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Fresha vs Woven

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Fresha

Scheduling & Booking

Free salon and spa software

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Free
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Woven

Calendar & Time Management

Smart calendar for busy professionals

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Free
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • 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; Woven the Internet Archive's capture of Woven's homepage on 30 December 2020 named specific features (Smart Templates, Scheduling Links, Availability Sharing, Group Polls) and confirmed integration with Google, G Suite and Office 365, but the linked Pricing page itself could not be retrieved from the archive.
  • They diverge on capability: Fresha covers Online booking, Woven covers Smart scheduling.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Fresha and Woven actually diverge.

Attributes where Fresha and Woven differ
AttributeFreshaWoven
Pricing modelfreeUnknown
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Macos, Ios
CategoryScheduling & BookingCalendar & Time Management
Founded20152014

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), 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 Woven

  • Smart scheduling
  • Team availability
  • Time analytics
  • Video conferencing
  • Templates
  • Zoom
  • Slack
  • Macos support

Both cover

  • Google Calendar
  • 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 Woven
  • Attracting new clients through the Fresha consumer marketplacenot Woven
  • Sending appointment reminders and marketing campaigns to clientsnot Woven

Woven

  • Schedulingnot Fresha
  • Appointment bookingnot Fresha
  • Time trackingnot Fresha
  • Resource managementnot Fresha
  • Team coordinationnot 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

Woven

  • The Internet Archive's capture of Woven's homepage on 30 December 2020 named specific features (Smart Templates, Scheduling Links, Availability Sharing, Group Polls) and confirmed integration with Google, G Suite and Office 365, but the linked Pricing page itself could not be retrieved from the archive.

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

Woven

Free
  • DiscontinuedFree
    • Now part of Slack

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.
Fresha review

Choose Woven if

  • You need smart scheduling.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Macos, Ios.
  • You also want team availability.
Woven review

Questions people ask

Is Fresha or Woven better?
Neither clearly leads. Fresha starts at Free and Woven at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Fresha or Woven?
Fresha starts at Free and Woven at Free.
Does Fresha or Woven run on more platforms?
Fresha runs on Web, Ios, Android. Woven runs on Web, Macos, Ios.
Can I use Fresha for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
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 Woven is typically brought in for.
What can Fresha do that Woven cannot?
Fresha covers Online booking, Appointment management, Client database, Point of sale. Woven covers Smart scheduling, Team availability, Time analytics, Video conferencing. Both handle Google Calendar, Web support.
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