Beauty & Salon · head to head
Salonized vs Bookeo
Salonized
Beauty & Salon
Cloud-based salon management and POS system
- From
- $30/month
- Rated
- -
Bookeo
Beauty & Salon
Appointment scheduling for service businesses
- From
- $14.95/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Salonized the pricing page lists no monthly plan price and no per plan feature breakdown; visitors are directed to start a trial to see plan details; 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
- They diverge on capability: Salonized covers Appointment booking, Bookeo covers Online booking widget.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Salonized and Bookeo actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Beauty & Salon).
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 Salonized
- Appointment booking
- Client management
- Point of sale
- Inventory management
- SMS notifications
- Payment processing
- Financial reporting
Only in Bookeo
- Online booking widget
- Calendar management
- Payment integration
- Email reminders
- SMS reminders
- Custom booking forms
- Reporting
- Square
Both cover
- Staff scheduling
- Stripe
- PayPal
- Google Calendar
- SSL encryption
- Cloud deployment
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Salonized
- Online appointment booking and calendar management for hair and beauty salonsnot Bookeo
- Taking in salon card payments through Salonized Pay terminalsnot Bookeo
- Sending appointment reminders to clients by SMSnot Bookeo
- Listing salon availability on the Treatwell marketplacenot Bookeo
Bookeo
- Online appointment booking for consultants, therapists and photographersnot Salonized
- Managing staff calendars and per consultant availabilitynot Salonized
- Collecting digital waivers and sending SMS booking remindersnot Salonized
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Salonized
- The pricing page lists no monthly plan price and no per plan feature breakdown; visitors are directed to start a trial to see plan details
- SMS messages are a paid add on starting at EUR 0.11 each and cost EUR 0.15 each in the 50 to 999 credit band
- Salonized Pay requires a payment terminal starting at EUR 199 plus a 1.0 percent transaction fee
- Bookings taken through the Treatwell integration carry a 35 percent commission on new Treatwell bookings plus a 2 percent transaction fee on prepaid online bookings
- The free trial runs 14 days
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
Pricing, plan by plan
Salonized
$30/month- Basic$30/month
- Appointment scheduling
- Client management
- Basic reporting
- Professional$55/month
- Everything in Basic
- Point of sale
- Inventory management
- Premium$95/month
- Everything in Professional
- Advanced analytics
- Multi-location support
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
Which should you pick?
Choose Salonized if
- You need appointment booking.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
- You also want client management.
Choose Bookeo if
- You need online booking widget.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want calendar management.
Questions people ask
- Is Salonized or Bookeo better?
- Neither clearly leads. Salonized starts at $30/month and Bookeo at $14.95/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Salonized or Bookeo?
- Salonized starts at $30/month and Bookeo at $14.95/month.
- Does Salonized or Bookeo run on more platforms?
- Salonized runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api. Bookeo runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is Salonized best used for?
- Salonized is most often used for online appointment booking and calendar management for hair and beauty salons, taking in salon card payments through salonized pay terminals, sending appointment reminders to clients by sms, listing salon availability on the treatwell marketplace. Of those, online appointment booking and calendar management for hair and beauty salons and taking in salon card payments through salonized pay terminals are not what Bookeo is typically brought in for.
- What can Salonized do that Bookeo cannot?
- Salonized covers Appointment booking, Client management, Point of sale, Inventory management. Bookeo covers Online booking widget, Calendar management, Payment integration, Email reminders. Both handle Staff scheduling, Stripe, PayPal, Google Calendar.