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Bella Booking
What Bella Booking is
Bella Booking is a business management platform for beauty, wellness, and health practices, combining scheduling, client management, online booking, and payments. Its drag-and-drop calendar includes conflict prevention, waitlist matching, and schedule optimization. Clients can book at any time, change or cancel appointments through confirmation links, and pay deposits through Stripe. Stripe online payments are listed on all plans, with a 1% platform fee in addition to Stripe’s standard rate. Client profiles can hold appointment history, preferences, notes, consent forms, and medical documents. Bella describes four built-in roles and 68 permissions across 20 modules. Teams can sync with Google Calendar and subscribe to read-only iCal feeds in Apple Calendar, Outlook, and compatible apps. A REST API supports catalogue, availability, and appointment actions; API and MCP access are listed on Professional. Plans start at $25/mo, and a free trial is available. Starter supports up to three team members, while Professional includes multiple locations and unlimited team members. Bella is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and describes Sydney-based chat and email support and free onboarding on every plan.
Who it suits
Bella Booking is aimed at salons, beauty and skin clinics, spas, wellness practices, personal trainers, and therapy or chiropractic businesses. It may suit teams that need booking, client records, payment options, and scheduling controls in one platform.
What it does well
- Clients can book, reschedule, or cancel online
- Calendar includes conflict prevention and waitlist matching
- Client profiles can store notes and documents
- Google Calendar sync and read-only iCal feeds
- Free onboarding is listed on every plan
What to know first
- No free plan
- Stripe payments include a 1% platform fee plus Stripe’s rate
- Starter is limited to three team members
- API and MCP access are listed on Professional
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | $25/month · 1 team member · Unlimited appointments · 50 SMS credits/month | $25 a month |
| Messages Plus | $49/mo · Optional add-on · Charged per location · +100 SMS credits/month included | $49 a month |
| Starter | $67/month · Up to 3 team members · Unlimited appointments · 200 SMS credits/month | $67 a month |
| Professional | $99/month; or $950 a year · Unlimited team members · Multiple locations · 500 SMS credits/month per location | $99 a month |
As bellabooking.com lists them, read 7 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Bella Booking covers appointment scheduling, online booking, client records, and payments for practice-based businesses. Review the plan limits and payment fees when choosing among its paid options.
Facts from Bella Booking's own pages
- API
- Bella offers a REST API for catalogue, availability, and appointment actions, with API and MCP access listed on the Professional plan. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Bella lists salons, beauty and skin clinics, spas, wellness clinics, personal trainers, physiotherapy, chiropractic, and osteopathy businesses among its target users. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Client management
- Client profiles can store appointment history, preferences, notes, and documents such as consent forms and medical documents. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Compliance status
- The enterprise page says PCI DSS is handled via Stripe and that SOC 2 and HIPAA readiness are underway. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Sydney, NSW, Australia · bellabooking.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Team members can sync with Google Calendar and subscribe to read-only iCal feeds in Apple Calendar, Outlook, and other compatible apps. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Online booking
- Clients can book online around the clock, reschedule or cancel through confirmation links, and pay deposits through Stripe. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Payments
- The pricing page lists Stripe online payments on all plans and states a 1% platform fee in addition to Stripe's standard rate. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Payments security
- The privacy policy says Stripe and Square process payments and that Bella does not store full credit card details on its servers. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Plan limits
- Multiple locations, unlimited team members, and advanced reports are listed as Professional features; Starter supports up to three team members. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Bella Booking is an all-in-one business management platform for beauty, wellness, and health practices. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- Its scheduler includes a drag-and-drop calendar, conflict prevention, waitlist matching, and schedule optimization. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Security and data
- The privacy policy says live client records, notes, forms, and files are stored in Australia, using Azure Australia East and MongoDB Atlas on Azure in Sydney. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Support and onboarding
- Bella describes Sydney-based chat and email support, free onboarding on every plan, and free data migration on Starter and Professional. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
- Team controls
- The product page describes four built-in roles and 68 granular permissions across 20 modules. · bellabooking.com, 7 Oct 2026
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