Salonnare vs MyWest - which salon software fits your business?

Pricing and cost model

Salonnare starts at EUR 0 per month. The free plan gives you 1 staff member and 50 bookings per month with no credit card and no end date. As you grow, 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 and no lock-in. According to their pricing page, MyWest starts at roughly EUR 29 per month with a 14-day free trial.^[1] An always-free plan like Salonnare's appears to be absent. For a starting salon or a sole trader that means: with Salonnare you run free from day one and only pay as you grow. See the full pricing to compare what each plan includes.

Built for the Dutch and Belgian market

Salonnare is built NL/BE-first. iDEAL works natively through your own Stripe Connect or Mollie, alongside Bancontact, SumUp and card payments. Importantly, you connect your own payment account, so Salonnare takes no margin - you only pay the standard provider fees. The point of sale applies the correct Dutch VAT (21% on services, 9% on retail) and provides an Auditfile export for the Dutch tax authority. Our servers are in the EU (Frankfurt and Amsterdam) and everything is GDPR-compliant. Support is in Dutch, during office hours, delivered by a Dutch developer. MyWest is also Dutch-language and aimed at NL/BE salons. For their exact payment methods and accounting integrations, please refer to their own website.^[1] Salonnare goes further here: native iDEAL through your own account, Bancontact, a ready-made Auditfile export for the Dutch tax authority, and EU servers with GDPR compliance.

Features and ease of use

Beyond calendar, client management and inventory, Salonnare offers online booking via an embeddable widget on your own site plus a dedicated booking page with your own logo and branding. Your client picks one or more treatments, sees available time slots per staff member and books in a few clicks. You also get email marketing and campaigns, recurring memberships via SEPA and iDEAL, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and deposits, forms and intake, a GDPR Art.9 health-data vault for sensitive records, GDPR export and CSV import for migration. Google review automation and a multi-location dashboard are in development. Everything is in one package, with no extra cost per module. MyWest covers the core - calendar, clients and inventory - solidly. Whether advanced marketing and payment features are present is best verified on their website. Salonnare delivers that broad feature set as standard, plus 100% own branding and data ownership: you work in your own tenant database, with no marketplace pushing competitors to your clients. See all Salonnare features for the full overview.

Switching to Salonnare

Worried about losing your client data? You don't have to be. Salonnare has a CSV import so you can bring along your existing clients, treatments and records. Start on the free plan, import your data and test everything at your own pace before going live. Onboarding is fast: trainees are typically productive within an hour. Because there is no lock-in and no credit card is needed to start, switching is risk-free. Need help with the migration? Our Dutch-language support will think along with you.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

MyWest has been around longer and, according to their own communication, serves 500+ salons.^[1] If a large existing network of fellow salons and years of market reputation are decisive for you, MyWest is worth considering. For most Dutch and Belgian salons, however, Salonnare wins on the points that matter day to day. You start free at EUR 0 and only pay as you grow, with fixed low rates of EUR 29 (Starter) and EUR 59 (Pro) and no commission on your revenue or lock-in. You connect your own Stripe or Mollie account, so iDEAL and Bancontact work natively and Salonnare takes no margin. The point of sale applies the correct Dutch VAT and delivers an Auditfile export for the Dutch tax authority, on EU servers with GDPR compliance. And you get a complete feature set - online booking, POS, inventory, marketing automation, recurring memberships, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees, deposits and forms - in one package, with 100% own branding and data ownership. That makes Salonnare the better choice for growing NL/BE salons.

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