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Customerly vs Fresha

Customerly logo

Customerly

Customer Support

Customer service suite with live chat and automation

From
Free
Rated
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Fresha logo

Fresha

Scheduling & Booking

Free salon and spa software

From
Free
Rated
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The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Customerly usage-based pricing of 0.50 EUR per conversation can become expensive at scale; Fresha fresha charges a 50 percent one time commission on each new client booked through its marketplace, subject to a minimum fee per client
  • They diverge on capability: Customerly covers Live chat, Fresha covers Online booking.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Customerly and Fresha actually diverge.

Attributes where Customerly and Fresha differ
AttributeCustomerlyFresha
Pricing modelsubscriptionfree
CategoryCustomer SupportScheduling & Booking

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), founded (2015).

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 Customerly

  • Live chat
  • Email marketing
  • Customer surveys
  • Help center
  • Automation
  • Video chat
  • Slack
  • WordPress

Only in Fresha

  • Online booking
  • Appointment management
  • Client database
  • Point of sale
  • Inventory management
  • Staff scheduling
  • Marketing tools
  • Reports & analytics

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

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

Customerly

  • Customer supportnot Fresha
  • Lead generationnot Fresha
  • Email marketingnot Fresha
  • Customer feedbacknot Fresha

Fresha

  • Running appointment booking and point of sale for salons and spasnot Customerly
  • Attracting new clients through the Fresha consumer marketplacenot Customerly
  • Sending appointment reminders and marketing campaigns to clientsnot Customerly

Where each one falls short

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

Customerly

  • Usage-based pricing of 0.50 EUR per conversation can become expensive at scale
  • Limited to 11-50 employees according to company size metrics

Fresha

  • Fresha charges a 50 percent one time commission on each new client booked through its marketplace, subject to a minimum fee per client
  • Online card payments carry a 4.90 percent plus fixed fee per transaction charge on top of the subscription
  • Only 20 SMS or WhatsApp notifications and 50 marketing emails are free each month; everything beyond that is billed per message
  • Team and Enterprise plans are quoted as custom rates with no published figure
  • Add ons such as Team Connect and Insights are billed per team member per month on top of the plan
  • Enterprise pricing applies to businesses with 20 or more team members

Pricing, plan by plan

Customerly

Free
  • FreeFree
    • 2 teammates
    • Live chat
    • Basic surveys
  • Essential$9/month
    • Unlimited chat
    • Help center
    • Automation
  • Startup$29/month
    • Video chat
    • Funnels
    • Priority support
  • Pro$79/month
    • White label
    • Advanced analytics
    • API access

Fresha

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited appointments
    • Unlimited staff
    • Online booking
  • Payments (Add-on)$2.19/transaction
    • Card payments
    • Contactless payments
    • Online payments
  • Marketing (Add-on)$0.01/message
    • Email campaigns
    • SMS marketing
    • Automated messages

Which should you pick?

Choose Customerly if

  • You need live chat.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want email marketing.

Choose Fresha if

  • You need online booking.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want appointment management.

Questions people ask

Is Customerly or Fresha better?
Neither clearly leads. Customerly starts at Free and Fresha at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Customerly or Fresha?
Customerly starts at Free and Fresha at Free.
Does Customerly or Fresha run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Customerly for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Customerly best used for?
Customerly is most often used for customer support, lead generation, email marketing, customer feedback. Of those, customer support and lead generation are not what Fresha is typically brought in for.
What can Customerly do that Fresha cannot?
Customerly covers Live chat, Email marketing, Customer surveys, Help center. Fresha covers Online booking, Appointment management, Client database, Point of sale. Both handle Web support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Customerly: Where is Customerly's data stored?

All data is stored exclusively in the EU, providing GDPR compliance and data residency in European servers.

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Customerly: What messaging channels does Customerly support?

Customerly integrates live chat, email, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs, and mobile apps into a single unified inbox for managing customer conversations.

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Customerly: How much of customer support can Customerly automate?

Customerly's AI assistant (Aura) handles up to 60 percent of customer conversations automatically, with the platform designed to handle 71 percent of support volume through automation.

Source

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