How TrimBooking compares

TrimBooking vs. Revyfy, Fresha, Vagaro, Treatwell, Booksy & Phorest

Revyfy, Fresha, Vagaro, Treatwell, Booksy and Phorest take six quite different approaches to the same problem: a full salon-management suite, a per-staff subscription with a marketplace, a US-style all-in-one with modular add-ons, a commission-only marketplace with no subscription at all, a per-staff subscription with an optional paid marketplace boost, and a quote-only enterprise system aimed at larger, multi-chair salons. Figures below are taken from each platform's own public UK pricing where available. "Not specified" means we couldn't confirm that one either way — it doesn't necessarily mean the feature is missing, only that we didn't find a clear answer on their site.

The honest summary

TrimBooking is a leaner, cheaper tool focused on booking, staff scheduling and business insights — built specifically around how small barbershops, salons and grooming businesses actually run, including teams with a mix of employed staff and chair-renting self-employed staff. For a team of four or fewer, you pay about £15 a month less than Revyfy and well under Booksy, Fresha or Vagaro, with no commission eating into every booking the way Treatwell's does.

• Revyfy is the closest match in spirit — a flat monthly fee, no commission — but a fuller suite (POS, retail, marketing, forms) at a flat price regardless of team size, which overtakes TrimBooking's per-staff pricing once you're past around 12 staff.
• Fresha charges per bookable team member plus a one-off commission on new marketplace clients, plus pay-as-you-go email/SMS and several paid add-ons (AI, loyalty, insights) — the headline price is low, but it adds up quickly once a team and its extras grow.
• Vagaro actually quotes a genuine UK price — £20/month for one location, a little under TrimBooking's own fee. But that's only the base plan: extra staff calendars, and most add-ons (website, marketing, payments), are still billed in US dollars, so the real monthly cost for a team of several staff ends up part-GBP, part-USD and moves with the exchange rate.
• Treatwell isn't really a back-office system at all — no official monthly fee in the UK, but a 35% + VAT commission (≈42% effective) on every new client it brings you, dropping to 0% on their repeat visits. It's better thought of as a marketing/lead-generation channel to run alongside a real booking system than a replacement for one — and a few partners have reported an undisclosed software fee in their contract, so it's worth checking your own agreement rather than assuming it's free.
• Booksy is priced a lot like TrimBooking — a flat monthly fee plus a per-extra-staff charge — but roughly double the cost (£40/month + VAT for one user, £5/month + VAT per extra team member) and with no commission unless you switch on its optional "Boost" marketplace feature, which then takes 30% + VAT on a new client's first visit.
• Phorest doesn't publish pricing at all — every quote is custom, typically tied to a one-year contract, with a small per-booking online fee on top. It's aimed more at larger, multi-chair salon groups than at a small independent team, and third-party reviewers warn the real cost tends to show up in add-ons and renewal rather than the headline quote.

Vagaro's £20/month base fee is a genuine UK price, but extra staff calendars and most add-ons are still billed in US dollars — so a multi-staff Vagaro bill will move with the GBP/USD exchange rate. Fresha's figures above are its own published UK (£) pricing, not a currency conversion. Treatwell doesn't publish a UK subscription fee, so we've shown none — some partner agreements reportedly include one, so check your own contract. Phorest doesn't publish pricing anywhere, so its figures above reflect contract terms and fee types third-party reviewers have reported, not an official price list — get a quote from Phorest directly for your own team size. Every platform's pricing and feature set can change at any time — we keep this page updated as we notice changes, but always double-check anything pricing-critical on the provider's own site before deciding. If you'd like us to add another platform, let us know at pagraham144@gmail.com.