Salonnare vs Plandoo - which salon software fits your business?

Pricing and cost model

Plandoo positions itself as budget-friendly and, according to their pricing page, starts from approximately EUR 15 per month^[1]. That sounds cheap, but what you get is purely a calendar with online booking. Salonnare starts at EUR 0 per month with the free plan: 1 staff member and up to 50 bookings per month, with no credit card required. As you grow, Starter costs EUR 29 per month (EUR 348 per year) and Pro costs EUR 59 per month (EUR 708 per year) - and point of sale, payments, marketing, memberships and gift cards are all included, at no extra cost. More important than price alone: with Salonnare you pay no commission on your bookings and you are not locked into a contract. You know exactly what you pay up front. See all the details on the pricing page.

Built for the Dutch and Belgian market

Both tools are available in Dutch, but Salonnare is deliberately built NL/BE-first. Clients pay natively through iDEAL (via both Stripe Connect and Mollie), Bancontact, SumUp and card. The point of sale applies the correct Dutch VAT rates (21% on services, 9% on retail) and produces an Auditfile export you can hand straight to your accountant or the Dutch tax authority. On top of that, Salonnare runs entirely on EU servers in Frankfurt and Amsterdam and is GDPR-compliant, including a separate secure vault for health data (Article 9). For salons working internationally or wanting to offer multiple languages, the software is available in 5 languages: Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish. This is exactly the financial and legal foundation a Dutch or Belgian salon needs - and where Salonnare makes the difference.

Features and ease of use

Online booking with Salonnare works in two ways: through an embeddable widget on your own website or via a dedicated booking page with your own logo and branding. Your client picks one or more treatments, sees the available time slots per staff member and books in a few clicks. Alongside the calendar you get client records, inventory management, email marketing and campaigns, recurring memberships with automatic collection (SEPA/iDEAL), gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and deposits, and intake forms. Plandoo covers the core of booking, CRM and reporting well; Salonnare adds the financial and marketing layer a growing salon needs - while keeping it simple enough that even a trainee is productive within an hour. Your data also stays 100% yours in your own tenant database, with no marketplace pushing competitors to your clients. You will find a full overview on the features page.

Switching to Salonnare

If you want to move from Plandoo or another tool, you can import your existing client database easily through a CSV import. That way you keep your contact details and history without retyping everything by hand. You can start risk-free on the free plan, set up your salon and only upgrade when you are ready. Read more about us and how, as a Dutch developer, we provide Dutch-language support during office hours.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

Plandoo has been around longer and has a proven track record with Dutch nail and beauty salons. If you only want a simple booking system with a calendar and nothing more, the entry price of approximately EUR 15 per month can be worth considering. But for nearly any salon that wants more than just a calendar, Salonnare wins on the points that matter financially: you start free (EUR 0), pay no commission, are not locked into a contract, and get a point of sale with Dutch VAT plus Auditfile export, native iDEAL through your own Stripe or Mollie account, recurring memberships, gift cards, marketing automation and a GDPR Article 9 health-data vault - all in one price, at no extra cost. So you do not pay more, you get more. That makes Salonnare the clearly better choice for Dutch and Belgian salons that want to grow.

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