Booksy

What Booksy is

Booksy is a booking and business management app for independent beauty and barber professionals, salons, and barbershops. Clients can schedule appointments around the clock through a Booksy profile, Instagram, Google, or the Booksy consumer app. To manage missed appointments, businesses can set cancellation policies, send free SMS reminders, take deposits or cancellation fees, and run an automated waitlist. Payment options include Tap to Pay, a Booksy card reader, and card-on-file payments; next-business-day payouts are listed as free. The subscription includes text and email marketing, rebooking reminders, loyalty stamp cards, packages, gift cards, and automatic review requests. Team tools cover staff schedules, shifts and time off, commission and tip tracking, inventory, and access permissions. Booksy lists booking integrations with Google, Instagram, and Facebook. Booksy says Stripe powers payment processing, and states that it uses bank-grade encryption and is PCI-compliant. The service runs on Android, iOS, and the web. The Booksy plan costs $29.99 a month, plus tax, and includes all features; each additional user costs 20 USD per month. Payment processing and hardware are excluded. A 14-day trial is available, and optional Boost marketplace marketing has a one-time fee based on a Boost client's first visit.

Who it suits

Booksy suits independent beauty and barber professionals who need appointment booking, payment options, and client reminders in one service. Salon and barbershop owners can use its staff schedules, time-off tools, inventory management, and access permissions for teams.

Limits

There is no free plan. The 14-day trial is available before the paid Booksy plan, which costs $29.99 a month plus tax; each additional user costs 20 USD per month, and payment processing and hardware are excluded.

Getting started

1. Visit https://biz.booksy.com/.
2. Start the 14-day free trial.
3. Use Booksy on Android, iOS, or the web.
4. Set up a Booksy profile and let clients book through it, Instagram, Google, or the consumer app.
5. Choose the Booksy plan at $29.99 a month plus tax after the trial.

Verdict

Choose Booksy if your beauty or barber business needs client booking, no-show tools, payments, marketing, and team management in one service. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or want payment processing and hardware included in the subscription price.