Scheduling & Booking · head to head
Fresha vs Paragon

Paragon
Automation & Integration
Embedded integration platform for SaaS
- From
- $299/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Fresha has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Fresha fresha charges a 50 percent one time commission on each new client booked through its marketplace, subject to a minimum fee per client; Paragon no price is published for either plan, and both require a quote
- They diverge on capability: Fresha covers Online booking, Paragon covers Embedded workflows.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Fresha and Paragon actually diverge.
Identical on both: 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 Fresha
- Online booking
- Appointment management
- Client database
- Point of sale
- Inventory management
- Staff scheduling
- Marketing tools
- Reports & analytics
Only in Paragon
- Embedded workflows
- Native integrations
- Workflow builder
- Error handling
- Monitoring
- Analytics
- Webhooks
- 500+ apps
Both cover
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Fresha
- Running appointment booking and point of sale for salons and spasnot Paragon
- Attracting new clients through the Fresha consumer marketplacenot Paragon
- Sending appointment reminders and marketing campaigns to clientsnot Paragon
Paragon
- Embedding third party integrations into a SaaS productnot Fresha
- Managing customer facing connectors without building each onenot Fresha
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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
Paragon
- No price is published for either plan, and both require a quote
- Cost scales with the number of customer tenants using the integrations, so the bill follows an end customer count rather than the vendor's own usage
- SAML SSO, self hosting, dynamic field mapping and SLAs are all Enterprise only
Pricing, plan by plan
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
Paragon
$299/month- Starter$299/month
- 50 integrations
- Basic support
- Growth$999/month
- 200 integrations
- Priority support
- Enterprise$5000/month
- Unlimited integrations
- Dedicated support
Which should you pick?
Choose Fresha if
- You need online booking.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want appointment management.
Choose Paragon if
- You need embedded workflows.
- You work on Web, Embedded.
- You also want native integrations.
Questions people ask
- Is Fresha or Paragon better?
- Neither clearly leads. Fresha starts at Free and Paragon at $299/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Fresha or Paragon?
- Fresha has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Fresha and $299/month for Paragon.
- Does Fresha or Paragon run on more platforms?
- Fresha runs on Web, Ios, Android. Paragon runs on Web, Embedded.
- Can I use Fresha for free?
- Yes. Fresha has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Paragon starts at $299/month.
- What is Fresha best used for?
- Fresha is most often used for running appointment booking and point of sale for salons and spas, attracting new clients through the fresha consumer marketplace, sending appointment reminders and marketing campaigns to clients. Of those, running appointment booking and point of sale for salons and spas and attracting new clients through the fresha consumer marketplace are not what Paragon is typically brought in for.
- What can Fresha do that Paragon cannot?
- Fresha covers Online booking, Appointment management, Client database, Point of sale. Paragon covers Embedded workflows, Native integrations, Workflow builder, Error handling. Both handle Cloud deployment, Web support.
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