A free Fresha alternative with no commission on any client.
Bookin gives you your own booking page, with deposits, vouchers, class packs and your whole team, for a flat price. No marketplace, and no commission on new clients or old ones.
Start free with 20 bookings a month. Basic is £20 a year. Super is £10 a month for your whole team, however many of you there are.
Booking apps with a marketplace charge for the clients they send you: 20% on Fresha, 35% on Treatwell, 30% with Booksy Boost. Bookin has no marketplace and takes nothing for any client.
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A free plan, not a trial
Free has 20 bookings a month for as long as you like, with client questions, home visits and calendar sync. No card needed and no clock running.
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Deposits for £20 a year
Basic adds deposits and payment in advance by card, vouchers, class packs and your own look, for £20 a year rather than a monthly bill.
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No charge per person
Super is £10 a month for your whole team, each with their own page, hours and holiday mode, and every location you have.
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Your own Stripe or SumUp
Connect your own account and Bookin adds nothing. You pay only their usual card fee, and the money goes straight to you.
SIDE BY SIDE
Bookin and the big booking apps, side by side.
Prices for one person unless the row says otherwise.
Bookin
Fresha
Booksy
Treatwell
Square Appointments
Free plan
Yes, 20 bookings a month
No, 7-day trial
No
No
Yes, one location
Price for one person
£0, or £20 a year for Basic
£14.95 a month + VAT
£40 a month + VAT
From £9.99 a month + VAT
£0, or £29 a month for Plus
Price for a team of 3
£10 a month (Super)
£29.85 a month + VAT
£50 a month + VAT
£24.99 a month + VAT
£0 on Free
Commission on new clients
None
20% of the first booking, at least £4
30% of the first visit with Boost on, at least £5
35% + VAT of the first marketplace booking
None listed
Online card payments
Your Stripe or SumUp's own fee, nothing from us
1.40% + 25p + VAT
1.29% + 20p + VAT
2.5% + VAT on prepayments
1.4% + 25p
Your own payment provider
Yes
No
No
No
No
Fresha, Booksy and Treatwell show prices before VAT, so add 20%. Square's page doesn't say. Commission applies only to new clients found through each rival's marketplace. Super Basic isn't VAT registered, so our prices are the full price. Rival details checked on 8 November 2026 from each provider's own UK pages, listed at the bottom of this page. Prices change, so check before you choose.
ALTERNATIVES
Looking for an alternative to Fresha, Booksy, Treatwell or Timely?
Fresha has no free plan, only a 7-day trial. It's £14.95 a month plus VAT for one person, or £9.95 a month for each team member, and new clients found through its marketplace cost 20% of their first booking, at least £4. Text reminders beyond 20 a month are 6p each.
Bookin is free for 20 bookings a month, £20 a year with deposits, and £10 a month for a whole team. It never takes a cut of a booking.
A free plan with no trial clock
No commission on any client, new or returning
Card deposits and 500 bookings a year for £20
A team of any size for £10 a month
WHEN FRESHA SUITS BETTERYou want a marketplace app to find you new clients, and you're happy to pay commission on each one.
Booksy is £40 a month plus VAT, and £5 a month for each extra person. Its Boost feature brings new clients from the Booksy app and charges 30% of their first visit, at least £5, plus VAT. With Boost off there's no new-client fee.
Bookin costs less than one month of Booksy for a whole year on Basic, and has no commission to switch off.
Free to start, and £20 a year for card deposits
No marketplace and no commission
Your whole team on Super for £10 a month
WHEN BOOKSY SUITS BETTERYou want the Booksy app to bring you new clients and you're happy to pay for each one.
A Treatwell alternative with no new-client commission
Treatwell's plans start at £9.99 a month plus VAT for one person and £24.99 for a team. It charges 35% plus VAT on a new client's first booking from its marketplace, and online prepayments cost 2.5% plus VAT. Bookings through your own link carry no commission.
With Bookin every booking comes through your own link, so there's never a commission to watch for.
£20 a year for Basic, against £119.88 a year for Treatwell's cheapest plan before VAT
No commission on any booking
Card payments on your own Stripe or SumUp, with nothing added by us
WHEN TREATWELL SUITS BETTERMost of your new clients come from Treatwell's marketplace, and the commission is worth it to you.
Square Appointments is free for one location, with no limit on staff calendars. Plus is £29 a month per location and adds no-show fees. Online card payments are 1.4% + 25p, and payments go through Square.
