Salonnare vs PLAN4U - which salon software fits you?

Pricing and cost model

Salonnare uses clear, fixed pricing with no surprises. You start free with the free plan: EUR 0 per month, 1 staff member and 50 bookings per month, no credit card required. Need more? Choose Starter at EUR 29 per month (EUR 348 per year) or Pro at EUR 59 per month (EUR 708 per year). There is no commission on your revenue and no lock-in. According to their own pricing page, PLAN4U works with a fixed monthly fee or a per-appointment rate, with no setup costs and no contract.^[1] That is pleasantly flexible, but the exact amount depends on the modules and hardware you choose. So with PLAN4U you calculate your monthly cost per situation (indicative), while with Salonnare you know exactly where you stand up front - including a genuine free start so you can try everything at your own pace. See all the details on the pricing page.

Built for the Netherlands and Belgium

Salonnare is built NL/BE-first. The software runs on EU servers in Frankfurt and Amsterdam and is GDPR-compliant. Clients pay natively with iDEAL (through both Stripe Connect and Mollie), Bancontact, SumUp and card - and all through your own Stripe or Mollie account, so without any markup from Salonnare. You only pay the standard provider fees. The till calculates the correct Dutch VAT (21% on services, 9% on retail) and exports an Auditfile for the Dutch tax authority. That keeps your bookkeeping in order. PLAN4U is also Dutch and focuses on the NL market, so on language and local focus both serve you well. The difference is in the depth: native iDEAL through your own payment account, the Auditfile export and the full NL/BE payment mix are part of the standard Salonnare package.

Features and ease of use

Beyond online booking and the till, Salonnare offers a broad set of tools: 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 for sensitive data, GDPR export and CSV import for migration. All of it without per-module add-on fees - it is simply included in your fixed subscription. You place the online booking widget on your own website, or use your own 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. The modern interface is set up so that even a trainee becomes productive within an hour. Still in development at Salonnare: automated Google reviews and a multi-location dashboard. See the full list under features.

Switching to Salonnare

Migrating does not have to be a hurdle. With the built-in CSV import you bring your existing client list straight into Salonnare. You start free with the free plan, try everything at your own pace, and only move to Starter or Pro when you are ready. And because you keep your own tenant database and full data ownership, you are never locked in - your clients stay your clients, with no marketplace pushing competitors towards them. Dutch-language support during office hours is ready to help you - directly from the Dutch developer behind Salonnare.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

PLAN4U also supplies physical hardware as part of the package. If you are looking purely for a ready-made combination of software plus till hardware from a single source, PLAN4U is worth considering - Salonnare is a SaaS platform and does not supply its own hardware, but works fine with your own equipment and card readers such as SumUp or a Mollie terminal. For virtually every other NL/BE salon, however, Salonnare wins on the things that matter day to day. You start free at EUR 0 and know exactly what you pay up front (Starter EUR 29, Pro EUR 59), with no commission on your revenue and no lock-in. You get native iDEAL and Bancontact through your own Stripe or Mollie account, a till with correct Dutch VAT plus Auditfile export, and a complete package - online booking, POS, inventory, marketing automation, recurring memberships, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and forms - without per-module add-on fees. On top of that, a modern interface, fast onboarding, fully own branding and data ownership. That makes Salonnare the better choice for the vast majority of salons.

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