Bookables vs Salonomy
Bookables
bookables.ai
Salonomy
salonomy.comSide by side
| Figure | Bookables | Salonomy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | £12/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Salon Booth Rental Software | 8.2 (#7) | 7.9 (#15) |
| Payments | Pro supports card payments at booking, on site or by pay link, with payouts to the business’s bank and a 3% transaction fee. | Card payments are powered by Stripe Connect, with published rates of 1.9% + 5p in person and 2.5% + 5p online. |
| Product | Bookables is a booking platform for service businesses, with bookings, scheduling, customers, quotes and payments in one product. | Salonomy is salon software for UK hair and beauty businesses, including salons, barbers, nail bars, makeup artists, massage and aesthetics businesses. |
Plans
Bookables
- FreeFree
- Prepaid Pro, 1,000 booking pack$0.50, paid once
- Prepaid Pro, 500 booking pack$0.75, paid once
- Pro$1, paid once
In their own words
Bookables
Bookables is a web booking platform for service businesses, combining bookings, scheduling, customers, quotes, and payments. It supports mobile services, appointments, venues, hire, classes, and courses. Customers can choose a service and available slot on a business booking page, with pricing shown before booking. The schedule includes calendar and map views, route stops, and drive times; Pro can offer customers the slot that adds the least driving. Estimates and quotes are unlimited and free on every plan, while good, better, best estimate options are included with Pro. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 200 bookings/month, unlimited staff, estimates, services, and territories, with no credit card required. Pro has no monthly fee and costs $1 as a one-time purchase per confirmed booking; card payments cost 3% per transaction. Prepaid Pro packs cost $0.50 as a one-time purchase for 1,000 bookings or $0.75, paid once for 500 bookings, with credits that never expire. Bookables lists accounting sync and connections to other apps as part of the Pro add-on. It states that it does not provide checkpoint scanning, live tracking, or incident reporting for security patrol work.
Salonomy
Salonomy is salon-management software for UK hair and beauty businesses, including salons, barbers, nail bars, makeup artists, massage practices and aesthetics businesses. Every plan includes a drag-and-drop diary, online booking page, deposits and booking policies. A public walk-in queue lets clients join from a link, follow their position and estimated wait, and receive a prompt when their turn approaches. Salons can use shared, sealed per-renter or mixed client books, with sealed-book separation enforced through PostgreSQL row-level security. The iPhone and Android app covers the diary, queue, takings and client books, and works offline before syncing. Reports cover takings, VAT, retention and itemised invoices, with exports. Email and app push are unlimited and free; SMS and WhatsApp use allowances. Plans are Salon at £12/chair/month, Solo at £15/month and Group at £249/month, with a 30-day trial and no free plan.