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Running a salon, explained simply

Honest comparisons and practical answers for salons and independent beauty professionals.

€2,880a year lost at a 10% no-show rate and 60 bookings a month

How to Cut No-Shows at Your Salon: 9 Methods That Work

Most people who miss an appointment did not decide to. They forgot, or they were embarrassed to cancel late. Almost everything that reduces no-shows works on one of those two, and none of it requires being strict with your clients.

September 4, 2026 · 10 min read

≈ 4marketplace clients a month, where Booksy becomes the cheaper one

Comparison

Fresha vs Booksy in 2026: Which One for a Small Salon

These two sell the same calendar and charge for it in opposite ways. Fresha is nearly free until it sends you a client. Booksy costs from day one and then leaves you alone. The right answer depends on one question about your own business.

September 4, 2026 · 11 min read

€120a year, against €1,680 for the most expensive of four platforms

Roundup

Best Salon Software in 2026: What Each One Really Costs

Most comparisons rank features. This one ranks what leaves your account. Two of these platforms take a cut of every new client you book, and that cut is bigger than any subscription on this page.

September 3, 2026 · 10 min read

Editorial standards

How we evaluate salon software

The same criteria, every time

Monthly price, commission on a new client, whether the free plan is permanent and where its limit sits, and what the product cannot do. Applied identically to every platform in a comparison.

One of them is ours

Abeautella is our product. We say so inside every comparison that includes it, and we name what it lacks, starting with the fact that we have no marketplace.

Every price is dated

Each table states when the figures were checked. We recheck them quarterly, and we change an article's update date only when something in it actually changed.

Sources at first hand

We link the provider's own pricing page wherever it exists, and add at least one independent source when the subject is commercial.

Corrections

If a number here is wrong, write to the author. We correct it, and the update date moves with the correction.