plans and prices, Boost, Polish prices, client list. Prices and plans change; the vendor's site has the current ones. Booksy is a trademark of its owner. Timerise is not affiliated with it.
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