Atelier vs Booksy
Booksy is a salon booking app with a strong consumer marketplace. The marketplace is the headline feature — and the headline trade-off.
| Dimension | Atelier | Booksy |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $49 — flat, all features | Base + per-staff |
| Grows with team size? | No — same at any size | Yes — per extra staff |
| Per-location fees | None — every location included | Varies |
| Cut of your bookings | Never — $0 per booking | Boost: % of marketplace bookings |
| Features | Everything in one plan | Core booking; Boost marketing is paid |
| Your own domain | Day one — no upgrade fee | Platform booking page |
| Payment processor | Bring your own — Stripe, Square, Clover… | Integrated payments |
What Booksy does well
Booksy's consumer app has a large installed base, especially in the US hair-and-barber market. New customers searching for a fade or a haircut on the app find local businesses listed, can browse, can book. For shops that want passive new-customer discovery, that exposure is real.
How they price
Booksy's public pricing combines a monthly subscription with a per-additional-staff fee, so the bill scales with team size. Booksy Boost — the optional marketplace marketing feature — has been reported to take a significant percentage of every booking their marketplace sends you. Verify the current rate and terms on their public pricing page; the headline base price is rarely what an active salon actually pays.
How Atelier prices
$49/month, flat, every team size. Booksy's public model charges per-staff in addition to the base subscription, so the bill grows with your team. Add their optional Boost marketplace marketing on top and a percentage of every Boost-sourced booking goes to the platform. Atelier is $49 regardless of team size, and the Atelier directory drives new customers without taking a percentage of any booking. Verify current Booksy pricing and Boost terms on their site before deciding.
Where Atelier is different
Atelier has a public directory too, but the economics are very different. When a customer finds you in the Atelier directory and books, the booking happens on YOUR URL — and we take nothing per booking. With Booksy\'s Boost marketplace, a percentage of every marketplace-sourced booking goes to the platform — on higher-ticket appointments that adds up quickly. Atelier costs $49/month, period — a single new client found through our directory at typical ticket sizes more than covers the month\'s subscription, with nothing going to us per visit.
Where Booksy might fit better
If you're a new shop with no existing customer base and the marketplace exposure feels worth the per-staff fee and the platform branding, Booksy's discovery angle has a real value proposition.
Who each is best for
Booksy fits new shops that want marketplace traffic and accept paying per-staff plus the marketplace's per-booking economics. Atelier fits operators who want directory discovery on the same terms but without the per-booking fees — bookings click through to your URL, the customer relationship belongs to your business, and your monthly bill stays flat regardless of how many bookings come through.
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$49 a month after the first month — flat, every feature, every team size.