Is Booksy or Paylocity better?

Neither clearly leads. Booksy starts at $29.99/month and Paylocity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Booksy or Paylocity?

Booksy starts at $29.99/month and Paylocity at On request.

Does Booksy or Paylocity run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

What is Booksy best used for?

Booksy is most often used for appointment booking and client management for salons and barbers, taking payments and deposits against bookings. Of those, appointment booking and client management for salons and barbers and taking payments and deposits against bookings are not what Paylocity is typically brought in for.

What can Booksy do that Paylocity cannot?

Booksy covers Online booking, Calendar management, Client database, Automated reminders. Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Both handle Web support, Ios support.

Scheduling & Booking · head to head

Booksy vs Paylocity

Booksy

Scheduling & Booking

Book local beauty services

From: $29.99/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Paylocity

Payroll & Benefits

HR and payroll solutions to drive employee engagement

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Booksy the Boost marketplace feature charges a one time 30% fee on the first visit cost for each client it brings in; Paylocity the Internet Archive's capture of Paylocity's homepage on 3 January 2021 named a wide suite of modules, including Payroll, On Demand Payment, HR Edge, Recruiting, Performance Management, Compensation Management and a Learning Management System, all sold via 'Request a Demo' with no price figures published.
They diverge on capability: Booksy covers Online booking, Paylocity covers Payroll.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Booksy and Paylocity actually diverge.

Attributes where Booksy and Paylocity differ
Attribute	Booksy	Paylocity
Starting price	$29.99/month	On request
Pricing model	subscription	quote
Category	Scheduling & Booking	Payroll & Benefits
Founded	2014	1997

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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 Booksy

Online booking
Calendar management
Client database
Automated reminders
Marketing tools
Reviews management
Mobile apps
Analytics dashboard

Only in Paylocity

Payroll
HR Management
Benefits Administration
Time and Labor
Talent Management
Employee Engagement
Slack
Microsoft Teams

Both cover

Web support
Ios support

What people use each for

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

Booksy

Appointment booking and client management for salons and barbersnot Paylocity
Taking payments and deposits against bookingsnot Paylocity

Paylocity

No use cases recorded yet. See the Paylocity review.

Where each one falls short

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

Booksy

The Boost marketplace feature charges a one time 30% fee on the first visit cost for each client it brings in
Additional team members are $20 a month each on top of the $29.99 base
Card processing runs from 2.49% plus $0.10 to 2.69% plus $0.30 depending on how the payment is taken
Getting paid out within 30 minutes costs a further 1.5%
Card readers are bought separately at $53.10 or $219.85 plus shipping

Paylocity

The Internet Archive's capture of Paylocity's homepage on 3 January 2021 named a wide suite of modules, including Payroll, On Demand Payment, HR Edge, Recruiting, Performance Management, Compensation Management and a Learning Management System, all sold via 'Request a Demo' with no price figures published.

Pricing, plan by plan

Booksy

$29.99/month

Solo$29.99/month
- Unlimited bookings
- Client management
- Mobile app
Team$49.99/month
- Everything in Solo
- Multiple staff
- Staff scheduling
Business$79.99/month
- Everything in Team
- Multi-location
- Priority support

Paylocity

On request

Core Payroll$undefined/month
- Payroll Processing
- Tax Services
- Direct Deposit
Complete HCM$undefined/month
- All Core features
- HR
- Benefits

Which should you pick?

Choose Booksy if

You need online booking.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want calendar management.

Booksy review

Choose Paylocity if

You need payroll.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want hr management.

Paylocity review

Questions people ask

Is Booksy or Paylocity better?: Neither clearly leads. Booksy starts at $29.99/month and Paylocity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Booksy or Paylocity?: Booksy starts at $29.99/month and Paylocity at On request.
Does Booksy or Paylocity run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Booksy best used for?: Booksy is most often used for appointment booking and client management for salons and barbers, taking payments and deposits against bookings. Of those, appointment booking and client management for salons and barbers and taking payments and deposits against bookings are not what Paylocity is typically brought in for.
What can Booksy do that Paylocity cannot?: Booksy covers Online booking, Calendar management, Client database, Automated reminders. Paylocity covers Payroll, HR Management, Benefits Administration, Time and Labor. Both handle Web support, Ios support.

Booksy vs Paylocity

Booksy

Paylocity

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Booksy

Only in Paylocity

Both cover

What people use each for

Booksy

Paylocity

Where each one falls short

Booksy

Paylocity

Pricing, plan by plan

Booksy

Paylocity

Which should you pick?

Choose Booksy if

Choose Paylocity if

Questions people ask

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