Booksy charges $29.99/month plus tax for one provider, $20/month for each additional team member, and up to 30% on first visits from its Boost marketplace. Glamease is $9.99/month flat with no booking commission and your first month free.
| Feature | Glamease | Booksy |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly software (solo) | $9.99/month flat after free trial | $29.99/month + tax for one user |
| Extra staff cost | ✓ Same $9.99, no per-seat fees | +$20/month per additional team member |
| Marketplace new-client fee | ✓ None | Booksy Boost: up to 30% of a qualifying new client's first visit (optional) |
| Booking commission | ✓ None on any booking | Boost commission on marketplace new clients when enabled |
| Free trial | ✓ First month free | 14-day trial |
| Client discovery | ✓ Portfolio-first beauty marketplace | Strong marketplace, especially for barbers |
| Typical solo pro bill | $9.99/month | $29.99/month minimum before processing and Boost fees |
Three times the subscription, zero extra upside. Booksy's published US price is $29.99/month for a solo pro. Glamease is $9.99/month with the same core job: list services, take bookings, collect deposits, and get paid.
Your best months stay yours. Booksy Boost can take up to 30% off a new client's first visit when you rely on their marketplace. Glamease never takes a cut of your bookings. Book five clients or fifty, your software bill stays $9.99.
Everything included from day one. Service menus, scheduling, deposits, client messaging, and payouts are in the flat rate. No stacking staff fees as you grow your chair.
Built for barbers and student founders. If you are booking clients between classes or building a chair from Instagram referrals, you should not need a $30/mo stack before you have paid rent.
Clean mobile workflow. Clients book from their phone, pay deposits in-app, and message you in one place instead of juggling DMs, Cash App, and a separate calendar.
Independent pros feel software costs differently than big salons. When you are paying suite rent, buying products, and building a brand from scratch, a $20-$50/month platform is not a small line item. It is real money that could go toward your next client acquisition or your next bill.
| Platform | Typical solo monthly | Annual software cost |
|---|---|---|
| Glamease | $9.99 (after free first month) | $119.88/year |
| Booksy | $29.99/month | $359.88/year |
| Switching to Glamease can save roughly $240 per year on software alone, before marketplace commissions or paid add-ons. | ||
Glamease was built for the reality of independent beauty work: you are the stylist, the receptionist, the marketer, and the accountant. You need tools that respect tight budgets and still make you look established.
Booking your first clients between classes or during cosmetology school? List real services, take deposits, and share a professional booking link without a $30-$50/month software bill eating your early income.
You already pay chair or suite rent. Glamease gives you scheduling, deposits, messaging, payouts, and client discovery for $9.99/month flat, no front desk and no franchise fee.
Growing a full book? Keep more of what you earn with flat pricing that does not punish busy months. Analytics, reviews, rebooking, and repeat-client history scale with you.
Clients judge your brand before they sit in your chair. Glamease gives you a polished mobile experience on both sides: clients browse portfolios and book from their phone; you run your day from a clean pro dashboard.
No tiers to decode. No surprise upgrade when you need deposits or messaging. One flat plan after your free first month.
Headline pricing rarely tells the full story. Between staff seats, paid add-ons, marketplace cuts, and upgrade tiers, many pros on Booksy pay far more than the number on the homepage. Glamease keeps the math simple so you can focus on clients, not invoices.
Booksy pricing and features change frequently. Figures reflect publicly listed US pricing at the time of writing. Verify current plans on their official website before you decide.
Join free for 30 days. Then $9.99/month flat. No booking commission, ever.