Sondu Schedule compared with Treatwell
With Treatwell you are buying the introduction, not the diary.
The best alternative to Treatwell depends on whether you need the marketplace to find you clients. In the UK and Ireland Treatwell brings real consumer discovery, paid for with commission on those bookings.
Sondu Schedule is a flat fee from €29 a month, with no commission and a booking page on your own domain, so the traffic you earn stays yours.
Your numbers, not ours
Work it out yourself.
Every figure below is yours to change. If the answer comes out in Treatwell’s favour, the page says so.
Your salon, this month
First bookings from clients the marketplace introduced. Not your own regulars rebooking.
What one of those bookings is typically worth on the day.
Set this to the rate your own account shows. It varies by country and by agreement, and VAT may sit on top.
Take this from your own invoice. Published figures differ by country, so do not guess it.
Be honest. If you are brand new with no client base, this is near zero and the marketplace is doing real work. If you are established and people search your name then book through the app, it is high.
Over twelve months
On these numbers Sondu is about €2,110 a year cheaper, and the bill does not move whatever the month does.
The models, side by side
Not features. Shapes.
Commission is only expensive when it is charged for people who were coming to you anyway. So this asks the awkward question as well as the easy ones. Your salon, this month Marketplace bookings a month14 First bookings from clients the marketplace introduced. Not your own regulars rebooking. Average ticket€42 What one of those bookings is typically worth on the day. Commission on the first booking35% Set this to the rate your own account shows. It varies by country and by agreement, and VAT may sit on top. Monthly subscription€35 Take this from your own invoice. Published figures differ by country, so do not guess it. Of those, would have found you anyway60% Be honest. If you are brand new with no client base, this is near zero and the marketplace is doing real work. If you are established and people search your name then book through the app, it is high. Over twelve monthsPrepayment processingnot included Marketplace platform€0 Sondu Schedule Team€780 What we checked, on 30 July 2026, from Treatwell's public partner pricing pages and independent pricing guides rather than from a Treatwell invoice: a monthly software subscription, a commission reported at 35% on the first booking of a client introduced by the Treatwell marketplace, 0% commission reported on repeat bookings by that client, and a separate online prepayment processing fee reported at around 2% to 2.5%. Independent guides quote marketplace commission anywhere from 20% to 35%. Subscription prices, commission rates and VAT treatment vary by country, by plan and by agreement, and one Treatwell country site lists a starter plan at €35 a month while the UK site publishes no fixed figure at all. Treat every number here as a starting point and confirm the rates in your own account. Sondu Schedule Team is €65 a month plus IVA, flat, with no commission on any booking and no charge per staff member. 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 | Treatwell |
|---|---|---|
| How they charge | One flat monthly fee | Subscription plus commission on marketplace bookings |
| Commission | None | Reported 20% to 35% on the first booking |
| Consumer marketplace | None | Yes, a shop window that sells availability |
| Booking page | On your own domain | Inside the Treatwell brand |
| You own your client list | Yes, export any time | Shared with the marketplace |
| Strongest in | Spain, run from the Costa Blanca | UK and Ireland consumer reach |
| Where data is hosted | EU, in Ireland | Global infrastructure |
Where they beat us
Buy Treatwell if this is you.
Treatwell has real reach in the UK and Ireland, and if the introduction is genuinely new business then the commission bought you something. The dial on the calculator above exists to ask the uncomfortable question: how many of them would have found you anyway.
Before you switch
The honest answers.
Two things, plus a processing fee. A monthly software subscription, and a commission on the first booking of a client introduced by the Treatwell marketplace, widely reported at 35% and quoted by independent guides in a range from 20% to 35%. On top of that there is a fee on online prepayments, reported at around 2% to 2.5%. Rates and VAT treatment vary by country and by agreement, so confirm the figures in your own account rather than trusting any comparison page, including this one.
Reported as no. The commission is described as applying to the first booking of a client the marketplace introduced, with 0% on that client's repeat bookings. That is a fairer structure than charging forever, and we will say so. It is also why the calculator above asks you how many of those introductions were people who would have found you anyway, because that is where the money quietly goes.
The UK and Ireland, by some distance. Treatwell grew out of the UK market and consumer awareness there is high enough that people open the app with no particular salon in mind. It also operates across roughly fifteen European countries including the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and Lithuania, but the strength of the brand is not the same everywhere. If you trade in Spain, ask yourself honestly how many clients arrived because of the app rather than because of you.
No, deliberately. A marketplace brings you strangers, 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, on new clients or regulars. No charge per staff member. Thirty days free with no card. 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 Treatwell if you decide to move.