Salonnare vs Appointy - which salon software fits your business?

Pricing and cost model

Salonnare starts at EUR 0 per month with the free plan: 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). There is no commission on your bookings and no lock-in. According to their pricing page, Appointy uses a model that runs from a free entry tier up to Enterprise at an indicative ca. USD 99.99 per month^[1]. Those amounts are in dollars and not tuned to the euro, which makes margin planning harder. Review Salonnare's current pricing in euros, with no surprises.

Built for the Netherlands and Belgium

This is the biggest difference. Salonnare is NL/BE-first: the whole app, your booking page and every email are in Dutch, and the software runs on EU servers in Frankfurt and Amsterdam, fully GDPR-compliant. iDEAL is built in natively (via both Stripe Connect and Mollie), alongside Bancontact, SumUp and card payments. The point of sale calculates Dutch VAT - 21% on services and 9% on retail - and produces an Auditfile export for the Dutch tax authority. Appointy is primarily an English-language tool aimed at the US and international market; iDEAL and a VAT-compliant Dutch POS are not part of it.

Features and ease of use

Salonnare is a complete salon ERP. Besides online booking through an embeddable widget on your own site and a branded booking page with your logo, you get client records, inventory management, email marketing and campaigns, recurring memberships (SEPA/iDEAL), gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and deposits, forms and intake, and a GDPR export - all with no extra cost. The modern interface keeps onboarding fast: a trainee is productive within an hour. Clients pick one or more treatments, see available time slots per staff member and book in a few clicks. Appointy is broader but more generic: it is a scheduling tool for many industries, not specific to the salon world.

Switching to Salonnare

Switching does not have to be complicated. The CSV import moves your existing client list straight into Salonnare, and you can start risk-free on the free plan - no credit card needed. You keep 100% of your own branding and your own tenant database: your data stays yours, and there is no marketplace pushing competitors to your clients. If you want help, our Dutch-speaking support thinks along during office hours, directly from the developer.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

Appointy has been around longer and is broadly usable internationally. If you run an international team, work purely in English, or operate in a sector that is not a salon, Appointy is worth considering. But for a salon in the Netherlands or Belgium, Salonnare wins on the things that actually matter. You start free and then pay a low fixed amount in euros with no commission or lock-in, instead of a dollar rate that climbs to ca. USD 99.99 for Enterprise. iDEAL, Bancontact, Dutch VAT (21%/9%) and the Auditfile export for the Dutch tax authority are built in. The whole app and all client emails are in Dutch, with support from the developer himself, and your data sits GDPR-compliant on EU servers in your own tenant database - with no marketplace steering your clients to competitors. Salonnare bundles online booking, POS, inventory, marketing, memberships, gift cards and intake into one package, at no extra cost. For the Dutch and Belgian salon, that is the smarter choice.

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