Salonnare vs aniday - which fits your salon?

Pricing and cost model

Salonnare is transparent and commission-free. You start for free on the free plan: EUR 0 per month for 1 staff member and 50 bookings per month, no credit card required. Need more? Starter is EUR 29 per month (EUR 348 per year) and Pro is EUR 59 per month (EUR 708 per year). No commission on your revenue, no lock-in. See the full pricing. aniday uses a subscription model.^[1] Exact rates are not publicly listed, so check their pricing page for a current figure (indicative). A genuinely free entry plan like Salonnare's does not appear to be a standard part of their offering based on their website. If you want to start risk-free and then pay a fixed, predictable price with no revenue commission, Salonnare is the stronger fit.

Built for the Dutch and Belgian market

Salonnare is built NL/BE-first. iDEAL is natively supported (via both Stripe Connect and Mollie), alongside Bancontact, SumUp and card payments. You settle through your own Stripe or Mollie account, so Salonnare takes no margin - you only pay the standard provider fees. The point of sale calculates the correct Dutch VAT (21% on services, 9% on retail) and produces an Auditfile export for the Dutch tax authority. Handy for your filing and your accountant. aniday is also a Dutch product, so language and local focus are sound. Its emphasis is on the pet industry, though; for a beauty or hair salon, Salonnare delivers a more complete and better-fitting package with native iDEAL, Bancontact, correct VAT rates and Auditfile export.

Features and ease of use

With Salonnare, clients book online through an embeddable widget on your own website or via your own booking page with your logo and branding. The client picks one or more treatments, sees time slots per staff member, and books in a few clicks. The modern interface is quick to learn - interns are often productive within an hour. You also get client records, inventory management, email marketing and campaigns, recurring memberships (SEPA/iDEAL), gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and deposits, forms and intake, a GDPR Art.9 health-data vault and GDPR export - all at no extra cost. You also keep 100% of your own branding and data ownership (your own tenant database), with no marketplace pushing competitors to your clients. See all features. aniday offers appointments, tasks, marketing and an animal-data module. That animal module is a strong niche asset for the pet industry. For a general beauty or hair salon, however, Salonnare provides a broader, modern feature set that maps directly onto day-to-day work.

Switching to Salonnare

Migration is low-effort. Salonnare supports a CSV import so you can bring your existing client list across without retyping everything. You start for free, set up your treatments and staff, import your clients and put your booking page live. Dutch-language support during office hours - straight from a Dutch developer - helps you get going.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

If you run a pet grooming salon and a record per animal is genuinely essential, aniday with its animal-data module is an option worth considering within that niche. For beauty, hair and wellness salons in the Netherlands and Belgium, however, Salonnare wins convincingly - and on real merits: a free starter plan (EUR 0) and low fixed prices with no revenue commission or lock-in, native iDEAL and Bancontact with settlement through your own Stripe or Mollie account, correct Dutch VAT (21%/9%) with Auditfile export for the tax authority, a complete package (online booking, POS, inventory, marketing automation, memberships, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees, forms) at no extra cost, 100% of your own branding and data ownership, and Dutch-language support. That makes Salonnare the logical choice for your salon.

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