Salonnare vs Podonet - which fits your salon?

Two different worlds: beauty versus medical foot care

The key difference is the audience. Podonet focuses on declarable, medical foot care: podiatry, medically oriented pedicures and practices that work with health insurers and integrations such as Zorgmail. According to their website, the emphasis is on calendar, inventory and business integrations for that niche.^[1] Salonnare is built for beauty salons, hair salons, nail studios, barbershops and wellness. No insurance billing, but everything a commercial salon needs day to day: online booking, a modern till, client records, email marketing and payments. If you work in the regular beauty or hair industry, Salonnare aligns better with your daily routine.

Pricing and cost model: transparent from zero

Salonnare is fully transparent about pricing. You start free with the free plan: EUR 0 per month for 1 staff member and 50 bookings per month, no credit card required. If you want to 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. All rates are on the pricing page. Podonet uses a subscription model; according to their pricing page the exact rates are determined on request or per situation.^[1] That is common in healthcare software but harder to compare directly. For a starting or small salon the difference is concrete: with Salonnare you see exactly what you pay up front and you can start for free.

Made for the Netherlands and Belgium: iDEAL, VAT and the tax authority

Salonnare is NL/BE-first. Clients pay with iDEAL (native via Stripe Connect and Mollie), Bancontact, SumUp or card, on your own Stripe or Mollie account. Salonnare takes no margin on your transactions, you only pay the standard provider fees. The till calculates the correct Dutch VAT (21% on services, 9% on retail) and produces an Auditfile export for the tax authority, keeping your bookkeeping accurate. Your data sits on EU servers in Frankfurt and Amsterdam and processing is GDPR-compliant.

Features and ease of use for a busy salon

With the embeddable booking widget you put online booking on your own website, plus a dedicated booking page with your own logo and branding. Clients choose one or more treatments, see time slots per staff member and book in a few clicks. Salonnare also offers 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, and a GDPR export. For sensitive health data there is a GDPR Article 9 health-data vault. Everything in 5 languages (NL, EN, DE, FR, ES) and at no extra cost: it is all included in your plan. See the full overview on the features page.

Switching to Salonnare

Migrating does not have to be a barrier. Salonnare supports CSV import, so you can move your existing client base and data without typing everything in by hand. You start free, set up your treatments and calendar, import your clients and put your booking page live. Thanks to the modern, clear interface, a new staff member or intern is often productive within an hour. Questions during the switch? Support is offered in Dutch during office hours by a Dutch developer who builds the software himself. Read more about who is behind it on about us.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

One situation where Podonet is worth considering: if you run a genuine podiatry practice where billing health insurers and care integrations such as Zorgmail are central, Podonet offers those specific business integrations according to their website.^[1] Salonnare deliberately does not have that insurance billing functionality. For the regular beauty, hair or nail salon, however, the choice is clearly Salonnare, and that is not an empty claim but one grounded in real merits. You start free (EUR 0) with fixed, known-in-advance rates (Starter EUR 29, Pro EUR 59) with no commission on your revenue and no lock-in, whereas Podonet sets its rates on request. You get native iDEAL and Bancontact on your own Stripe or Mollie account, a till with correct Dutch VAT and an Auditfile export for the tax authority. Online booking, POS, inventory, marketing automation, memberships, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and forms are all included in your plan at no extra cost, in 5 languages. You keep 100% of your own branding and data ownership in your own tenant database, with no marketplace pushing competitors to your clients. Plus Dutch-language support and EU servers compliant with the GDPR. For the salon industry, that makes Salonnare the better choice.

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