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Airbnb vs Meevo

A

Airbnb

Scheduling & Booking

Book unique homes and experiences all over the world

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Meevo logo

Meevo

Beauty & Salon

Salon software with scheduling and POS

From
$99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Airbnb guests pay a service fee of 14.1% to 16.5% of the booking subtotal on top of the nightly rate; Meevo listed prices are promotional; the regular rates are $179 for Lite, $299 for Essentials and $449 for Premier per month

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Airbnb and Meevo actually diverge.

Attributes where Airbnb and Meevo differ
AttributeAirbnbMeevo
Starting priceOn request$99/month
Pricing modeltransactionsubscription
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android
CategoryScheduling & BookingBeauty & Salon
FoundedUnknown2008

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Airbnb

Nothing recorded that Meevo does not also cover.

Only in Meevo

  • Appointment scheduling
  • Point of sale
  • Client database
  • Inventory management
  • Staff scheduling
  • Business reporting
  • Mobile app
  • Client portal

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Airbnb

No use cases recorded yet. See the Airbnb review.

Meevo

  • Appointment booking and point of sale for salons and spasnot Airbnb
  • Med spa operations including injectable tracking via MeevoMDnot Airbnb
  • Multi location and franchise salon managementnot Airbnb
  • Client email and SMS marketing from the booking recordnot Airbnb

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Airbnb

  • Guests pay a service fee of 14.1% to 16.5% of the booking subtotal on top of the nightly rate
  • Hosts on the split-fee structure pay a further 3% fee, rising to 4% for listings in Brazil and Mexico, or up to 16% under the single-fee structure

Meevo

  • Listed prices are promotional; the regular rates are $179 for Lite, $299 for Essentials and $449 for Premier per month
  • Lite is capped at 5 users, 2,500 email contacts and 100 SMS credits per month
  • Plans are sold on annual contracts and cancellation requires 30 days notice
  • Email contact and SMS credit allowances are tiered: 5,000 contacts and 500 SMS on Essentials, 10,000 contacts and 2,500 SMS on Premier
  • Enterprise multi location and franchise pricing is custom with no published rate
  • The MeevoMD med spa plans cost $100 per month more than the equivalent salon tiers

Pricing, plan by plan

Airbnb

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Airbnb review.

Meevo

$99/month
  • Professional$99/month
    • Scheduling
    • POS
    • Client management
  • Enterprise$299/month
    • Everything in Professional
    • Advanced reporting
    • Inventory management

Which should you pick?

Choose Airbnb if

Nothing in the data separates Airbnb from Meevo on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Airbnb review

Choose Meevo if

  • You need appointment scheduling.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want point of sale.
Meevo review

Questions people ask

Is Airbnb or Meevo better?
Neither clearly leads. Airbnb starts at On request and Meevo at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Airbnb or Meevo?
Airbnb starts at On request and Meevo at $99/month.
Does Airbnb or Meevo run on more platforms?
Airbnb runs on Web. Meevo runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What can Airbnb do that Meevo cannot?
Meevo covers Appointment scheduling, Point of sale, Client database, Inventory management.
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