Bookin works with your own Stripe or SumUp, and adds deposits, vouchers and class packs on Basic for £20 a year.
Deposits from £20 a year, not £29 a month
Vouchers, gift codes and class packs on Basic
Use the payment provider you already have
WHEN SQUARE APPOINTMENTS SUITS BETTERYou already take card payments with Square, or need a whole team on a free plan. Bookin's free plan is for one person.
A Setmore alternative with deposits on a cheap plan
Setmore is free for up to 4 people, with one email reminder, no deposits and Setmore branding on your page. Pro is $5 a person a month, billed yearly, priced in US dollars.
Bookin Basic adds deposits, your own look and no Bookin branding for £20 a year.
Deposits and payment in advance on Basic
No branding on Basic
Prices in pounds, with no charge per person on Super
WHEN SETMORE SUITS BETTERYou need several staff on a free plan. Setmore's free plan covers up to 4 people.
A SimplyBook.me alternative at a flat yearly price
SimplyBook.me's free plan has 50 bookings and 1 provider. Basic is £10.90 a month billed yearly, or £12.90 monthly, for 100 bookings and 5 providers. Text credits and a custom domain are paid for separately.
Bookin Basic is £20 a year. It has fewer bookings than SimplyBook.me Basic, 500 a year, and Super has no cap.
£20 a year for Basic, against £130.80 a year for SimplyBook.me Basic
No cap on bookings on Super, for the whole team
No add-ons to buy on any plan
WHEN SIMPLYBOOK.ME SUITS BETTERYou need lots of custom fields and integrations, or more than 500 bookings a year without moving to a monthly plan.
Timely has a 14-day trial, then Run starts from £4 a week, Boost from £7 and Thrive from £9. The weekly price goes up and down with the number of bookings you take. Every plan includes your whole team and text reminders, with no new-client fees. Online payments cost 1.85% + 30p.
Bookin has a free plan with no clock running, a flat £20 a year for Basic, and £10 a month for a whole team on Super, however busy you are.
A free plan, not a 14-day trial
A flat price that doesn't rise with your bookings
Card payments on your own Stripe or SumUp, with nothing added by us
WHEN TIMELY SUITS BETTERYour clients need text reminders. Bookin sends reminders by email.
Goldie's free Starter plan has 20 appointments a month for one person, with deposits and built-in payments. Pro is £249.99 a year, or £24.99 a month, for unlimited appointments and texts. Team members need Pro Plus, at £499.99 a year or £49.99 a month.
Bookin's free plan also has 20 bookings a month, but deposits start on Basic at £20 a year. A whole team is £10 a month on Super, £120 a year.
£20 a year for Basic, against £249.99 a year for Goldie Pro
A team of any size for £120 a year, against £499.99 for Goldie Pro Plus
Card payments on your own Stripe or SumUp
WHEN GOLDIE SUITS BETTERYou need deposits without paying anything at all. Bookin's deposits start on Basic, at £20 a year.
You run a salon, chair, studio, clinic, class or mobile service
Your clients already know you, through Instagram, word of mouth or your website
You want deposits without a monthly bill
You'd rather not pay per person as your team grows
LOOK ELSEWHERE IF
You rely on a marketplace app to bring you new clients
You need text message reminders: Bookin sends email
You need a till for selling products in the shop
QUESTIONS
Switching questions
Is Bookin really free?
Yes. Free has 20 bookings a month on one booking page, with clients paying on the day. Basic is £20 a year for 500 bookings, card deposits and your own look. Super is £10 a month with no cap on bookings.
Does Bookin take commission?
No. Bookin has no marketplace and takes no commission on any booking, on any plan.
What does a card payment cost?
Connect your own Stripe or SumUp and Bookin adds nothing: you pay their usual card fee. Without one, Super Basic payments cost 3% + 20p on Basic or 1.5% + 20p on Super, with the card fee included.
Can my whole team use it?
Yes, on Super. It's £10 a month for your whole team, each with their own page, hours and holiday mode, and every location. There's no charge per person.
Why is Bookin so much cheaper?
It does one job: bookings on your own page. There's no marketplace to run and no sales team, so there's nothing to recover through commission.
Where the rival details come from
Checked on 8 November 2026. Names belong to their owners, and we're not linked to any of them. Tell us at hello@thesuperbasic.com if anything here is out of date and we'll fix it.
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