Salonnare vs Bookplan - which salon software fits you?

Pricing and cost model

According to their pricing page, Bookplan starts from around EUR 15.99 per month^[1]. That is a tidy entry price for a Dutch product, but it is not a free entry. Salonnare takes a different route with a genuine free plan: EUR 0 per month for 1 staff member and up to 50 bookings per month, no credit card required. When you scale up, Starter costs EUR 29 per month (EUR 348 per year) and Pro EUR 59 per month (EUR 708 per year). There is no commission on your appointments and no lock-in. See the full pricing for the details. In short: you start with Salonnare at EUR 0 and only pay once your salon grows, without ever handing over a percentage of your revenue. If you want to get going with zero financial risk, Salonnare is the better fit.

Built for the Netherlands and Belgium

Salonnare is built NL/BE-first. iDEAL works natively (through your own Stripe Connect or Mollie), Bancontact and SumUp are included, and the point-of-sale uses the correct Dutch VAT: 21% on services and 9% on retail. For your accountant you generate an Auditfile export for the Belastingdienst with one click. Important detail on payments: you use your own Stripe or Mollie account. Salonnare takes no margin on your transactions - you only pay the standard provider fees. Bookplan offers payments too; check their terms for the exact fee model. This is exactly where Salonnare makes the difference: your money stays yours, your data sits on EU servers, and your clients see your brand, not that of an intermediary.

Features and ease of use

Beyond online booking and a calendar, a salon needs more. Salonnare bundles client records, inventory management, email marketing and campaigns, recurring memberships (SEPA/iDEAL), gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees with deposits, forms and intake, a GDPR Article 9 health-data vault, GDPR export and CSV import. All in one package, at no extra cost, in 5 languages (NL/EN/DE/FR/ES). The online booking page gets your own branding and logo. Clients pick one or more treatments, see time slots per staff member and book in a few clicks. The modern interface also means fast onboarding: a trainee is productive within an hour. See all features for the complete overview. Bookplan covers the core (online booking, team planning, reminders, payments) plus a WordPress plugin - fine for the basics, but you miss the broader salon ERP that Salonnare includes as standard.

Switching to Salonnare

Currently on Bookplan or another system? You migrate your clients with the built-in CSV import. Export your client list, upload it into Salonnare and you are quickly on your way. Because you can start on the free plan, you can run Salonnare alongside your current tool before you switch for good. No credit card, no lock-in, and Dutch-language support from a Dutch developer during office hours if you get stuck.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

To be fair: Bookplan has been around longer and is a proven, established Dutch solution with its own WordPress plugin. If your site runs on WordPress and you purely want a ready-made plugin rather than an embeddable widget, Bookplan is worth considering. But for most Dutch and Belgian salons, Salonnare is the better choice, and that is no empty claim. You start free at EUR 0 instead of from around EUR 15.99 per month^[1]. You never pay commission on your appointments and you are not tied to lock-in. iDEAL and Bancontact work natively, the point-of-sale uses the correct Dutch VAT and produces an Auditfile export for the Belastingdienst. You get client records, inventory, marketing automation, memberships, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and forms in one package at no extra cost - where a booking tool gives you the basics. Your data sits on EU servers, you keep 100% of your own branding, and your clients are not funneled to competitors via a marketplace. Anyone who looks beyond just online booking chooses Salonnare.

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