Booksy pricing 2026: per-user cost, card fees and Boost

It's Tuesday at a three-chair barbershop. The owner is halfway through a fade when the shop phone rings for the third time in an hour. One barber keeps appointments in an app on a personal phone, another in a paper book, and a client is texting to move Thursday. Someone at the supply house said Booksy is about thirty bucks a month. For one person, it is. For three chairs taking cards, the bill has more parts.

Booksy pricing has one plan, so the subscription takes a minute to work out. The rest of the cost depends on your headcount, how clients pay you, and whether you turn on Boost. I checked Booksy's US pricing page on November 9, 2026, and every number below comes from that page unless I say otherwise. Booksy has separate pages for other countries, and pricing pages change, so look again before you sign up.

Booksy pricing at a glance

Booksy says all features come with the core fee, including online booking, client and calendar management, forms and liability waivers, a waitlist, memberships and packages, and stats and reports. The page also says clients aren't charged a fee to book with you.

What the subscription costs for your team

Booksy charges by person, so each hire adds $20 a month. Here is the subscription alone, before tax:

The page shows no annual discount, so these yearly figures are just twelve months added up.

Card fees can outrun the subscription

At the chair, an $80 service costs $2.09 on the Booksy Card Reader, $2.19 with Tap to Pay, and $2.45 if the card is keyed in or paid through the app. Pulling $1,000 out through Fast Payouts costs $15. If you can wait until the next business day, that payout is free.

Here is a made-up month for the three-chair shop, so you can swap in your own numbers: $12,000 in card sales across 150 transactions on the card reader, plus four new Boost clients at $80 each.

You would pay some card processing on any system, so compare the rate against what you pay now. The subscription is the smallest line in that table, and it's the one on the banner.

How the Booksy Boost fee works

Boost is Booksy's paid program for bringing in new clients. It's free to turn on and has no monthly fee. When it's on, you pay once, on the first visit of a Boost client: 30% of the total cost of that visit, capped at $100. The page's FAQ says the commission applies to clients who book you for the first time while Boost is turned on, and that new clients who find you some other way carry no commission.

The cap kicks in at about $333, so only a long color or extension appointment gets a break on the percentage. A $40 beard trim is where it stings. But the fee is one time, so a client who keeps coming back pays it off over later visits, and one who never returns doesn't.

Booksy's help center has a longer article on how Boost pricing works. It blocked my automated check, so read it yourself for any minimum fee and for what happens when a Boost client doesn't show.

If you're still comparing booking tools, my Fresha pricing breakdown runs the same kind of math.

No-show protection and what it costs

Booksy's no-show protection page lists two tools. A deposit is charged at booking and applied to the service at checkout. A cancellation fee needs a card on file and gets charged when a client cancels too late or doesn't come. You choose which services require either one, the percentage, and how much notice counts as on time. You can process or waive the fee yourself, or have Booksy charge it automatically.

The tools are included, and the pricing page says standard Mobile Payment processing fees apply. At the mobile rate, a $20 deposit costs you $0.84 to collect, a bigger slice than the same rate takes from a full-price service. Whether to ask for a deposit or just keep a card on file is its own decision, and I went through it in booking deposit vs card on file.

Questions to ask before you move your book

Copy these into an email or bring them to the trial:

• How do you count an "additional team member"? Does a part-time barber or a front desk person cost $20 a month?
• What happens after the 2,000 marketing texts? The page doesn't say whether you can buy more or what they cost.
• How do you decide a new client is a Boost client, and how do I dispute one who found me on my own?
• How much tax will be added to my bill?
• Can I export my client list and notes if I leave?

What a small shop still does by hand

Booksy handles a client who reaches the booking page. Its features page lists unlimited automatic reminders, an automated waitlist, email and text blasts, and automatic review collection. The gaps tend to sit on either side of that:

• The phone rings during a cut and goes to voicemail. The caller never saw your booking link.
• A client leaves without rebooking, and nobody notices for eight weeks. The features page doesn't mention rebooking prompts, so ask during the trial. I covered the options in rebook at checkout vs a rebooking text.
• New clients, rebooks and no-shows sit in reports that someone has to remember to open.
• You can't easily tell whether Boost is paying off unless someone compares those first visits against who came back.

Automating around Booksy

You can cover most of that list with small pieces next to the one plan. The first is a missed-call text from the shop's number, which you can also send by hand today:

Hi, this is [Shop]. Sorry we missed you, we're with a client. Book here: [Booksy link]. Or reply with what you need and we'll text back.

Beyond that, I'd add a rebooking text timed by service, so a fade and a color don't share one schedule, and a Friday summary on your phone with new clients, rebooks, no-shows and what Boost cost that week. I set up lead capture and tracking for a Chicago-area pool service company, and a shop needs the same kind of record: which new clients came through Boost and which came from your own Instagram link.

Builds start at $500 one-time, then a flat monthly from $99 after an included run-in period, cancellable. A solo barber with a light phone is usually better off sending that text by hand. More on how this works for shops is on the salon and med spa automation page.

What stays with a person

Booksy can charge a cancellation fee automatically, and I'd think hard before letting it. A regular of six years who misses once should hear from you first, and waiving it is your call. So is fitting someone in at 6:30 because of a funeral on Saturday, or telling a new client that a big color change needs a consult first. Reminders and the weekly counting can run on their own. Those conversations belong to you and your team.

Questions

How much does Booksy cost per month?

$29.99 per month plus tax for the first user, and $20 per month plus tax for each additional team member, per Booksy's US pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Does Booksy have a free plan?

The pricing page shows a 14-day trial with no credit card. It doesn't list a free plan.

Does Booksy take a commission?

Only through Boost, at a one-time 30% of a Boost client's first visit, up to $100. Card payments carry separate processing fees.

Is there a contract?

No. The page says it's a monthly subscription and you can cancel anytime.

If you'd rather not build this yourself

If you're pricing Booksy, or you're already on it and the phone still eats your afternoons, I can set up the text back and the weekly summary for you. Start with the free 20 minute process audit, and we'll look at where bookings slip in your week.