StyleSeat sells one flat subscription, and that part is straightforward. Several things sit outside it. A professional pays a one-off share of the first appointment with each new client the platform brings, capped, with later appointments with that client free of it, and a share of bookings the platform prices at a premium. On top of that a booking fee is added to what the client pays. Salon Wizard is the other shape: one published plan, the team inside it, nothing taken from an appointment and nothing added to your client's bill.
from €7.00 per month
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Marketplace with a booking fee Stated for stylists and salons with up to fifteen stylists
Only additional locations carry a fixed, transparent surcharge.
| Criterion | Salon Wizard | StyleSeat |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Fair flat price – monthly or yearly | A flat subscription, plus two optional shares the platform takes – a one-off share of a first appointment with a new client it brings you, and a share of bookings it prices at a premium – and a booking fee added to the client's payment |
| Staff | Unlimited – no extra charge | Stated for stylists and salons with up to fifteen stylists |
| Your own booking website | Yes, under your brand | A booking site for the professional, next to a profile in StyleSeat search |
| Data ownership | German servers, GDPR, your data | A marketplace account whose terms the platform writes |
| Third-party ads & competition | None – only your business | The search puts comparable professionals nearby into the same result list |
We take no share of any appointment, and nothing is added to what your client pays. StyleSeat's subscription is flat too, so on the ordinary appointment there is no difference and we will not invent one. Three things sit beside it: a one-off share of the first appointment with a new client the platform brings you, a share of bookings it prices at a premium, and a booking fee your client pays on top. The first buys reach; the other two do not.
Your guests book under your brand at your own address. StyleSeat gives professionals a booking page too, and a site under their own address as a paid add-on, so online booking itself is not the difference. The difference is that yours is included, and is not a shop window inside a search where the barbers of your neighbourhood are ranked against you.
Your client list and the relationship behind it stay yours, on a page you own rather than in a marketplace account whose terms the platform writes and can change. Our servers stand in Germany under European data protection. StyleSeat's own terms limit its service to the United States, so for a salon here the question is not who protects better but who is available at all.
StyleSeat states it is for stylists and salons with up to fifteen stylists, and inside that range it does its job well. Salon Wizard runs from the solo plan up to a team without changing software: in the Team plan staff are included at no extra cost, and only a further location carries a fixed, transparent surcharge.
Sign up, name your salon, add your opening hours – no payment details.
Set up treatments with duration and price, then add your staff. Included in the Team plan at no extra cost.
Your page goes live and guests book under your brand – every appointment is yours.
Leaving a marketplace that is also your booking software changes what your client sees, what you keep, and where new faces come from.
Nothing is added at the checkout of your booking page. The figure beside the service is the figure they pay, which is a smaller thing to explain in the chair than a fee somebody else set.
No share falls on a new client's first visit, because nobody referred them. Said plainly, that also means nobody is sending them: new faces will now arrive through your Google listing, your channels and word of mouth.
In a search, a client sees you next to comparable professionals within a few streets. On your own page they see your work, your prices and your times, and nothing else.
Online booking around the clock, the calendar, services with duration and price, confirmation and reminders, and client records with history and recurring appointments. Your own booking page comes with it, and colleagues are included in the Team plan at no extra cost.
The marketplace search that put you in front of strangers, and the money side of the counter. We settle no payments, take no deposit at the moment of booking and offer no certified till – so an appointment you secure today with a deposit or a card on file, and the no-show policy StyleSeat enforces for you, have to be handled another way here. And if most of your new clients arrive through that search, count them honestly before you switch: the reach does not move with you.
Not automatically, but not never either. The subscription itself is flat. Two optional growth features carry a share on the professional's side: a one-off share of the first appointment with a new client the platform brings you, capped, with every appointment with that client afterwards free of it – and a share of bookings the platform prices at a premium for popular slots. A booking fee is also added to what the client pays. We take no share of anything and add nothing to your client's payment.
The client does, according to StyleSeat's own help pages, and it is non-refundable unless the professional cancels. It is worth knowing because it is part of the price your client experiences, even though it never shows up on your own invoice. Our booking page adds nothing to what your client pays.
Yes. The solo plan carries the calendar, services with duration and price, client records, online booking around the clock and your own booking page. Some things belong to the larger plans – recurring appointments and the gallery from Solo Plus on, staff scheduling in Team. For a single professional, which is who StyleSeat is written for, the solo plan is the normal case here and not a stripped-down one.
No. In the Team plan staff are included at no extra cost, however many there are. Only additional locations cost a fixed surcharge, and it is on the pricing page before you decide.
Both charge a subscription, so on that line there is little to choose. The difference is what sits beside it: at StyleSeat a one-off share of a first appointment with a client the platform drives, a share of bookings the platform prices at a premium, and a booking fee on the client's side. Here the plan is the whole price. We deliberately quote no figures of theirs – those change, the model does not.
The ones the search would have sent you, yes. That flow is real and it stops. What does not stop is the relationship with people who already know you – they follow an address if you give it to them, in the chair, in the confirmation mail and on your own channels.
Ask for the export while your account is still open. Which fields a platform releases, and in what format, is its own decision and not something we can promise for it. Records, services and opening hours you then set up here.
That depends on the country you invoice in. Ask whether your law requires a certified security device for electronic tills and from what point – in Germany that is the case for cash trade with an electronic till. Salon Wizard is deliberately not a till: we plan appointments, keep the client record and write invoices. However you take payment today, that arrangement stays.
A comparison answers the price question. It does not answer the question of fit. What each plan contains is on the pricing page – how Salon Wizard works in the day-to-day of your trade is what the vertical pages beside it show, each with the services, routines and examples that are usual there.