Compare Sondu
Nobody explainshow they charge youuntil the third invoice.
There are only about six ways software in this industry makes money from you, and the sticker price tells you almost nothing about which one you are signing up to. Every comparison below explains the model first, does the arithmetic on your own numbers, and says where that product beats us.
What is the best alternative to Fresha, Booksy, Skedda or Intercom?
It depends entirely on how each one charges you. Marketplaces take a commission, salon platforms charge per staff member, and help desks charge per person and per resolution. Sondu charges one flat monthly fee with no commission and no per person cost. Each comparison below runs your own numbers and will conclude the rival is cheaper when it is.
The six models
How are you being charged today?
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Commission on bookings
A subscription, then a percentage of the clients the platform decides are theirs. Your busiest month costs you the most.
Fresha, Treatwell -
Per staff member
The bill grows every time you hire. Growth is taxed.
Booksy, Vagaro -
Per person who logs in
Putting the Saturday girl on the inbox costs extra, so people share a login and nobody owns anything.
Intercom, Zendesk, Calendly -
Per resolution or per ticket
The bill tracks how much you are asked, so a good marketing month is punished twice.
Intercom, Gorgias -
By the size of what you manage
Priced by spaces or desks, usually billed annually, with extra per space above the tier.
Skedda -
One flat fee
A hundred bookings or a thousand, the bill is identical. No commission, no per person charge, no per resolution charge.
Sondu
Every comparison
Every tool you might compare us with, and who each one suits.
Each one says who that product is genuinely best for before it says anything else, because the fastest way to waste your afternoon is a demo of the wrong software. Including the ones where we lose.
Compare the model, not the feature list.
Every calculator on these pages runs your own numbers, and several of them conclude the other product is cheaper. We publish them anyway.