Custom booking software from Timerise costs $15,000 to $50,000 for most projects. It is one fixed price, agreed before the build starts and paid once. There is no monthly subscription and no commission on bookings.
Below: what moves the price up or down, what the price includes, what it does not include, and how it compares with a booking platform you rent.
At a glance
| What | Details |
|---|---|
| Typical price | $15,000 to $50,000, fixed before the build |
| Prototype and quote | Within 48 hours of the brief, free of charge |
| Build time | 2 to 3 weeks |
| Kickoff to production | 6 to 8 weeks, with migration and handover |
| Commission on bookings | 0% |
| Ownership | The code and data belong to you |
| Support | 3 years after launch, included |
What drives the price
The price depends on two things: how complex your booking rules are and how many other systems the software has to talk to.
Closer to the lower end:
- one location or one type of service,
- a standard booking flow: choose a service, a time and pay,
- card payments through one provider,
- email confirmations and reminders.
Closer to the upper end:
- several locations, each with its own staff, rooms or equipment,
- unusual rules: packages, memberships, deposits, approvals, different prices for members and guests,
- integrations with your CRM, ERP, access control or single sign-on,
- extra modules such as a kiosk, screens in the venue or an AI assistant,
- a large migration from a tool that has no export.
You don't have to order everything at once. You can start with booking and payments and add the rest later. A smaller first scope means a smaller first price.
What the price includes
- a discovery call and an architecture blueprint,
- the complete build of your booking software,
- data migration from your current system,
- deployment to your infrastructure or ours,
- the full code and documentation, handed over to you,
- 3 years of support after launch.
What the price does not include
- Hosting. The software runs in your own cloud account, on your bill, or on our infrastructure, billed by actual usage. Never as a share of your revenue.
- Payment fees. Your payment provider, such as Stripe, charges its usual fee per transaction. We add nothing on top.
- Support after year three. After that, your team can run the software, we can keep it on a retainer, or you can split the work.
Compared with a platform you rent
A booking platform looks cheaper on day one. The cost shows up over time: a monthly fee, often per user or per location, and on many platforms a commission on every booking.
You can do the math for your own business in one line:
yearly cost = monthly fee × 12 + commission × yearly booking revenue
An example with made-up numbers: a platform charges $400 a month and 2% of $500,000 in yearly bookings. That is $4,800 plus $10,000, so $14,800 a year and $44,400 over three years. And the cost grows when your bookings grow.
With your own software, the build is paid once. After that you pay for hosting, and the commission is 0%. We explain the difference in more detail in Ownership vs Commission and Custom booking system vs SaaS.
If a ready-made tool does everything you need and the fees stay small, stay with it. Custom software pays off when the fees grow faster than your business, or when your rules don't fit the tool.
Compared with building from scratch
Building booking software from zero, with your own team or a general software house, usually takes 6 to 12 months. Most of that time goes into parts every booking system needs: the booking engine, payments, notifications, the admin panel.
We start from building blocks we have shipped many times. Engineers spend the time on what makes your business different. That is why the build takes 2 to 3 weeks and the price is fixed.
How to get your exact price
- Brief. About 15 minutes, in a conversation with our AI, whenever it suits you.
- Prototype and quote. Within 48 hours you get a clickable prototype on your data and a price.
- Scope. You give feedback, we adjust, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
The prototype and the quote are free and come with no commitment. More about this step in From Brief to Clickable Prototype in 48 Hours.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a monthly fee?
No. You pay once for the build. If we host the software, hosting is billed by actual usage.
Do you take a commission on bookings?
No. The commission is 0%, always.
Can the price change during the project?
The price is fixed for the agreed scope. If you want to add something later, we quote it before we build it.
Can I start small?
Yes. Start with booking and payments, and add modules when you need them.
What happens to the data in my current tool?
We move your customers, bookings and history into the new software, even when your current provider has no export. The old tool keeps running until the data matches. The full process is in Painless Data Migration and Zero-Maintenance Hosting.
See your price in 48 hours
Describe your business in a short brief. Within 48 hours you get a clickable prototype and a fixed quote. More about what we build is on the custom booking software page.
Leave a brief and see the price before you decide.
Talk to us about your booking system
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Further reading
Build vs Buy Booking Software: How to Decide
Rent a booking platform or build your own booking software? Four options compared on cost, time, fit and ownership, with five questions to decide.
From Brief to Clickable Prototype in 48 Hours
Leave a brief and get a clickable prototype of your booking flow and a quote within 48 hours. What is inside, what is not, and why it costs you nothing.
Painless Data Migration and Zero-Maintenance Hosting
Move your bookings out of a SaaS with zero downtime, then never run a server. We maintain the Next.js, Vercel and Supabase or Firestore stack. You own it.