Salonnare vs Noona HQ - which salon software fits your business?

Pricing and cost model

Salonnare offers a genuine free plan: EUR 0 per month for 1 staff member and 50 bookings per month, no credit card required. After that it is EUR 29 per month for Starter (EUR 348 per year) or EUR 59 per month for Pro (EUR 708 per year). No commission on your bookings and no lock-in. According to their website, Noona HQ works on a commission-free subscription^[1]. A concrete entry price in euros is not prominently listed on the homepage, so expect an indicative subscription price that you request via a quote or their pricing page. With Salonnare, every amount is shown transparently up front in euros on the pricing page, including a free tier so you start at zero risk.

Built for the Dutch and Belgian market

This is where Salonnare makes the difference. Salonnare runs on EU servers (Frankfurt and Amsterdam), is fully GDPR-compliant and speaks Dutch, alongside English, German, French and Spanish. Support is provided in Dutch during office hours by a Dutch developer. Customers pay with iDEAL (native via both Stripe Connect and Mollie), Bancontact, SumUp and card. The point of sale calculates the correct Dutch VAT (21% on services, 9% on retail) and produces an audit file export for the Dutch tax authority. Noona HQ has a European, multilingual approach, but iDEAL with native Dutch handling and a Dutch tax export are not a given for an Icelandic platform. This is exactly where Salonnare wins for the NL/BE salon.

Features and ease of use

With online booking you embed a widget on your own website or use your own booking page with your own logo and branding. Clients choose one or more treatments, see time slots per staff member and book in just a few clicks. You keep 100% of your own branding and data ownership: your own tenant database rather than a shared marketplace that can also push your competitors to your clients. Beyond that, Salonnare includes client records, inventory management, 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 and a GDPR export. It is all included in the subscription with no extra fees. Salonnare is also quick to learn: a new staff member or trainee is usually productive within an hour.

Switching to Salonnare

Switching does not have to be a hurdle. Salonnare has a CSV import for your clients and data, so you bring your existing records with you without retyping everything by hand. You start on the free plan to test calmly and scale up when you are ready.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

To be fair, Noona HQ is strong in one specific scenario: as a commission-free Treatwell alternative it has a consumer app where bookers can discover and rebook salons, with the related brand recognition in a number of European markets. If your salon mainly wants to win new clients through such a marketplace app, Noona HQ is worth considering. For most Dutch and Belgian salons, however, Salonnare is the better choice, and we back that up with hard advantages: a genuine free plan and low flat rates (EUR 29 or EUR 59) with no commission and no lock-in; native iDEAL and Bancontact; Dutch VAT (21%/9%) with an audit file export that is tax-authority ready out of the box; Dutch-language support; and EU servers with full GDPR compliance. On top of that you get 100% your own branding plus data ownership in your own tenant database, and a complete package - online booking, POS, inventory, marketing automation, memberships, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and forms - at no extra cost. You pay less, keep your clients and data in your own hands, and are tax-compliant from the start.

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