Sondu Schedule compared with Fresha
What Fresha costs you depends on how well you do.
The best alternative to Fresha depends on one thing: where your new clients come from. If the marketplace genuinely brings you strangers, Fresha earns its commission. If your clients already find you on Instagram, Google and word of mouth, you are paying a percentage on people who were always going to book.
Sondu Schedule is a flat fee from €29 a month, with no commission on any booking and no charge per staff member.
Your numbers, not ours
Work it out yourself.
Every figure below is yours to change. If the answer comes out in Fresha’s favour, the page says so.
Your salon, this month
Anyone you pay a per person software fee for.
Take this from your own invoice, in euros. Do not guess it.
Only the ones the marketplace introduced. Not your own regulars, and not the ones who found you on Instagram.
What a new client typically spends the first time.
Set this to the rate your own account shows. We have left it at the figure salon owners most commonly report.
Over twelve months
On these numbers Sondu is about €1,106 a year cheaper, and the bill does not move whatever the month does.
The models, side by side
Not features. Shapes.
Feature lists are easy to win by writing your own. What actually decides this is how each company makes money from you, and who ends up holding the client.
| Feature | Sondu Schedule | Fresha |
|---|---|---|
| How they charge | One flat monthly fee, €29 to €119 | Subscription per team member plus commission |
| Commission on new clients | None | Reported around 20% on marketplace clients |
| Charge per staff member | None, whole team included | Yes, priced per person |
| Consumer marketplace | None, nobody advertised beside you | Yes, and it lists your rivals |
| You own your client list | Yes, export any time | Shared with the marketplace |
| Where data is hosted | EU, in Ireland | Global infrastructure |
| Free trial | 30 days, no card | Varies by plan |
Where they beat us
Buy Fresha if this is you.
If you are brand new with no client base, Fresha’s marketplace genuinely puts you in front of strangers, and that is worth paying a commission for. The moment your new clients are coming from Instagram, Google and word of mouth, you are paying a percentage on people who were always going to book.
Before you switch
The honest answers.
No. Fresha removed its free tier in 2025 and now charges a subscription, reported as a per team member monthly fee, on top of a commission on new clients introduced by its marketplace and card processing fees on transactions. Check the current rates in your own account, because published figures vary by country and by plan.
The commission is reported to apply to new clients acquired through the Fresha marketplace, once, rather than to clients who rebook through your own link. That is why the calculator above only asks for marketplace introduced clients. If most of your new clients find you on Instagram or Google, your commission line should be small.
No, deliberately. A marketplace brings you strangers and then keeps a relationship with them, and lists your competitors on the same screen. Sondu gives you a booking page on your own domain instead, so the traffic you earn stays yours. If you need discovery, a marketplace is a real advantage we do not offer.
Schedule is €29, €65 or €119 a month plus IVA, flat. No commission on any booking, no charge per staff member, no per person fees. If you also want every customer message in one inbox and your rooms or chairs let out, Connect, Schedule Team and Reserve together are €129 a month as SONDU One, against €159 bought one at a time, with guided setup and migration included.
Yes, and you can take them any time without asking us. Your client list is exportable from inside the product, your data is hosted in the EU in Ireland, and it is never shared with another business or used to advertise a competitor to your clients. We would rather you could leave easily and chose not to.
One flat fee, whatever the month does.
Thirty days free, no card at signup, and free migration from Fresha if you decide to move.