Softwr

Beauty & Salon · head to head

Bookeo vs Clover

Bookeo logo

Bookeo

Beauty & Salon

Appointment scheduling for service businesses

From
$14.95/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Clover logo

Clover

Food & Restaurant

Point of sale system that grows with your business

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Bookeo every plan caps monthly bookings: 200 on Solo at $14.95, 1,000 on Small and Standard, 2,000 on Large and 3,000 on X-Large at $119.95; Clover the App Store listing (Clover Network, Inc) requires an existing Clover merchant account to use the app at all; there is no self-serve signup or published subscription price inside the listing, confirming the product is sold only through merchant onboarding contracts
  • They diverge on capability: Bookeo covers Online booking widget, Clover covers POS system.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Bookeo and Clover actually diverge.

Attributes where Bookeo and Clover differ
AttributeBookeoClover
Starting price$14.95/month$29/month
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidHardware, Ios, Android
CategoryBeauty & SalonFood & Restaurant
Founded20082012

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 Bookeo

  • Online booking widget
  • Calendar management
  • Payment integration
  • Email reminders
  • SMS reminders
  • Custom booking forms
  • Staff scheduling
  • Stripe

Only in Clover

  • POS system
  • Payment processing
  • Inventory management
  • Employee management
  • Yelp
  • Gusto
  • EMV
  • Hardware support

Both cover

  • Reporting
  • QuickBooks
  • PCI DSS
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

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

Bookeo

  • Online appointment booking for consultants, therapists and photographersnot Clover
  • Managing staff calendars and per consultant availabilitynot Clover
  • Collecting digital waivers and sending SMS booking remindersnot Clover

Clover

  • Point of salenot Bookeo
  • Payment processingnot Bookeo
  • Business managementnot Bookeo

Where each one falls short

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

Bookeo

  • Every plan caps monthly bookings: 200 on Solo at $14.95, 1,000 on Small and Standard, 2,000 on Large and 3,000 on X-Large at $119.95
  • The Solo plan at $14.95 per month allows only 1 consultant and 1 staff login
  • Small at $29.95 and Standard at $39.95 both allow 1,000 bookings per month, so the extra $10 buys staff seats rather than capacity
  • SMS and fax messages are a paid add on starting at $0.09 per credit with bundles from $5 for 40 credits
  • Digital waivers are a separate add on starting at $9 per month for 200 waivers

Clover

  • The App Store listing (Clover Network, Inc) requires an existing Clover merchant account to use the app at all; there is no self-serve signup or published subscription price inside the listing, confirming the product is sold only through merchant onboarding contracts

Pricing, plan by plan

Bookeo

$14.95/month
  • Solo$14.95/month
    • 1 staff member
    • Online booking
    • Email reminders
  • Small$29.95/month
    • Up to 3 staff
    • All Solo features
    • SMS reminders
  • Standard$39.95/month
    • Up to 20 staff
    • All Small features
    • Advanced reporting

Clover

$29/month
  • StarterFree
    • Mobile payments
    • Basic reporting
  • Standard$14.95/month
    • Full POS
    • Employee management
    • Inventory

Which should you pick?

Choose Bookeo if

  • You need online booking widget.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want calendar management.
Bookeo review

Choose Clover if

  • You need pos system.
  • You work on Hardware, Ios, Android.
  • You also want payment processing.
Clover review

Questions people ask

Is Bookeo or Clover better?
Neither clearly leads. Bookeo starts at $14.95/month and Clover at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Bookeo or Clover?
Bookeo starts at $14.95/month and Clover at $29/month.
Does Bookeo or Clover run on more platforms?
Bookeo runs on Web, Ios, Android. Clover runs on Hardware, Ios, Android.
What is Bookeo best used for?
Bookeo is most often used for online appointment booking for consultants, therapists and photographers, managing staff calendars and per consultant availability, collecting digital waivers and sending sms booking reminders. Of those, online appointment booking for consultants, therapists and photographers and managing staff calendars and per consultant availability are not what Clover is typically brought in for.
What can Bookeo do that Clover cannot?
Bookeo covers Online booking widget, Calendar management, Payment integration, Email reminders. Clover covers POS system, Payment processing, Inventory management, Employee management. Both handle Reporting, QuickBooks, PCI DSS, Ios support.
ShareXLinkedInRedditWhatsAppEmail

Related pages

More on Bookeo

More on Clover

Keep looking

Other head to heads