Why salons and barbers look for a Booksy alternative
Booksy is popular with barbers and stylists for its app and its marketplace of clients. Owners usually start comparing when the team grows. At the time of writing, Booksy prices its plan per team member, and its marketplace promotion (Boost) is charged separately. Check Booksy's own pricing page for current figures.
As the team grows, a per-person price grows with it — and the books, payroll and stock still live somewhere else.
1. One price for the whole team
TressyPOS is one flat subscription: $49 a month, $249 for six months, or $399 for a year, shown in your local currency. Add a fifth stylist or a tenth — the price does not move. No per-staff fee, no setup fee and no commission on your bookings or card payments. See pricing.
2. Staff pay, worked out for you
Attendance, basic pay, commission on each stylist's own services, tips, advances and loans flow into one payslip per person. See salon payroll software.
3. The books are already done
Every sale, expense and salary posts a balanced double-entry record, so a Trial Balance, Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet are always ready — not a sales export for someone to rebuild. See the accounting suite.
4. Billing that keeps going
If the internet drops, TressyPOS keeps billing on the counter and syncs later. A busy Saturday never stops at the till.
Where Booksy may suit you better
Being straight about it: if most of your new clients find you through the Booksy marketplace, that is a channel TressyPOS does not replace. TressyPOS is the system you run the business on. Many owners keep their marketplace listing and run the salon itself on TressyPOS — weigh what each one does for you.
Try it side by side
Thirty days, full feature access, no credit card. Import your clients and services from a spreadsheet and run a fortnight on both.