Salonnare vs Podo-IT - which fits your salon?

Pricing and cost model

Salonnare uses transparent, fixed monthly prices starting at EUR 0. The free plan gives you 1 staff member and 50 bookings per month, with no credit card and no commitment. 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: you can cancel at any time. Podo-IT works on a subscription, but the exact rates are not published on its website; for an indication you are referred to contact.^[1] With Salonnare you know exactly where you stand upfront, you start for free and you never pay a margin on your revenue. That difference matters to a salon that wants to keep costs under control. See all the details on the pricing page.

Built for the Netherlands and Belgium

Salonnare is built NL/BE-first. The point of sale automatically applies the Dutch VAT rates (21% on services, 9% on retail products) and produces an Auditfile export for the Dutch tax authority. Online payments are possible via iDEAL (through both Stripe Connect and Mollie), Bancontact, SumUp and card, using your own Stripe or Mollie account so you pay only the standard provider fees and no margin to us. Podo-IT is also a Dutch product and is strongly integrated into the Dutch care chain through the VIPLive link by Topicus.^[1] That care focus is a major plus for podiatrists, but for a regular beauty or nail salon it is iDEAL, Bancontact and the Auditfile export that are decisive - and Salonnare has those built in natively.

Features and ease of use

Salonnare is a broad platform that covers the whole salon: online booking with an embeddable widget and your own booking page bearing your logo, client records, inventory management, email marketing and campaigns, recurring memberships via SEPA and iDEAL, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees with deposits, intake forms, and a GDPR Art.9 health-data vault for sensitive health information. It is all included in the same subscription at no extra cost. Clients pick one or more treatments, immediately see the available time slots per staff member and book in just a few clicks. The modern interface is designed so that even interns are productive within an hour. Podo-IT, by contrast, is tailored to the medical foot-care workflow and patient administration, not to marketing or a broad retail offering.

Switching to Salonnare

Switching does not have to be a hurdle. Salonnare offers a CSV import so you can move your existing client base across in one go. You start free on the free plan, try everything at your own pace and upgrade only when you are ready. You get 100% your own branding and your data stays yours in your own tenant database - there is no marketplace that shows competitors to your clients. Dutch-language support during office hours, provided by a Dutch developer, helps you with the migration. Your data is stored on EU servers in Frankfurt and Amsterdam, fully GDPR-compliant.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

One situation where Podo-IT is worth considering: if you work as a podiatrist in preventive, reimbursed medical foot care, its VIPLive link (Topicus) connects seamlessly to the Dutch care chain and the reimbursement processes around at-risk patients.^[1] Salonnare is deliberately not a medical reimbursement system and offers no VIPLive link. But for a beauty, nail or wellness salon, Salonnare wins on the points that matter to you: a free entry tier and fixed, public prices with no commission or lock-in, native iDEAL and Bancontact, automatic Dutch VAT with Auditfile export, online booking, POS, inventory, marketing automation, memberships, gift cards and loyalty in one package, 100% your own branding and data ownership, and Dutch-language support on EU servers. More complete, more affordable and built for your salon.

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