Atelier vs Square Appointments
Square Appointments comes free with the Square ecosystem if you're a single-person business — and gets pricier as soon as you're not.
| Dimension | Atelier | Square Appointments |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $49 — flat, all features | Free solo; paid beyond |
| Grows with team size? | No — same at any size | Paid tiers, per location |
| Per-location fees | None — every location included | Per-location |
| Cut of your bookings | Never — $0 per booking | Card rate per transaction |
| Features | Everything in one plan | Marketing & Loyalty are add-ons; no-show gated |
| Your own domain | Day one — no upgrade fee | Square site |
| Payment processor | Bring your own — Stripe, Square, Clover… | Square only |
What Square Appointments does well
If you already use Square for payments, Square Appointments slots in cleanly. The booking flow connects to Square POS, Square card readers, and the rest of the Square stack with no extra integration work. For an individual using Square as their primary payment processor, the free single-staff tier is genuinely useful.
How they price
Square Appointments' public pricing has historically included a free tier for solo businesses, with paid monthly fees that increase with team size. Plus the standard Square card-processing rates on every transaction.
How Atelier prices
$49/month, flat. Square Appointments is free for solo operators in the Square ecosystem (a real win at that scale). Beyond solo, paid Square Appointments tiers are priced per-location, with Square Marketing and Square Loyalty as separate monthly add-ons and features like no-show protection commonly gated to higher tiers. Once a working business turns those on, the bundle typically costs more than Atelier's flat $49 — and Square scales per-location while Atelier doesn't. Verify current Square pricing on their site.
Where Atelier is different
Atelier doesn't lock you into a particular payment processor. If you use Stripe, Clover, Authorize.net, Braintree, Mollie, Paystack — or Square — they all work. Atelier puts you on an industry-fit subdomain on day one and lets you connect your own domain at no upgrade cost, includes loyalty and notifications without an upgrade tier, and supports any service industry rather than being POS-shaped first and booking-shaped second.
Where Square Appointments might fit better
If you're a one-person business already deeply invested in Square (POS, payroll, banking, payments), Square Appointments' free tier and tight ecosystem integration is a meaningful advantage — at least until you grow past one staff member.
Who each is best for
Square Appointments fits solo operators already on the Square stack. Atelier fits any business with a team, multiple locations, or a preference for choosing its own payment processor — without per-staff pricing escalation, and with a URL that fits the industry from day one.
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$49 a month after the first month — flat, every feature, every team size.